Felling a storm damaged Tulip Poplar with a crosscut saw
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- In this video we harvest a tulip poplar tree which will be used in our house. This tree along with many others was damaged in a late ice storm several years ago, and will slowly rot as its top broke out.
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I've watched many videos on felling trees, job well done. I appreciate that you're using hand tools and not chainsaws, not that I'm a purist, but it's good to see it can still be done by hand. You work well together, thanks for sharing.
I share your thoughts. I have a fine collection of electric tools, but sometimes it's just really nice to do a job the manual way. Biggest tree I felled was about 20cm diameter, 10-12m high, so not even close to as big as this one, but I did it with an axe. I just sometimes really don't care for the noise of electric tools. Especially chainsaws and angular grinders, eh, grind my gears... 😛
wow! that is one huge
tree! You make it look so easy, son. Great to see Maio in the video too!
+Mary Alice Stevens Thanks mom!
I am so honored to comment on mom chickadees comment WOW
watching someone cutting those trees and work them without a word said
is truely the most satisfying and relaxing feeling i can imagine!
You Sir produce videos that are like chickensoup for my soul and than watching your handle of the ax is like warm honey drippin in a cup full of starberries! incredible work!
I agree, Hshsh. And I'm really looking forward to STARBERRY season. Each little starberry is about the size of a dime and shaped like a six-pointed star. We grow the blue ones but red ones are popular too.
You have great skills but you also have two things more important than that. You have a very supportive wife who is equally talented in her chosen mediums and you both have a very strong work ethic. Another great video, thank you.
Mr. C you swing that awe with a lot of precision! Thank you.
Thank you guys, this is so beautiful. Echoes of a yearning many of us feel to live closer to nature. Very inspiring.
You're lucky your wife has some interest in helping you. I wish mine did! I love your videos please keep them coming.
be carefull what you say🤣
Great watching you and your partner working together. Good teamwork. I am 6'2" and my wife is 5'2". Several years ago I resurrected an old crosscut saw like you used and we cut down a few dead trees on her family's property with it. It was very difficult for us to work together as well as you did. My wife took two steps forward and then two back for every pull we each made.
+pat kartes Yes, Im also 6'2" and my wife is 5' even, we feel your pain. It took much practice for us to get a good rhythm, we're getting better. It helps having a shorter saw.
The write-up on the blog was brilliant. Great film to go with it.
+Charles McCants Thank you so much! We are glad you enjoyed!
I am an Arborist and can say that that was a perfect 10/10 tree fell, 1 for the copy book you might say. The scarf and remaining hinge wood is almost impeccable... Well done, i cant give you any tips other than pull your saw a little earlier and walk out through your escape route as the tree is falling...
god you guys are the worst. 10/10 but im lonely so heres five things you need to do
@@justpettet3506 I think his suggestions were pretty respectful, especially since he has experience in the area. Relax.
Nicely done. It's good to see a man (and woman) do the things the correct way. You are a fine example of what a man can do with the correct tools.
+Lizard Lane Farmer Thank you!
As a "townie" here in the UK, your videos are such an escape. I can write thank you, or even THANK YOU, but that is selling you short for your effort your time and your skill. Thank you so much and every success and happiness to you and yours.
This is now officially my favourite construction channel in the whole interweb.
My first thought was, "Oh no, they're going to cut straight through! This is going to be disastrous!"
My father and I logged in New Hampshire one winter using axes and crosscut saws, and skidding the logs out with a horse. We used a crosscut saw because we had an old McCullough chain saw that would only start about 10% of the time. My Dad called the crosscut saw the "to me-to you saw."
Did he ever scream "stop ridin' the saw!"
@@MrChickadee he taught me very carefully to pull, never push.
What a beautiful woman your wife is! I've s3en her in a couple of your videos and can say easily that your marriage is a true partnership. Everyone has their own interests and hobbies. It is amazing when you both share and participate in a final goal. I was blessed to have a spouse that was like yours. Unfortunately my spouse died after a 14 year battle with cancer in September 2016. I have fun and beautiful memories of our years together and cherish them. If you argue over something or get frustrated with her, remember why you wanted to marry her.
Nice work! Done very precisely. I've always wanted to try felling with a crosscut. I really enjoy your videos keep up the good work!
+cpyke2008 The hardest part is actually restoring and sharpening a good saw, give it a go!
Imagine the patience that went into building a house back in the day. Sometimes, they didn’t have nice softer woods like poplar and had to use things like maple oak and beech! Could you imagine sawing beech all day? Yeah they were used to it and worked a team of two skilled and strong men, but even then they couldn’t do it without extreme patience.
Thanks for the memories, the sounds of the cross cut saw ,the ring of the ax and the final fall of the tree.
You're more than welcome!
nice work mr. C
+Bruce Humphrey Thanks!
Love this Guy's way of life..
Seems to be a shitload of work :)
But i really admire your life, simple and rewarding with a beautiful, smiling wife doing the same things as you!
Great Job falling that tree. Your a good team.
So thats how its done verry nice and to think no ear plugs no saw smoke no noise wow i realy need to try this thansk for posting
Give it a try, you might find your chainsaw gets more dusty...
HAHA i am already looking for a saw and a good Axe !!
Mr. Chickadee are those wedges diy?
nice straight looking tree
Okay Beaver family that was a mighty big impressive falling of a tree there wow
Your videos are fantastic, and ... she is so lovely. :)
+Fred S Thank you.
good lay out
Hard work, but surely worth the effort.
+Batt Mann Cant beat free exercise!
Awesome! So glad you two are still uploading
+CptArmarlio Just getting started ;)
Tree's really are strange life forms
So useful to us, so huge. What a coincidence they are there for us
Textbook. Well done Mr. and Mrs. Chickadee.
What a treasure you have there, a wife that is not only beautiful, with a great smile, but who suppports what you are doing enough to get out there and do what she can to help. (and smile after doing the hard work with you) your chosen life is much to be admired. God bless!
A handsome couple all 'round. Perfect match?
And she doesn't say a word.
Bo Weavil - I wish we could hear what she has to say
Am gona rock ur world.. Husqvarna!!
Where can I get pants like that? Since I turned 40 my stomach try's to wear the waistband off.
frontierclassics.biz/clothing/tag/mens-trousers/ he mentioned it in Q & A video
yo guys are amazing. i cutt trees for a living and you couldn't have done that any better. well done. and Great job on your house. thanks for the vids
+drew856856 Thanks! Its great to hear confirmation from a professional in the field!
True, first time ever that someone felling a tree on youtube has done the job 100% correct.
wow... so cool... is that the tulip poplar that is now in the main timber workshop? the curved one?
So there is a Mrs. Chickadee too.
Great video. I'm surprised that you don't use a bow saw to cut down the smaller tree's. Faster and lighter and easier than the axe.
Oh well I like the axe, and its one more tool to carry I guess, but to each his own.
great axe work
What a great job you did. You two make an awesome team. I like to look back to the date the tree was a sapling and read up what was happening. I've turned wood from trees that were around long before me. It's a humbling thought.
+Bernhard Hofmann Yes! This tree had some lean years and some really great fast years, you can see where it burst through the canopy after some disturbance about 40 years ago.
Very nicely done! How are you going to mill these into usable timber?
Great looking axe btw, its funny to me to see how you can tell if someone is experienced and comfortable with an axe just by seeing one swing.
They probable hewed it,
Thank you, we milled this on our band sawmill.
6:45 - Mr. Chickadee, you counted the rings, by the way how old is this tree?
53
Mr. Chickadee
Thanks again!
Paulo Costa tree rings don't actually indicate years of a trees life but rather stresses.
I thought the winter counted as a stress, hence even if not perfect, a very good indicator of age.
The rings represent age. More specifically, a season of growth. Stresses such as drought, early or late frost will affect the size of the ring, fire will leave a stain of char. There is a laundry list of things that can be learned by reading the rings of a tree.
Well done!
A good exercise as bonus
That's a big tree for 59 years old :P
You are a lucky man to be able to do this kind of work with your lovely wife by your side. Many husbands would be envious of such a relationship. Keep up the great work.
Mr. Chickadee: I've watched Dozens of your videos, I marvel at your expertise and your patience to continue using hand tools knowing a chainsaw or a table saw or a band saw are readily available. From dovetail boxes to Framing a house all of your work is inspirational and educational. Please keep up the good work, I've noticed a lot of 2-3 yr old stuff and not much new. No matter, it's probably good for us mortals to view a wood-working master and try to catch up even just a little. You are one of my favorite woodworkers, you do with those old tools what many cannot do with their high-dollar ones. You are in inspiration.
Great teamwork !! Seeing Mrs. Chickadee walking the log really showed why that tree was worth harvesting, 30 + feet and darn straight.
Wow... expertly done! Your knowledge base amazes me... I imagine your ever expanding on it, but where did you get your know-how? Study
esearch, experience, or a combination there of?
+Zack Tyler Read all from Roy Underhill, then went out and practiced, after enough mistakes, your blisters tell you whats right!
So that is actually a felling saw, crosscut saws are thicker, have a straight back and are much heavier. Felling saws have a curved back and a tapered blade.
A "crosscut" saw is any saw used to cut perpendicular to the woods fibers, as opposed to a Rip saw which cuts parallel to these fibers.
Both Rip and Crosscut saws come in every size from a tiny dovetail saw up to a massive pit saw.
In the context of felling and bucking trees, a "crosscut" or a "two man crosscut" saw is a generic term given to all the longer double handled saws used in the tree "getting" business.
It was common for saws to be made specifically for felling, and these were normally less wide and stiff, some were indeed taper ground, some not. The more narrow blades permitted wedges to be driven in sooner to the tree to aid in directional felling.
"buck" saws or "bucking" saws typically had straight backs and were stiffer and wider, these were normally taper ground in any good saw, ours is severely tapered.
Both felling and bucking saws were used for both gelling and bucking interchangeably, many folks did not or could not afford buying both.
Mr. Chickadee Sure, but if I use an axe as a hammer it's still an axe. You can use either for both, but one is better for it than the other. Just like there are tooth patterns for different applications.
Your first comment:
"So that is actually a felling saw, crosscut saws are thicker, have a straight back and are much heavier. Felling saws have a curved back and a tapered blade."
Ill try to be more direct so there are less misunderstandings;
"so that is actually a felling saw…" (yes, it is, and its also a CROSSCUT SAW as the video states)
"crosscut saws are thicker, have a straight back and are much heavier" (this again is misplaced terminology, CROSSCUT is just a saw that cuts perpendicular to wood fibers, I believe you are describing a BUCK or BUCKING saw which CAN be heavier, is normally straight backed, )
"felling saws have a curved back and a tapered blade." (most felling saws do have a curved back, some are taper ground some are parallel, out of my personal saws, about half are tapered the rest are not, the very narrow ones more common in the eastern US as used in this video are almost never tapered. BUCKING saws are almost always tapered, in fact if not they require much more set and I would avoid an untappered BUCK saw as a lower quality manufacture.)
Yes there are many tooth patterns, (tuttle, great american, M tooth, perforated lance tooth and on and on), each was designed to fit a certain wood type, and often a certain geographic local, or even a certain average log diameter. You will find different saws in Oregon than TN, and different tooth patterns to match.
My point on interchangeability was to encourage anyone to just get their saw in wood, and not too caught up in what exact saw they need. Most Crosscut saws properly sharpened and tuned will work for most work. If someone wants only one saw id recommend a good BUCKING saw as it can work to fell as well and will do double duty superbly.
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So controlled! Great job felling this tree. We're curious as to how you took it "home" next :)
- Brian + Erin
I would also be interested in the harvesting part
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Very nice drop. I especially like the wedges, they look like they could have been hand made by you? Very nice technique. Of course, my wedges are orange plastic, and my saw is gasoline, still I applaud your man (and woman) -powered saw.
The two man saws have to be difficult to come by (at least with the old quality steel). I have heard that they are out of production, and each one we still have is a treasure.
+Gareth Dirlam (Level Timber Co.) Thanks, these wedges are antique, I might try forging some in the future once I figure out how they did it.
There are actually new saws being made by the Crosscut saw company, but quite pricey and I don't know of the quality compared to vintage, around here every flea market and antique store has them for 30 bucks or less, just the cost of restoration and sharpening, but thats great fun anyway!
Bailey's online sells a similar wedge, item #: GED OX 45 5650
In this day and age I thought dead trees needed to live as well. 🙄
Is that your wife or did you build her too?
Great job. I wonder if the silence and slower cut help perfect the process. I'm an amateur, so every tree dropped with a chainsaw is nerve racking. I just cut a very similar size tree that was missing the top and then milled 10' x2" slabs with an Alaskan mill. It's drying eurostacked right next to the stump.
Mrs. Chikadee you have a beautiful smile. I'm amazed by all the talents Mr. Chikadee has and impressed by his work, now if you can get him to smile once in a while. :-)
Very nice! The tulip poplar was always the most popular tree in the Blue Ridge mountains for constructing hand hewn cabins. Always tall, straight, and abundant without the first set limbs for a while. Much easier to hew as a softer wood than the oaks.
Thank you once again for sharing your time and talent with us, very kind of you.
i got tired just watching you guys. good work !
because the video is slowmo of cutting one tree. :D
You two are awesome together keep it up, I have said it before on other videos of yours and say it again brother your so blessed and lucky your beautiful wifey is there by your side helping and smiling all the way, I'd be lost without my beautiful wife next to me and supporting what Ever I want to do. I really enjoy your videos thank you 😊
Nicely Done ... I thought both of you were Canadian for a min :) Now sing that song from Monty Python ... I'm a lumber jack and that's okay ...
All kidding a side .. really nice saw ... I have not seen a two men saw so skinny.
+L Gorman These skinny felling saws are nice for smaller timber we have in the Eastern US as you can get wedges in behind the saw faster.
Fun fact is that we call that wood white wood in Germany even if its greener than any other wood I know😂
He found him a good one💯
Is yelling "Timber" A real thing or just in cartoons 🤣🤣🤣
if you love your job you never work a day in you life, that's is one contented man doing what he loves , a pretty little wife to share in the work, what else could a man ask for? I envy him . watch all of there vids.and nothing but admoration . good luck mr and mrs chickadee, god bless
+Arnold Espenberg Thank you for the kind words, yes I feel very blessed!
Okay, I have a handsaw of a little over a meter for aerated concrete blocks, which I thought was pretty sizable. I feel a tad inadequate now... 😂
congratulations on having a hard working lady..hard to come by now a days.
Amazing. I’ve heard it’s best to remove the bark in a ring around where the cut takes place, as there is “dirt” in there that can wear the blade unnecessarily. Have you experienced that?
not really, though Im sure it could happen in some areas, especially near a silty river or floodplain.
It's interesting how you started out with the saw bent but once the cut was established made it straight.
Thanks for the calm peaceful how-to. I have a love/hate relationship with chainsaws and so just ordered a one-man crosscut.
do poplars throw up new shoots from the stump? Just wondering if you can copice them or not?
+zahntechnica Yes they do, they should react well to that practice
I can't even get my girlfriend to take out the trash once in a while
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Amazing wife you've got there sir. Hang on tight to her - that's beyond gold and diamonds!
That looks to be immensely satisfying. What are the plans for the poplar - furniture?
+Brian Jones It is! This tree will be decking and sub flooring for our house.
Kudos for Mrs. Chickadee! She runs that misery whip very well! Great job, and nice precision on the bit placements whilst cutting the notch! Excellent!
These videos keep getting better and better. #realwork
+Human Hand Design Thank you, we are learning as we go!
where did you find these wedges, or did you make them?
Flea market i think
GOOD HARD WORKING PEOPLE . GOD BLESS.
Nice! I was excited to see that you had put up another video. How is your guys' winter going so far?
+Lane Votapka Not bad at all, glad its spring so we can start the house.
Very exciting! Can't wait to see your plans for it
I’m gonna grow a lot of these trees. I’m 17 and I want to build a house when I’m older. Not stick framed but timber frame with an interesting sheathing of fungal insulation. Will it work? Maybe. Am I gonna test it? You betchya!
Simmilar plans here.
M first tree changed its direction 9o°. How naive was I.
Never heard of a tulip poplar.We just call it polar.They grow straight but are considered a pioneer tree,like white Birch You must be down south?
Its the name of the tree species, tulip poplar, though its actually a magnolia...
Hi Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee!!! ;) I've always wanted to work with wood and build furniture, etc. - I've made a few things like a frame for my mattress and a mantle over my fireplace and made shelves that I hung up in various rooms about 48 inches from the ceiling - Also have made additions and/or changes to pieces that I already have - I love power tools and can't have enough but I like your way better; using your own power ;) - I'm a 67 yr. old girl - I found you at the recommendation of 'zack of all trades' in his video about cleaning his Grandpa's rusty axe head with electricity - Never knew a person could do such a thing - WOW - It blew my socks off - I love your videos and thank you for making them - I appreciate you and your wife - Beautiful name, Maio Chickadee - I chuckled when I read your Mom's comment - take care and stay happy!!! - monica >^..^
Nice to do it without a noisy chainsaw.
Too much chatting 🤣
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give the man credit... he found the PERFECT mate/partner....no instruction necessary.....they're a credit to each other....
I know you know your workin gig but as a forester, calling a Liriodendron a poplar is sigoggilin. That there is very long lived and the absolute straightest and tallest eastern hardwood. On the Niagara escarpment Iv'e seen them so tall and straight it's like a fairly tale- 6x that dbh easy.
My wife and I bicker putting on a fitted sheet?
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Man what a great tree the popular is. I have to say that was a awesome cut! Also God has bless you with a healthy life, and a most lovely partner.
It's nice to see that with these timeless tools coupled with skill/technique and patience that you and your wife were able to fell this tree. At least this tree was able to be used in a manner so as not to be wasted.
We had three hybred poplars cut down in our yard that grew from one inch limb cuttings. 22 years old and the smallest was approx 3 ft in diameter while the largest was 4 1/4 in diameter. The biggest had severe insect (carpenter ant) damage. Good score on the timber.
I've just found your channel... Felling big trees is a very risky business requiring knowledge and skill. Building your own doors and windows with hand tools. These are all skills pretty much lost now days. Where did you learn all these skills with hand tools?
Over all what was the time to fell it? When I first moved to Indiana I chopped a tree down with an axe and it took me about 45 minutes, I’m not that young or too old but I though it was good time for the first time.
I don't time things like this, just sit back and enjoy.
Cool guys don't look at explosions or falling trees
Art-house woodcutting pr0n! This video is awesome! I'm not sure if that means my woodcutting addiction is reaching new lows, or I am a connoisseur. I'd like to think the latter.
0:28 DBH = Diameter Breast Height brings back a 5 mile bike path construction, i was inspector over along the trinity river in Arlington Texas. No trees 56 in. Diameter @ Breast Height or greater, were to be removed within the 30' toe of slope to toe of slope path width. Made for a challenging path realignment when they were encountered. The bark struck me as a useful type roofing tile if sectioned and lap placed over a wood shed.
-gilpin 10-6-16
How interesting! Im from Ft Worth, I know those trees well, you sir did a stand up job! It amazes me someone had the foresight to save many old trees on that river, most cities were not so wise, many of the pecans and Burr Oaks are well over 200 years old, Id love to go back and shake the hand of the man who saw fit to save those trees during the cities early development.
Small World indeed. Carter and Burgess had the initial layout of the 5 mi. "River Legacy" path, from FM 157 to Loop 360. Yet within the plan's special provisions, it was left up to the T.J. Lambrecht Projects Manager Spencer Taylor and i, the TXDOT Inspector, to readjust the planned path in order to avoid the loss of any said 56"+ DBH trees. We laid it out a mile at a time, and walk justified the deviations with the visiting Corp of Engineers Right of Way Rep. for His concurrence. Pleased with the logic of each miles tree conservation... He turned the removals loose. The goal of these 10' wide bike paths, were to link the beginning of the path at Benbrook Lake, and to then run them as close to parallel as possible along the many city arms of the Trinity River, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Retired now for 8 yrs. the Wife and i have lived in the Cultural District of Arlington Heights now for 31 yrs. just down the block from Monning Junior High.
-gilpin 10-9-16
Very great story, as a child I rode the entire 16 mile trinity trail one day, amazing how narrow my site was, for I never once thought who built the trail, or who chose what trees to leave or not!
Love that your falling cut is better than 99% of those on youtube, and it was done with a hand saw.
everyone's an expert, you do very well...n your wife looks amazingly like my Heather...beautiful. keep the vids coming...peace.
Nice job, now you have to buck it up. Visit crosscutsawyer.com for a good discussion on crosscut saw filing and reconditioning.
+PATCsawyer Bucking video will be out soon. I pretty much followed Warren Millers advice on this great video series. th-cam.com/video/kD976NlxrSE/w-d-xo.html
+Mr. Chickadee Yes, Warren Miller's videos are excellent.