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I've seen some beautiful workbenches. I would have to say this one is still my favorite. I just love those through tenons. Tusked, wedged, pinned...they all added a lot of character. And that shoulder vise, wow.
Thank you Tom for showing us your tool's. Right now I'm restoring a Totem pole my brother carved when he was 10 year's old the log was an old telephone pole we pulled out of an alley. I help my brother drag it back to the house using a skate board. This was back in 1975 I believe. I put up a video of it primerd getting it ready to paint and I have a few repairs I have to make on it. When I get it all done I'll post a video of it. It's been through it some were telling me to just toss it, but I'm determine to refreshen it up so it can be around long after I'm gone.
I’d like to see a video or picture of this thing actually being used as a WORKBENCH and not a piece of modern art that looks like it belongs in an art gallery.
Well, I came looking for advice to install railings. I found an artist. Who has mastered his craft. Well done partner. Wish I could afford your services!
You really need to pour a concrete pad. Your mill is resting on a dozen small independent concrete piers. Each will inevitably settle after dropping logs on them at different rates and you'll be constantly having to shim them back up. The trackhoe helps as you can gently put the logs on the sawmill.
Really enjoyed both of your getting to know you videos. Love your humor Samurai and your wife’s patience. In your who is the Samurai video, I appreciate your vulnerability. Most men (I being one unfortunately) struggle with who I am and having the strength to get to know where I want to be. I know it’s been said by others but your comment, “your beliefs dictate your reality, don’t let your reality dictate your beliefs” really hit home. I’m 52 and often think it’s too late to change who I am. Thank you for who you are and the content you provide.
Congratulations on the "small" win of competing the barge. Also HUGE shout out to you on how you raise your son's. In this day and age, its such a breath of fresh air seeing a dad with his sons out in the wild being men. I love that. And to your friends for teaching/showing/helping and allowing your boys to work alongside 👏👏...you are a blessed man. I wish I could come from Kenya to assist on a build. That would be my dream.
As i was watching, i got sidetracked by work for a minute. I looked back over at the video at 13:12 and had lost track of the scale of the sawmill head. So when Adam came back into frame a few seconds later, he looked like a ten foot tall giant. :)
Jesse, I truly recommend looking in to a big impact gun for timber screws. I do timber work in Ontario and use U2 as well. The big impact guns like you would use for lug nuts, they are expensive but completely effortless and worth spending the money
Yo, Dude! Here in the states, we have child labor laws, ya know. - LOL Seriously though, it's good the boys grow up learning stuff like this. Brings back memories of me and my four brothers growing up.
Ok, I get it. The thinnest is the winner. And I do respect that. Its obviously very difficult to achieve. However, are the shaving ever used for anything else? Can you paint or write on them after they have been created. Carpenters do use shavings as fillers. The shavings are very beautiful and gossamer in appearance. Can the wider shaving be used as a type of paper or Wicker?
By the way I bet you could put a 50 horsepower on that barge it would work pretty good at that or two 30 horsepower on either side to push it cool barge
Hey Samurai, long time watcher, first time caller! Lol I'll save you the time from having to read my backstory, so im just gonns ask. What brand modular toons did you end up with? I cant find a used pontoon boat good enough for what i want to do with it, maybe building from 8"below and up is the way to go. thanks!
