Thanks, I really appreciate it. I've been following Scott Brown for a few years as well. He was a major influencing factor in my decision to take up carpentry after years of working in the fringes. I hope I can inspire a few people to follow suit as well. It is a massive amount of work though, so in future I'll aim for one episode a fortnight instead of weekly.
Really like watching this young man . A lot of talent going on here . Read the bio and essentially 3 years in the field , Impressed . I like the jigging for he bolts , That's really the only way to keep them in the proper location before the epoxy sets . Loved have a concrete mixer on site , Only once have we ever had them for small pour , Either break the bag in a wheelbarrow and use a hoe , or some will dry-pack " Pour in the concrete mix and ladle in some water " . I gotta confess , I was " Taught " by bad carpenters and learned more of what not to do . Another way I learned to mix concrete was a tarp , Drop the bag in , open it, Add water and you and another carpenter create a whirlwind sloshing vortex . Like flipping pancake batter and it mixes perfect in 30 seconds and you both lift a side and sluice it in , Just like it came out a truck. Here in my corner of America " South Carolina " The dominant species of wood for framing is SYP Southern Yellow Pine , They use as well for pressure treated , It's an obnoxious wood that is used for treated nominal lumber , joist , and truss members . It's modulus of strength great . Another is SPF" Spruce Pine Fir " . But it's mostly spruce . and used for most nominal framing , Never exterior . It's stable . I like the ganging of supports with a sequential brace . Some will do everyone individually and brace in the X and Y . Off topic here . But when it came to wall bracing , I'd go bonkers and some thought I was fanatical and wasting time .Ha !! In wall framing I would look for lines of control , Vectors. I call them control cells .In the simplest terms . If you have a 100x100 square box and inside of that box were 4 -50x50 boxes , I'd try to use 2 cells as where I could control the top plates , That's where I'd concentrate my bracing and consider pathways . Some throw up braces everywhere and some duplicate the lines of force . You'd be knocking your head and cutting off passageways to work . Some would run them through door openings and you'd have to hop and jump hurdles . Then if someone drops an LVL as they are navigating through the house with that beam . Drop it on a brace and potentially shocked the brace and throw a wall out of plumb . I've seen it especially on taller braced walls and might not get caught . Until too much is already locked in above and doom awaits . I take it further yet where my fanaticism kicks in . I go scientific I will measure on the floor a distance to where the brace is anchored to a top plate . To a location that is meaty for anchorage . Like a jack / stud at a doorway . Then calculate the hypotenuse , Ascertain whether the angle is at greatest strength , Calculate the angle with inverse tangents and cut bracing top and bottom at perfect angles " Or within 2 degrees . It ain't interior trim " It gives me a firm full meaty connection , And it looks like the carpenter was thinking . The best part is . I now have open unobstructed walkways. Walls are stabilized and will take explosives to shock . Might take me 15 seconds to calculate a brace . But save 10 man-hours of being impeded . Many sling braces everywhere and looks like a forest of pixie sticks , Everyone is obstructed and has to battle to maneuver through the project and many times braces are duplicated just to enhance the clutter . The only good part to that style . It'll keep homeowners and builders out of the house and won't be able to see what shoddy workmanship that's going on . LOL . I always remember . I am not building for The Builder nor am I building for myself , I am building for the homeowner and when they are happy , The builder is happy and my value increases . It's the virtuous circle . I believe in even the simplest task , How can I improve and how can I make it better ? . Sometimes others will look at me like a guru or sage . One must become one with his work , You can feel the house talk and there is a fluid motion. Two sayings I love and mulled over for years . "Efficiency is intelligent laziness " and " Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication " Peace . . Doing great mate
Thanks for the support mate. I was lucky enough to have a great teacher for the last year and half and have just recently entered the apprenticeship of the year competition, which he thinks I have a good chance of winning. Regarding braces, I absolutely try to keep door ways clear. I put braces on every frame join and either side of the lintel(header), plus any long walls . Around exterior doors and windows I either avoid them or put them on blocks, so they can stay on when we put the joinery in. The Addington units had the braces taken off way too early and I spent two weeks trying to plumb and straighten everything. Considering what I had to work with, I think it looks ok.
@@nakedapprentice Awesome . Entering a competition , Awesome , From the videos I have watched of yours . I think you have the ability , Honestly , What I have seen and listened to , You actually have the skill set greater then carpenters here that have 25 years experience . I have a few treasured awards or plaques . One was a plaque certifying the authenticity of the flag that flew over the US capitol the day my father retired . Another was my builder's license " Which I never studied for" . Just went and took it and didn't know I needed a prep course LOL . Another I really never got handed to me but was given to the builder . But I actually led ..# 1 National Homebuilder's Award 2014 .and one that I cherish " The Mad Scientist Award " that says . Rambling E-mails of brilliance , hand's free and a passion for quality " . LOLL . Nothing wrong aspiring to being the best you can be and loving your work . .. I know about stripping braces too soon. One 3 story house was unsheathed and no metal let-in bracing . No permanent shear , They stripped the braces . On the 3rd story the house was buffeting back and forth . Guy looks at me " You ever ride a house to the ground ? " Or removing them before collar ties or the at least the roof is sheathed . Rafters blowing out the walls and no winch or come-along could ever pull back in . Trusses at least don't have those forces thrusting walls apart and can be considered a tie through the bottom chord . But not recommended !! . There are instances though whereas some trusses could not have contact on intermediate walls . Only at engineered bearing points and explained by an engineer that it could change the moments in a truss and render it unequal in thrust / tension and loading . But then again , I don't rely on trusses to keep my walls stable during construction . It's a knowing as a carpenter , When it's time to strip braces.. . War story here , Years ago , I took on a project for kicks , It was a 4 story hotel . All I had to do was swing all the trusses with a crew . I was given a crew , One I had to sign for him, Since he was on prison work release.. The trusses would sit on plates like a foundations , It was huge 25 meters up . The stairwells petrified me since it was 25 meters down on both sides . I was thinking " How the heck am I going to build this with these guys ??" .. Triple piggy-back trusses with a span of 40 meters and a building length of 120 meters .. Told I only was allowed 40 hours of crane time . There was no fall restraint at all . So I had to be a monkey . One of my workers adorned his hardhat with Metallica and graffiti . So I thought " Well that's neat " So I put on four stars and wrote" Lead Idiot "on mine . So talking with the superintendent was always a joy . Here we generally run trusses on 24" centers unless noted , So we commonly will cut 25.5" blocks to tie truss to truss when a crane is swinging . Run a few and better bracing and we advance and strip the temps and re-use . Superintendent had designed bracket's that would only work if you used duplex nails " Two heads /One nail , but we had none onsite . So I proceeded with what I knew best and he was furious " I had these made just for this , That's the whole idea "" . To which I responded " You know not all ideas are good , Does this mean you continue with a bad idea ?" . He was seething . LOL . At the time , I really didn't care what he thought . I figured I was in charge and he needs to go back down to his work trailer and eat donuts . As crane time was running out , Well I guess you gotta pay for another day . He wanted me to fly up bunks of plywood and stock them on top of the piggyback's flat .Nope . Not until I get it braced to my satisfaction . Then we can load it , Had a set of trusses that were designed to bump into the elevator shaft but they didn't match up with the common trusses span . At least 1/2 meter longer . He yelled from below , These numbers are right " Your measuring them with 200 foot tape and it's laid in curve . Of course it get's shorter and close to the right number . All this was 30 years ago LOL . When I finished he tried to insult me " I've been doing this all my life and know more than you'll ever know " Ha !! . Sometimes I used to hate inheriting a crew of 10 carpenters that didn't know me and I didn't know them . One old contractor got his reputation on everything being hand nailed . No air guns !! Told me " Nail guns are no good , They miss all the time " ... I told him " No It's the guy pulling the trigger that has poor aim " . Yeah . There are dangers of shooting yourself in the ankle and many young sports put the nail guns on automatic and shred the lumber . By packing a 100 nails per square inch !!!. There is leadership roles in carpentry , Somebody leading the project . Making the decisions and delegating out . Sometimes , Not the fun part of this trade . Some are sensitive and whine , Some you got to send a gift card " I cordially invite you " and a bouquet of roses to get them moving , Tell them to get rid of the cell phone on and on . But you got to move it . On many crews . I only wanted as many carpenters as needed for that project . Some would throw you twice as many as you need and think it'll get done twice as fast . Nope ! I tried to reason , Well if this house takes 2000 man-hours to build . I can do it with 5 carpenters working 40 hr weeks . It'll take 10 weeks .. But if you give me 2000 carpenters , By your logic , It'll take 1 hour . Every job has an optimal number needed . Too many and they'll be tripping over one another. Some don't understand . The most under my leadership was approx 100 . That's when you stop being a carpenter but a manager with carpentry knowledge . One guy called me The Rat on Acid .. Always scurrying everywhere and giving quick solutions . Closer towards the end of my career . I enjoyed working alone or with one good helper. . Had to simmer down and get back to having fun
Been watching Scott Brown Carpentery, accidentally came across your channel - Going to Subscribe
Thanks, I really appreciate it. I've been following Scott Brown for a few years as well. He was a major influencing factor in my decision to take up carpentry after years of working in the fringes.
I hope I can inspire a few people to follow suit as well. It is a massive amount of work though, so in future I'll aim for one episode a fortnight instead of weekly.
Really like watching this young man . A lot of talent going on here . Read the bio and essentially 3 years in the field , Impressed . I like the jigging for he bolts , That's really the only way to keep them in the proper location before the epoxy sets . Loved have a concrete mixer on site , Only once have we ever had them for small pour , Either break the bag in a wheelbarrow and use a hoe , or some will dry-pack " Pour in the concrete mix and ladle in some water " . I gotta confess , I was " Taught " by bad carpenters and learned more of what not to do . Another way I learned to mix concrete was a tarp , Drop the bag in , open it, Add water and you and another carpenter create a whirlwind sloshing vortex . Like flipping pancake batter and it mixes perfect in 30 seconds and you both lift a side and sluice it in , Just like it came out a truck. Here in my corner of America " South Carolina " The dominant species of wood for framing is SYP Southern Yellow Pine , They use as well for pressure treated , It's an obnoxious wood that is used for treated nominal lumber , joist , and truss members . It's modulus of strength great . Another is SPF" Spruce Pine Fir " . But it's mostly spruce . and used for most nominal framing , Never exterior . It's stable . I like the ganging of supports with a sequential brace . Some will do everyone individually and brace in the X and Y . Off topic here . But when it came to wall bracing , I'd go bonkers and some thought I was fanatical and wasting time .Ha !! In wall framing I would look for lines of control , Vectors. I call them control cells .In the simplest terms . If you have a 100x100 square box and inside of that box were 4 -50x50 boxes , I'd try to use 2 cells as where I could control the top plates , That's where I'd concentrate my bracing and consider pathways . Some throw up braces everywhere and some duplicate the lines of force . You'd be knocking your head and cutting off passageways to work . Some would run them through door openings and you'd have to hop and jump hurdles . Then if someone drops an LVL as they are navigating through the house with that beam . Drop it on a brace and potentially shocked the brace and throw a wall out of plumb . I've seen it especially on taller braced walls and might not get caught . Until too much is already locked in above and doom awaits . I take it further yet where my fanaticism kicks in . I go scientific I will measure on the floor a distance to where the brace is anchored to a top plate . To a location that is meaty for anchorage . Like a jack / stud at a doorway . Then calculate the hypotenuse , Ascertain whether the angle is at greatest strength , Calculate the angle with inverse tangents and cut bracing top and bottom at perfect angles " Or within 2 degrees . It ain't interior trim " It gives me a firm full meaty connection , And it looks like the carpenter was thinking . The best part is . I now have open unobstructed walkways. Walls are stabilized and will take explosives to shock . Might take me 15 seconds to calculate a brace . But save 10 man-hours of being impeded . Many sling braces everywhere and looks like a forest of pixie sticks , Everyone is obstructed and has to battle to maneuver through the project and many times braces are duplicated just to enhance the clutter . The only good part to that style . It'll keep homeowners and builders out of the house and won't be able to see what shoddy workmanship that's going on . LOL . I always remember . I am not building for The Builder nor am I building for myself , I am building for the homeowner and when they are happy , The builder is happy and my value increases . It's the virtuous circle . I believe in even the simplest task , How can I improve and how can I make it better ? . Sometimes others will look at me like a guru or sage . One must become one with his work , You can feel the house talk and there is a fluid motion. Two sayings I love and mulled over for years . "Efficiency is intelligent laziness " and " Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication " Peace . . Doing great mate
Thanks for the support mate. I was lucky enough to have a great teacher for the last year and half and have just recently entered the apprenticeship of the year competition, which he thinks I have a good chance of winning.
Regarding braces, I absolutely try to keep door ways clear. I put braces on every frame join and either side of the lintel(header), plus any long walls . Around exterior doors and windows I either avoid them or put them on blocks, so they can stay on when we put the joinery in. The Addington units had the braces taken off way too early and I spent two weeks trying to plumb and straighten everything. Considering what I had to work with, I think it looks ok.
@@nakedapprentice Awesome . Entering a competition , Awesome , From the videos I have watched of yours . I think you have the ability , Honestly , What I have seen and listened to , You actually have the skill set greater then carpenters here that have 25 years experience . I have a few treasured awards or plaques . One was a plaque certifying the authenticity of the flag that flew over the US capitol the day my father retired . Another was my builder's license " Which I never studied for" . Just went and took it and didn't know I needed a prep course LOL . Another I really never got handed to me but was given to the builder . But I actually led ..# 1 National Homebuilder's Award 2014 .and one that I cherish " The Mad Scientist Award " that says . Rambling E-mails of brilliance , hand's free and a passion for quality " . LOLL . Nothing wrong aspiring to being the best you can be and loving your work . .. I know about stripping braces too soon. One 3 story house was unsheathed and no metal let-in bracing . No permanent shear , They stripped the braces . On the 3rd story the house was buffeting back and forth . Guy looks at me " You ever ride a house to the ground ? " Or removing them before collar ties or the at least the roof is sheathed . Rafters blowing out the walls and no winch or come-along could ever pull back in . Trusses at least don't have those forces thrusting walls apart and can be considered a tie through the bottom chord . But not recommended !! . There are instances though whereas some trusses could not have contact on intermediate walls . Only at engineered bearing points and explained by an engineer that it could change the moments in a truss and render it unequal in thrust / tension and loading . But then again , I don't rely on trusses to keep my walls stable during construction . It's a knowing as a carpenter , When it's time to strip braces.. . War story here , Years ago , I took on a project for kicks , It was a 4 story hotel . All I had to do was swing all the trusses with a crew . I was given a crew , One I had to sign for him, Since he was on prison work release.. The trusses would sit on plates like a foundations , It was huge 25 meters up . The stairwells petrified me since it was 25 meters down on both sides . I was thinking " How the heck am I going to build this with these guys ??" .. Triple piggy-back trusses with a span of 40 meters and a building length of 120 meters .. Told I only was allowed 40 hours of crane time . There was no fall restraint at all . So I had to be a monkey . One of my workers adorned his hardhat with Metallica and graffiti . So I thought " Well that's neat " So I put on four stars and wrote" Lead Idiot "on mine . So talking with the superintendent was always a joy . Here we generally run trusses on 24" centers unless noted , So we commonly will cut 25.5" blocks to tie truss to truss when a crane is swinging . Run a few and better bracing and we advance and strip the temps and re-use . Superintendent had designed bracket's that would only work if you used duplex nails " Two heads /One nail , but we had none onsite . So I proceeded with what I knew best and he was furious " I had these made just for this , That's the whole idea "" . To which I responded " You know not all ideas are good , Does this mean you continue with a bad idea ?" . He was seething . LOL . At the time , I really didn't care what he thought . I figured I was in charge and he needs to go back down to his work trailer and eat donuts . As crane time was running out , Well I guess you gotta pay for another day . He wanted me to fly up bunks of plywood and stock them on top of the piggyback's flat .Nope . Not until I get it braced to my satisfaction . Then we can load it , Had a set of trusses that were designed to bump into the elevator shaft but they didn't match up with the common trusses span . At least 1/2 meter longer . He yelled from below , These numbers are right " Your measuring them with 200 foot tape and it's laid in curve . Of course it get's shorter and close to the right number . All this was 30 years ago LOL . When I finished he tried to insult me " I've been doing this all my life and know more than you'll ever know " Ha !! . Sometimes I used to hate inheriting a crew of 10 carpenters that didn't know me and I didn't know them . One old contractor got his reputation on everything being hand nailed . No air guns !! Told me " Nail guns are no good , They miss all the time " ... I told him " No It's the guy pulling the trigger that has poor aim " . Yeah . There are dangers of shooting yourself in the ankle and many young sports put the nail guns on automatic and shred the lumber . By packing a 100 nails per square inch !!!. There is leadership roles in carpentry , Somebody leading the project . Making the decisions and delegating out . Sometimes , Not the fun part of this trade . Some are sensitive and whine , Some you got to send a gift card " I cordially invite you " and a bouquet of roses to get them moving , Tell them to get rid of the cell phone on and on . But you got to move it . On many crews . I only wanted as many carpenters as needed for that project . Some would throw you twice as many as you need and think it'll get done twice as fast . Nope ! I tried to reason , Well if this house takes 2000 man-hours to build . I can do it with 5 carpenters working 40 hr weeks . It'll take 10 weeks .. But if you give me 2000 carpenters , By your logic , It'll take 1 hour . Every job has an optimal number needed . Too many and they'll be tripping over one another. Some don't understand . The most under my leadership was approx 100 . That's when you stop being a carpenter but a manager with carpentry knowledge . One guy called me The Rat on Acid .. Always scurrying everywhere and giving quick solutions . Closer towards the end of my career . I enjoyed working alone or with one good helper. . Had to simmer down and get back to having fun