OMG - such awful music. The construction is interesting.
@casterman211 ай бұрын
Love the pencil sharpener 😊
@mairemarie1713 Жыл бұрын
are you renting that skidder ? or are you pro loggers ? you guys look pro for sure. what do you think of white spruce ? this is what I have mostly on my land (not too far from where you are !) nice velvet underground soundtrack as well :-) have a well-deserved thumbs up
@herrieson Жыл бұрын
We bought the tractor used, and the winch new. Expensive tools, but they've more than paid for themselves. We're amateurs, and just doing this to build our house. White spruce is nice. It has a tendency to twist as it dries, but it's really strong. We're using it for the rafters and joists in our timber frame.
@mairemarie1713 Жыл бұрын
nice job. slash scoring as a 2nd pass is smart, although very rare on youtube hewing vids. this stands in contrast with extensive signs/evidence of slash scoring on a lot of 18XX hewn log houses in the northeast at least. gives a nice finish as far as rough finishes go. thats a crazy nice eastern white pine log man. this spring im trying a longer axe handle to do the scoring... tired of breaking my back (im 6ft tall...)
@herrieson Жыл бұрын
I've actually struggled with longer handles. I'm 6'1" and I've always had back problems. The shorter handle seems to help. What/where are you hewing?
@mairemarie1713 Жыл бұрын
@@herrieson im in southern québec hewing mainly white spruce :-)
@vegancrabcakes Жыл бұрын
Any risk of termites when stacking the wood like that? I had a big pile of wood before and some of the lower ones became rotted.
@herrieson Жыл бұрын
Termites love the part of the wood just beneath the bark, so removing the bark goes a long way. These timbers aren't going to be stacked here for very long, either. Getting the wood up off the ground is really helpful in mitigating rot.