DIY BARN BUILD E24: BIG OAK FRAME IS LIKE BIG LEGO

The oak frame is complete for the barn end and once again I fail to construct it!
Alex recaps the past episodes and highlights the progress of the construction work.
00:00
Alex deals with the stressful delivery of 8 tons of Oak wood, which takes 3 hours to unload.
01:04
The delivery truck encounters difficulties and causes damage, leading to a stressful situation.
01:55
Despite the challenges, the wood is successfully unloaded and brought to the construction site.
03:08
Alex expresses concern about the accuracy of the wood order and the potential for mistakes.
03:28
The video features a subscriber shoutout to someone in Nashville, Tennessee.
03:44
🔨 The video shows the process of building a barn, including making lower struts and legs, and working with large pieces of wood.
03:58
🔨 The video shows the process of creating a corner joint with a tenon, using tools like a mortiser and a reciprocating saw.
08:29
🏗️ The video shows the process of cutting and assembling wooden beams for a construction project.
11:57
⚒️ A KZbinr discusses the process of constructing a timber frame structure and addresses concerns about safety and assembly.
15:26
⚒️ A woodworker is assembling a piece of furniture and testing the fit of the mortises and tenons.
18:56
🔧 The video shows progress on a construction project and promises future updates.
FYI: Alex embarks on ambitious building projects. Whereas most builders rely on proven skills and experience, Alex prefers a potentially calamatous combination of optimism and youtube-based research.

[@davidjohnkillingback8803]

Hello Alex, Nice work for a non trained chippy. RE: the tear out on the mortices, turn the machine round so it cutting down at the edge of the mortice... also you could make a large wooden MAUL , out of the offcuts to drive the joints together.. MAUL: a large wooden mallet.. Keep up the good work.. David, Norwich Norfolk, UK..

[@peterwalton1502]

Alex, What you are doing on your own and with little experience is truly inspiring

[@fax182]

I do love LEGOs and this is the biggest one I've ever seen 😂😂 Keep going! Good luck from Genoa, Italy

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thanks! 😃

[@therealcaldini]

Nice one Alex. I bet you wish Project Zero had been Alex Widens a Driveway. Looking really good so far!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

I know - what was I thinking? 😀

[@OntarioLakeside]

Came for the arch, stayed for the oak. Hello from Toronto!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Your fellow countryman beat you to the map shoutout! Grateful you're sticking with it 😀

[@mattiasfagerlund]

Maybe turn the mortiser around for the end bit, so it's always cutting down?

[@martingullersbo8717]

Greetings from Norrköping and Göteborg in Sweden, forced my friend to watch with me and we had a blast. Love the banter and great job, can't wait for the next episode :D

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Your poor friend 🤣 - please pass on my sympathies! Thanks for watching and hope your winter isn't too dark 😀

[@torwel24]

My Advise would be to sand everything bevor final Installation, at least to about 100 Grit :)

[@MEMAndersen]

Subscribing from Copenhagen Denmark :)! I have been following along for the last couple of installments and eagerly await the next one!

[@tbone341]

Alex recaps the past episodes and highlights the progress of the construction work. 00:00 Alex deals with the stressful delivery of 8 tons of Oak wood, which takes 3 hours to unload. 01:04 The delivery truck encounters difficulties and causes damage, leading to a stressful situation. 01:55 Despite the challenges, the wood is successfully unloaded and brought to the construction site. 03:08 Alex expresses concern about the accuracy of the wood order and the potential for mistakes. 03:28 The video features a subscriber shoutout to someone in Nashville, Tennessee. 03:44 🔨 The video shows the process of building a barn, including making lower struts and legs, and working with large pieces of wood. 03:58 🔨 The video shows the process of creating a corner joint with a tenon, using tools like a mortiser and a reciprocating saw. 08:29 🏗️ The video shows the process of cutting and assembling wooden beams for a construction project. 11:57 ⚒️ A KZbinr discusses the process of constructing a timber frame structure and addresses concerns about safety and assembly. 15:26 ⚒️ A woodworker is assembling a piece of furniture and testing the fit of the mortises and tenons. 18:56 🔧 The video shows progress on a construction project and promises future updates.

[@tbone341]

Alex, let us know when to expect an update, and thanks for the 2 episodes so close together! You are right, the last one was great on its own. Also, this one could even have been shorter (8 min+ for ads I hear..) and I would still watch it. Just give us something to look forward to each week. One afternoon of work may suffice a weekly episode

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Hey Tyson Thanks so much for doing that - do you think it'll help? In any case I'm going to add it in! Maybe I need to chill out a bit but I always believe that we need to have 'complete' episodes to get new viewers interested. Anyway, loads is going to happen in the next month or two and so I'm confident I can get episodes out every 2-4 weeks (as opposed to every 2-4 months!)

[@tbone341]

@@AlexBuildsUK Awesome! Glad to hear that may help, and happy to hear about more consistent updates! Again, KZbin likes consistent updates, and we like to hear about 'next week we'll get started on the ____ .....and continue the _____... 'A-frames for the roof... Etc..

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Advice taken - see post! Cheers

[@torwel24]

Don't stress, always play safe! Chasing the YT-Algorithm destroyed many KZbinrs! I hope you stay the awesome Way you are, and enjoy your own Journey of this Project! Greetings from Vorarlberg, Austria🇦🇹

Hello from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania! Really enjoying watching an "amateur" learn how to do all of this for the first time. Gives me motivation to do this in the future!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Well if it's an "amateur" you're after yuo've come to the right place 🤣 Cheers!

[@bigredc222]

I'm about an 1.5 hours east of Harrisburg in West Chester Pa.

[@crichtonhill8711]

Love the videos 👍🏻 architecture student from Kansas City, Missouri.

[@tracyaxelson]

I'm loving your series. Hello from just outside Boston, Massachusetts USA

[@djcr_91]

Great video Alex, as always! Regarding the tear out from the chain mortises, could you screw down a sacrificial board (mdf,plywood etc) over the top of the cut and plunge into that? That way the oak underneath would be protected and not have room to ‘tear out’. Just a thought, feel free to dismiss if it’s daft!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Yes good idea, although you'd need to press it down pretty hard. That said, I cut a load of footage (briefly summarised in closing frames) where I figured it out... I was just too close to the chiseled out line. Cheers for the comment 👍

[@Beef4Dinner22]

​@@AlexBuildsUK You might be able to flip the chain mortiser around halfway through the cutting. You cut half the mortise with it facing such the chain goes down into the wood on the edge and is tearing out wood near the middle of the mortise, then flip it around and cut the other half of the mortise is the same manner, with the chain going down on the edge and up in the middle. The tear out sections will meet in the middle of the mortise and entirely disappear since all that wood is getting removed. It would likely add some extra setup time as you need to set up the chain mortiser twice per mortise, but it could help with the tear out issue. Cheers from across the pond in Raleigh, North Carolina.

[@djcr_91]

@@AlexBuildsUK glad you got it figured out 👍 looking forward to the next one!

[@MrWaldorfian]

Timber framing is hard work. I did ONE scarf joint to lengthen a 8x8 post and it was difficult. Great progress this video. Writing from Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA.

[@violentblue123]

love your channel, thinking of building a stone and timber cabin, Lethbridge Alberta Canada

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Cheers - go for it! Watch youtube and learn on the job (I did 😀)

[@rallymax2]

To stop tear out put a waste plank on top either at the scribe line or over the whole section and plunge through. Looking great. Sending some Santa Clara(silicon valley) California sunshine your way as things turn to winter.

[@appahman]

Corvallis, Oregon ( UNITED STATES) loving this!

[@manx1641]

That might be MR2 Ferrari as in a replica based on an Toyota MR2, great build by the way

[@canadian_tex]

Looking good from Saskatoon, Canada. Chuckling at the dealing with tight spaces. Cheers!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Wait for E25 - seriously tight! 😀

[@christianbaastrup2939]

Keep up the good work! A Dane from Aarhus here!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Cheers mate! 😀

[@ShawnRitch]

Looking good. Keep it up ! From Payson Arizona USA.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thanks, will do! 😀

[@Thundermuffin93]

Alex, great to see you making big strides, much better than your first go round which I am sure is all the more satisfying for you! Excited for the next episode.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Geeting there mate! Thanks for the comment and coming in Dec all being well

[@kevinwatson5833]

Looks good i would suggest tapered pins and offset holes by a couple of mils to tighten the joints from northeast ohio us

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Holes and dowels will be covered in next episode - fresh cut green oak just too heavy to benefit from that offset IMO...

[@TheRumpledinkieVintageWorkshop]

You're a braver man than me, good luck with the build. (in barnard castle)

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Cheers appreciated!

[@DamianPenney]

That's some serious woodworking, looking forward to seeing it all in place 👍

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Cheers Damian! Hope you're well.

[@wv838]

Marvellous to see an update, Alex. You are really making great progress there. You'll be an absolute whizz at Tetris after all this. Looking forward to the next one. Roy.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Trust me Roy I'm already a tetris legend! Cheers mate 😀😊

[@kimlyvongsay4834]

Great channel. Keep it up.

[@suchoi61]

Im very impressed , that's a not professional cant doing a project like this. Can't wait to see the progress on the on tis astonishing build . Chapo ! Daniel from Switzerland 👍🏼👌👌

[@AlexBuildsUK]

You and me both! Cheers Daniel (BTW what does Cahpo mean? Swiss slang?!)

[@suchoi61]

@@AlexBuildsUK Thats a swiss france slang

[@mr2ferrari]

Great work yet again! Sadly no italians in my barn anymore. only a classic mini, miata, mini clubman and a '76 lancer. Guess it's time to change my name 😂

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Hah! Nice collection anyway - talking of minis I sold my old (but certainly not classic) Cooper S which featured towards the end of E13. I'm genuinly hoping to fund a second hand 488 spider to go in the barn from this channel... need to get A LOT more subscribers for that to happen! Cheers again and keep well out in Nashville 👍👍

[@mr2ferrari]

@@AlexBuildsUK I think the 488 would look spot on poking its nose out from your epic barn. Classy 🤌 Just be mindful of its low snout! PS: your videos have inspired my wife to have me build a timber frame greenhouse... thanks I suppose? 🤣 I'm learning from you, so keep the progress coming 🍻

[@AlexBuildsUK]

I accept no responsibility! That said, buy nice oak from a timber yard not homedepot / B&Q rubbish and you'll be fine. I'm not sure whether I should be proud or ashamed but I did check out the dimensions of a 488 before I laid down the design. Keep dreaming eh?! 🤣

[@mr2ferrari]

@@AlexBuildsUK oh how I wish... Sawmill arrived last month, still in the crate. Got my eye on a chain mortiser on ebay currently! As for the Italian, plan for the worst... hope for the best! I have no doubt you'll achieve that goal, just get fire insurance on your barn should your store the 488 firewagon in there! 🔥

[@chriscardwell3495]

Hi - Thanks for the opening shot showing all the beams It's helpful for people considering similar projects . . . will MY project ever be completed?

[@JVentero89]

Interesante proyecto, espero ver pronto como termina esta fabulosa historia. Un gran trabajo el realizado hasta ahora. Felcidades.

[@steveschriefer2733]

It looks like you're making good progress. Greetings from Yorktown, Virginia!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Getting there! Thanks for watching 😀

[@wayne-kv9it]

Wow things will be moving on fast now Alex, plenty of wood there to keep you busy over the next couple of months, Wayne from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Well that's the plan but things rarely move quickly on this build 😀

[@torwel24]

Good Thing takes Awhile!

[@romeandcurry6915]

Amazing perseverance as ever - carpentry skills improving rapidly - have you considered a bigger Avant?

[@romeandcurry6915]

Also to clean up the mess can I recommend a Kranzle pressure washer.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Think I need a telehandler Rome & Curry but lacking that spare £40K 😀

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Loving the ze germans as you well know

[@danielcolby7293]

Howdy from Sparks, Nevada…as in, Reno is so close to Hell, you can see sparks!!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Love it 🤣🤣🤣

[@theallsopteam7943]

Ay up from Derby, love watching your progress and your great enthusiasm/naivety when you're tackling something new, very inspirational, keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Ay up back and hope all's well down in Derby 😀

[@Higglebert]

This is awesome! Coming from southwest chilli

[@PotatoesAssistant]

Chile? 🇨🇱

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thanks for watching! 😀

[@professionaltinkerer]

Awesome project… shout out from Greenville, SC

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thanks for watching! Appreciated

[@michaelwhite9199]

I am envious of your skills. Great video.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thank you very much! Just a hacker 🤣

[@acraftman2823]

Progress is the goal and it is happening ! You are so far along you might be done by now but did you see the episodes of Kris Harbour where he covered a good section of using full time framers and a lot of there tips and techniques on his barn project? Greetings from Greensboro,NC.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

I don't follow him but a few people have mentioned him - should take a look!

[@johnbrowning4237]

Hello from Fountain, Colorado USA. We have barn here…but not as grand as yours is going to be. We keep a couple goats in ours what will you keep in yours?

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Good question - maybe somewhere to store all the machinary & tools I have bought to build it! 🤣

[@peernightynine3848]

Awesome project! Regarding the tear out: cant you turn the mortiser 180 degree halfway through cutting? That way you could do both edges with the chain going down.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Far too much effort! 🤣

[@patrickdwarica]

Looking great!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mcc19606]

Alex, I've joined you late but went back to earlier video and now catching up. I've been wondering about the dimensions for the trusses. They seem way over sized for the size of barn you are building. Mike Canberra 🇦🇺

[@mohamedbaksh5797]

Try mortising half of the mortise from one side of the beam and turning the mortiser 180 for the other half, tear-out should become non-existent. Best of luck from a woodworker in Suriname, South America.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Too much effort - see E25! 😀

[@torque9889]

Careful getting your mortices wet they can swell and shrink the hole. Had it happen to me before. Jason - Italy 🇮🇹

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Wait until you see the abuse that frame takes in E25. Bulletproof!

[@UncleTriangle]

"MR2Ferrari" from Tennessee is most likely referring to a Ferrari kit car built from a Toyota MR2. You can throw a pin on Mobile, Alabama for me.

[@bryanb1259]

👍Parkman Ohio USA

[@the-gangler]

Love the channel. Question regarding the stonework.. if you were doing it again, would you build stone walls as you did, or would you use block and just use the stone for facing the walls? And bring back the intro music!

[@AlexBuildsUK]

I think I'd stick with it although I am thinking of a project for 2025 perhaps (a walled garden) and I would definetly block & face. I keep getting a copyright claim on that music from Abobe even though I've piad for it, so it's a gonner!

[@the-gangler]

J.J Harvey videos for garden wall ideas and tips!

[@outsideln]

To not tear out on the mortises, turn it around and come in from the other direction.

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Good point but mway too much effort 🤣

[@danielaafonso8609]

How much does all this wood cost

[@daos3300]

odd how many drivers can't quite seem to get control over their vehicles

[@ronrobasser9810]

Toledo Ohio in the United States

[@z4zuse]

17:03 @marvzin clearly states "Nijmegen" as location

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Oops thought that was his name 🤣

[@FB-jb1wn]

Darmstadt Germany... I m curious for an update of your design plans

[@AlexBuildsUK]

Good point, been a while - I'll do a recap in E25 👍👍