TIPS Season 3 - Episode 2: How to choose the best lumber for boat building and more

[@richardcole9558]

A glimpse of the knowledge stored in this mans head ... stunning .

[@ioannisaliazis]

Man, I love listening to Lou talk, such love and passion!

[@peterkelly9614]

Ioannis Aliazis So do I. I love seeing talent, knowledge and skills. I just hope that is passed on to younger generations.

[@dcrog69]

So much knowledge.

[@choctawhatcheekid309]

He has the gift of gab and can talk the ears off a wooden Indian.

[@peterkelly9614]

I am from Australia (born and raised in Adelaide) and then lived the other half of my life in both Melbourne and Sydney. Always been an avid ‘yachtee’ and just love boats and the water. Started sailing when I was 10 years of age. And I love timber, especially hardwoods, whether it be used in boats, furniture or housing. Love timber floors. Love big timber beams. Lou I really love your show. It comes because of your passion and skills and knowledge. I have learned a massive amount. I am so glad that you are back with a new series.

[@BillB23]

I, a landlubber, swung a hammer for a living for 20+ years. I've learned more about wood watching shipwrights than I learned searching through kiln dried lumber in supply houses. Lou, after your long absence I was thrilled to see you in Chile. It seems that you did not waste that time. Your production values have dramatically improved. Your content is the ususal workmanlike stuff we enjoy so much. I loved your collab with Acorn to Arabella. I eagerly await your next installments. At the risk of repeating myself, nice stuff!

[@answeris4217]

When you build furniture for a living you see a lot of lumber and you end up paying a lot more attention to what you are buying. These are not cheap so you don't want to buy them twice

[@rematrixed]

Just found this channel by accident, what a joy to listen to Lou talking, a wealth of experience and a great guy.

[@EyeOnTheTV]

I love seeing Lou light up over the grain in a timber.

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

I didn't realize how much I missed this.

[@FlynnForecastleOfficial]

I've never built a boat before and I recently decided to start watching and learning from all the videos I can get my hands on. While my ultimate dream is to build my own Brig, I found out real quick from watching these first 2 episodes that I know VERY little about boat building let alone ship building. I never would have thought this much knowledge would go into the wood one uses when building a boat. I learned so much from this video alone, I can't wait to see what else I learn along the way to building this V-bottom Skiff.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Very elegant forklift work there. Hahah. Great stuff Lou. Reminds me of a sawyer I used to go to. You had to bring him a six pack and sit and jaw for half an hour before you could get onto the business of picking through the piles. If you didn’t prepare for that, he would send you packing empty handed. He retired and boy do I miss that ritual. My new guy is always too busy to chin wag.

[@chrissudlow863]

The depth and breadth of Lou's knowledge is genius and he explains it in a way that is crystal clear. Halsey is equally brilliant on the production side. This is gold. Thank you!

[@TgWags69]

I got quite a chuckle out of your expression when the forklift smashes down on your trailer. You were very gracious about it!

[@Edward_John]

Allen was tired of flippin lumber for ya and said “there ya go Lou, howzat”.

[@super_slo]

That poor trailer! Lou looked like he was shocked and flirting with getting angry... Can only imagine the quick conversation between him and the operator. I'm still flabbergasted by that whole thing!

[@dozer1642]

That trailer will never be the same. 😆

[@floridasaltlife]

This is the cream of all youtube, I get so excited when Lou has a new video I find myself savoring it. As much as I want to watch it, I actually take the time to pause, maybe take a shower or make some sandwich and really slide in to my comfort zone to fully enjoy it. Then at the end it is a bit depressing as the wait starts all over again. Was so glad to make Tips From a Shipwright my first Pateron supported series. Now back out to work on my boat !!

[@noordinaryjoe1414]

I don’t think anything has brought me as much peace in ages. Thanks Lou!!

[@Orangie2008]

I hope your love and appreciation of woods rubs off on a younger generation of woodworkers and boat builders, sir. Strange to think that looking at dirty pieces of wood in a backwoods setting can draw up so much emotion, but it does. Excellent content!

[@marklawson8036]

Only two words needed.”Thank you” from Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hanoitripper1809]

Each time i watch one of his vids i keep think of all the knowledge he has, all the old men who taught him along the way and those older before them long gone, and all the knowledge that has been lost. Amazing, sad and inspiring at the same time.

[@TR4zest]

I thought your trailer was no more for a second there. Great to see you back on your game, Lou.

[@NumbNutz12000]

"Nutriments". Great word. :)

[@royfcjr]

I enjoy watching craftsmen of almost any profession doing what they do best. You are one I enjoy more, as your content stretches for many installments with enough detail to help in cabinetry and chair repair.

[@Creolegumbo]

my new youtube binge. Dude is 100% example of loving what you do. Thanks for the content.

[@ifell3]

never underestimate a man in denim, great work!!

[@thevictorianworkshop8660]

The only lock down Lou knows is strapping the lumber down on to the trailer .Love the guy

[@tedbownas2748]

By the look of the ground and foliage, this was recorded maybe March time frame, probably before the social distancing recommendations were in full effect most places. I'm sure Duke is being careful now due to his medical issues a few months back, and hopefully Lou has gotten his lumber and hunkered down in his shop to build and make videos. He runs a few weeks ahead of the videos with the actual boat work.

[@raytheron]

How wonderful to see and hear you again, Lou. I love your passion for what you do, and I admire your craftsmanship and your amazing skills and knowledge. Way beyond elated that you're back!

[@alvessail4718]

Great to have you back. Great video 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mattweeks5182]

The knowledge you have NEEDS to be passed along..... you have an incredible wealth of it!!

[@boathousejoed9005]

Lou,it's great to have you back! You should get your truck wrapped with your logo!

[@vilsiran]

Not everyone want to advertise

[@oheebatch_algorytmu]

@@vilsiran i think Lou does not even need to advertise... :-)

[@TheShorebird]

I just love Lou's videos, they are some of the most informative on the net. I've been a carpenter my entire life, but don't know a whole lot about boat building. I learned more about lumber for building boats in this video than I ever have in my entire 59 years. Lou, your passion for what you do makes you great for making these videos. Please keep 'em coming! Thanks.

[@eliasaliboucenna3417]

A nice production. I follow Louis Sauzedde,(Loui) in his Chanel and I love his job. He is ones of a good boatbuilder in the world, and I notice that he has some thing special ... He has a huge knowledge about the wood ( timber) that needed to make a boat. I love a cure labor. Kind regards from The Canary's Island.

[@tompedersen6564]

Absolutely fascinating. What incredible knowledge and experience these folks have. What a blessing to be able to glimpse into mindblowing skills and abilities of these remarkable people. Thanks for all you do, Lou. You're the best!

[@campbellmj9405]

Really enjoyed the tree and lumber knowledge in this video. Thanks Lou.

[@johnduncan9749]

At the end you two where talking about when you bought some lumber from that mill 30 years ago....wow that's something!! Great to see both of you still at it!!!

[@19Cub]

Glad you are back, Lou!

[@marvinkanhai2834]

mr louis you are a master boat builder you can write an encyclopedia on boat shipwrights your knowledge is well explained about lumber ,techniques and layouts you are the best i ever came across best professor great job sir keep it up great job .

[@barryp4700]

Thank you for taking us along Uncle Lou. So much knowledge and experience that you so willingly share with us. Regards from South Africa.

[@gbickell]

Always a pleasure to watch a master craftsman do their thing

[@jeffgrier8488]

I could hang out in a place like that all day too! I'm looking forward to this series!

[@gregoryraven3213]

Missed you Lou!! keep doing the greatest builds and sharing them!! Your last skiff build was amazing! I can’t wait too see more

[@nigelwalton4769]

Thank you for letting us in on this slice of life. Watching from NZ.

[@dennis6325]

Louis, your work boat series caused me to build another boat! An Earl Brockway skiff. I can't wait to see what this series encourages me to do! Ha!! Love your work. Alrighty, I gotta get off my duff and go make some sawdust! See you in the next vid. Thanks for sharing your passion and may God continue to bless & protect you.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

He has some really great timber for boat building and it's good to see it being used.

[@darrenjones9180]

I built boats for thirty years and have my own sawmill and I still learn from Lou

[@marmooses]

Amazing visit with amazing details about Lumber ,thank you Lou

[@fleetwoodmarine]

Louie you are the man - great to see you back in the saddle and making video's. Been waiting a long time to see you build your V- bottom skiff design. My future just got a little bit brighter now that I have your videos to look forward too again. Halsey's filming and editing are fantastic as usual!

[@CaptainBax]

Thanks Lou for sharing your knowledge and part of your life, I recently found out my Uncle and his Dad use to build timber ferry boats in Mackay Queensland before bridges spanned the Pioneer River back in the early part of the last century when going through some old photos of my Auntie's. I guess when demand for them dried up, they moved into building timber windows which was all I knew for years about him and in the end his business was welding up big chains for the mines up there. It's so interesting to see how life would of been for them back then and so glad to see those skills are still carried on today.

[@gabemillee3726]

Love theses videos keep them coming.

[@christophermann4755]

I know I get excited when I see Lou in my message header

[@gabemillee3726]

😊😊😊🦀🌊🐟🐳🐬🐙

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Just as good as any boat building video. You really help to understand what all these wood terms mean. Very neat. Very unique. So very well explained.

[@nataliespentzos4486]

So interesting to see what types of timber you look for. Real cool.

[@joer5518]

Lou, Halsey: thank you, sincerely. Just what we needed.

[@sethile]

Excited to you have you back, Lou! Looking forward to the rest of the season!

[@lumberjaxe8910]

Very informative, thank you for Sharing your valuable Knowledge.

[@dionmorrow5271]

i sit in amazement watching you do what you do. and listen to the knowledge that you have. dont find skill like yours, very rare. it warms my heart seeing how passionate you are about your work. you are really living life. hope to make it someday to come visit. thanks for all the teaching

[@genefoster7238]

So happy your back Lou

[@craigrelan2346]

It is hard to teach passion but Lou just did in this video. Good things come from great material!

[@fredflintstone8048]

Lou, I don't expect the time to come when the knowledge of a person can be uploaded to a computer, but if such a fantasy were to come about I would vote for your knowledge to be high on the priority list to be collected... Thank you for sharing with us.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Thank you Lou for both another insight into your life as a shipwright and the instruction on selecting wood for boats. Looking forward to seeing what these pieces look like when they are finished. There is some wonderful beauty inside those slabs. Take care, stay well and have a great week ahead.

[@ChileExpatFamily]

North and South Carolina has mountains of Black locust. We use to use it for fence posts. IT IS HARD AS A ROCK. Jim in Chile

[@ehudmigdan]

What a pleasure to see you working. Thank you Lou

[@trevorpeauk3931]

Always a delight Lou. Stay safe.

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

Man, I’m glad you’re back! I’ve missed seeing you and hearin’ to talk!

[@lorijohn101]

Lou, you could have a video every day and I would watch! Keep up the great work!

[@oakleyjack7600]

Thank you for sharing, Lou and Halsey 👍🎩😎

[@markpalmer5311]

Great way to see how each step flows through to the end result.

[@nmoran2046]

Lou scores big at the lumberyard I want to thank Al for not destroying the trailer holy crap

[@migo-migo9503]

What a lesson! I've been looking for a video like this to help me understand lumber for my woodworking. Thank you, sir!

[@samprice7786]

Love the videos. So happy you are back! Ive already worn out my first gen shirts.

[@lrq7927]

Thanks Lou, for all you do!

[@mray185]

thanks for the video. i always look forward to them.

[@briefwechsel]

Music instrument maker in New Zealand watching this over my lunch. Loved it! Thanks for sharing.

[@ahbushnell1]

good to see you back!!!

[@player36012]

Great video Glad to see you again

[@mickfisch96]

Great that you’re back Lou! Excellent story that I’m looking forward to watching as you build the skiff.

[@AquaMarine1000]

Nice work Halsey, nice work Lou. Cheers from Australia

[@LuukVanEgeraat]

Great video!

[@WileysShenanigans]

Thank you Lou and Halsey for keeping the videos coming during a difficult time. You have no idea how much I get out of them. Your efforts are greatly appreciated and needed. Keep them coming as time permits. 👍

[@lendavidhart9710]

17:45 those lite colored, thick bands in the annual rings are spring months, that were a wet srping, wood grows fast in the spring, than slows down in the summer, that is the dark (and hardest) rings are summer months, were the growth slows down, that's what i learned.

[@brianp4425]

you are one amazing person... such a joy to watch and listen to.. incredible stuff.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Great to see you back and I love that you are going out to the mills and explaining the hows and whys of your lumber buying

[@mdwdirect]

My New favorite out of all your videos. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@keanemclaughlin8182]

Bravo. The production quality is really improved. Lou, as always is great. We learn every episode. Can't wait to see the rest of the series.

[@lesliebauer1248]

Amazing timber . Thanks learnt a lot 👍😎

[@superformOG]

I am making a new tiller for my boat and I used what I learned from listening to Lou over the years for grain orientation when selecting a nice piece of slavonic oak

[@captain7767]

You do amazing work and your deep knowledge of lumber and its charachteristics is amazing

[@MartinFutter70]

learning so much with every video

[@kathmandu1575]

Great knowledge. Excellent video - thanks!

[@jamesconner8275]

Chatoyance is the name of the "iridescent" look in the wood that Lou mentioned.

[@stujd1539]

Was going to comment the same but... It is also found in certain gems and minerals.

[@Mishn0]

So, Koa would be the epitome of this?

[@Orangie2008]

@@Mishn0 I recall a tree from Hawaii that they nicknamed "Mother of Curl" toward the end of the 1990s. That was largely used by guitar makers both for sides and backs and for veneers on headstocks.

[@AlphaXDE]

I know it as "Anisotropy", which makes also sense, since wood is highly anisotropic. Hm.. wondering about how those two terms go together. Chatoyance describes the effect more than it does the condition, while Anisotropy is the condition required for the effect to happen.

[@stujd1539]

@@AlphaXDE Chatoyancy is the term to specifically describe the optical quality referred to whereas anisotropy is a general term for anything with the physical property of variation in different directions.

[@scottanthony3556]

A real man, a fanatic.

[@TizonaAmanthia]

Oooooh, Cornwall. i grew up in the super SouthWest corner of MA so i was in Canaan all the time! the mini golf and food stand there at the edge of town since I was a kid! And the Cannaan pet shop.. i was a regular there. made friends with the pizza shop that opened up like....15-20 years ago across the street. good noms. *takes a smol trip down memory lane. This....this land out there, will always be home, to me.

[@kimfucku8074]

This looks like a very nice area! Greetings from Switzerland.

[@micssticksnpipes]

Great video lou. Very educational. Love it.

[@bizim_eller]

👍👍🙂🙂 I think I learned few more things..again🙂

[@jamesnichols5903]

Its really good to see you again Lou. I heard word of someone having a heart attack and going over the rail on a ketch down your way about the time you stopped which had me worried. I just love your videos and have followed you from the start. From Dagley's boat works Nova Scotia, I wish you all the best and cant wait for more content.

[@1Thrufire]

Excellent video! What an amazing pile of very straight Black Locust! Lou's chain saw sharpening lessons might have something to do with one of those logs - the wood is extremely hard. Black locust "nails" were one of those American ship building technologies that increased the hull durability of the early US Navy.

[@Ange1166]

real interesting cant wait to see you start building

[@larry78cj7]

Absolutely awesome. Great information.

[@martinbyrne6643]

Great video ‘ 2 great characters there ‘ did he slab them by himself ‘ greetings from Ireland

[@John2413h]

Great information. Also I thought your trailer was a goner when the bobcat rammed it a bit.

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

I know right? That was not an elegant drop.

[@VictorRochaGaming]

So much knowledge. Thank you for sharing.

[@thomasarussellsr]

That is truely some beautiful lumber, Lou. I've got a couple of black locust that should be coming down on my property in the next couple years. I just recently aquired an alaskan mill myself and will be trying it out soon on a 40 inch sycamore that was taken down at my church and a black locust that was felled at a nearby neighbor's house. I get most of the slabs for doing the work, so the purchase of the mill is already paying for itself. At the church i get three twelve foot logs and the stump (the rest went to those who fell the tree as firewood). The locust had most of it see the tree company's chipper see it before I showed up, so i got several six foot logs and the final 12-13 foot trunk fall. Some of this timber will be earmarked for a small timber frame canopy for my dogs kennels, and some for furniture and crafts. I hope yo find someone to take down a monster oak in my back yard and be able to salvage enough from it to build a personal small boat of some sort between it and the locusts tgat need felled. Time will tell.

[@normanmfakierjr2387]

Super treat for Memorial Day! Just great to have you back Lou. Look forward to the "big" skiff! Agree some with Deftones below, Leo over at Tally Ho had a strange problem with some "dry rotted" wood and you might know right off what it is and what caused it.

[@davidh7268]

All I can say is wow, best video ever!

[@arkansas1336]

Very beautiful lumber available at that mill, I'd love to visit there.