Pa Mac, I have watched this series several times over the past 3 years, the first out of curiosity, then next for guidance on pole building from trees, and all the others because it is fun to watch. I've learned quite a bit watching your videos. Thanks for the content.
@lawilder20595 жыл бұрын
This vid has been up a while but have to say how awesome it is...this is precisely what a “new to the game “builder needs to know !! I love the timeless strategies for creating good craftsmanship, something we don’t see very often anymore
@farmhandscompanion5 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear you've enjoyed the show, la wilder. Thanks for commenting!
@Grizzydan10 жыл бұрын
I found a draw knife and froe several months back and looked up the makers of the draw knife and found it to be 180 years old!!! It is in amazing shape for it's age. I knew it was old when I picked it up.. but WOW! I will give up my table saw and miter saw before I give up this draw knife.
@ironhorsefsu10 жыл бұрын
Displayed intelligence with a GREAT sense of humor incorporated into an outstanding set of skills, mindset, and attitude. Hat's off to you. Thank you for the videos, they are a very enjoyable learning experience everyone should watch!
@cliffkroening67047 жыл бұрын
I will be starting this BIG project very soon. Need to find out how to dry my lumber and will be using all pine because that is what my back yard is full of. Im glad I found your site.
@JanineMJoi2 жыл бұрын
did you do it? Did you figure out how to dry the pine? Ours is full of pine too
@olddawgdreaming57154 жыл бұрын
Always worth watching over again. Thanks for sharing with us.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@ProximoK11 жыл бұрын
Woah woah, did you just freehand that board with that hatchet... That... is... Manliness.
@farmhandscompanion11 жыл бұрын
Well, I actually did, Proximo K. I'm pretty careful with what I'm doin', though, because if I were to miss it'd be Handlessness. Thanks for watchin'
@ProximoK10 жыл бұрын
How long do you think it took you?
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
Proximo K Just minutes, Proximo K!
@MonochromeMentality11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, just brilliant! This kind of workmanship is such a valuable knowledge to have. I`m so very happy that I can learn from you. All the best to you and a biiiig thank you! : D
I enjoyed the humor that you use. Now on to the video!
@smijman11 жыл бұрын
Finding this in my subscription box was like christmas morning as a kid. Great Channel!
@jasincolegrove665110 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the humor in the videos.
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
Jasin Colegrove I appreciate you watchin', Jasin!
@bobbystooksbury8901 Жыл бұрын
You all ways do great job with you project's wish I had your talent
@reegugu3 жыл бұрын
O my gosh..! You crack me up with your beginnings..so fun to watch. Hope to borrow your simple methods in going to build a community somewhere in the corner of Africa sometime soon.! Blessings
@robertgonzalez84194 жыл бұрын
I always tell my girl that I love them so much that I’m willing to act silly for them, you just made me realize how much you love your viewers to act silly for us . love you to in Christ Jesus.God bless
@jimmorris760610 жыл бұрын
Two thumbs up young man! As a over the hill Ozarker I know and understand why and what you are doing. Keep on keeping on. ...
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
Jim Morris I sure appreciate those thumb-ups, Jim (and that kindred understandin'!) Yours, Pa Mac
@JohnDavis-zp4js11 жыл бұрын
nice work , you have skills for sure , looking forward to more videos.
@gluedbond625510 жыл бұрын
You won my soul when you broke out the ladder complete with warning. Keep them coming my man!
@Deckbuilding11 жыл бұрын
Great video, I'm going to build one in our woods and use it for a little get away cozy shack. Thanks for posting
@scabbydoggydoo34602 жыл бұрын
Cheers pal ,great build video, very informative ! I love the slapstick , maybe you could do a video showing us how to make a slapstick !??
@davidlyons96327 жыл бұрын
Pa Mac, you put on an entertaining and informative show with a pleasing style.
@farmhandscompanion7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, David; and thanks for watchin'!
@AdamDahlberg11 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, I am so so happy you are back in action. Again, such a great video. One of my favorite channels HANDS DOWN!
@Sablecat2211 жыл бұрын
Such fun to watch! Plus I learned something about basic building skills. Thanks for sharing :-)
@midnightsherpa11 жыл бұрын
Hey Pa, what a great piece of work! Thanks for taking the time to make the video, I really enjoyed and learned something too.
@danah.32010 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining as well as educational! Please keep them coming!!
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
Thanks much, Dana. I sure will!
@802louis4 жыл бұрын
Looks like it’s coming a long great 👍
@madelinerivers460311 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, Pa! So happy you are filming again! It worth the wait, thanks so much!
@ThoneJones7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I learned a ton from it. Keep the videos coming Pa Mac!
@BacktotheBasics1014 жыл бұрын
Love your channel.
@farmhandscompanion4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Back to the Basics 101. And thank you for your channel, too. I'm so happy to see a patriot/believer/rancher livin' the dream. Please keep up the good work on your own fine videos!
@BacktotheBasics1014 жыл бұрын
farmhandscompanion I am honored that you watch your show. We love your channel, your sense of humor is second to none. Keep up the great work. Luke
@itsjustrenee132010 жыл бұрын
after watching all that work I'm plumb tuckered
@icespeckledhens9 жыл бұрын
Another great video, coupled with a good safe structure
@asteve777777777711 жыл бұрын
Just Great. including the slapstick... v nice touch much more watchable than those who take life too seriously. Music quite bearable too :) Good job. Thanks for sharing...
@patrickharper92977 жыл бұрын
That's good work, an a nice production
@2.67acrehomestead29 жыл бұрын
WOW.....All by yourself! I didn't see any farm hands helping you!.
@cassianyhvh72208 жыл бұрын
I always go back to watching the pole barn makin'. Two questions I have after watching this fifty times or so. 1) What was the purpose of having the loft sills 2 feet below the truss sills? 2) I'm guessing normally you'd want to peel the bark off of the timbers to minimize bugs and rot. Is cedar bark also resistant to bugs and rot so u would be able to skip that step?
@farmhandscompanion8 жыл бұрын
+Cassian YHVH Great questions, Cassian! I'll start with the second question first: yes, on practically every tree except cedar I would definitely peel the bark off or there'll be problems with bugs and rot. Cedar has such a thin outer bark (less than a quarter inch) and it usually separates from the tree and peels off by itself a lot of the time. In cases where it's hung on, though, I've not noticed any damage that threatens the stability of the post. Cedar must really taste bad to bugs. As for your first question, allow me to rephrase it in a different way: "What was the purpose of having the truss sills 2 feet above the loft sills?" To start with, you can build your loft sills as high as you need em; I just wanted my loft sills high enough up that I didn't bump my head on em. Then, as far as the truss sills go, I could have designed things such that the trusses sat directly on the loft sills (basically combining truss sills and loft sills into one entity); however, that would have given me less headroom in the loft section (I'd be bending over all the time up there). I just happened to make the trusses sit a couple feet higher to provide more headroom in the loft. I could have made em sit even higher (3 foot, 4 foot, 5 foot, and so on...) but with every foot higher you go you're makin' a little more work for yourself. A couple feet seemed reasonable. Hope that helps, Cassian...and my best to you as you build your project!
@cassianyhvh72208 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thoughtful reply and the time you took doing so. It makes perfect sense now. Have you thought of future solar panels if they ever get cheap enough? I guess if that's a future option then you want the building aligned in an east west orientation so the "broad side of the barn"'s roof is facin' due south.
@sethmullins8346 Жыл бұрын
Is there any reason why the main posts of a pole building couldn’t be put on piers like the posts for the sheds are? I’m sawing up wood to build a pole barn blacksmith shop, and I don’t have access to enough cedar trees for this. I’ve cut 4x4s from dead pine and I’m going to have to either burn them to make them rot resistant or put them on those little piers. I think perhaps the concrete piers would be better for me because the spot I have is very low and gets low standing water when it rains. What would you do, Pa Mac? Also, I’m not far from caddo gap! I’m just outside Hot Springs myself. Maybe I’ll see you come the next sorghum festival.
@s3cr3ts3rv1c311 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update pa.
@royramey56595 жыл бұрын
I love this.
@CharlesLarsenCFL11 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Great info and presentation!
@UWCcyberwolf11 жыл бұрын
So cool, I wish I knew how to do genius stuff like this.
@bobkelly24478 жыл бұрын
Hay Pa Mac ! I'm wondering how you got those Very LONG and very Heavy beams up to the top of those posts ? I assume the use of your fancy tractor.... or did you use a Ging Pole ? I've done some Ranching myself and building it all from the land is very rewarding , but in my case a necessity... I made a 8hp bandsaw lumber mill that made the making of those planks far easier.... and less work... Hats off to you for sticking with it and getting the job done with just the chainsaw ! that IS a bunch of work ! Well done ! Bob.....
@farmhandscompanion8 жыл бұрын
Hey Bob! The longest boards I used were 11 footers-but they were pretty heavy, being made from white oak and about 1 and 3/4 inch thick by almost 8 inches wide. If I remember right, on the lower spans (just above head high) I drove a big nail temporarily on one pole (at about where the bottom of the board would be) and set one end of the board on this nail, while I carried the other end of the board up the ladder at the other pole and nailed it in (then moved the ladder to the opposite side and nailed that end in). For taller spans (the truss sills) I think I drove a temporary nail at both poles and with the ladder positioned in the middle of the poles, carried the board up and set it carefully on both nails. This is one of the reasons I intentionally designed the spans to all be under 12 feet (actually 11 feet) long, so that one fairly fit person could build it. It's still all tricky business, though-makin' sure the temporary nails were driven far enough in to hold the weight of the board. A falling board this heavy can wreak havoc on a ladder that's holdin' you up. It's also good to not have people, dogs, or chickens runnin' around under you-at least people, dogs, or chickens that you like. (Just kiddin' on that last thought) Thanks for askin, Bob, and for watchin' the show!
@bobkelly24478 жыл бұрын
Ok I understand that part about the planks.... but the beams ...the 20' long 6"x6" or so beams that the rafters set on is what I'm wondering about..... are you saying they are 2 planks bolted together instead on one solid piece ? .... LOL where there's a will there's a way ! makes sense to me ! I raised a log up about 15ft one time for a ridge pole... that was an ordeal indeed... I used a Ging pole, a board with a pulley on the top with a rope through it back down to the log, lifting and Pulling on the rope at the same time got one end up... then I did the same to the other end.... once up I cut the flat notch and used 12" spikes to hold it.... then I used logs to act as rafters every 2' ( that ridge pole was about 6ft longer than needed so it would sit up there chained to the top) ( i used lag bolts to hold the 2x8x6' Ging pole to the upright log... nails pulled out) just so you know ! .... thanks for the info ! Bob.....
@farmhandscompanion8 жыл бұрын
That's right, Bob. The truss sill that holds up the rafters is composed of 2 upright planks (notched into the cedar poles from opposite sides) with a top plate nailed on top of both-none of which are longer than 11 feet. (Your Ging pole idea sounds like more fun, though.)
@bobkelly24478 жыл бұрын
Ah HA ! that's a very clever way of doing it Pa Mac ! ....Thanks' for the Response ! I bet your chainsaw is getting a bit Tired after all that work... I made up an Alaskan mill years ago , yours is allot simpler and lighter! .... I did brake down and buy a chainsaw sharpener ,Bench mount type, from Harbor Freight tools. ... it was a very, very good investment...a must if you use a chainsaw allot ..... although it's mostly plastic it works better than I can file the chains.... (Just don't forget the depth gauges on the chain !) Keep up the good work ! and Thank you ! Bob.....
@AdamDahlberg11 жыл бұрын
Just absolutely love this channel !
@jasonvincent41344 жыл бұрын
I am building a cedar pole deck on the second floor of the outside of my barn. the two poles I planted are 14 feet apart. I want to cut a rectangular notch on each end, and have the same notch on the poles but the male form to fit the notch. Problem is my poles go up another 8 feet! I don't want to cut them off then build up, I want to use them for a roof! What is the best way to secure my deck floor logs to the posts without cutting out too much wood? Great videos!
@farmhandscompanion4 жыл бұрын
Gotcha; good question, Jason. I had a similar issue with my first barn in TN. A few of the poles at the back of the barn were a little higher at floor joist level than the others because of the slope of the ground. They were also a little smaller diameter than some of the other poles, which didn't help at that height. If memory serves, I just barely made a notch or "shoulder" for them to sit on (about 3/8ths inch). This way, it wasn't only the nails that would be supportin all the weight. The other option (or an option you can use in combination with a slight shoulder) would be to "scab on" a short board (say, about 18 inches long or so) by nailin it lengthways to the pole, and making the top end of the board sit exactly where it'll meet and support the floor joists. (The end of the board is basically your shoulder or "notch".) Hope this helps, Jason; and above all, build it safely and with much thought.
@shawnleach87264 жыл бұрын
This dude is funny af. Great videos. Serious and funny all at the same time. He needs to do Osha stuff. Try makin that funny lop
@michaelwmccreary11 жыл бұрын
Great job! Looking forward to the next vid!
@eucadventures72473 жыл бұрын
Love your show I'd watch a daily episode if youd start talking all your skits and jokes are the best Do you juggle? Lol
@marcdoll56325 жыл бұрын
2 questions on the beam. Can you get away with using roundwood? With the top sill plate on the beam, did you nail it onto the round or did you square the beam up first? My girls and I love your videos btw! Your sense of humour keeps the 10 yr olds in stitches! :)
@farmhandscompanion5 жыл бұрын
Hey there, Marc! Yes, you can use round poles to substitute for most any of the milled framework lumber. It's trickier, in that you try to keep the size of the poles matching each other, and adjusting or compensating for crookedness, etc. If I were usin' stout round poles for the sill beam, I would not worry about a top plate, but might nail the truss ends directly to the sill pole. If the pole didn't have much of an even top, I might take a broadax and hew it evenly with the use of a chalkline. I'd also make sure the pole was strong enough to hold the weight of the trusses, with no large "knottish" defects in the middle. Think strength and safety; I wouldn't want that barn fallin' on your girls! (Please tell the girls Pa Mac says "Hey!")
@okum58799 жыл бұрын
👍Nice job and video.
@reegugu3 жыл бұрын
I would be interested in the measurements on making the trapezoid mortar foundations please?
@farmhandscompanion3 жыл бұрын
The form boards are 6 & 3/4 by 8 & 3/4, which after assembled and have concrete poured in 'em, result in a pier that's 6 inches at the top, and 8 inches at the ground. Thanks for askin', Christine
@reegugu3 жыл бұрын
@@farmhandscompanion I appreciate that.Thank you much!!
@nicolem3764 жыл бұрын
SUBSCRIBED! I can learn from yer teachin’ fine sir.
@farmhandscompanion4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watchin and subscribin, Nicole.
@NathanNostaw10 жыл бұрын
love your work, keep it up.
@motorcyclelad10 жыл бұрын
You Sir, are a true Renaissance Man, an educator, skilled in so many ways. I'm really enjoying watching all your videos, and I was SO happy to see your clear gospel message and testimony on your farmhandscompanion.com website. We home school our four children, and I dream, DREAM of the day I might be able to do something like you are doing. Right now we are pushing the limits on what our city ordinances allow for number of chickens, but I give our neighbors free eggs and they don't mind if I free range the chickens. Keep up the FANTASTIC JOB! I look forward to more videos, and may God continue to bless you and your family:)
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
motorcyclelad My best to you and yours, motorcyclelad, as yall continue livin' the farm life (even while you're still in the city limits!). May the Lord bless your home as well! Pa Mac
@courtneybryan652510 жыл бұрын
only question is .....how long did you let the lumber cure before milling or using it for construction??
@alfiversen70237 жыл бұрын
Nice series this one. I learn a lot about a style of building that I do not master. That banjo sound track is a little...eh... 😊
@TheJaneo710 жыл бұрын
So far out and helpful. You are so cute.
@lawrencehp111 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Where ya been......
@nancygorman10 жыл бұрын
So we don't need cement for the holes?
@nancygorman10 жыл бұрын
this question is for the first video... you are a genius by the way!!!
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
You don't have to. I don't, mainly because if I set the posts firmly by tamping well, I don't see as how the concrete helps enough to warrant it the extra expense (especially if I'm payin' attention to the proper times of the month to dig a hole and then set a post). And should my workshop burn up or be destroyed by tornado and need rebuilding, or someone one day repurposes the whole area, they don't have to deal with chunks of concrete in the ground. The same with fence posts. Some might even make the argument that the concrete actually encourages rot by not letting the wood breathe. I'm not smart enough to figure all that out; all I know is I don't use concrete and the fenceposts and buildings I've built thus far still function well. Thank for watchin', Nancy! Pa Mac
@eliktsur19 жыл бұрын
i like your work and show. good job man :-}
@brizzx3211 жыл бұрын
Good vid, I could see you have a lot of wood on hand. How far is Home depot from where your at?
@farmhandscompanion11 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how far it is to Home Depot, brizzx32, but if I find out it's just down the road from me once I get through with all this lumber makin' and the like ... ????
@carlschmiedeke1517 жыл бұрын
This all cool & all , but what happens when the base of each tree finely rots away
@cavemanjoe79726 жыл бұрын
The way he did it with those cedar posts, they won't be rotting away in his or his grandkids' lifetimes.
@LogHewer4 жыл бұрын
You can cut the bottoms off and scarf in new post bases. I've seen it done on some of those massive tithe barns in England. Very cool stuff.
@gilltiler28410 жыл бұрын
....mate -where I can buy that chainsaw attachment-Thanks
@aux1z118 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@markdacosta45777 жыл бұрын
i love line lvs good vids
@veeco509 жыл бұрын
Amazingly well put together (both the video and the structure). You would have made a great college professor.
@Savemyplant10 жыл бұрын
Got it, thank you!
@scrapeyhawkins52997 жыл бұрын
nice video ....but when putting the log on the concrete pier I would put a vapor barrier in between the two..... log will last longer
@machineshop20299 жыл бұрын
Nice
@daergod11 жыл бұрын
Pa, please give me your dimensions of barn.
@michaelegan519 жыл бұрын
great job! What do you use to edit your videos?
@farmhandscompanion9 жыл бұрын
michael egan Hey Michael, Final Cut Xpress is the software I use.
@moosiani14 жыл бұрын
Great job. The repetitive music got muted though.
@highcountrytimber11 жыл бұрын
When do we get more :) I love this channel.
@farmhandscompanion11 жыл бұрын
Always workin' on the next one, highcountrytimber. Thanks so much for watchin'!
@fredkennett33518 жыл бұрын
I hope you take the line level off to get a true level for the line. Those lie levels are a little heaver than most people think.
@farmhandscompanion8 жыл бұрын
They'll work fine for the job, fred; if in doubt, just make a complete go 'round between each pole and see if you end up at the same mark by the time you get back around to the first pole. Also if you're not sure you're gettin' an accurate reading, put the line level in the exact middle of the poles; then, even if your line level is heavy, you'll still get a pretty good reading. Thanks for watchin', fred!
@tongkotou10 жыл бұрын
BEST
@BlueGamerDude6 жыл бұрын
8:10 the frost will push that up
@farmhandscompanion6 жыл бұрын
It's really not likely to, and hasn't for several winters. Thankfully we're in southwest Arkansas...not southwest Alaska. Keep on watchin', BlueGamer Dude!
@BlueGamerDude6 жыл бұрын
@@farmhandscompanion oh your lucky! I live far north and had to dig 1.5 meters for my cabin footings hahah. And i will your videos are great!
@BienenThor9 жыл бұрын
you know, that it is awesome, what you're doing, ... do you? :)
@GarySmythe10 жыл бұрын
I'd just go to the lumberyard and buy the lumber and build it twice as fast if not sooner with power tools and equipment. I wouldn't have the patience that this guy has. Plus I don't like working harder than I have too.
@farmhandscompanion10 жыл бұрын
Hey Gary, I'm with you on that not workin' harder than I have to. It's just that when it comes to a choice between spending more money or workin' harder ... I usually gravitate toward the extra work. As for my patience, I'm pleased you haven't been around to see me when my chainsaw doesn't start. Take care, and thanks for watchin'! Pa Mac
@GarySmythe10 жыл бұрын
Pa Mac, Your video was fun to watch and I enjoyed it When you get to my age you'll start to gravitate towards spending the money or not doing the project in the first place. Get all your big jobs done while you're still young. Thanks for your videos and look forward to seeing your finished building.
@Creamy_Dog4 жыл бұрын
It’d be cool if he built a small sawmill
@banq0o11 жыл бұрын
respect! 8-)
@simonjlkoreshoff34264 жыл бұрын
Hilarious!
@tkbywatr9 жыл бұрын
i covet your hat!
@farmhandscompanion9 жыл бұрын
Tom Kozak Ohhhhh, no point in doin' that! You can get em real cheap at the dollar store, once summer's over. I appreciate you, Tom!
@jcanivan9 жыл бұрын
Nice video... You look tired. Take a brake there i always tomorrow.
@samuski369 жыл бұрын
Are you sure you're a homesteader and not a comedian Lol?
@farmhandscompanion9 жыл бұрын
+samuski36 Judgin' by income alone, I think it's safe to say I'm a homesteader. (Wouldn't have it any other way!) Thanks for watchin, samuski36; and thanks to everyone else for commenting!
@Thinkshaolin8 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Will you be my dad?
@farmhandscompanion8 жыл бұрын
+Thinkshaolin Well, I suppose so, Thinkshaolin. In an internet kind of way (I won't be able to put you through college or anything). Thanks for watchin', son.
@CycloneJackHH4 жыл бұрын
Lol at not a step
@farmhandscompanion4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, CycloneJackHH. Was wonderin' if anybody caught that.
@TORAH-6136 жыл бұрын
I hate watching videos that i have to read what your doing. This is the 20th century you know.
@farmhandscompanion6 жыл бұрын
Are you bein' facetious, or are you a time traveller? Regardless, thanks for watchin' at least this one video, Yoshi!
@PlayHouseChannel11 жыл бұрын
Terrible music. Couldnt finish
@farmhandscompanion11 жыл бұрын
Sorry you had problems with the music, timkrav1. That's just a mystery to me. I listened again myself and I can hear the gourd fiddle just fine (along with all the other instruments in the mix). I'll go and listen at the neighbor's house and see if I can hear what you're talkin about over there. Thanks for the quality control tip, timkrav1! and keep on watchin! (ps, turn your speakers all the way down or off, timkrav, and then go back and watch it without the sound until I get the problem all worked out)
@shelbyconstructions72569 жыл бұрын
what an insanely boaring video
@therrienmichael087 жыл бұрын
Shelby Constructions Psst...Boring
@LogHewer4 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting from where I'm sitting. Used these videos and the book to build my own barn. Granted, a tree smashed part of it in a tornado a couple years after, but I've about got him rebuilt. 😅 Nothing remotely boring here.