Following Tim Reimensnyder through the process of making a greenwood oak chair from felling the tree to steam bending the seat back.
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@FanOfLiberty1776 Жыл бұрын
A note to the producer/director of this film: it’s wonderful to see a skilled craftsmen in his element, but those interested in such viewing are more likely interested in hearing the tools and the explanations of the woodworker than the incessant violin music.
@perry-ad2 ай бұрын
I came here to make this very same comment.
@anthonybernstein96982 ай бұрын
I turned the volume off.
@ImnotChuck.2 ай бұрын
The fiddling is good, but I would like to watch the fiddler. The woodworking is good, but I would like to hear his music.
@leandersmith61842 ай бұрын
Yes the music doesn't do any good here, would be nice to see the finished chair. A tip to all of these furniture makers, cut a piece off the back legs 1/2 an inch to 1 inch so the chair (still square) will sit so much bigger the same for that expensive chair or couch. Try it out by adding spacers to the front legs. And cut it off from the back legs if you like the new "sit".
@TCGE086 ай бұрын
Great to see such a real shop in the sea of so many KZbin perfect shops. Beautiful results and not a single festool in sight!
@nevadahughes7962Ай бұрын
I GREATLY enjoyed this video. Thank you.
@danielgeng23063 жыл бұрын
I always say there’s folks out there making way better stuff than me with way worse tools than I have... this is case and point ! A true master !
@outlaweric Жыл бұрын
i agree! humbling, isnt it?
@jonquinn112 ай бұрын
The key is sharpening A dull expensive tool doesn't work as well as an inexpensive (but well made, not the current junk chicom or indian pot metal) with a really sharp knife or blade
@virtualbrian2 жыл бұрын
Love the way he bent that back piece on the side of his sink and then it just snapped into place on the chair. Perfect!
@aaronwarner2762 Жыл бұрын
I think I could watch that a dozen times. So pleasant watching a master at work working with their medium... not fighting it.
@Patxi__2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the wole process of making a wooden chair. Nice job.
@jimbo26297 ай бұрын
I love the way you steamed and fitted that horizontal back splat. 😀
@stephenlines94312 ай бұрын
Tim, blown away by your 'matter of fact' way of making chairs. I love chairs and all of their subtle design elements. Especially impressed with your 'tree-to-chair' demonstration.Shame we didn't get to see the finished item (no seat?). I've liked and subscribed in the hope that more will be revealed. Stay strong and continue living the best life you can. Sincere thanks.
@ElohiSilverEarthVentures Жыл бұрын
I could watch you doing this for hours, just had to stop myself n snap out of the meditation type zone I just went into watching you... i bet doing this is very therapeutic. I love your work, absolutely beautiful. The love you put into it, is felt even through just the videos,cool feeling to get watching you.
@aksourdough4890 Жыл бұрын
What a zen meditation watching this. As a retired OSHA inspector, I cringed watching him on that table saw with no push stick. As a firewood harvester in AK, might I suggest using an ice fishing type sled to transport logs. Works even without snow.
@tomarthur6768 ай бұрын
I was mesmerized, and the time flew by.
@robertwilliams89742 жыл бұрын
Great job Tim. Love your work! Cheers, Rob
@outlaweric Жыл бұрын
easily one of the best videos ive ever seen on yt! two techniques im going to use in the future were on this video. thank you! i wouldnt have thunk it myself!
@machinelathe Жыл бұрын
Amazing woodworking ! enjoy watching the video ! well done , friend.
@ntyhurst9 ай бұрын
I’m confused. I thought the point of using green wood in chair making was to be able to rive it so the grain is super straight?
@timreimensnyder44867 ай бұрын
The point to working oak green is that it's easier to work, There are other ways to achieve straight grain. Riving doesn't guarantee straight grain. Riving is without question the traditional method of this work,
@guyvangenechten6484 Жыл бұрын
Very nice job tim 👍👍👍
@tonybbc12 ай бұрын
I just love seeing ancient tools go hand in hand with modern tools. Years and years of skill in those hands. It is a shame that all these talents are slowly disappearing.
@conraddelia85734 жыл бұрын
Tim love your way of working the log. I do the same on my Windsor chairs. Thanks.
@waltersaari79542 ай бұрын
Love the home made tools and jigs.
@jimwulstan8592 Жыл бұрын
Many yers ago I made ‘green oak’ joinery, a complete house lot. The idea being that it just dried out in-situe.
I love watching Tim work, but the background music gave me a headache.
@harrygray49505 жыл бұрын
Very well done and informative. I love the beginning. I could watch it all day. Thank you, Tim
@eastonbenson44953 жыл бұрын
instablaster
@cypok495 Жыл бұрын
отличная работа старой школы... с Уважением из Сибири!
@lasabras5063 жыл бұрын
Great work. Thanks for sharing.
@davekava39463 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Wish you wore proper gear falling a tree. But you are your own man. Great job!
@JakieCan3 жыл бұрын
Great work!!!
@ochaupaitocaesar31633 жыл бұрын
Well done.
@paulo9530 Жыл бұрын
very nice
@jameswalker21276 жыл бұрын
@richard wilson Perhaps we will should again. This was made in a hurry to display with Tim’s chairs at the Common Ground Fair here in Unity Maine next week.
@ronicalves704611 ай бұрын
Parabéns. Isso é a carpintaria artesanal! A cada cadeira vai junto com ela uma paixão pela história.
@sethwarner2540 Жыл бұрын
I always love it when a person gets stuff done by whatever means seems right, who cares if theres holes in their armpit, or wears different socks; this person is locked on to the end product! I use paint scrapers for cabinet scrapers cuz they got handles and my grip is lacking a little. It takes me 6 months to get a couple bookcases off my bench;so? Bro, wish I could visit you in your shop and give you something; a tool you need, or sharpen your axe or your spoke shave. NO, you probly just fine the way you got it!
@vernonley68284 жыл бұрын
I like his air conditioner for when it gets hot outside. :):):)
@anthonywilson48732 ай бұрын
No Riving blade why not. It prevents kickback??
@ibrhemahmed1702 жыл бұрын
Very good
@osu1229758 ай бұрын
I'd like to make that chaisaw jig. Any plans or pics available?
@truthBtold993 жыл бұрын
brilliant...
@boughtnpaidfer Жыл бұрын
Makes me long to be able to do woodworking.
@DeeDurand-wm4sf6 ай бұрын
N sub from shoshone Wyoming u.s.a like your video and work . ,,God bless you and yours forever ... please make more videos.......
@michaelvires88712 ай бұрын
Do we get to see the finished chair?
@aljones47192 ай бұрын
Why cut so high. When I felled trees we were expected to dirty the back of our hand when making the saw cuts with a bow saw. Yes over 60 years ago we did not use chain saws.
@richardnwilson6 жыл бұрын
Great video with beautiful music! Thank you! Love the chair. When can we see how you make the seat?
@user-cp7jw2en1v2 ай бұрын
Can you order the music on this video most excellent tunes
@w3sty4393 жыл бұрын
awesome video! great craftsmanship !! how much do you worry about the timber not being dry when working with a freshly cut tree ?
@jameswalker21273 жыл бұрын
At 6 min you’ll see Tim put a finished leg up on a rack. It stays up there in dry atmosphere for several months. Working it down to size allows it to dry faster. Risky, though in that it could split. For the segment that follows, Tim took a leg that was previously seasoned. Thanks for your question.
@sam78ize Жыл бұрын
what type of wood was that?
@timreimensnyder44867 ай бұрын
Red oak
@mickleblade6 ай бұрын
Thank God for the mute button, nice chairs tbough
@glockgrouptherapy3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious if the wood had any dry time or was the chair made with green wood?
@beantown_billy2405 Жыл бұрын
Typically they'd dry the tenons in a hotbox for 48 hours. Other chairmaking videos demonstrate this.
@glockgrouptherapy Жыл бұрын
@beantown_billy worth the year wait for this answer lol. Thank you! I honestly didn't find the right video that answered this lol
@scaldar50753 жыл бұрын
Блин, это же ясень? Мастер от Бога. Снимаю шляпу!
@JasonDiggs2 жыл бұрын
Do you weave the seat for a chair of this style?
@timreimensnyder44867 ай бұрын
How to Weave a Seat in a Rush Chair kzbin.info/www/bejne/hILOdmNrealslbs
@JasonDiggs7 ай бұрын
@@timreimensnyder4486 Wow! Thank you.
@timreimensnyder44867 ай бұрын
I'm afraid my reply might look like the rush seat weaving video is mine which is not the case...it's how I learned to rush seats.
@dexhorton594 жыл бұрын
I am interested in the jig used at 16:13. Can you direct me to a plan to make this? Thanks.
@Drangkoor3 жыл бұрын
I had to screenshot it! Looks deceptively simple, huh? Gonna try to make one
@BossCrunk2 жыл бұрын
Love the "getting back to the Earth" stuff featuring people who own hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of woodland acreage. Just toodle on out there and cut a tree down. Don't worry, you own thousands of them. Warms the cockles of my heart. Spend half a million on some land, buy a few pairs of overalls, and make chairs.
@CreativeCarpentry Жыл бұрын
Imagine being judged as you have judged him? One might think you have no concept of what working for a lifetime can reward you with? Get out and work towards it if it’s what you want and you will get there eventually- possibly before you as old and grey as he is. His choices led him to where he is now.
@timreimensnyder44867 ай бұрын
5 acres, $7,000
@joer56273 жыл бұрын
Any man with a dog, a stick, and a chainsaw is ok by me!
@boywonder66592 ай бұрын
How this guy hasn’t lost a finger or two I’ll never know.
@dylan13wks.fetch.979 күн бұрын
My thoughts exactly.
@forest99 Жыл бұрын
😊
@konstantinivanov1986Ай бұрын
Dont understand al the critique. Dude aint perfect but he mate a really decent rustic chair. Now you go and do that.
@rolandharrison56513 жыл бұрын
I am surprised that he has not crafted a hand truck that suits his needs better than an old rickety steel one. It seems so unwieldy to be dragging heavy logs through the woods.
@wdelliott18133 жыл бұрын
I would have preferred to see him use push sticks on the table saw.
@user-je6rz7mb3f2 ай бұрын
Why cut down a whole tree which would probably take 2-3years to dry, when he already has a whole lot've wood for a project.😢😢😢😢 He does great work though
@munroboice1542 Жыл бұрын
he forgot rhe seat
@debraparry38882 ай бұрын
Awful music 😢
@mikeabbott4 жыл бұрын
It all started so well until he started to saw that beautiful log along the grain, rather than cleave it! Yes, beautiful music though.
@timreimensnyder44864 жыл бұрын
For anyone who doesn't know who Mike Abbott is, he is a chair maker, teacher of chair making and author. Most recently in my collection, "Going with the Grain" (Making Chairs in the 21st Century). He also was the chair critic in the British series "Mastercrafts" (part 1) on "Green Woodcraft", which you can see here on KZbin at kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWqWXq1ua96XkNE. It is a wonderful video. I found it very inspiring. I'm sorry that he doesn't approve of how I make chairs, but I could have guessed that he might not. When I first made chairs I did split (or rive or cleave) a log but I no longer do. I am flattered that he watched the video. Although I am suspicious that he may have fast forwarded a bit. Who knows, maybe he made it to the end.
@MartinMMeiss-mj6li3 жыл бұрын
@@timreimensnyder4486 So why did you stop riving?
@timreimensnyder44863 жыл бұрын
@@MartinMMeiss-mj6li Hi Martin, it's a long story. The short version would include that I was diagnosed 10+ years ago with an incurable cancer (Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor). No cure but some good treatment. No standard chemo and radiation. One of the treatments side effects is fatigue. The last tree I took down was 23" in diameter red oak and I needed 43" long pieces for bar stools I was making for someone. I need to work the log as physically efficiently as possible for my body. I have found this method to allow me to keep working without feeling like I'm going to kill myself. I guess I should state that the video is not intended to be a teaching video. It's just a record of how I worked at the time. I don't make chairs in order to teach other people how to do it. I just make chairs.
@MartinMMeiss-mj6li3 жыл бұрын
@@timreimensnyder4486 Thanks for that explanation. Makes perfect sense, and I have some idea what you are going through because I have seen it with loved ones. Hang in there. In my opinion, craftsmanship is one of the best things we humans engage in.
@MartinMMeiss-mj6li3 жыл бұрын
@@timreimensnyder4486 By the way, since you are ripping short billets, have you tried it with the log lying on its side and the chainsaw bar parallel to the side of the log? I find this much more efficient than sawing across the end grain. When the chainsaw teeth are moving parallel to the grain, instead of sawdust they pull out wood in long noodles (that make nice packing material) and do so very quickly. If the log is longer than the chainsaw bar, just do the same from the other end. For your saw, that would handle about three feet, but if there is sill a gap in the middle it can be finished off by using the saw crosswise, as you do now.
@petepeterson708818 күн бұрын
Get rid of the repetitive music
@leopold18816 ай бұрын
I would to see how many trees you planted instead when you cleverly decided to cut this tree for a silly chair. It’s like making an ashtray out of your hands?!
@hrxy12 ай бұрын
turn that awfull noise off, unwatchable and unlistenable awefull