Your videos are amazing. Informative and entertaining. I seriously don't understand how you don't have more views. TH-cam makes you grind harder than when making shingles, apparently.
Honestly, I’m kind of amazed that I’ve gotten as many views as I have. I think if I published more regularly, it would be a big help and the TH-cam gods would reward me. As it is, it takes me FOREVER to film and edit some of these, especially the one I’m working on now. As it is, thanks for watching and welcome to the channel!
Hey, Found your channel awhile back and enjoy your projects and perspective. Has the Springhouse/Wheelright shop been worked on anymore? Will be waiting. Thanks
Not yet. Been busy wrapping up a log cabin for the past couple of months. I’m looking for a bunch of chestnut oak for the springhouse and as soon as I find it, I’ll be returning to proceed with that work. Hopefully, by the beginning of next month.
In theory, it could. With hand split shingles, though, there are usually slight variations that would make a planer unreliable. Plus, if the shingles are shaved right after being split, the drawknife can finish shaving one in a matter of seconds. Then again, if a planer was used, they’d no longer be hand made shingles, making them less valuable and less appropriate for restoration work.
You also have to factor in that wood wasn't always plentiful so when you see bad shingles, its probably more due to a desire to avoid waste than laziness.
I wouldn’t call them bad so much as imperfect. The dimensions look pretty close to perfect and these roofs probably lasted for forty or fifty years with no problem but the ends were definitely not squared. I noticed that, after publishing this, I forgot to mention my theory for the uneven shingle ends: the monumental task it would have been to square the ends on thousands of shingles with a hand saw. Definitely worth going into more detail when I put up my installation guide in the next couple of months.
Your videos are amazing. Informative and entertaining. I seriously don't understand how you don't have more views. TH-cam makes you grind harder than when making shingles, apparently.
Honestly, I’m kind of amazed that I’ve gotten as many views as I have. I think if I published more regularly, it would be a big help and the TH-cam gods would reward me. As it is, it takes me FOREVER to film and edit some of these, especially the one I’m working on now. As it is, thanks for watching and welcome to the channel!
Just found your channel a few weeks ago. Love all your videos.
Hey,
Found your channel awhile back and enjoy your projects and perspective.
Has the Springhouse/Wheelright shop been worked on anymore?
Will be waiting.
Thanks
Not yet. Been busy wrapping up a log cabin for the past couple of months. I’m looking for a bunch of chestnut oak for the springhouse and as soon as I find it, I’ll be returning to proceed with that work. Hopefully, by the beginning of next month.
wouldnt be plaining the shingles faster than the drawknife?
In theory, it could. With hand split shingles, though, there are usually slight variations that would make a planer unreliable. Plus, if the shingles are shaved right after being split, the drawknife can finish shaving one in a matter of seconds. Then again, if a planer was used, they’d no longer be hand made shingles, making them less valuable and less appropriate for restoration work.
@@HiraethMasonry a plane is still a hand tool. doesent need to be a powered one.
Oh, a hand plane would definitely be slower than a drawknife. More precise but much slower.
You also have to factor in that wood wasn't always plentiful so when you see bad shingles, its probably more due to a desire to avoid waste than laziness.
I wouldn’t call them bad so much as imperfect. The dimensions look pretty close to perfect and these roofs probably lasted for forty or fifty years with no problem but the ends were definitely not squared. I noticed that, after publishing this, I forgot to mention my theory for the uneven shingle ends: the monumental task it would have been to square the ends on thousands of shingles with a hand saw. Definitely worth going into more detail when I put up my installation guide in the next couple of months.