THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, (A stonemasons commentary) Mike Haduck

[@bsimard227]

Hey mike. I’m a 27 year old landscaper from Ontario, Canada. Whenever I work with stone I think of your tips, they’ve helped me a lot. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. What you know is priceless.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Brendan, Comments like these keep me moving on, I appreciate it Mike

[@barryhallett1746]

Mike you keep making masonry interesting,thank you for your years of experience in these videos. I would never know what I know now if it wasn't for your knowledge. Thank you

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks for the kind words Barry, I appreciate it Mike

[@Kushert]

Appreciate the video Mike. It was very interesting

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tim, I appreciate it. mike

[@linkert810]

I know jack about masonry, bricks and stone but I love that there are people like you Mike who's sharing all of this knowledge! Like Paul Sellers and his work here on youtube sharing his knowledge on woodworking and hand tools. Amazing stuff Mike, I mean, you have footage from the 80's of your self and others doing work like this, awesome!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Robin, I appreciate the comment, Mike

[@dalerider3124]

Thank you MIKE for this very important, historic presentation. YOU are amazing and have contributed wonderfully to St John the Divine and ever so many other Cathedrals and Castles.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Dale, Mike

[@jd4evr2001]

I've been fascinated with this church since 1957! But how it was/is/will be built is of the greatest interest to me as well; much appreciated video ! I'm in awe of what you do.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Walter, check out wayne ferree channel, he was a Carver on the Washington cathedral before it was finished, thanks mike

[@jd4evr2001]

@@MikeHaduck Thanks ! Another awesome masterpiece in stone. Will do.

[@HamiltonTileGA]

I love Mike's videos. I'm a young(er) guy in the tile trade. Don't really get to rub shoulders with too many old timers, so I turn to KZbin to get the wisdom. "Food for thought" good way to put it. I find myself often times being too rigid in my thought, Mike's perspective has enlightened me.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Hamilton,I think sometimes I’m a little too rigid in my thoughts too, I appreciate it, Mike

[@normamoreiko6817]

They do a special tour called the vertical tour and it takes you all the way up to the roof above cathedral and outside on the roof itself. You’d love it. I’m from Scranton by the way and I absolutely love the distinctive accent.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Norma, hayna or no, lol. I appreciate it, I got to go back someday and do that, I was there with friends in an out last time, thanks Mike

[@shtf411com]

Another great presentation Mike! I really love the channel, and the in between visits to old structures. Your channel has answered so many questions when looking at older masonry buildings. Thank You!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sancho, I appreciate it, mike

[@김명섭-w2v]

Oh good! I am very interested in watching your video in South Korea. Thank you for your efforts.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, mike

[@joeshmoe8912]

Another gem of a video Mike. That was a gorgeous building, would love to see it in person. It truly is amazing to me the top notch quality of work that was done on the "old school" days. And they did it with minimal tools. Thank you for helping me sharpen my iron Mike.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joe, thanks for inspiring me to keep making these videos, I appreciate it, Mike

[@JAMAEL89]

Thank you. Funny looking chickens.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks JAMAEl, And in the middle of New York City, LOL thanks Mike

[@MNnytrorider]

Great video! What’s your thoughts on sweeping a lime sand mix between pavers and wetting it? Could this be an alternative to using that polymer stuff?

[@DanielinLaTuna]

Erwin Rommel, I’ll be checking back to see how Mike answers; that sounds like a good idea, but I know nothing 😬

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Erwin, lime doesn’t hold up In my area, and all the sidewalks and streets were usually pavers before Portland concrete came on the scene, so my opinion would be no, I hope that helps thanks Mike

[@dirtysalmonchaser]

thanks for sharing the video.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sal I appreciate it, Mike

[@cowhelmet]

Mike, I really enjoyed this one. You do a great job of explaining the theory behind masonry. I really admire the work you do. Keep it up!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Dan, I appreciate it, Mike

[@DanielinLaTuna]

Hey Mike! Man do I wish there was KZbin and the internet back in the 80’s, I could’a learned so much from you. I was younger and stronger then, too 🤫 Anyway, that’s a beautiful building. We’ve got some stone buildings out here in Los Angeles, but it’s concrete with stone facades. Thanks for taking the time to share, Mike. Blessings

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Daniel, I appreciate it, blessings to you also, my

[@BlankBrain]

It would be interesting to see what that mansion looks like today.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Brian, I Hope that all the stonework didn’t fall off, LOL, Mike

[@dirtysalmonchaser]

Mike Haduck Masonry, you should revisit that mansion and take some video- if you can. It would be educational- food for thought...

[@hank1519]

Thank you, Mike!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks hank, mike

[@cardo1111]

Very interesting thanks for posting this, not sure where in NJ that mansion was that you worked on. I remember a beautiful stone mansion in Saddle River NJ that was built about that time in the ‘80’s but it was mostly made of grey colored stone from what I remember. I used to love to drive by and admire it as a young man. A great trade thanks for sharing your expertise on the craft and its history.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks cardio, What a beautiful stonework in no for sure, Thanks, Mike

[@Pfsif]

They've been working on La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1920.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Pfsit, I was in Barcelona 1973, and remember that cathedral, but I didn’t know they were still working on it I was too young to realize it, thanks for letting me know, I looked it up and I might have to put that on my future list, thanks for the tip, Mike

[@arkansas1336]

Great video! I saw The Cathedral in 1966. ....13

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks 13, It sure is something to see, I heard they’re still building one in Barcelona Spain, thanks Mike

[@arkansas1336]

Mike Haduck Masonry --- Re: Spain, How much time under construction so far?

[@colroulette9337]

Thanks Mike great video!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks col, I appreciate it, Mike

[@maddog8148]

Amazing video Mike. Keep them coming!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Maddox, I appreciate it, Mike

[@1714Fulton]

Thank you for such an informative and enjoyable video.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks 1714, I appreciate it, Mike

[@Jere616]

I appreciate your interesting and informative perspective on a national masterpiece (even though it's unfinished).

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks Jere, mike

[@cowhelmet]

Oh! I forgot to mention. I think I saw you in that old jersey video with jet black hair! Have you considering bringing that look back?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Dan, I’ll have to ask one of the girlfriends, lol Thanks Mike

[@wmsbbg6624]

Awesome video. I like how you appreciate old school masonry. Please keep the Scripture quotes coming.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks wmsbbg, I appreciate hearing that, thanks Mike

[@jacob5525]

Awesome video I learned a lot

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks jake, I appreciate it, Mike

[@johnwargo8990]

Awesome video Mike. Love watching all your videos even though the Pittsburgh Carpenter's Union pays my bills. Would be great to visit all the other countries that you have seen first hand. Watching this makes me want to build something here out of brick and stone.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks John, I appreciate it Mike

[@johnwargo8990]

One question for you Mike. When you were in the Union did you have to lay a certain number of block a day? Union job in Pittsburgh and these guys are putting up a block building. We are installing the door frames. Head joints of all different thickness and just looks likes they have no pride in their work

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi John, they were always in a hurry, and wanted to get things done as fast as they could, but they all had that figured out when they did the estimate and contract, I think the average was at least 100 - 125 block of day and they wanted two guys On a 12 inch block, That’s what they were expecting then, I don’t know about now, thanks Mike

[@FireplacesRock]

Great to see the 80's video!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jamie, mike

[@wmsbbg6624]

Question: In Beaumont, TX, how deep would I have to go to get to bedrock so as to build a two story solid concrete home with concrete roof with roof overhanging at least 10 ft?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi wmsbbg, I guess that would depend on how deep the bedrock years, every area is different, thanks Mike

[@Brikkwall]

So I'm currently working on a 10 story high brick office building. We're four mason teams and every team is toothing every section. Never heard anyone complain about it before. Who says you can tooth the brick??

[@MikeHaduck]

You would have to look at the comments on how I lay brick series , I know most of them don’t have experience so that’s what they would think, but no worries it all gets done, thanks Mike

[@jamesn.economou9922]

You didn't mention how they were able to contour, the limestone's interior face, to perfectly fit, the rough stone framing. I would like to see a modern stone mason, make those cuts, on every block. Not a chance!

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi James my videos on "rockfacing and shaping stone" I also worked with wayne feree, a Carver on the national washington cathedral, while it was still being built,, he has his own channel also, not a big deal just time and money, thanks mike

[@jamesn.economou9922]

@@MikeHaduck I understand, and I can appreciate your art, and trade. I am concerned with the false narrative of history. The bulk of that Cathedral was thrown up in 5 years, like they say. With that in mind, you have to start with a different approach. Anyone does. The narrative of the initial building is almost laughable. What little of it you can find. There just isn't enough information on the construction itself, to speak on, as a fact. It wouldn't hold up, in small claims court. I need receipts.

[@MikeHaduck]

@jamesn.economou9922 hi James, go to the main mason ,joe at the Washington cathedral, also the guy who wrote the book on it still gives tours, it took almost 100 years to complete, go to Washington DC and see for yourself, thanks Mike

[@odomis07]

Wow. Looks amazing.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, I appreciate it, Mike

[@billiamc1969]

Awesome tutorial Mike!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Bee, I appreciate it, Mike

[@nelsonvecchione2621]

Interesting Mike ....Thanks

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Nelson, I appreciate it, Mike

[@justwondering5540]

Good one Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Don, I appreciate it, Mike

[@Brian-Burke]

Very interesting video, Mike. So in a freeze/thaw climate, limestone isn't good for structural stuff? Thanks for posting.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Brian, I would say the farther north you go, the more weather does damage to it, My opinion, thanks Mike

[@adorab9446]

Hi Mike the practical wisdom that you share has helped me 1 build our front steps 2 dispel many ridiculous pyrmid allen ideas 3 provided entertainment I have done nothing for you and I have no busness asking favors but I have heard bible scholars argue about Scriptual info on Jesus as the corner stone versus the capstone. I think he is both. Alpha and omega style where He's a mason and He's busting out stones from the devil's quary where they were stuck and He's polishing each one up and laying them out into a big arched dome until its complete then He is the keystone, which I am wondering if that goes last. Also, just hoping you would share more practical info on stone arches and domes. Especially corner and keystones. Last, the stone of stumbling. I think about the many cool ruins that you have shown and all the rubble. It seems like unbelivers think He's not God because God is a fine builder and He would never build out of all of us riff raff, but believers think, He is God and will. May God bless you in all the things you do and I pray the video I don't deserve to ask for

[@MikeHaduck]

Actually I am retired in Florida now, maybe I will do a little more traveling, I don't expect to do many more arches but I have a years worth of videos I haven't put out yet, we will see, God Bless, Mike

[@iknowaguy1564]

My main man Mike! Thanks for the educational video! How long would you estimate that it would take YOU and your crew to finish the church? How many years!? p.s i liked the music

[@MikeHaduck]

I think it would take me another 300 years or so. lol, thanks mike

[@iknowaguy1564]

Mike Haduck Masonry Id hire ya!

[@buckhorncortez]

Mike Haduck Masonry Sounds like it would be a lifetime contract....

[@erwannleligerien3771]

Dear cathedral, I am Notre Dame of Paris and I need your roof.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Erwann, Mike

[@kingscooby4191]

Laughed out loud when you walked by the New York City chicken lollll

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Scooby, lol, Mike

[@chadmyers4432]

Excellent vid Mike! What a strAnge feeling it must be to wander about in such a place... is it a money issue or what? Seems partially forgotten and partially remembered in nostalgia~ perhaps the commitment necessary to undertake such a task, must less, complete it has been lost on the “new school” generation or maybe the “old school” Just couldn’t hang on any longer. One interesting note that I found -was that the funeral of Nikola Tesla was held there. He died broke ($), Sitar or FX? The mix was a little low and I couldn’t tell! Take care.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Chad, yeah the old is getting lost in the New, and I seen some modern day block work , It was Mandolin I had laying, Anything that works, LOL, thanks Mike

[@mrb1864]

Wow, I need pay that a visit, love way they facing that, amazing skill do dressing stones like that . last better than any of the junk we use today but doubt building regulations let you do a new build the old school way, wouldn't be safe lol :-)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mr B, And yet those buildings last hundreds and hundreds of years, go figure, thanks Mike

[@daiburt1833]

Hi Mike you should have gone to Bomaris castle in North Wales . Edward longshancks ran out of money and couldn't Finnish it so it's been a building site for 800 years . You find the first 10 ft of stone as rough as guts on castles they threw them up so they could take shelter . There's nothing worst than getting hit by an arrow from a longbow when you're trying to build a wall 😂😂😂😂 Dave from Wales

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks David, I would love to spend a couple months there looking at all of them, there is nothing over here in the USA that compares to the real thing like you guys got, thanks, mike

[@gristlevonraben]

Great video

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Gristle, I appreciate it, Mike

[@jamesn.economou9922]

It looks to me like the limestone has been torn off. The stops and starts of it all, is so random. Sometimes the trim pieces are attached, while the big stones are missing, and vice versa. Who plans to build like that?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi James, every stone in a cathedral was marked and cut to size, I have a series out" rockfacing and shaping stone" Mike haduck, it's all there, thanks Mike

[@KMoran-cw2fd]

I love these videos!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks K, I appreciate it, Mike

[@abscomm]

Hi Mike, where can you get those two books?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi John, I seen them on eBay, but they also have them online for free or you can download them, thanks Mike

[@darrenharlow3016]

hi mike,why wasn't it finished any idea its a very interesting to see the guts behind the skin cheers

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Darren , I agree, thanks Mike

[@throwedoff]

Nice music Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks rills, I did it with GarageBand, LOL thanks Mike

[@vermilion3419]

thanks haduck

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Vermilion, i appreciate it, mike

[@MattG125]

Hi- Peacocks are known to roam the grounds of the Cathedral. In fact the staff have given them names. I'm pretty sure that chicken was a peacock.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Matt, I hope they’re getting their moneys worth With the eggs it ,produces, Otherwise they got to get new chickens, LOL thanks Mike

[@DrZazzoo]

Mike - the very last thing you said - about there being some supposed advantage to lime mortar as it is weak. Have you ever seen evidence of that advantage being true? A failure caused by using portland? I have never seen it.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Dr, i’m still Ttying, to come up with a solid answer for that, the new cement is harder and drys faster ..... yet lime Seems to be more forgiving drys a lot slower and they don’t use expansion joints, They are still using hydrated lime in Europe And I rarely even hear about it here, So I don’t have a solid answer yet, but I’m getting close, thanks Mike

[@DrZazzoo]

Thanks Mike. I have learned a lot from you. Your videos are the best, keep em coming.

[@hotdawg9840]

Mike.... Those chickens are familiar to m. And they make a good awful "aaaauuuuuaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh" sound. Lol

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi hot yep, they are some funny lookin chickens lol, mike

[@mikeyj3439]

It’s hard to imagine how things like this were built, and without power tools. Just seems insane

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mikey, it sure is, I heard they’re still building one in Barcelona Spain, thanks Mike

[@j.t.frompa5508]

Great video. Too bad it's unfinished but attitudes have changed about building extravagant church buildings. Church leaders decided it is more important to help poor people which in truth is what the Bible instructs us to do. What money there is for buildings is needed to keep what has already been built is maintained or repaired.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi j.t., I agree with you, thanks Mike

[@urbanistic5]

You are master !

[@MikeHaduck]

I am just passing along what I learned from the old timers, thanks mike

[@glorygloryhallelujah]

Great job but now I'm more interested in knowing why there was a chicken in the middle of NYC

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Alain, Good question, and a funny looking chicken for sure, lol Thanks, Mike

[@robertkelly3313]

Hi Mike, I watch all your brilliant vids, all that unfinished work, maybe their US masons had caught that terrible disease from the British, caused the lazy bugger disease, when I was a young man in the 80s the unions created that disease that crippled British industry. 😎

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Robert, I believe that, I wish they were still working on it, it would be very interesting to watch the whole process, I love the old castles in the UK, that’s my favorite, thanks Mike

[@suep4530]

very interesting... that was one funky chicken lol

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sue I appreciate it, Mike

[@jeremiahshine]

The ancients sometimes just faced older constructions I've been led to believe.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Jeremiah, I would say in some cases that is true and it still goes on today thanks Mike

[@nerdydev]

I never knew that something like this was in the usa

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks George, yep , it’s something to see, thanks, mike

[@troyboy4550]

WHat's up on Limestone extra cost?, like live orchestra movie music FIRE THEM ! Significance is ? wtgolly! **echo** not needed if not adding to integrity. Frilly flowers not needed. Complete funds waste even if Pope paid for it HeyZeus kid or preacher's don't care if you've a flowery dress on or BLING! galore. NO REPLY necccccesssssssary, LOVE THE VID! I didn't know some were never finished, so slackers back then too ! Yeah my pitiful humor. KEEP UP THE SUPER VIDEOS LATERZZZZZZZZZZ

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Troy, I appreciate it, mike

[@stoneman3079]

Gob bless the stone mason

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks stone man, God bless you too, thanks Mike

[@xtusvincit5230]

St John the Eyesore.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Joey, there are actually a lot around the world, thanks mike

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

Wow I thought that was a dead artform!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks zorroon, mike

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[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Steve, great thing to know, Thanks. Mike

[@01aharley]

MOOOORRRREEE

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Matthew I appreciate it, Mike

[@teddibear1850]

Tartaria.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks teddi,,, Mike

[@jeffevans3193]

John wasn't divine.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jeff, mike