Hi everyone, I am 32 yo apprentice carpenter and I am absolutely amazed by the quality of Scott's work. Inspired to a point I didn't think carpentry would inspire me, even tho inspiration was my only motivation to professionally redirect after almost 10 years as a self employed tree climber. I work with a small company that does pretty good work, I think, but what I am seeing in this series goes deeper, beyond what I get to learn as I am working. Loads of gratitude for you guys offering me the opportunity to quench my thirst for the highest quality possible. Now 70 episode into the series I keep getting more and more interested and curious about the trade. Bought both "The Very efficient Carpenter" and "A Carpenter's life" which I slowly and simultaneously read between work, kids, wife and tree work side jobs that I have to do to keep up with the bills and stuff. Those books are work of wisdom and experience from Larry Haun and I feel like Scott brings similar contribution to our world but in a more techological way which makes it even more satisfying for the eyes. Anyway, thank you very much for putting this series together. Beautiful editing, very good music selection and again, Oh Lord, the work is gorgeous. Keep up the good work. Djeeh
Make sure your buyer gets a full feature length film of the build. Along with a complete set of final prints, with signatures from as many contractors and laborers as possible.
Hi Nate and Scott, it was interesting to hear you mention you've already been doing this for a few years! Feels like yesterday that I discovered the channel with videos of smithing, sawmills, Cats and every video is a pleasure to watch. Please, 'keep up the good work'.
I can't express how much simple joy these videos bring, especially after spending several weeks at the hospital, at mom's bedside, as she slowly closes in the end of her life. It's a joy because I see something being born, with great care, and something that will nurture human lives for a long time after that. I won't ever build a house like this in my lifetime, but I think it's true that, with love, you can build just about anything. Thank you.
I absolutely love this series. Don't know if its the super house design, or the music, or Scott's calm way of telling us what is going on, scattering wisdom, experience and advice like sawdust, but one way and another its kept me sane through the very wet winter, and now in the lockdown. Thank you EA.
He's not that old yet! I've seen old guys slap 12' sheets all day, easier than some newbie who hits the gym daily. It's not much weight, but you have to know how to use the sheets weight and size to your advantage.
MAE2759, I had the same thought and used the same words in my head, "old man strength." It's so true, these pros have a technique that makes difficult things look easy. Plus, a lifetime of work has a way of conditioning your body in a way that office work doesn't.
I've been in building for around 14 years now, Ive gone back to college to at 30 and am at the end of my apprenticeship. However most days I just can't get into the swing of things i don't slack but i'm generally all over the place and not thinking clearly, today was one of those days where i get home feeling foolish and wondering if i should carry on with it. these videos really help me find my passion again, i want to learn how to be more efficient and professional.
Scott and Nate, I appreciate your humble recognition and thanks for the people who watch. It's not that I need it, but it demonstrates your humility and grace... something the world so badly needs to see more of (as well as the emphasis on quality and craftsmanship). Thank you!
This soundtrack just gets better and better every time. This series is very informative and so satisfying to watch. Thank you and keep up the good work
I am very proud and blessed to be a sub here as another carpenter of the same experience I had several employees try and talk me into filming and putting content like this out but I felt I just didn't have the time to do such things as this man is doing. When I had to retire at 55 years old because of very serious health problems I had questioned myself lots about some of the choices and decisions I have made over the years on these very questions and many other things in my business. I am building a new 16×16 small shop for the last couple of years of my life if I have that much time left. I caught myself thinking about wishing I had been even tougher on my people and questioned would I have put even more people out with more skills and higher value by the time i called it a day i finally settled in my mind that i had done the best i could with the information available to me at the time. I think that's what we all do in the long run isn't it? I don't know why I am questioning so much about myself guess dying makes a man question everything in life sure wish it would slow down or stop though.
Absolutely enthralled by your patience and perseverance through the detail work. As a veteran tradesman of over 30 years, I've come to know the importance of thinking through the building plan, and paying attention to the detail work. You guys are knocking it out of the park with this project! I'm familiar with the press of making progress, and reaching certain milestones, and I've also learned that you must take the time to BREATHE when an opportunity presents itself. I'm thoroughly enjoying the videos, and am learning some cool stuff along the way! Thanks for all of your efforts...and keep up the good work
ahhhh.. to have knees that would still allow me to do this on a daily basis again. Lord those days are long gone. But, I live vicariously (and learn) by watching your videos. Thanks, and God Bless. :)
Thanks you for the vids, the quiet presentation and the knowledge. It has brought so much pleasure to thousands of people like me who are not framers etc. but maybe just appreciate the engineering, skills, explanations and tips..... watching a project moving through each stage. Regards from a 67 year old Engineer from the UK.
That is a tricky roof system. I worked on quite a few hand cut roofs on high end custom homes during my apprenticeship. This is a real treat to watch. Most people can't appreciate what it's like up there figuring things out and making decisions. Keep up the good work guys!
Well Scott after watching the frame build all I can say is well done to you and the fellows that helped you in particular the chippy that worked most of the time on the project ,a frame well built!
The sad part is most of this beautiful hard work gets covered up and in most cases when it’s good work never gets seen again. Thank goodness for video!
This episode sets itself apart as the point where a lightly experienced carpenter or just an all around handyman would be in way over his head on this particular house. Only a truly skilled experienced carpenter should wisely and capably tackle the problems you had to solve to bring this together. This time I just took off my learning cap and put on my "just watching this for the entertainment" cap. Great work guys! You jokingly call yourselves wood butchers but all I see here is beautiful problem solving and truly solid building practices. Keep up the good work!
This is truly a craftsman home built by true craftsmanship with engineered marvels. I hope we can see more framing in normal speed. It is the best part of your video and really what it’s all about. Normal speed with more framing time!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
If I could sit down for an interview or a talk or a drink 🥃 with any person in the world Scott you got it not that I’m much of a talker but I could listen to the Essential Craftsman al day long.
I'll tell you what Scott, I empathize with the struggle of trying to get long runs of wooden tongue and groove boards to nail down perfectly straight. I'm usually having to do it over my head down here in Naples Florida as people seem to like having it as a ceiling. Love the series! Thank you so much for doing this
Love your videos. I have built many houses and commercial buildings. Relaxing watching others for a change, and the soft music you play is great. Keep up the great work.
Been watching you for quite sometime now, if not the start and I'd say you very quickly became one of the best produced TH-cam channels. And the whole spec house journey is going so well, it's a definite watch, as soon as I can, for every episode. Thanks for what you do.
Thanks for continuing to share these videos, I always find something I can use in all of them. Even if I will never build a house. I did just build a 14x8 hand-built post and beam shed, so I guess it all works. As I'm watching you knitting everything together with that nail gun, I wondered ... how many pounds of nails have gone and will go into this house?? It amazed me how many nails I went through just putting up my shed.
Scott, thanks for going rogue on the roof design instead of crawlspace vs. slab. We've all seen simple roof designs and we've all seen houses built over a crawlspace. But most of us have never seen such a complicated and masterfully designed roof like this. And at no sacrifice other than expense and time to build. The slab would have been a sacrifice later on in the houses life. I'm so glad you found something other than the foundation to show us fellow tradesman (like me who aren't master carpenters) just how much we still have to learn!
I really enjoy some of the education I get just from observing some of your technique. Always be learning...another lesson you both gave and received in this episode. Thanks so much for all of this.
It really is! If it was just 45°, that would be tough enough but that garage section is cocked off on a 37° angle. Making the complementary angle 63°! Definitely complicates it, but I’ll bet it’s fun to work on.
In the process of doing a metal roof-over by myself. Two things EC says keep popping in my head; "80% of all construction is handling material" ...my back can attest to that, and "The rest is just work" I keep telling myself that when I'm fastening down a gazillion screws. Your videos though are an inspiration.
The house next-door to me has been gutted and is being remodeled. It was really fun to see that they brought a pump truck to pour a new basement floor and the load of lumber that was dropped off included Boise Cascade I-joists….in Georgia.
As a residential designer up here in Canada, this is perhaps one the more complex roof builds I've seen, but most importantly, it's done by someone with excellent framing skills. There are not too many builders I place at this level these days. Sadly, as we age out of the industry, the new kids coming up through the system are not benefiting from the new homes using truss systems and will not achieve the same level of professionalism as you have. Much in the same way most new designers need a computer to put out a drawing. God forbid we ever need them to use a pencil and drafting table on-site to produce a detail that can be understood. Sometimes "old school" exceeds "new skool". This would be one of those situation. Beautiful work indeed.
Its so cool that you're buddy who had a stroke just chills and enjoys being around the work he once did and still loves!
Hi everyone, I am 32 yo apprentice carpenter and I am absolutely amazed by the quality of Scott's work. Inspired to a point I didn't think carpentry would inspire me, even tho inspiration was my only motivation to professionally redirect after almost 10 years as a self employed tree climber.
I work with a small company that does pretty good work, I think, but what I am seeing in this series goes deeper, beyond what I get to learn as I am working. Loads of gratitude for you guys offering me the opportunity to quench my thirst for the highest quality possible.
Now 70 episode into the series I keep getting more and more interested and curious about the trade. Bought both "The Very efficient Carpenter" and "A Carpenter's life" which I slowly and simultaneously read between work, kids, wife and tree work side jobs that I have to do to keep up with the bills and stuff. Those books are work of wisdom and experience from Larry Haun and I feel like Scott brings similar contribution to our world but in a more techological way which makes it even more satisfying for the eyes.
Anyway, thank you very much for putting this series together. Beautiful editing, very good music selection and again, Oh Lord, the work is gorgeous.
Keep up the good work.
Djeeh
Make sure your buyer gets a full feature length film of the build. Along with a complete set of final prints, with signatures from as many contractors and laborers as possible.
Good idea, but it's gonna cost ya' 😁
All they have to do is subscribe to the channel
Hi Nate and Scott, it was interesting to hear you mention you've already been doing this for a few years! Feels like yesterday that I discovered the channel with videos of smithing, sawmills, Cats and every video is a pleasure to watch. Please, 'keep up the good work'.
Don't forget the bowling ball cannon.
@@Lugnut64052 or how to use a a ladder safely ;0)
Can’t forget the traditional anvil toss.
I can't express how much simple joy these videos bring, especially after spending several weeks at the hospital, at mom's bedside, as she slowly closes in the end of her life. It's a joy because I see something being born, with great care, and something that will nurture human lives for a long time after that. I won't ever build a house like this in my lifetime, but I think it's true that, with love, you can build just about anything. Thank you.
When I mention burke bar and people look at me confuse , I feel good that I'm subscribed to essential craftman.
If the Burke folks knew anything about marketing and PR, they'd make a Scott Wadsworth signature model.
I absolutely love this series. Don't know if its the super house design, or the music, or Scott's calm way of telling us what is going on, scattering wisdom, experience and advice like sawdust, but one way and another its kept me sane through the very wet winter, and now in the lockdown.
Thank you EA.
Scott, I'm thoroughly impressed with your old man strength and just tossing full OSB sheets onto the roof at awkward angles 2 stories up.
He's not that old yet!
I've seen old guys slap 12' sheets all day, easier than some newbie who hits the gym daily.
It's not much weight, but you have to know how to use the sheets weight and size to your advantage.
MAE2759, I had the same thought and used the same words in my head, "old man strength." It's so true, these pros have a technique that makes difficult things look easy. Plus, a lifetime of work has a way of conditioning your body in a way that office work doesn't.
@@JC-gs3br 12’ sheets of plywood??
12' 5/8s rock.
Should have clarified
@@JC-gs3br 👍
That’s some heavy stuff too!
This is DEFINITELY NOT typical spec. house build quality. It seems like something that EC plans to live in. Very nice work.
William Bethune I hope he can get top dollar for this superior built home.
I have a strong feeling this will be his or his sons new home after this.
I think he said they need to sell it afterwards to make the money back
LifeisGreat over 600k subscribers... they don’t need to sell it... TH-cam revenue alone would cover it
@@g_force3857 Really? How much do you make with that many subscribers?
I've been in building for around 14 years now, Ive gone back to college to at 30 and am at the end of my apprenticeship. However most days I just can't get into the swing of things i don't slack but i'm generally all over the place and not thinking clearly, today was one of those days where i get home feeling foolish and wondering if i should carry on with it. these videos really help me find my passion again, i want to learn how to be more efficient and professional.
Larry haun has a book for you. The very efficient carpenter. Also 3- 1hr videos on TH-cam.
I know Working with a true professional like yourself motivates and it makes the work very rewarding.
Awesome to watch you work. You are an inspiration to all of us 60 year old + guys still working in the trades! Thanks for your videos.
Can't tell you how grateful I am having found this YT channel.
A real pleasure to be sure!
Thanks for the video.
Scott and Nate, I appreciate your humble recognition and thanks for the people who watch. It's not that I need it, but it demonstrates your humility and grace... something the world so badly needs to see more of (as well as the emphasis on quality and craftsmanship). Thank you!
You never disappoint. It's a pleasure to be your subscriber. I'm grateful for what you do.
Warmest wishes from the UK!
This soundtrack just gets better and better every time. This series is very informative and so satisfying to watch. Thank you and keep up the good work
There’s not a robot in this world that could build this in the field. Excellent work and skill.A true pleasure to watch.Thank you .
Scott you sir are a true Essential Craftsman. An incredible amount of work/detail keep it up and keep the great content coming.
I could watch you guys all day long but then I have stuff to build as well. Keep up the good work 👍🏽
You and Nate should be very proud of all your good work. You’ve made a positive impact on my life. Thanks
Scott, you're a gentleman and a scholar!
Been a carpenter for 15 years lol and this video makes me want to frame a roof. It's so much fun. Good video
Scott and Nate,
Outstanding, as usual!
Thank you!
Your channel is a Treasure to all of us subscribers, thank you for all you do. :)
I am very proud and blessed to be a sub here as another carpenter of the same experience I had several employees try and talk me into filming and putting content like this out but I felt I just didn't have the time to do such things as this man is doing. When I had to retire at 55 years old because of very serious health problems I had questioned myself lots about some of the choices and decisions I have made over the years on these very questions and many other things in my business. I am building a new 16×16 small shop for the last couple of years of my life if I have that much time left. I caught myself thinking about wishing I had been even tougher on my people and questioned would I have put even more people out with more skills and higher value by the time i called it a day i finally settled in my mind that i had done the best i could with the information available to me at the time. I think that's what we all do in the long run isn't it? I don't know why I am questioning so much about myself guess dying makes a man question everything in life sure wish it would slow down or stop though.
Really enjoying this series, he's quite the carpenter, really nice to see him work and he explains everything nicely a real pro
This is where a good framer with a sharp mind can save a designer's butt! Thanks guys. You make us look good.
Absolutely enthralled by your patience and perseverance through the detail work. As a veteran tradesman of over 30 years, I've come to know the importance of thinking through the building plan, and paying attention to the detail work. You guys are knocking it out of the park with this project! I'm familiar with the press of making progress, and reaching certain milestones, and I've also learned that you must take the time to BREATHE when an opportunity presents itself. I'm thoroughly enjoying the videos, and am learning some cool stuff along the way! Thanks for all of your efforts...and keep up the good work
you guys always have the best music playing alongside your videos, well done!
Thanks Mr Essential, i enjoy these vids and show them to my class for inspiration. Keep em coming
ahhhh.. to have knees that would still allow me to do this on a daily basis again. Lord those days are long gone. But, I live vicariously (and learn) by watching your videos. Thanks, and God Bless. :)
Where does this guy get the music for his videos from? It's great.
You the man, love what you're doing and how you do it plum, square, level. Thanks for the videos.
these videos are absolutely beautiful. thank you and YOU keep up the good work. take care.
I love how easy you make everything look!!!
Love this man! What a pleasure it would be to have him as a mentor...
Thanks you for the vids, the quiet presentation and the knowledge. It has brought so much pleasure to thousands of people like me who are not framers etc. but maybe just appreciate the engineering, skills, explanations and tips..... watching a project moving through each stage. Regards from a 67 year old Engineer from the UK.
That is a tricky roof system. I worked on quite a few hand cut roofs on high end custom homes during my apprenticeship. This is a real treat to watch. Most people can't appreciate what it's like up there figuring things out and making decisions. Keep up the good work guys!
Loving this series and I think it's great that it's available for young people to watch. Lots to learn.
Well Scott after watching the frame build all I can say is well done to you and the fellows that helped you in particular the chippy that worked most of the time on the project ,a frame well built!
Thanks!!
this is a full blown custom home nothing cookie cutter about it fun to watch the craftsmanship going into it
So many elements to this roof. Really interesting, love this series!
The sad part is most of this beautiful hard work gets covered up and in most cases when it’s good work never gets seen again. Thank goodness for video!
Then let me introduce you to an architect that loves showing you the internal bits of a building, Renzo Piano.
Thanks for sharing, beautiful buildings, they need a lot of windex!
Old carpenter saying: "Do a good job on the things you can't see, so that the things you CAN see will last forever."
this is cheesy tonka toy quality compared to timber framing
Well on some houses I have seen you do see it in the finish product, because not one of the wall was square to another.
One of the few truly exceptional educational channels on You tube! Thanks guys for taking pride in your work!
This episode sets itself apart as the point where a lightly experienced carpenter or just an all around handyman would be in way over his head on this particular house. Only a truly skilled experienced carpenter should wisely and capably tackle the problems you had to solve to bring this together. This time I just took off my learning cap and put on my "just watching this for the entertainment" cap. Great work guys! You jokingly call yourselves wood butchers but all I see here is beautiful problem solving and truly solid building practices. Keep up the good work!
This is truly a craftsman home built by true craftsmanship with engineered marvels. I hope we can see more framing in normal speed. It is the best part of your video and really what it’s all about. Normal speed with more framing time!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
The pleasure and the blessing is all on our side of things. Thanks for the tremendous edjumacation!
Incredible work and planning. So many angles. I'm looking forward to each video! Have a blessed Spring and "keep up the good work!"
Deviation from the norm is the definition of REAL construction.
If I could sit down for an interview or a talk or a drink 🥃 with any person in the world Scott you got it not that I’m much of a talker but I could listen to the Essential Craftsman al day long.
You keep up the great work! Your a huge personal inspiration and are making me rethink my retirement career choice.
Another fine day cause another day making video showed up from Essential Craftsman. Thanks once again.
Thanks. Enjoy the series
Your attention to detail and your craftsmanship is most inspiring, Scott, the house is going to be spectacular 😃👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏
I'll tell you what Scott, I empathize with the struggle of trying to get long runs of wooden tongue and groove boards to nail down perfectly straight. I'm usually having to do it over my head down here in Naples Florida as people seem to like having it as a ceiling. Love the series! Thank you so much for doing this
What a wonderful channel. Thank you
Great video as always. You help us DIY guys and gals get some knowledgeable information and get out and tackle some jobs our self big or small.
Like a surgeon! Fantastic work guys.
Love your videos. I have built many houses and commercial buildings. Relaxing watching others for a change, and the soft music you play is great. Keep up the great work.
Been watching you for quite sometime now, if not the start and I'd say you very quickly became one of the best produced TH-cam channels.
And the whole spec house journey is going so well, it's a definite watch, as soon as I can, for every episode.
Thanks for what you do.
Thanks for continuing to share these videos, I always find something I can use in all of them. Even if I will never build a house. I did just build a 14x8 hand-built post and beam shed, so I guess it all works.
As I'm watching you knitting everything together with that nail gun, I wondered ... how many pounds of nails have gone and will go into this house?? It amazed me how many nails I went through just putting up my shed.
Hopefully one day I’ll be this good at carpentry. Thanks for making these videos!
You are doing great work I love watching from the beginning you are a great teacher
Your doing a grand job. Keep up the good work a real pleasure to watch a master at work. A rare thing nowadays Atb
No better way to start a Monday morning than with some EC content!
This channel is just like coming home. Vicarious bliss. Thank you for making it available. Awesome.
I love the music in this and many of the latest videos. Do you buy it or have someone you know do it for you? Seem to recall Scott is a guitar player.
I love it when a structure appears from a pile of lumber and the skill of carpenters
Dude, you're the one doing the GREAT WORK! So awesome to see what you have been creating here! Thanks, Pete D.---
A blessing for sure. Keep up the good work.
Evan watching you build a house is relaxing for some reason...lol
Scott, thanks for going rogue on the roof design instead of crawlspace vs. slab. We've all seen simple roof designs and we've all seen houses built over a crawlspace. But most of us have never seen such a complicated and masterfully designed roof like this. And at no sacrifice other than expense and time to build. The slab would have been a sacrifice later on in the houses life. I'm so glad you found something other than the foundation to show us fellow tradesman (like me who aren't master carpenters) just how much we still have to learn!
So inspirational. Thank you again.
Watching on my lunch break from a very wet lreland roofing houses as well
Amazing carpentry craftsmanship. Keep up the energy 👍
I really enjoy some of the education I get just from observing some of your technique.
Always be learning...another lesson you both gave and received in this episode.
Thanks so much for all of this.
You sure do make watching these videos easy. Keep up the great work!
Many thing's have happen seens the begining of this channel it has been a joy to watch it all.
God Bless.
The video shots showing the whole house really help me see how it's coming together.
Great video. I'm always glad to see a new video of this series. (and your other content). Keep up the good work.
Looking forward to the podcast with your friend Ken Jordan
Good morning! Thank you for the Monday morning inspiration! Keep up the good work!
I think you guys are amazing!!! Love the work you do and how you explain your process. Keep up the great work!!!
Thank you for the videos. I am looking forward to applying some of your techniques on my shop
Sir your a true plumb square craftsman !!!!!
Wow that is some complicated angles and framing. Awesome job! This house is coming together very nicely!
It really is! If it was just 45°, that would be tough enough but that garage section is cocked off on a 37° angle. Making the complementary angle 63°! Definitely complicates it, but I’ll bet it’s fun to work on.
In the process of doing a metal roof-over by myself. Two things EC says keep popping in my head; "80% of all construction is handling material" ...my back can attest to that, and "The rest is just work" I keep telling myself that when I'm fastening down a gazillion screws. Your videos though are an inspiration.
8:57 . Money shot! Looks so good.
I'm really enjoying this series.
Thank you 😊
That roofline would drive many framers to run for cover. I wish I could afford to buy a house built this well.
Great high quality work on the entire construction process and the quality and clarity of your videos is superb!
Always enjoy your videos.
top class videos and workmanship!
The house next-door to me has been gutted and is being remodeled. It was really fun to see that they brought a pump truck to pour a new basement floor and the load of lumber that was dropped off included Boise Cascade I-joists….in Georgia.
As a residential designer up here in Canada, this is perhaps one the more complex roof builds I've seen, but most importantly, it's done by someone with excellent framing skills. There are not too many builders I place at this level these days. Sadly, as we age out of the industry, the new kids coming up through the system are not benefiting from the new homes using truss systems and will not achieve the same level of professionalism as you have. Much in the same way most new designers need a computer to put out a drawing. God forbid we ever need them to use a pencil and drafting table on-site to produce a detail that can be understood. Sometimes "old school" exceeds "new skool". This would be one of those situation. Beautiful work indeed.
I got my stickers Saturday, thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
I bet it would be a joy to work on your job site. I really appreciate the attention to detail. Thanks for sharing.
Definition of a good Carpenter or welder or any other job title, have the ability to adapt to most situations ! 😊
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
What a blessing to have that knowledge, Experience is the best teacher, I’ve seen some hack jobs in my time! Gravity is your worst enemy!
Doing a great job! Looks like a fantastic home you built!