THE MOST OVERLOOKED TOOL YOU OWN AND SOME TIMBER FRAMING
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Tonight we will talk about one of the most overlooked tools you own, or at least that I own and often overlook it as a useful tool for timber framing and cutting joinery. A well edged hatchet can save you a lot of work when it comes to cutting joinery. Think of how much mankind has built over centuries using one of these marvels of the old world. We are also carrying on trying to get the last couple of top plates finished so that as soon as the rain stops we can finish these once and for all. Also don't forget that we are getting small channels together to do a large collaboration. If you are interested you can contact me at:
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Very well done! I built a chair at my campsite a few years ago with a hatchet and a hand drill with a 1" bit...cut the limbs to length, drilled the holes and shaped the limb ends to fit the holes and pounded 'em in. Made a back and everything. Took me all day just to sit down!
Those types of projects are the greatest.
I too am discovering the versatility of the hatchet and axe for woodworking, very useful and multipurpose.
They sure are, very useful tools
I love watching and learning different techniques for woodworking.
I’ve worked many years on commercial aircraft working sheet metal repairs. I use 1/8” plexiglass to pickup holes but it works great to transfer holes as well. One suggestion I have would be to cut 6x6, 8x8 and 10x10 patterns from plexiglass and use them to locate those shape to box the heart of the logs
That's a pretty good idea. Thank you for sharing.
9 hours a day of timber framing and I still love coming home and watching you cut timbers!!! 😁🌲
That makes me feel pretty good, I'm just a weekend warrior.
When we had the old barn built when I was a kid in Montana, one of the builders had an old axe that he had heated the area near the eye and bent the axe sideways, (to make a sort of broad axe off-set that let him use it just as you did but with a smoothing cut like an ADZE.) With this modified axe and a heavy wood mallet, (he would carry them on his belt), he moved all over the building frame, fitting and trimming beam joints right on the spot. He almost used it more than the slick for smooting joints.
That sounds like a good tool
@@TheTradesmanChannel Shake cutters use offset axeheads too . It saves their knuckles .
I have two of them, they work well too. I show a lot of ways to do the same job.
My dad was quite a carpenter with his hand tools. He always had a nicely tuned hatchet in his box and used it quite often. He found an antique head and made a handle so I’d have one for my box. Still have it and still use it. Very handy tool. 😎👍
Those are the best tools, the ones that are handed down.
Excellent video - thankyou. Every day is a school day! I do like what you had to say at the end as well. Peace and love from England!
Yes the hatchet is one of my favorite tools, really love the broad bladed ones
I can't wait to make a few.
You come up with some really creative camera shots. Now that I’ve started making my own videos I see how much more work it is to film the work you’re doing rather than just work if that makes sense. You’ve got a hell of a work ethic. As always thanks for the great content Jim.
Love watching a good man working with wood. Thanks.
Thank you sir.
Killinger had a flee market find video recently where he picked up an axe like that. Thanks for broadening my mind, reminding me there's plenty of ways to shape a timber.
All kinds of ways.
Craftsmanship at its best a privilege to watch.
Chillin on the archives! Ty Jim!
Hey George
I’m a woodcarver who always relies on a sharp hatchet to get the waste wood out of the way, one important thing I quickly learned whenever using the hatchet as a chisel pushing parallel into the wood fibers is that a good pair of gloves will save you from imbedding sharp slivers of wood into your skin or under your fingernail beds. For accurately cut joinery, as in timber framing, I would have traded the hatchet for a nice sharp wide chisel to have far more control and reduce the chances of taking a bigger than necessary chunk of wood.
I normally use a slick and my firming chisels. I like to show different methods for getting things done.
What a fun video! You made it look so easy! I always get jacked up when making a big project! Not sure if I'd be doing timber cutting anytime soon but you had me with the tools: The Hatchet and that Mega Monster Chisel!😏 thank you for posting!
Thank you Hector. I happen to love Calvin and Hobbes. Great comment, have a great day.
I was impressed with the ambidextrous use of the hatchet.
The audio on this video is exceptional. I damn near had to put my earmuffs on when the skill saw was in use
Thank you, I probably should have turned that portion down.
I dig your Big Foot worm drive, they're a good investment.
Not too expensive either.
I picked up a vaughn hatchet type hammer ,it is handy when doing lookout cutouts in roofing ,can not get a chisel sharp edge on it for some reason like you were cutting with ,a good hatchet i use a lot is my carpenters axe made by Husqvarna ,for the money it's a great tool ,nice handle and hand forged ,holds a nice edge also ,very handy tool for shaping timbers .
Very cool video, informative and well made. Great work!
Thank you very much.
If I ever feel like watching someone saw, this will be the video. A music vid more than anything.
Thank you for giving it a try. I have so many heavy on the explanation videos on this channel I do more like this one now so I'm not beating a dead horse to death.
Great content. Great tips. Fellow woodworker and just now getting into timber framing myself. Military Background? I see the discipline of the Corps in your videos. I’m retired military myself 6 years Corps, 14 Army. Late getting started into my new hobby because of that.
No military here, just a bunch of years fixing and making things. I do love our vets though, special breed right there.
I found a tool on the web that consisted of 2 pieces of angle iron the same length, bolted together with spacers that created just enough room for a reciprocating saw blade between the 2 pieces of angle iron. One of those fastened on both sides of your work as a guide. you can make the guides as long as you need. I found it to be slower but was not limited by the depth of a circular saw or shape of the cut.
I tried a sawzall early on and had issues with the blade wandering.
I must have explained poorly because using this method there is no way for the blade to wander.
Also the fact that you can swing a hatchet with either hand is impressive.
The collaboration is a fantastic Idea.
Thank you, hopefully it will help some of these folks break that 1k sub mark...we'll see.
Good Morning Mr .Jim I have two of them and they work with all different applications lol have a Blessed Day.
Good morning Shawn
Great use of a different tool at least you are not Molly. Keep up the good work and great work with a tough knot. Don in Idaho today.
I"ve got a hatchet just like that one Jim, mine is a "Jameson" an a bit different. On the back side of my tool theres a bottle opener....gosh, lookin' at it now I'm noticing a lot of rust on the sharp end. .:). great job Jimmy!
Glad to see the top plates coming together!
That is a serious beam. I'm a cabinet maker and even I have a Hatchet. You said it a few times. Keep it sharp. Thanks mate, an interesting video
Thanks for watching and good morning.
What a co incidence, as I watched you chopping away there, I noticed a bag behind you......guess what, I am from Reading Berkshire, UK.
Please keep up the good work, the vids are great to watch.......10/10.
Thank you, very nice to meet you. Good things come from places named Reading.
Good job never thought about using hatchet for that fine work .
Removes material quickly and if it's sharp enough it can shave the wood down.
Hi Jim. I will have to try the hatchet. Thanks for the idea.
Good morning
Excellent work ! Thanks for sharing !
I was at first distracted and then fascinated by what I saw as a small plume from the circular saw kerf. Was it smoke? No, it didn't disperse into the air and breeze. What, then? Close observation led me to conclude it was evaporation. Yeppers, that was steam coming out of that ol' wet log.
Small minds are easily occupied...
That gave me a chuckle, thanks friend.
From the base of the tenon to the top, is it better to have a sloping tenon, tapering to the base, so the base is wider than the top, or to have a perfectly straight cut from top to bottom, so at the bottom you have a 90 degree angle? And I guess the answer depends on what job it is doing, so an inverted "T" might be different from a regular "T"?
Nice hatchet work! When you get finished with your mallet, maybe save it and let it be a reminder of one of the tools you made and used during the timber frame build. Have a Blessed Day Friend!
Great tip using that hatchet! I just happen to have a couple those in my shop! Thanks!!👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
Thank you for watching, a hatchet is a thing of beauty.
Jim your hatchet looks like what I used to frame houses with. We call it a riggin axe.
Interesting, I never knew the proper name of it.
Jim, truly inspiring video.
Another fantastic video, by god your some carpenter.
Thank you
YAY, "hand hewn" timbers. Morning Jim, thank for including some hand hewing. LOL
Also good for working out some frustrations.
Good morning Thomas.
There's always a time and place for axe and hatchet but in this instance (knots) and having a powerful saw, I'd kerf cut it. You could argue back and forth about time etc but absent a lust to chop, breaking out kerf wafers and slicking off the face would probably go quicker knots or no knots. Just what you wanted to hear, right?
You're alright. If you go through the videos I've put out you'll see your method is normally what I do. I showed this method because not everybody can afford the big saws and have to use minimal tools. The whole point of my channel is to give folks confidence that they can do this too.
@@TheTradesmanChannel I'm often late to the obvious: that's about what I thought some time after I posted but failed to amend my response. My bad.
Don't worry about it, you watched and took the time to leave good feedback...I truly appreciate it.
Pretty good with the hand tools there Farmer Jim , switched hands without missing a beat ...
Hello Dan.
Hey Farmer Jim , Looking good and getting better all the time !
Well , enough about me , your channel is growing and has real content , unlike the clickbait channels , keep up the good work !
Thanks Dan, I'll send you the check.
Really want a big slick chisel like that
They are worth it.
You hacked that one out like a boss.Not sure if I could use that big saw vertically like that myself.Youve got that technique down pat.Go Jim!getting closer.
that saw vertically like that
Hi Don, it is getting closer all the time...just need some dry weather now.
Hi Jim
I mentioned the playlist thing on my latest vid in a shoutout, ill be setting up another playlist for small blacksmiths on youtube, there is also a new facebook group for youtube blacksmiths that ive joined that you may want to check out as well
I will look into it.
wish it was a longer video, but i got my tradesman fix in...thanks
Good morning. Weeknights are a little tougher for long videos, I was up until 2am on this one. Out the door for work by 7:30am.
burning the candle from each end...youth, gotta love it.
Figure I'll do it while I'm able.
Reciprocating saw would do the magic
The blades aren't stiff enough, tried it once and ruined a timber.
Very cool I have a hatchet just like it. Mine definitely needs a new handle.
Funny how those little jobs get put off.
Well that hatchet job turned out great! Question though, when you're knocking the ends out in one big chunk like that, is it a concern that on the second side the wrong part breaks first?
It sure is! If the heartwood is right that doesn't happen much.
Yes
Great video, great music!
Yeah I’ve always liked having a good hatchet and can do a lot with it
Good morning Ron.
Fun stuff! I could actually hear how sharp that chisel is, and nice technique on those little bevel cuts with the axe.
Thank you, have a good evening.
Sir
Hang in there.
I am a watcher of Wranglerstar....I like the guy.; he mentioned you.
Saw your video.
You will overcome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MACK
Thank you, we will as a family.
Make that used mallet as a wall hanger in the wood shop with a picture of the finished barn
First time EVER,...nice Music on a Video
Thank you.
Hey Jim! Wow that was awesome! Getting closer! How many more timbers do you need to finish? And rafters are next? So excited for you! Going to be an awesome shop! See you on the next one!
6 more timbers and then rafters, they will fly.
Love the channel Jim and glad to see both it and the timber framing are coming along. I subscribe many TH-cam channels (way too many) and I must say of them all, you certainly have the best music, especially tonight.
Thank you, I know what you mean by too many. Guilty here as well, only a couple I really keep close track of.
I would have done same. I have 4 in my truck..I've shaved jack studs with mine. Like a big chisel. With a handle. THAT SLICK. Lol
They are a great tool to have.
My catch all besides sledge or long axe. Have 14" 20" handles and 24-36" camp axes
You can't chisel against the grain, it will dig down. Good use of a sharp hatchett.
Jim, Just a thought, auction off your firewood mallet to help with rest of the project.
I have not seen you around in awhile, how you been?
You should get a Breitbeil it's a axe with a 40-60cm long cutting edge we use them to make a plain surface often to make round logs into square wood but it works pretty good at flattening too
We call them broad axes here. I have one to refurbish.
@@TheTradesmanChannel dit you ever used it to make wood by your self? I had to make 50 m of them in my education to exercise the technique ( not in one piece xD)
I have not used it yet but I have a couple of projects to learn on at some point.
@@TheTradesmanChannel be prepared to face some frustrating moments at the beginning xD
It's important to use the right one you have some for left and for right hand use xD
This one is a right handed one so I'll have fun seeing as how I'm left handed.
Nice tenon/scarf joint work Jim. You'll be doing "Snap tenons" like the Timberdoodle guys next!!... Now there's a bunch of guys who can wield an axe, but I guess its their day job so why wouldn't they be good..
Agreed
I think I would have circle sawed it across about 8 or 10 places within 1/4 to 1/8 inch of finish depth and tben popped out each piece... That or hand sawed it close.... To each his own.... Hacking away takes out stress from the body so go for it
That size lumber is just made for jawhorse type stand a adjustable height roller stand.
"Oh I hate knot clusters - hate everything about em."
I'm sure the tree is very sorry for your inconvenience 🤣
Just kidding, it's part of the craft though. Like your channel man. Great info and you break it all down very well. Keep it up!
I bet you are right on the feelings of the tree....good evening Jeff, you doing well tonight.
Doing well, thanks. Hours of paperwork for my job and still going. These TH-cam breaks to check in on the channels I follow help keep me going. Thanks! 👍
In a latter comment the tree apologizes for being an AH
cdouglas1942 Lol
a real hatchet job
Hey there, it sure was.
@@TheTradesmanChannel I've just started a big timber frame barn (in Scotland) and picked up a hewing axe. Have found it really useful for hogging material and then making flats in the same go, no need for a chisel (since it has one flat ground face). Can recommend one!
Good evening. I love my hewing axe.
You can build an ark with your lost Art of wood cravings!
Another good one Jim, ahhhh the oft overlooked and venerable axe. Here's an I-dare-ya for you. Got a broad axe? Box out that last queen bent tie beam with only hand tools!
You smoke crack for breakfast don't you?
TheTradesmanChannel ROFLMAO. Just figured you're the type not to turn down a challenge and if you did have a broad axe you just might go for it. Me, I'd probably ruin 3 perfectly good logs in the process!
Good thing for me I don't own one yet!
The opening song was beautiful. It was deserving of two thumbs up, if I could. What was it, please?
I wiil look it up for you
I believe I listed it in the opening credits. I'll try to find it for sure. Since this video I took a bad fall working on the barn, I've been laid up for a couple of weeks and looks like I'll be laid up at least until September. Might be slow at these responses.
Thank you.
Great thanks to all. This song could be a classic if there ever was one no matter what year it is released.
I found it on Epidemic Sound, there are some great tracks on there.
Hope you're collecting old car springs for some slicks and framing chisels. Sure like to see you get into making some soon. BUT, love the woodworking the most.
I can't wait. I have a ton of 1080 steel.
Ton of laminating and tempering. Love it.!
That's right
Good Jim. Made it back un scathed, mostly
Good
Terrific video, never thought to use one for anything else beside kindling for the BBQ. Can you please advise the name of the artist and the song at the front end - very very good.
That would be "Darkness of the Light" by Martin Carlberg.
... Yep.. sometimes ya gotta just 'grab it & growl' ...( 1 of my most favorite expressions. ;)... if you're gonna be making those 'slicks' in your next life, put me down for 1.... & a hatchet 2
Great job! You did get some major tear out due to cutting against the grain
Oh yes, that and knot swirls!
I have never tried doing timber framing but wish to. I do work a lot with hand tools, especially planes and I know how the grain can twist in mult--directions around knots!
You would probably really enjoy it.
Tbf I’d have ripped that with a jack saw, seems like a bit of work!
Good afternoon. I show a lot of different ways of doing things, I have beam saws that can do it within minutes but not everyone has those tools so I like to show many methods.
Nice Jim, I dont doubt its overlooked, I never considered it, but damn effective
Good morning Tim.
Good work but a 16 5/16”. Circular saw and a sawzall make quick work of that.
I now own a 16 5/16" saw, much better.
grain like that sucks but if your inlaing into it its nice to work with...keep at it Brother
Thank you and good morning.
LOL, I should have waited a bit, you already have one
Good job on the video. Stop feeding the channel trolls by responding...either ignore them or block them if they step past your limits.
You are right, I know better.
Too be honest I think the tennon is a bit too thin!,I like your video . thanks mate!
Something tells me this Jim character is building some kind of timber frame barn!?🤔 Good afternoon buddy! 👍🍻🙃
Hello Harold, raining here pretty good, going to be a shop night tonight.
Hasn't started yet down here but it's on it's way! That's ok. Roads needs washing.
I think a sawzall would do a much faster cleaner job. Finish with grinder and planer
Sawzall is about the worst tool for this application because the blade flexes too much in the cut and I have seen timbers ruined with them. I usually use a 16-5/16" circular saw with a 6-1/4" cut as well as a 10-1/4" circular saw with a 3-7/8" cut. With the bigger saw there is no hacking out anything, just some cleanup work with the slick.
@@TheTradesmanChannel I meant a sawzall for just the cleaning up part. Instead of using a hatchet.
I know what you meant and it's a good thought, the problem is that even for the two inches left in the middle the blade tends to wander because it's such a flexible blade...ask me how I know. I have used my bandmill often and that works very well as long as you put the reference face in the right spot in relation to the blade. Axes and hatchets are still used by many timber framers and log builders for this type of work and many of them are much better at it than I am.
You're channel is going to blow up soon. I was on Chickadee at about 1500 subs. Good content bro!
And Wranglestar at maybe 3K.
So was I, still watch Mr. Chickadee. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
I have several styles of hatchets and find very useful working with timbers. I like what you are doing. It's better than tv. Would like to win the draw knife. Thanks
Good evening, you will have your chance for sure.
Save the mallet, hang it up if it's no longer usable maybe.
Hey brother, great video. I love that saw.
Thanks Paul.
Just found your channel. Pretty cool. New Subscriber right here. Oh, great music too.
Thank you, welcome to it.
Morning Jim. A good sharp hatchet is one of the most versatile tools there is, yep. That timber appeared to be a little dryer than usual? Or was it just the knots messin' with you?
It was knots. That timber is about as wet was it gets...that was steam in the cuts.
Oh, I missed the steamy part. Damned old eyes, anyway. I should probably wait till after coffee to watch.
I like that slick
It works great.
It’s not often I see someone ambidextrously swinging a hatchet with either hand.
I'm left handed but I do a lot with both hands.
Ps that hammer is Awesome too!
Nice music!
Thank you
Do you ever get splinters under your nails cleaning up the joints?
Not yet, I've been lucky.
great music!
Thank you.
Love the music
Thank you
Dear Jim,
Great to see the weather is letting up a bit, I cannot recall when it was this quiet (no traffic either, where have they all gone???). As for your mallet; well I would not worry too much. I am sure once the barn is done, it'll probably one of the first items on the list to make. besides there must be a tree or two lurking about where you are??? I am sure you could make a handful of them. You might decide to hang this one on the wall somewhere as a memento of times past??? rather than give it it's last blessings before burial. It's amazing seeing which power tool is most prominent in the timber framing construction. With regards to axes in general; it THE weapon of choice for master builders throughout Europe & beyond. I am not so sure I would want to use the razor sharp Japanese one which I bought to turn pallet planks into kindling for my wood stove. All in all another day at the office, another timber ready. Well done my old fruit. Kind regards.
Rain is back with a vengeance
Dear Jim,
Thank you very much for your hearted response. Well you can't have it both ways these days. You've got to take what's the least of two evils ( should have said Lucifers???). besides you were working in the barn for the most part. I forgot to mention that I watched your friend Kim Crast doing his tractor. Maybe once your barn is done, you might consider handing him over the resurrection project of old faithful; she looks like she's had better days (your tractor Jim not Honourable Matron). That should keep Kim busy for a while & you could get on finishing the inside (don't forget Honourable Matron's boudoir first); I dare say by that time your old girl would be ready with renewed "thunder" in her belly. keep at it dear boy, the last mile's in sight. Kind regards.