Best episode to date! I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by the lead boatwright on the restoration of the USS Constellation. He described going out into the coastal forests of South Carolina looking for "knees" of live oak that were used in the restoration of that majestic tall ship. Now I understand what he was talking about. Thank you Lou---your knowledge and the application of that knowledge is truly inspiring.
You'll have to check the usable angle, but those are some nice looking crotches. Thanks fellow viewer for having our craftsman out to look for what he needed. It may have taken years to find this requirement at a lumber yard. most crotches at yards near me have the smaller leg/branch cut off already.
what a brilliant man ... I've been a boatbuilder 50 years and Louis,s enthusiasm is a lesson for us all .. by far the best bit was to see him skipping downhill after his timber .. thank you sir ...
Who would have thought that this video series would become my "Go To" watch of this, Mid Year 2018...? Not me. Thats for sure. But here I am. On lunch break. Watching a Master at work. Glorious. Great clean entertainment. Such a wealth of information to take in, all in the space of time it takes to squaff down a Steak Pie and a Cola. Perfection in my book. Thank you kind Sir.
Lou, you have put together here the most helpful and fascinating series of videos I have ever encountered. Your experience, voice and presentation style, not to mention your humility, make for the best TH-cams imaginable. Thank you. If they hand out awards for TH-cam videos, I would nominate these in an instant.
It's wonderful that you were able to find what you were looking for via one of your viewers. Seems like a real straight forward kind of guy too. Some beautiful wood you two discovered!
Excellent video and awesome field trip! Michael seems like a great guy. That is the beauty of a good community on TH-cam. Looking forward to which one of the knees ends up going in the skiff.
That was soo much fun to watch, must have been so much more fun out there! Good on you Michael for helping out. You are a top bloke. And knowledgeable I envy your experience with Lois. You must have had an awesome day. And Lois as well. It was great to see Lois running up the hill in excitement!. Great vid, thanks guys
This is awesome, knowledge of trees you can't learn from a book, love seeing it. Everyone make sure they click like on this video. It'll make it come up on people feeds who may not know about it. This is gold. I've been following for years, help spread the word on these videos.
Awesome video Lou, looks like you guys had a good day in search the best 60 degree breast hook candidate that you could find. thanks for taking us along!
No boat work on this one and yet, it's one of my favorites with all that outdoors hiking, lumbering and milling wood. That's a playground to most of us. Thanks for sharing Louis.
I'm grateful to all the new things I learn like how to hold the file while sharpening. Lou has studied these things and graciously shares his knowledge. A lot a guys don't take the time to break it down like that.
thank you for showing us your true love for your craft , listening to you talking about trees whilst walking in the woods was fantastic long may craftsmen continue .
another great video.. Thanks Lou and thanks to all the people behind the scene including Halsey. Mike is a great example of a community pulling together.
Awesome episode, THANKS MIKE for supporting Lou! I really enjoyed seeing you get out to the source like that and discussing tree issues while hunting for what you need. Cool stuff.
Like others have said, Lou is like a kid in a candy store! Lou I think you have made a good contact there in Micheal, I hope you two can do some more videos in the woods! Cheers!
amazing to think of the trees used in the past- looking at dory construction i saw they liked to find roots with the right shape for ribs. makes me think to pray for boats and houses as much as the lives that made them possible. happy you didnt want to waste that gorgeous imperfect slab, at least save some!
Thanks, Lou. How generous of your viewer/friend. Hope he uses the off cuts for good utility. Otherwise there was a lot of "stuff" cut and left for not much reason.
Lou, looking at the two of you sawing great slabs from the trees it got me to thinking: what the hell did they do back in the day when there were no power tools. I guess everything was pit sawn by hand. You'd want to be pretty certain of the integrity of the fork before attempting all that work!
Ross Munro All timber was locally sourced so the shipwright would have had his eye on a suitable item for a while or someone would have pointed him to a location where he may want to have a look.
Lou, I believe you're as happy outdoors in the woods as being out on the water. Awesome hardwood timber and Michael made a great contribution to the show/boat! Was the tree at 3 minutes a shagbark white oak or possibly a hickory? I'm constantly on the look out for shagbarks! Thanks for the video! ....13
All your tool are super super sharp any tips on how to correctly sharpen saw places and other tools I am a long way from the water but fell the edge to build a boat after watching you build the skip But I have learnt so much about working with timber keep up the great work ,36 c here today summer in Melbourne Australia
I was looking forward to the next boat video but this was a very interesting trip to get the wood you need. Can't wait to see what you do with it. very educational and fun video. I wonder if you are going to need to dry or cure the wood before it goes on the boat?
An interesting field trip follow on would be an on-board at-sea ship repair like the shipwrights who sailed with a vessel. Imagine trying to repair damage from a cannon ball below the waterline while underway!
Very enjoyable. You have such a positive outlook, it's really refreshing. I have been following your series, told a friend about it because he built a dory, thought he would be interested in your skiff. Curious, how is your last name properly pronounced. I have looked at it and tried to work it out, but I'm sure I got it wrong. Thanks for a great series. Keep up the great work.
Ring porous woods, like oak and ash, grow with two kinds of wood each season. Spring or early wood has tube structures for carrying water and nutrients. Summer or late wood is solid, and forms the darker rings seen in cross section. When there is narrow late wood rings between porous early wood rings, the lumber is brash, and weaker than when there is wider late wood growth rings.
It's too bad that along with making these great videos, these people have to babysit the comments section. I spent 36 years in the Navy and learned and used some really salty language, but I always knew where it belongs and and where it doesn't.
So funny that he goes out to this dudes farm and starts sitting on the mill blades and sharpening his chainsaw blades and talkin shit about the lumber. It’s respectful and they’re conducting business, but it’s also funny
Question. The trees cut in this episode. Even though you did not use them, is that unused material still going to be cut up into marketable wood? It looks to me like there is a lot of usable base stock for other projects there. I would hate to see whole trees tossed away after taking just a small piece out of it.
If you look again at this episode, when they are making the initial cuts with the band mill, Lou specifically mentions that the cuts are 2" thick so usable material will result, though not suitable for the boat project.
Best episode to date! I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by the lead boatwright on the restoration of the USS Constellation. He described going out into the coastal forests of South Carolina looking for "knees" of live oak that were used in the restoration of that majestic tall ship. Now I understand what he was talking about. Thank you Lou---your knowledge and the application of that knowledge is truly inspiring.
You'll have to check the usable angle, but those are some nice looking crotches. Thanks fellow viewer for having our craftsman out to look for what he needed. It may have taken years to find this requirement at a lumber yard. most crotches at yards near me have the smaller leg/branch cut off already.
The way you're sharpening that saw is the way I've been doing it for 70 years. My preffered brand of chain saw was a Pioneer.
jan labig yeah, me too Jan,made by Outboard Marine Corp, am in Australaia
what a brilliant man ... I've been a boatbuilder 50 years and Louis,s enthusiasm is a lesson for us all .. by far the best bit was to see him skipping downhill after his timber .. thank you sir ...
Who would have thought that this video series would become my "Go To" watch of this, Mid Year 2018...? Not me. Thats for sure. But here I am. On lunch break. Watching a Master at work. Glorious. Great clean entertainment. Such a wealth of information to take in, all in the space of time it takes to squaff down a Steak Pie and a Cola. Perfection in my book. Thank you kind Sir.
Michael, you are the hero here👍
Lou, you have put together here the most helpful and fascinating series of videos I have ever encountered.
Your experience, voice and presentation style, not to mention your humility, make for the best TH-cams imaginable. Thank you.
If they hand out awards for TH-cam videos, I would nominate these in an instant.
Just wanted to say thanks to Mike for having Lou and the crew up there.It's a beautiful spot and it was nice of you to share.
It's wonderful that you were able to find what you were looking for via one of your viewers. Seems like a real straight forward kind of guy too. Some beautiful wood you two discovered!
Good to see honest help and enthusiasm from Michael and boyish exuberance from Louis.
So back to the shop for roughing out and boiling now?
Great vid
Lou, it's a joy to see you happy. As always thanks for sharing.
Both of these boys went to sleep that night sharing the same HAPPY THOUGHTS... this is HOW good memories are built!!! Classic..✍️)))
Bloody decent chap, Michael.
Excellent video and awesome field trip!
Michael seems like a great guy. That is the beauty of a good community on TH-cam.
Looking forward to which one of the knees ends up going in the skiff.
this one made me chuckle.
like a kid on Christmas morning.
thanks lou
That was soo much fun to watch, must have been so much more fun out there!
Good on you Michael for helping out. You are a top bloke. And knowledgeable I envy your experience with Lois. You must have had an awesome day. And Lois as well. It was great to see Lois running up the hill in excitement!.
Great vid, thanks guys
Nothing like going straight to the source to do your shopping. Really enjoyed that video. There are still good and decent people in the world.
Lou, your diligence and attention to detail is truly inspiring.
This is awesome, knowledge of trees you can't learn from a book, love seeing it. Everyone make sure they click like on this video. It'll make it come up on people feeds who may not know about it. This is gold. I've been following for years, help spread the word on these videos.
Just awesome! What an incredible opportunity to spend the day with Louis on your own property just hanging out and cutting wood!
Awesome video Lou, looks like you guys had a good day in search the best 60 degree breast hook candidate that you could find. thanks for taking us along!
Thank you for this footage - one of our students has been very inspired by your clear instructions.
No boat work on this one and yet, it's one of my favorites with all that outdoors hiking, lumbering and milling wood. That's a playground to most of us. Thanks for sharing Louis.
I'm grateful to all the new things I learn like how to hold the file while sharpening. Lou has studied these things and graciously shares his knowledge. A lot a guys don't take the time to break it down like that.
Great episode! Thanks Lou and Mike.
Jim
Very cool, thanks to the Michael for helping keep thing project going! Love the videos
thank you for showing us your true love for your craft , listening to you talking about trees whilst walking in the woods was fantastic long may craftsmen continue .
Heh, you looked like a kid in a candy store! It was a pleasure to watch, cheers!
another great video.. Thanks Lou and thanks to all the people behind the scene including Halsey.
Mike is a great example of a community pulling together.
keep them coming Louis dont want this series to end , many thanks for the investment of your time energy and skills in this
as if this series couldn't get any better, thanks Louis - you are amazing.
Awesome episode, THANKS MIKE for supporting Lou! I really enjoyed seeing you get out to the source like that and discussing tree issues while hunting for what you need. Cool stuff.
One of my favorite episodes so far!
Lots of great info in the video. Great to see Lou happy. Thanks for sharing
Custom Cut! Can't get any better than that. Got excited just watching.
Now you got me looking at every fork in every tree i see! Cant wait to see how they turn out.
That was fun Louis, thanks for taking us along. I'm really enjoying this series.
Now tell me the story about that old Panhead in the shop please.
Its amazing to find the blocks you need still in the trees and knowing how to get them out for the job at hand.
Thanks for taking all the effort to bring us the video. Filming outside in the woods isn't simple or easy.
What a fantastic video if it lasted 2 hours I would still want to watch more great job 👍
Michael's the star of this video.
Many thanks.
Lou came to my neck of the woods!
Like others have said, Lou is like a kid in a candy store!
Lou I think you have made a good contact there in Micheal, I hope you two can do some more videos in the woods!
Cheers!
Lou the Lumberjack !! Who knew. Thanks for sharing, excellent.
amazing to think of the trees used in the past- looking at dory construction i saw they liked to find roots with the right shape for ribs. makes me think to pray for boats and houses as much as the lives that made them possible. happy you didnt want to waste that gorgeous imperfect slab, at least save some!
Lou is like a kid in a candy shop.
You're not the only one who thunk it
I love your videos! It's very interesting to see the process of selecting the correct log for the job.
Thanks, Lou. How generous of your viewer/friend. Hope he uses the off cuts for good utility. Otherwise there was a lot of "stuff" cut and left for not much reason.
Enjoyed seeing this. The "eyeballing" of a tree is a tough read.
LMBO!!! Ha,hahaha... A new breed of Tree Huger! I love it!!!
Very Nice job as always!!!💯👌👍
Like a kid in a candy store , top work mate
Lou, looking at the two of you sawing great slabs from the trees it got me to thinking: what the hell did they do back in the day when there were no power tools. I guess everything was pit sawn by hand. You'd want to be pretty certain of the integrity of the fork before attempting all that work!
Ross Munro water powered sawmills, but for a crotch like that I bet you're right, it would likely need to be handsawn.
Tyler Hickey --- Or possibly hand hewn and smoothed planed, wow that would be a lot of work!
Ross Munro All timber was locally sourced so the shipwright would have had his eye on a suitable item for a while or someone would have pointed him to a location where he may want to have a look.
Wow lots of info. That mill. The discussion on what’s good. Thanks,
Hi Luis,you are so good!What a chance to see your video.Edoardo from Italy
True craftmans in their work.
Another amazing video. Love it!
Lou, I believe you're as happy outdoors in the woods as being out on the water. Awesome hardwood timber and Michael made a great contribution to the show/boat!
Was the tree at 3 minutes a shagbark white oak or possibly a hickory? I'm constantly on the look out for shagbarks!
Thanks for the video! ....13
Fascinating, really enjoyed this endeavour.
Excellent video. I enjoyed it very much.
Enjoyed the video, good adventure
All your tool are super super sharp any tips on how to correctly sharpen saw places and other tools
I am a long way from the water but fell the edge to build a boat after watching you build the skip
But I have learnt so much about working with timber keep up the great work ,36 c here today summer in
Melbourne Australia
Great show!! Just love this part!
Thanks Lou! Keep the videos coming! Your great!
Awesome Field trip, I want to go to your school!!!
Svaka čast pravi ste stručnjak i majstor 👌👏
What a wealth of knowledge !!
Thank you Michael!
I was looking forward to the next boat video but this was a very interesting trip to get the wood you need. Can't wait to see what you do with it. very educational and fun video. I wonder if you are going to need to dry or cure the wood before it goes on the boat?
I could have watched you cut every tree in his woods down. I like milling videos even more than boatbuilding ones.
Wow, great piece of oak you found there.
Like the logging video nice find !
Nice field trip!!!
I learned so much. Very interesting video.
Man, that Lou is a man's man!
Nice Change of pace.
An interesting field trip follow on would be an on-board at-sea ship repair like the shipwrights who sailed with a vessel. Imagine trying to repair damage from a cannon ball below the waterline while underway!
Great video 👍
Very enjoyable. You have such a positive outlook, it's really refreshing. I have been following your series, told a friend about it because he built a dory, thought he would be interested in your skiff. Curious, how is your last name properly pronounced. I have looked at it and tried to work it out, but I'm sure I got it wrong. Thanks for a great series. Keep up the great work.
nothing beats working outside in the woods.
Ring porous woods, like oak and ash, grow with two kinds of wood each season. Spring or early wood has tube structures for carrying water and nutrients. Summer or late wood is solid, and forms the darker rings seen in cross section. When there is narrow late wood rings between porous early wood rings, the lumber is brash, and weaker than when there is wider late wood growth rings.
Absolutely love it.
Hi Lou - if you are having another Q&A I wold be keen to know a little about the yacht in the back corner of your shop - Lockie
There is one shipwright happy as a kid :-)
Am I the only one that thinks thats one good looking horse at 0:44
I can't believe that log is so massive that it picks the tractor wheels off the ground! Boy is that one thick, dense, heavy son of gun.
The ol' reach around at 3:48
Great video Thanks
Damn, lets see more of this!
That was so amazing.....thank you
I don't know if you bother to read but a small branch with file pounded into it makes a good disposable handle ???
thats a beautiful tractor
It's too bad that along with making these great videos, these people have to babysit the comments section. I spent 36 years in the Navy and learned and used some really salty language, but I always knew where it belongs and and where it doesn't.
I'll never look at forked trees the same again...
Love that old John Deere in the background at the end!
Super cool!
So funny that he goes out to this dudes farm and starts sitting on the mill blades and sharpening his chainsaw blades and talkin shit about the lumber. It’s respectful and they’re conducting business, but it’s also funny
Question. The trees cut in this episode. Even though you did not use them, is that unused material still going to be cut up into marketable wood? It looks to me like there is a lot of usable base stock for other projects there. I would hate to see whole trees tossed away after taking just a small piece out of it.
If you look again at this episode, when they are making the initial cuts with the band mill, Lou specifically mentions that the cuts are 2" thick so usable material will result, though not suitable for the boat project.
That yeet at the end😂😂😂
Field day! Mike, your alright.