Building 18'h century Furniture and How to Use an Inkle Loom | CABIN BUILD | PIONEER

Peter finishes making a step-back cabinet for his 1700's log settler's cabin. He finishes it with milk paint and discusses the history of milk paint and the use of pine for building Canadiana furniture on the frontier.
Using brain tanned deer hide, he sews a shooting bag for a friend. He discusses "what's in the bag", what a hunter required to shoot and maintain his flint lock. This included, tow, priming horn, ball bag for lead cast balls, flint wallet, turn screw, worm, bullet puller, bear fat for greasing patches, bullet mold. In addition to the shooting bag, a hunter would carry a powder horn and a shot bag.
He gives a tutorial and demonstrates how to use an inkle loom to weave a sash for his shooting bag and discusses the history and design of the loom.
Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly
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MUSIC
The amazing music in this episode is graciously provided by our friends - Richard Fortier and Al MacDonald
#bushcraft #18thcenturypioneer #blacksmithing #logcabinbuild #pioneerlife #selfreliance #birchbarkcanoe #northamericanhistory #longhunter #1700sreenacting #northamericanhistory #nativeskills

[@throwback336]

I love the step back. It's an 18th century Hoosier.

[@jackgill9580]

PETER....HELLO..... YOU HAVE GOLDEN HANDS

[@nosaltiesandrooshere7488]

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading! 👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you! 👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

[@everettmaness9001]

This is my favorite KZbin show! ... I look forward each week for a new episode. ...... I would love you to make a video of your cabin, showing all the outside from different angles and inside all around.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Everett. Perhaps we will do just that nice it is completed … sort of a virtual tour. Thanks for the feedback.

[@everettmaness9001]

@@TheWoodlandEscape Thanks so much!

[@theShamrockShepherdWagon]

Hi Peter & Cathy. Your channel is such a delight. We enjoy your videos very much. Keep up the great work!

[@dougm5341]

This was a nice lockdown treat for a crappy Monday

[@stephankramb204]

Once more, a very interesting lesson.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks! 😃

[@swhod2190]

You should carry that clay pipe in your hat band as we did in the Sudbury Militia. Enjoyed your video, as usual, thanks!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I normally do but, need to reset on the loops that hold it.

[@joeseabolt3922]

Peter, The furniture looks great. Your cabin is Awesome.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Joe, we are getting close to completion and then onto more projects.

[@kcstott]

I remember one of my machinist mentors telling me a story about his high school, Woods shop instructor. He was going over the tools and pointing out which tools were to be used for what and through part of the presentation he pulls out a 16 ounce ball peen hammer, and very clearly firmly and succinctly stating that if he ever seen someone drive a nail with a ball peen hammer he was gonna make them pull the nail out with it.😂 I think about that every time I grab the nearest hammer that is most certainly a ball peen and drive a mail with it. 🤣

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I am sir, quilts as charged. That was a hilarious story, thanks for sharing.

[@kcstott]

@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you for the education and the story's you tell. Your channel is on right now like a radio playing in the background.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

@@kcstott I meant to say guilty as charged, lol.

[@stevenbp101]

Really enjoy your videos. God bless you. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

[@wazzyman2875]

Great Video my Friend !! 👍👍💪💪💪💪💪✌✌

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you.

[@christiaankruger3713]

Oh, it sure is exciting to check and then see there is another episode of your favorite channel. I can't express my gratitude enough for you sharing your journey with us. Have a wonderful week till next time that we can visit your cabin again on KZbin.

[@heru-deshet359]

Subscribe and click on the bell to be notified and you'll never miss one.

[@Frogger383]

You have the best videos, dealing with the time period.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

That is a lovely compliment Sir and appreciated.

[@tomrichardson3107]

Peter, much improvement on the volume. Thanks. Great video as usual. Tom

[@heru-deshet359]

Whilst preparing the fare on yon three legged stool, my friend. I would like stewed mutton or venison with carrots, wild onions, garlic, corn and sourdough cornbread, please for which I will pay you most handsomely. These few months at sea from England to these colonies have forced upon me brined beef, dirty water, and tough ship biscuits of which I never care to sup on again!. (LOL) Love the furniture so far.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We appreciate the deprivation you have suffered and will definitely set an extra place at our table!

[@heru-deshet359]

@@TheWoodlandEscape You are most kind.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

@Heru-deshet -- Excellent!! I love the comment.

[@Tipi_Dan]

Your craftsmanship, historical accuracy, expositions, demonstrations, and cinematography are all of a high order.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Wow, thank you sir, we are need flattered.

[@nhmountains5683]

Another great video. Thank you Peter

[@gdreilly]

Wouldn't mind seeing more on how you make your bags! Especially how you lines the cover flap. Nice job!!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you and I’ll keep that n mind for future episodes.

[@johnkmcgregor5209]

Wonderful episode thank you! So interesting. Great rain at the beginning, there is nothing like being in the dry and listening to the rain outside. Keep up the great work and see you in the next episode. John Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks John.

[@ericchilver9113]

Hello I found your channel today, so glad I did, love what you’ve done here👍🇦🇺

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We’re glad you found us too and glad you’re enjoying.

[@dickdavidson3616]

Learned how to make a weaved leather belt today, awesome 😎

[@popsforgeblacksmithing4793]

Love nicks work, he and I had talked some about his work and I just love how his Bowie's and such turn out

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

He is a fine craftsman indeed.

[@boltgun308]

Everyone has two lives, the second one begins when you realize you only have one..... Your living the right one.

[@denystanguay8685]

J'adore ce que vous avez accompli à votre cabine et la façon dont vous avez terminé l'intérieur. Vos meubles aussi sont magnifiques. Tout est fait avec beaucoup de soin...... Génial.

[@dustyoldhat3543]

Thank you for the journey. I am enjoying these videos very much. I also make bags and straps. Love the ease of the inkle loom.

[@scottperry2290]

Great video, while at Boy Scout camp I made a strap using the same weaving method, very rewarding.

[@mr.fisher3973]

The cabin looks amazing!!!! When do I move in!!! LOL

[@MY_PLAYGROUND777]

It is a nice house to live in. I have been inspired by your creations a lot. I have a lot of encouragement to create my work. i got from you

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I glad to have encouraged you.

[@jeaniesf84833]

That was a fun demonstration, thank you!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Jeanie.

[@Matthewbm80]

I'd like to see you do a video on the loom. How to load it etcetera etcetera

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Perhaps we will do just that when I’m going to create a more elaborate pattern. Show the entire set up. It is called wrapping the loom.

[@albertmast4627]

Thank you so much for loading these kinds of videos. Feeling a lot more relaxed and always interested in history.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you Albert … relaxed is a wonderful state of mind.

[@petehayes4114]

I love your channel your knowledge is unparalleled.

[@markaugustus621]

Another great trip through history. Thank-you

[@spila123]

This is what "taking the time to do it right the first time" looks like.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you.

[@AlexLuyckxPhoto]

The cabin is looking excellent, especially now that the furniture is in place! And yeah, those Windsor chairs are amazingly comfortable!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

You’ll have to visit and set your bones down in one.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

You’ll have to visit and set your bones down in one.

[@martinmeltzer2696]

That was a great "Nickle Tour" of the Cabin interior! I am amazed at how much progress has been made! I am ALWAYS interested in the contents of a shooting bag. As you said, "everyone has their own ideas", and it's nice to compare that, with what I carry, and see if I can make any improvements!

[@davidprocter3578]

Early Windsors produced in the woods by Bodgers with little more than a pole lathe and a hatchet. All from green wood, quality varied from bodger to bodger and prices paid were low. Quite likely many bodgers made it from England to the frontier.

[@marshallworden4092]

From the south-western mountains of British Columbia always look forward to your video's.

[@paulsharpe3670]

Another great video Peter. Several of my ancestral families were United Empire Loyalist, settling in the wilderness of what would become New Brunswick after leaving New York in 1783. Your videos have given me so much insight into what their lives would have been like. So much more informative than my memories of high school history.

[@backlakesbushcraftoutdoors9736]

Absolutely loved the video Pete it’s come along way but well worth it ☕️🤠🤙🏼 Stay safe my friend and keep your powder dry 😉

[@dustys698]

Really enjoying the videos, I’m going to be building a similar cabin in the Adirondack Mountains

[@pattiea.dunlap1860]

Such a good video this week. I could hear you very well. I really liked when the camera was brought close to you so I could read your lips a bit, too. On one scene, your gun kept being in the way from reading your lips but the camera person did a great job of moving over towards the right to get your face more. Please look at us as much as possible. You are so knowledgeable and interesting to listen to and watch. Your videos are going to be museum worthy. Great job!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Pattie for the feed back, I will make an effort to do just that. Glad you’re enjoying our endeavor.

[@gailsgardenherbsmore1605]

So cool. I just love watching all this. Thank you for sharing!

[@sebwood6316]

Beautiful!! Thank you

[@stevensrspcplusmc]

FYI, on the musket ,reason they didn’t stain on the barrel channel,lock or trigger guard or under any metal is that they used aquafortis on the stock and if you put it in those areas it would eat the metal because it was acidic.. love your cabin, would love to have a place like that👍😊

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks for sharing that information Steven.

[@bgurtek]

Speaking of 18th Century comfort, as in the Windsor chair, it further follows that the average work person's clothing of that era blows even modern Carhart's to atoms.

[@sylviabursa7639]

Sehr ,sehr schön 👍

[@pascalheurtebise2678]

J'❤me beaucoup cette vidéo 🎥 un grand bravo 👏💯 très belle petite maison 🏠 fait avec ces propres mains ✋un homme vraiment heureux de voir son rêve réalisé avec fierté 👍🙏🧙‍♀️🥰 🇲🇫

[@rickgaston7118]

With nails so precious , how do you have so many nice small ones for furniture making ?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Not so much a matter of being precious, it’s the time required to make them. Full disclosure, I used some store bought for this project.

[@terrypinkerton2702]

Just found your channel. And I am truly amazed at your many talents and dedication to that time. And what all of our ancestors had to deal with to learn to survive in that time and place.I have learned a great deal just watching the videos.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Terry.

[@metroplexchl]

very cool

[@saetmusic]

LOVE that workbench! Those 18th c. Windsor chairs are beautiful, but they look like they belong in some drawing room in a Boston townhouse. Did they have chairs that nice and fancy in the pioneer cabins? I would expect more of a country ladderback chair that the pioneer could make from green wood with a oak splint seat.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Absolutely spot on Joseph about the chairs. In time they might have purchased well made Windsor chairs or perhaps made their own. We decided to spoil ourselves a bit.

[@williamqueen8790]

Awesome

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks for your interest and compliment.

[@bobbymiller1414]

Very nice that's pretty cool to do you ever need broom corn seed I could give it to you thank you for the video very interesting program

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We certainly appreciate your interest.

[@brianyoung5648]

You're an awesome craftsman. Thanks for the videos!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Brian.

[@gerhardhagn9670]

Es ist alles so Perfekt, sehr schön 👍🏻👍🏻Schöne Grüße aus Bayern 🍀🍀

[@lae52]

Great video!! I'm interested in the inkle loom. I do have to disagree with you regarding lock mortices and patchbox holes. I have never seen any that did not have any sealer type finish on their surfaces. They weren't usually finished to the full stock quality, but they did have some sort of sealer/finish on the surface. Please keep the videos.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Great feedback David. You are no doubt right about the sealant used in musket building.

[@johnny30806]

Very cool videos on this channel

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thoroughly enjoying your videos. I'm watching them in order from the beginning but just had to watch this latest one. I'm fixing to start on a "backwoods" shooting bag from my own brain tan buckskin. But one question; what trade gun is your gun? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

My smoothbore is an early English trade musket … I built it in an effort to recreate one that would have been available in the early 1700’s.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Looks like a good gun. I definitely noticed English traits like the serpent side plate and the trigger guard. Thanks again for your videos.

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

@@TheWoodlandEscape deelishious😋

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Your funny but, you can’t eat my muskets, lol.

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

@@TheWoodlandEscape 😘❣

[@thehonesthobo]

Are you going to make a bed? Also, how did they add on to a cabin, to make it bigger?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We have a sleeping loft and pallets to be rolled out at night and stowed during the day. They did often add on but, more often than not, as was mentioned, they live in this one until their permanent home was completed … often with a basement and at least a 1/2 storey above the first.

[@MrSakisr21]

your videos are great, the cabin is perfect, a question the bed you will put it;

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

There is a small loft ( ladder still to be built) and sleeping pallets were often rolled out on the floor at night and stowed away during the day.

[@seanmcguire7974]

That algea is probably great for composting

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

Cabin looks Excellent Is there anything you can't do?😉😊😆

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Oh my friend, pretty sure there is quite a long list but, I never stop trying to shorten that there list, lol.

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

@@TheWoodlandEscape I am so impressed with all you both do it is so refreshing to see the progress Your inspiration is to be very much commended; I cannot wait to see supper on the table❣ Candlelight ambience and I do hope you have a Tripod to include when you all sit down for the Outstanding Meal.

[@jasonrussell7085]

This is better than my blood pressure medicine..

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I’m thinking that’s a compliment Jason, thank you.

[@jasonrussell7085]

@The Woodland Escape yes sir it is..I showed your channel to my mother last night...she likes watching also..

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

That is pretty awesome.

[@denislosieroutdoors]

Looking awesome there eh! Love how simple u have inside layed out... and where can i get info on the chairs need some for my cabin when done...

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We got them fro Johnsons’s Antiques and Reproductions in Eastern Ontario, near Cornwall.

[@Stevew443]

Thank you for this video. Family history says that my 3rd great grandfather set up his loom in the area that became Wheeling, WV in 1777 and then settled in what became Tyler County, WV in 1785. Since the family came from Scotland in 1733 I wonder if the type of loom you have may have been what my kin folk used. I ended up on your channel because I am a muzzle loader shooter and I am awaiting the build of a flintlock styled from one from about 1760 that was found in VA.

[@plainsimple442]

Peter, Speaking of wobble, that top stone tread needs a shim. Enjoying your woodwork! Do you carry a Wisk & Pick?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Very observant, we have fixed that there wobble. I carry a vent pick in the weave of my shooting bag strap and a small rag for wiping the flash pan. I find the brush pretty much useless.

[@simonlunt353]

Ahh nothing like a good thunderstorm to clear and fresh up the air and a great day for doing some work in your cabin it’s myself working in my own workshop and hearing the rain on the roof do you sleep in your cabin

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We have just stared to really use it and yes , we will be spending a lot of time in it.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Excellent video! I’m a new subscriber. I‘m also a leather worker and would be interested in a closer look at your bags and your sewing methods, if you ever want to do a video on that. Loved the stool you made, that’s beautiful🤗🐝❤️.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Deborah. We’ve had a few request for our sewing methods, have to give it some thought.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@TheWoodlandEscape You’re most welcome🤗🐝❤️

[@rogerclyde2720]

I am curious about your use of so many nails? It would seem that nails would not have been in great supply in 1750 AD and would have been of the primitive wedge shape, pegs and tongue and groove were also used extensively. Time being a factor I’m sure the modern nail is of course very time efficient.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Very true.

[@milliebanks7209]

Love the bag but the three legged table more! Is there any way that you could sell the plans for this three legged tables or stool?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

The top is simply a piece of walnut cut on a 60 degree angle and 3 hand whittled legs. The log it came out of was only about 15” in diameter but, cutting it on the bias gives a top that is 3 feet long.

[@paulfrizzell31]

😊

[@petec3307]

Why do you use a ball pein hammer vrs. a more traditional claw hammer? I enjoy your videos.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I have not had then time to forge an authentic one, so have used an array of hammers from my blacksmith shop.

[@1951shelby]

Great video, learned a lot. The paint you used on the cabinet, was it something you made

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

One can make their own milk paint like the pioneers but, I used a boughten powder. There are numerous suppliers.

[@adamcfmacdonald]

Does Nick sell his knives online? Website? Thanks for these marvelous videos. Stay well.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

He does sell knives but, I have to get back to you with his info.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

You can reach Nick at 902 210 2722 or www. southmountainforge.ca

[@wallyverbeck1454]

Nope ! @ 8:34, it would have to have a set of rockers on it. :-)

[@lairdsourdif3571]

I always wondered what happened to David Carradine.

[@darrinpfeifer5617]

Great videos , was wondering about dimensions of your inkel loom

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I’d say about 24” long. I can weave a piece about 6’ long on it.

[@dandarling5990]

I have subscribed and watched many of your videos. I do wonder about the hammer I see you use. It looks like a modern Ball pein, or machinists hammer? Is it a period hammer, or just what was handy? Great content for sure!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Well Dan, it was just handy and no it is not accurate but, I had a blacksmith friend make me an historically correct claw hammer which will be in future episodes.

[@StoneHedgeAcres]

i have a buffet with a hutch that came from a house my great grandfather built. I was wondering if there is a way to tell by the trim what period it was made and where. The home was built in Aldershot which is now Burlington.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I’m afraid Cheryl, you would need the council of one wiser than me in these matters.

[@ajdigioia7925]

I really like the theme music that starts this video and that I’ve heard in other of your vids... I’d like to find an audio copy for my own enjoyment... can you give me any information as to artist or name?

[@paulbarker9360]

Gbu buddy in jesus glorious name

[@MTNurse]

Hi, I am brand new to your channel and really am enjoying it. I was wondering in what state you are located. Thanks!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

He lol Sheelah, glad you’re enjoying our endevour. We live in Ontario, Canada.

[@MTNurse]

Ahh, I thought I detected a Canadian accent. I love ypur chamnel. U are quite amazing to be able to do what u do.

[@davidcarroll4411]

Is there going to be a bed?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We have a small loft and will use sleeping pallets on the floor, then roll them up for day storage.

[@steveww1507]

were do you get the Milk paint from ?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

There are multiple sources for milk paint Steve. Go n the net to find a supplier near you. Apparently it is becoming trendy … go figure.

[@cherriemckinstry131]

Did you make your own stain for the cabinet? Pretty...is it berries or a clay?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

No but, it is a milk paint and I believe it is called Voyager Red.

[@gregoryleuelling3826]

Peter, what kind of material are you weaving with?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Pretty sure I used cotton on that one but, I also us 100% pure wool or hemp cordage.

[@kevinscudamore2711]

👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@kingrafa3938]

👍👍👍🇵🇭

[@abbasharun4525]

👍👌✋

[@MamaNicoletta]

An old armchair is missing. 😍

[@jbmaximus6910]

he reminds me of the late david caradine? No?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I seem to get that a lot.

[@williamqueen8790]

I live in tide water Virginia and was wondering if you might know someone close by me who could help me with an old flintlock black powder rifle that my Dad made, he passed before we had time to to teach me about it.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I’m afraid I don’t but, if you do a google search of historical reenactment groups in your area you’ll surely find the help you need.

[@harpomarx7777]

It's called a "possibles bag".

[@jenniferbringman9054]

Where do you sleep?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

A loft at one end of the cabin and sleeping pallets rolled out at night and stowed away during daylight hours.

[@joegiotta7580]

Would a poor settler have used nails so freely; maybe wooden nails or pegs instead? Would a poor settler have used a perfectly useful workbench as a countertop? Wouldn't it make more sense to use it as...a workbench?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

You are right on both counts. I did use wooden pegs in different part of the construction on door and window frames etc. Surviving 18th century furniture if built crudely, say by a booger would have been pegged but, finer furniture was nailed.

[@_blento_2637]

Why such loud music? Great video spoiled by disproportionally loud music

[@8626John]

Most devices have volume controls.

[@frank64409]

That's not store-bought wood your using, is it Peter?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Rough sawn pine that my neighbor cut on his mill. I know, kinda cheating a wee bit, lol.

[@frank64409]

@@TheWoodlandEscape I can tell you just how much I enjoy watching your post on The Woodlands Escape. Thank you for reminding us of how it was.

[@charlesassman8751]

This is what the industrial revolution destroyed 😔

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Indeed … the simple life!

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

Peter is taking that power back Soverign Nation❤❤❤💞😊🌲🌲🌲🏕🌲🌲🌲⛺🌲🌲🦋💙🐬💦