Log and Chainsaw-Milled Lumber Gazebo Foundation Build #16

After weeks sweating and sleeping well, one dufus realized just how huge a project this is for one person to undertake while living in a tent in the forest. Over 20 trees had to be taken down to clear the area and provide logs for the frame and wood for the saw mill. The two Stihl chainsaws got little rest during this build! And as always the Granberg small log mill puts up no objections to being used hard week after week making cedar and pine deck boards.
Instead of waiting until the structure is complete later this winter or even next summer, this building project video will come out in two parts.
To celebrate phase one of the giant, log, screened in deck being completed, out came the Cordoba classical guitar for a little Clair de Lune by Debussy to accompany some drone footage of the gorgeous fall foliage in Northern Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
If you are interested in seeing the whole Gazebo project, here is a link to the playlist:
• Gazebo Built w/ an Ala...
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[@dougsmith548]

Beside your episode I love your opening. My wife and I bought a school bus turned it into a motorhome and have been camping in it now for eight years three months four days. Loving every minute of it. We are both 74 years old now and enjoying the hell out of our retirement in our bus. God bless stay safe. 🇨🇦

[@FritchFritch]

No way…super cool! Enjoy.

[@corinnaharper6010]

Chainsaws, milling, building cool stuff, great videography and editing, and good music too. Your channel has everything.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Awww... Thanks! You give me too much credit.

[@rickycollins3891]

Holy cow that’s awesome guitar

[@AndrewCraigPianoPlayer]

You’re a true renaissance man! 💪

[@angelgarbov816]

I love this stuff man and your techniques and originality a lot to learn from you! Thank you!

[@robertvezina3669]

This One Blew my mind Brother...Wow You can Really Surf the Flow When You had no pre-planning And Crafted the most Beautiful Wood Platform I've ever seen... But then Play that Sweet Melody and Share that Overview! You reached right inside me. Thank You for Sharing on Your Excellent Channel. I will visit Often. 🙏❤

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thank you so much Robert for your beautiful comment. Words like yours make it worth the hours and weeks of effort to put these videos together!

[@mute7116]

Right on...the saw circling and the canoe out of one board comment got me. I'm definitely here for the tutorials. Hehe

[@abbasalaidaroos7108]

I congratulate you, my friend, for this beautiful and wonderful work.👍👍👍🖐️🖐️🌹🇾🇪

[@nagunaks2222]

You got a nice neck of the woods to play around!

[@philipmorehouse1069]

Looks really good to me, "Grasshopper". Your lack of planning ends up a lot better "than the best lay plans of mice and men" - we know how that ended. Speaking of endings, I love this one.

[@robertward553]

What a sweet build, you are a craftsman. Can't wait to watch you complete the project.

[@survivingringworm2202]

I can’t wait to see how it ends up being done! I can’t imagine how I’ll get those big logs up 12 or 15’ to hold up the roof. Something will come to me. It has to, right?

[@robertward553]

@@survivingringworm2202 Something better come to you, I enclosed a front porch to include into my living room. To span the opening, the city required a 6"×12"×12' Doug Fir beam, it took 3 of us and some busted nuts to get it done. Of course we were young and dumb at the time.

[@survivingringworm2202]

That's a big beam! I'll have to work on getting younger and even dumber by this spring.

[@robertward553]

@@survivingringworm2202 Sorry Pal, it don't work that way.

[@genewileyopa]

Lots of hard work will look nice when your done. Thanks for sharing video. Watching from Iowa. 24 Degrees out

[@lyonsart4005]

Ryan it’s going to be beautiful. Each video you record becomes better. One talented dude! I can say things like that being your auntie and all. 😘👍

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks for the positive words! I feel like I’m making all the videos the same way but then look back 4 or 5 and see how they have changed. Imagine how good they will be in 20 years!

[@sunnyrivers]

I throughly enjoy what your doing👏🏼😁 FUN videos to watch‼️

[@Downeastwaves]

Awesome ending, thank you.

[@darellsunderlin4670]

When that chainsaw vibrated in a tight circle is what I call the dance , it's when a saw is tuned and running as good as it gets !!! !!!! That's just my opinion and observation after working on them for30+ years . Nice pickin too !!! Great video .

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

Oh so nice to see another fan of Debussy.

[@yvesf5355]

Man That's a great looking Platform ,Hard Working Man get's result every time ,now it's time ,to sit back look at it, and imagine what it's going to look like when your Done ?beautiful workmanship,thank's for the video .P/S and then you took the guitar Perfect ending *****

[@josephbreckenridge2966]

this is great. you are an amazing man.

[@NetoAzevedoLorenaBR]

Amazing skills whit the chainsaw, thanks for share it whit us! Amazing work!

[@richardbryant5773]

Listen wormy you are amazing doing things and making it look great realy enjoy your videos thanks

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thank you!

[@harddriverecordingandfilmsNY]

Great video, thank you for sharing all this

[@michael4034]

I LOVE i mean LOVE your channel man ! you are a diamond and I appreciate thhe inspiration

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks!

[@erroleabrown4317]

The heart of a man very rarely visited but always beautifully amazing, here’s to all the good men

[@cliftonsnider1520]

Ahh the primal pleasure of driving a piece of steel through a piece of wood with another hunk of steel. So satisfying, I love it.

[@livingdeeply15]

I am addicted to watching you work with the wood!! ~Kim 🇨🇦

[@livingdeeply15]

OK, you have WOWED me again with that opening shot, even if it's not yours (could be though)...& I am a philosopher at heart, & Einstein has some of my favorite quotes & the one you quoted at the beginning of your video is one of my favorites of his; so absolutely true & I never thought I would be that, I am. I love my solitude BIG TIME, & when you are young its not something you want at all, heaven forbid huh....

[@sandratweedale2579]

What a brilliant observation from Mr Einstein. So true and hopefully never too late to appreciate that truth and take advantage when and if we get that message. He’d be proud of how you’re embracing that knowledge

[@survivingringworm2202]

I'm not sure I have done much with my life that Einstein would approve of, but I'll take it! He isn't here to argue the point anyway.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Ryan needed this and the BUTTERFLY YES!!! Needed the music at the end Thank You Ryan it hath made my DAY for ME!!!

[@1971jwing]

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing your story. You should building stuff with a chainsaw, you're a natural. 😜

[@IVIITCH0]

Well done on the deck and Clair de Lune rendition.

[@mysticonetoo1]

Love your quotes before each video

[@josephbreckenridge2966]

I love you stuff. happy I found you and your channel

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks Joseph!

[@nantanapalmer266]

very creative approach to leveraging natures natural footings to build the deck. as a fellow builder and guitar player, i'm impress and appreciate the thought and effort that you put into this. well done.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks!

[@RMarie62]

Love to watch you playing in the woods be happy be safe enjoy your journey

[@SouthWestIron]

The sound is soothing and satisfying. Thunk, thunk. Good stuff.

[@andyperrine9987]

Brother....that is freakin awesome. I just purchased 43 acres & I know the perfect spot to do something similar!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Go for it! Have a chainsaw and mill? You’ll be all set.

[@andyperrine9987]

Ordered mill last night!!!@@survivingringworm2202

[@mikedkc]

Very nice guitar playing. Thanks.

[@kevinmarlow5510]

Your floor Joist log should be pealed to meet bugs and moisture out. Great video! Nice work! Cheers

[@survivingringworm2202]

You are 100% right about peeling the logs. In the moment I was just too excited to put the thing together. The cedars seem to do alright with bark on but the few pines are a haven for all sorts of bugs.

[@Gregory_Thomas]

Found your channel a few days ago, watching your video's from oldest to newest. You content is really good. Interesting stuff easy to watch the entire video. The drone footage at the end of the video, the scenery is so beautiful and peaceful looking.

[@lizdg3892]

I learned so much today. Thank you.

[@lanetteprice7508]

Beautiful job again watching from West Virginia

[@robertdicarlo4490]

Nice to revisit some of these earlier vids. The music was nice !!!

[@Cruzinsusan5101]

Another awesome video! Loved your ending song! Love your beginning positive quotes too. Don't plan. Just do it. :)

[@sydneyevans2637]

Just ran across your channel and subscribed. I'm hooked. Like the efficiency of the way you build. Really liked the classical music at the end. I also have a Cordoba classical guitar that keeps me company. Have a wonderful day, Sir.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Go cordoba! They are really great instruments esp for the $. Glad you enjoy!

[@outpostcamp]

Just found your channel. Great job. Looking forward to following your adventure. Thanks

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks for watching!

[@garsonprice3441]

Salute from New Brunswick, Canada, Ryan. Great videos, start to finish. 👍👍

[@patriciamoody3137]

Debussy in the woods. How perfect.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Ya don’t see/hear that often do ya?

[@mrchristopher337]

Superb carpentry. Amish are jealous. 🌟👍🌟

[@Downeastwaves]

That is a thing of beauty!! Awesome job!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thank you very much!

[@GOWAYUPNORTH]

Very nice job! Anxious to see the sides and roof...easy for me to say..... I’m just watching. Great job

[@survivingringworm2202]

I kinda can’t wait to see it too! Especially since I don’t really have a picture in my head of how I’ll build it. Just sort of start and see what comes out. Thanks for your nice comments as always!

[@madamecampsalot6384]

You sir, are amazing.

[@randythomas3580]

All I had to do was subscribe and all of the videos are there GREAT!!!!!!!!!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks for the positive feedback! It’s nice to hear from folks watching because otherwise it’s just one dude in the middle of the forest with a GoPro and not another soul around.

[@rtgirard]

Love the ending... like watching the Smithsonian Channel and an episode of Arial Ringworm.

[@survivingringworm2202]

There it is! That was my one chance to get compared to the Smithsonian. Thanks!

[@kennethcarpenter8589]

Impressed with chainsaw work.

[@erroleabrown4317]

That’s the best floor lv ever seen its perfect what a good start

[@cantsitstill9797]

Awesome as usual, looking forward to the next video of building the Gazebo

[@curtish8639]

Love your channel, using your ideas in my forest in England

[@ejsocci2630]

Beautiful job work, love it

[@sandratweedale2579]

What a beautiful ending, kudos my friend (if I may call you friend)

[@Modern-Barbarian]

Really cool build. Something i need to try.

[@livingdeeply15]

Cedar is beautiful laid down & upright too!!! 😊

[@karenjaques3937]

You are a very special person. 😀

[@dougsmith548]

SO. SO. NICE 🇨🇦

[@miraguedes9339]

Um belo trabalho, e um belo solo🎶🎶🎶🎶 incrível vista

[@dwaynecompton7585]

I'm surprised you haven't came up with a lift at the mill to help with the logs. Awesome videos

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Sheer legs would be suitable.

[@livingdeeply15]

I so appreciate how hard it is, regular camping for extended periods is, so living would be twice as hard I would imagine & dream of!!! Honest ~Kim 🇨🇦(Ontario)

[@survivingringworm2202]

It IS hard but sometimes fun is a lot of "work." But hey, if you are loosing a few pounds and can't stop smiling, you are doing something right!

[@eroc2689]

Awesome work brother

[@livingdeeply15]

Ryan you are talented when working with wood!!

[@lilbird1962]

You play beautifully

[@vladimirkiyashko3300]

That is wonderful music!

[@dntn9634]

That was about as cool, as cool can get...

[@anthonysanchez-ex2kl]

Awesome job !!

[@cyruscampbell8361]

Looks great

[@chrisw5742]

Dude this is AWESOME.

[@kbryancroft]

Excellent vid, mate

[@mrjebadia2582]

Awesome 🎶👏

[@chrisvanderschaaf9964]

Excellent enjoyed every minute 😁

[@survivingringworm2202]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffwilsonfhb]

beautiful.

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

You see what your forcing me to do...watching your old videos again.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Awwww crap. Don't do it!

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

@@survivingringworm2202 I watched them all again lol. Still entertaining as hell

[@dm.2023]

That's a tremendous stage

[@tbabajan]

Lovin the work! Might suggest figuring out some way to keep from dragging your logs through the dirt. Might save you a lot of chain sharpening! 💪🏻

[@survivingringworm2202]

I found that peeling the logs before milling got rid of all the mud so just went with it. Not so much of a problem in the winter tho.

[@saltyshellback]

At 20:05 when you started cutting the ends off the deck boards, it reminded me of a scene in a cheesy old movie called "Battle Beyond the Stars" when a bad guy had to get his arm cut off with a chainsaw looking thing....lol

[@randythomas3580]

Where are you located?? How much property do you have?? I have not found the start of your channel but I really like what I have found you are doing great brother living the life and just as you said that's what it's all about enjoying what you do

[@survivingringworm2202]

Way northern Michigan. Doesn’t take long to get to Canada. I decided to number the videos so if people wanted, they could follow the “experiment” chronologically. Search the channel and find #1 to see the first week out here when all I’d done was hang some hand tools on a tree. Was nothing but a block of forest then.

[@heyeverybody5616]

Well, if that’s the best you can do, that’s the best you can do. ⛓🪚

[@ToomuchFilms]

Love the videos!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks! Glad you like!

[@SokolActor]

You are very smart👍

[@adivitarakamil9431]

From Indonesia ..Wow...

[@vickistewart1924]

Just love

[@alaskanshannon2683]

13:48 Holy crap, man! The boat winch on the saw mill piece is an awesome idea! How did you attach it and to what are you connecting the cable? Wish I had thought of that.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Just pulled one of the bolts out of the winch and replaced it with a longer one. The hex head slid right into the C-channel on the mill. I have my sawhorses set up right in line with a tree that has a sling wrapped around it. Not sure where I saw that done but I'm definitely not bright enough to have come up with it myself.

[@sarawoodruff4357]

I like the butterfly :D

[@survivingringworm2202]

You would! Man, my artistic creations get no respect from some people...

[@B-leafer]

Respect

[@gavinstewart7696]

I would loved to see you put a leval on the deck but it looks quite leval anyway for rough sawn timber held up with tree stunps . sa long as you dont roll out of bed thats the main thing cheers very well done

[@Markam248]

I think that is a kukari . But I only got a quick look. New sub. Michigander

[@survivingringworm2202]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if I didn't even get the name right. My money is on your guess.

[@lacanthrope2000]

This is so awesome. I'm slowly catching up on all of your videos. I know nothing about wood, but just out of curiosity do you have any concerns about mold or rapid decay with this cut, untreated wood? I'd love to try something similar.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks for watching! Certainly if I wanted this to last for a very long time, the wood would need to be treated. Either pressure treated or with sealer rolled on. Ideally both. I think the boards that are cedar will last quite a while but the pine, probably not. Problem is that this wood came right out of the trees so probably can’t be sealed until it dries for a year.

[@YomommasWildlands]

Must be nice to be a flat lander. At my place if you aren't going up, you going down. Unless your booking it through a swamp. Nice work.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Man, I wish I had some hills and valleys here. Fortunately land here is extremely affordable. What does it cost for 10 or 20 or 100 acres where you are?

[@YomommasWildlands]

@@survivingringworm2202 well the area where I am is bloody expensive. I got an extremely good deal cause my property is hike in only. Paid $15k for 26 acres. Got 1500 acres of government land next door

[@survivingringworm2202]

That's a great deal. I looked at a piece of property before I purchased this with stats similar to yours. Was a mile walk in or could access it via a boat on the river. Was set to buy it and build a barge but there was no place to park/leave a car for more than an afternoon. What part of the country are you in?

[@YomommasWildlands]

@@survivingringworm2202 That would have been cool to build a barge and all. I am up in Ontario Canada, Muskoka area.

[@Lumbobai]

Music is the best.

[@cozyhomes6026]

Very nice indeed :)

[@zedacruja681]

Nice work the only problem i see,,,,,and question at the same time,how long the roots stay safe before get rotten 5 years_then you have to make them in stone or cement.

[@survivingringworm2202]

There are some cedars on the property that were logged over 100 years ago and the stumps are still there and intact. Cedar is very rot resistant.

[@williamaubin]

I like it