Learn How to Hew a Beam by Hand with Two Axes, Two Nails, and a Piece of String, in 11 Minutes
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- Learn how to turn an Eastern White Pine into a hand hewn beam using a couple of axes, a piece of string, and some nails.
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Brian Stockman is a master carver with a deep knowledge of traditional wood, stone, bone, and ivory carving.
I have to say... I have learned more in 30 minutes (3 videos-stone working/stone pipe bowls, burning ash pith, and hewn logs) than thirty years of The Woodrights Shop... bless you.
JS Badger, thank you so much and wow, that means a lot to me ( I do love Roy though). We’re so happy to have you in our tribe!!
I remember back in the mid 1990's when they were redoing the bathroom in my grandfather's house and they took out the very old iron tub, under the floors, all the beams were hand hewn, which was surprising considering the house looked more modern in style. I know the house was built some time in the early 1930's and he moved in to the house in 1937. The beams looked just like those, you could still see all the marks on all the sides.
Hello AdirondackBuzzard,WELCOME ABOARD!! I’ll bet times were tight in those days and if you could make something rather than buy it you would. In the 1930s there probably were folks who still remembered little things like that.
Thanks for watching! You'll also be interested in how to split a log along the grain using a froe: th-cam.com/video/bx6mfBY2eOw/w-d-xo.html
I figure that after 2 years you've done the 27 more... Work it is but not rocket science... doable🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉merci
Thank you Jarjarjar21, we’re so happy to have you with us!!!
Well done Laddie. Hahahaha
Don't ever quit! I've learned so much! Thanks for sharing your time and talent! KANSAS
Thanks Jack, l can’t quit, it’s an obsession!
How did you connect the four smaller logs onto the half hewed logs that you used to support the logs at hip height? I want to build a similar support struct so I don’t have to lean down to hew my logs, but I’m not sure how.
Hello Iggy, so happy to have you here with us. The bench tops are half of a pine log so there’s plenty of material to drill into. That’s all I did, l used a 2” auger and went about 4” deep. Drive the legs in and trim them to level, very simple, very effective. Good luck with your project, l’d love to see how it turns out.
What kind of Nail do you use? Does has a specific name?
Hello Niek, and welcome to our tribe. Any nail will work, it just has to hold the string.
Excellent little tutorial . I have been slavaging some old barns here in eastern Canada and getting quite a few of the old hand hewn beams out . Great to see how it was done . Might have to try it out myself. Thx for sharing
Thanks for watching! Love old barns.
I’d really like to see how to make the shelving for a book case. I’m so impressed with your skills!
Hey Karla, thanks.l’m not much into making furniture but l have made basic shelving by cutting slotts in the upright end boards to receive the shelves and that worked well.
Take the bark off, then use chalk line.
Hello John, thanks for checking out our channel. That’s a good idea and I would have done that but it wasn’t yet peeling season when I made those and the chalk line wasn’t showing up on the rough bark very well.
im so chomping at the bit to get out and chop up some wood this summer
Puzzleheaddesign, so nice to have you with us! Spring’s a coming, happy chopping, be safe.
excellent !!
Wow! You make it look so easy!
Thank you!
Put a 2x6 on top, use a chainsaw to cut at the edge of 2x6… am i cheating?
Does it make a beam? Hell no you ain’t cheating, we do live in the twenty first century after all.
@@StockmanOriginal I had originally thought to use string and a drill bit too, drill every few inches, put a spike in and split.
please pull your hand up to meet the head of the axe, itll help save energy.
When the hewing axe has a handle like that it`s for hewing round logs that`s allready on the wall...:)
Hey P.T.A., welcome to our channel. I had a straight handle on that axe and was skinning my knuckles a lot so I cut it off and made this one from the root flare of a white oak. I didn’t skin my knuckles anymore. Most hewing axes l have seen have similar handles.
Hey P.T.A., welcome to our channel. I had a straight handle on that axe and was skinning my knuckles a lot so I cut it off and made this one from the root flare of a white oak. I didn’t skin my knuckles anymore. Most hewing axes l have seen have similar handles.
@@StockmanOriginal i see…😊 in Norway and Sweden they were used when people no longer wanted to have round logs..it was a trend thing around 1800’s…rich people did not have round log homes, so the poor farmers used this type of axe to hew the walls on theire log homes, so they seemed rich to 😃
@@p.t.aIsn’t that the way it goes, trying to keep up with the Jones, that’s what we say here.😂 But you’re right that handle would work very well for that.
Well that does seem easier and more logical than standing on the log and slicing your toes off. Your videos are so very interesting. I subscribed. May I ask where you got your boots from? Or did you make them? Best wishes.
Welcome to our family Steve, so happy to have you. My boots l made, the uppers are made from buffalo and I made the buttons from antique brass tacks, l just curled the tack parts around into a loop.
Listen to this axe sing
Hey William, thanks for checking us out. Yeah, there’s good steel in that axe. I got the outhouse done with those beams.
4:09 What type of hewing axe is it? Is this English Kent style?
Hello , and thank you for checking us out. Yes , I am pretty sure it’s an American made English style axe. It has a subtle.off set to the blade as apposed to the very flat sided type. And it was hand forged.
@@StockmanOriginal Thank! Does it have a bevel on one side or both?
And finally, where did you get that axe. I am looking hopelessly for it. I learnt that half of New England had been built with this axe. How the people call it? Sometime there is a name "shipwright" axe. There are only few on ebay but they do not quite match your axe pattern.
This axe was made in a forge and you may not find one exactly like it, but there are a lot similar. The bevel is mostly on one side like a chisel . My favorite part of an antique shop is the old tools section.
This is such a great channel! Question: What made you go for the kilt as a daily wear? I've been wanting to do the same, at least for when I am outdoors but maybe for any moment I am out of work: as a teacher I don't think a kilt would be appreciated.
The kilt's just more comfortable!
@@StockmanOriginal Figured as much! Kilts are awesome!
This is very cool!
Nice video, and nice project. One thing: why not snap a chalk line instead of the string. You don't have to worry about accidentally slicing through a chalk line.
Thanks Martin, nice to have you along with us. Good question, l have a chalk line, l think l tried that but it wasn’t showing up good on the bark and I have a bunch of bailing twine so I just went with it. Plus it kinda kept me on my toes like a game. By the way, the outhouse is all don’t now and my wife just stained it this past Saturday.
@@StockmanOriginal Glad you got it done. I was involved in a project of making a similarly sized small log cabin in a historical reconstruction, so I know how much work it is. But stained? You wanted to keep the wood looking blonde. Was your wife jealous?😁
God thing you dont got those pesky small mosquitos or midges flying around your head ... I always do here in the north. But very cool video , thumbs up from me
Thank you, Not Sure. I think we were ahead of bug season for that one, but we certainly have them. Where is” here in the north “? We’re in N.H. At any rate we’re so happy you found our channel.
@@StockmanOriginal Thank you for reply . Its not often i get those. I live in Norway . In Møre og Romsdal . and i just found a heep of my grandfathers tools just like those axes and such . I found them in his old barn so im gonna start exploring more of the wood craft cause i feel it gives me peace to mind . Please share more videos because i learn alot . Best regards from Norway
Very clearly explained and a much easier process then I’ve seen others use.
Thank you Roger, l’m too old to do it the hard way!😉
Awesome! I would so be down to help do this kind of stuff. I love to learn- what's on the books for October 2021?
Hey Becky, we’re going to do a little bit of stone carving and some advanced scrimshaw work.
I will swing by!
In Georgia we do it over a trench and strattle the log
Sounds interesting, l am blessed with a bad back so it’s easier for me to have them at about hip hight.
"Cant hook"? Log dog. Cant hook's are for turning cants.
Peter, thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes when l’m nervous my mouth outruns my brain. I’ve used log dogs and bench dogs and bird dogs long enough to know what they are. Now a peavey hook, isn’t that a cant hook?
@@StockmanOriginal A peavey combines a pike (a long, heavy-duty handle with a spike on the end) with a cant hook. Two tools in one.
What are the log spikes you use to hold the logs in place? anyone know?
Hey James, thanks for checking out our channel. I believe they are called dogs.
@@StockmanOriginal They are called wrought Iron spikes. Have not found anywhere they can be brought apart of from vintage though.
Where do you get your axes?
Hey Stroket Ace, thanks for checking out our channel! My axes l get from antique shops, the old ones are the best cause they have good steel in them as long as some idiot didn’t burn the broken handle out and ruin the temper.
That's work would keep you fit as a fiddle 😉
Hey Dave, you’re right about that, good and physical.
@@StockmanOriginal by the way I love your channel ♥️👌 I myself do alot of crafting and carving and also enjoy doing it the old fashioned way! It may take longer but it's meditative and gets better results I think 👍 keep up the awesome work 🙏
Excellent video
Thank you Ryan!
Awesome.
Thank you Tiki Tavi!!
Love the Kilt Sir.
Thank you very much Blackstag Flies, kilts are so much more comfortable than britches.
@@StockmanOriginal I just relaunched my youtube Channel it is called the kilted woodsmith.