Green Oak Rails Finished | DIY Shepherd Hut #5 

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The author does like to from scratch, ru-vid.comUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.

Bed time will have to wait I’m afraid

This is the best programme on RU-vid! Your skill and precision is unsurpassed. The explanation and narration are brilliant and the filming superb. My wife and I really enjoy your projects, you are truly amazing!

when that bit snapped I felt for you. Used to use old CD's for that mirror trick, taught my kids how to drill straight with them. Careful smelling oak of the mirror is a gateway to harder things.... like walnut

Thank you Carl for showing all the missteps/challenges that are coming up during your builds. It’s exciting to watch as you think them through, research and come up with solutions - that mirror trick is brilliant!! Often we learn more from the setbacks, and most Tubers choose only to show a flawless build. Cheers and all the best to you and your family for 2024 and beyond

Been drilling holes for 55 years and the mirror trick just slays me. Well done

Watching you work with health issues and material issues, I had to write to say how impressed i am with your achievements on this project. Your ability to problem solve and always move forward despite challenges is admirable. I recently received my blue jacket and have already received a handful of positive comments on it :) Be well and I look forward to more progress.

Watching you graft your way around wood makes me appreciate not only the physical stress but the mental stress of minor failures, (Or even major ones!) mathematical challenges and problem solving not encountered every day in other professions! Thank you for a fascinating glimpse of what you do!

I am 65 years old and I grew up on a farm on the Pevemsy Marshes. My father was a dairy and sheep farmer and many lambing seasons were spent in our Shepard Hut on the marshes. We had straw made up as two beds and a pot burner in the corner for heat, which was needed on the marshes as it was bloody cold in those winds.

I’m a carpenter by trade, but it’s so relaxing watching and listening to you work, after working all day with lumber 😂

That mirror trick is a really good tip. Sorry but I did laughter when the bit fell out and broke the mirror. Your face , priceless . Looking forward to your progress on this project. Happy new year to you and yours

When tightening up your chuck on your drill driver, go one click in the opposite direction after cranking it down and it locks the chuck preventing it falling out 👍🏻

Hey Carl its reassuring to me that even people with your incredible skills have "I can't believe that just happened" moments. And you manage to do it with no cussing - that is what is amazing. Cheers mate!

That mishap at 21 mins...my heart sank and I laughed with great sympathy. Love your work and tenacity Carl. I viewed this on the same day something stupid happened to me when I was wood working in the shed...and I proper sent out the expletives at great volume!

This is why nice hand saws have a mirror like finish to them.

Always the realest and most enjoyable carpentry videos out there! Thank you for your candid and humorous approach, everyone has hiccups in their projects but people don't always show them.

Hi Carl, have a blast in 2024. Love the shepherd series. Your jacket is awesome. Good quality fabric.

Got my jacket and I couldn’t be more pleased. Many projects in its future riding on my back. Keep up the videos, and thanks

On most hand chuck drills you can tighten as far as you can then turn back the reverse way (ever so slightly) until you hear a click and it will lock the chuck in place so bits won’t slip. I recently came across this tip and it has helped in a big way.

I admire your dogged persistence on drilling those holes, and really like the elegant trearments to the ends of the four main beams.

In a pinch, I’ve seen the reflective side of a CD/DVD used for the mirror trick as well. Easy to drill through. 👍🏻

The mirror trick is genius!

I scrolled by this video about 30 times, wondered why my youtube feed would stay so hard pressed on me watching a video on how to drill straight holes... finally saw it was a new carlrodgers. Faith in youtube algorythm restored...

Lots of people use old CD's for the mirror. They come with the hole pre-installed!

if youre planning on snapping many more bandsaw blades, you can buy a wee machine to weld them back together!

Carl, I can only imagine the frustration of watching your recordings back to make this edit, knowing the pain of dropping that auger out of the chuck. Always enjoy your videos, loving my jacket. Wishing you health and happiness.

Happy New Year, Carl. Two things: I watched an old-school Japanese carpenter (via RU-vid of course) auger a similar sized hole in a similar sized beam. He used a block of wood with a "V" notched in it to guide the bit. A couple of others have suggested two boards at right angles, but the block makes more sense to me--stable and you can clamp it. Second thing, the only price I found for green oak timbers in the US is $12.75/linear foot for 6x6, which would make your beams about $260 US, about EU 235, but not FOH and not including shipping. No white oak for timbers in the western US.

AAARRRGGHHH! Really felt your pain when the first bit snapped in the timber😩... and then the mirror😖... great to see that you are human and make mistakes like the rest of us 😊after all, success can only be measured by how we deal with failures. Thanks for this really absorbing series, Carl.

Happy 2024 and thanks for all the 2023 content and jacket.

Carl, I mean LOL! Broken blades, broken bits, broken mirrors! 2024 can only get better! All the best from Traverse City, Michigan, USA. Cheers!

Your attention to detail puts my projects to shame - well done for inspiring the rest of us to do better :)

The mirror trick is also why good quality hand saws are polished to a shine. You use the reflection of the wood you’re cutting in the side of the saw to make sure you’re cutting perpendicular. You can hand saw with no guides and get a square cut every time with a little practice. Never see the concept used for drilling before, but I’ll definitely have to give it a try!

Its a pleasure to watch you work! I wish i had the same skill 🙂

I was thinking this notify idea was clever and then I literally saw it again this morning on Instagram but using an old CD which does the same job 👍🏼.

absolute nail biter. When the bit broke the mirror, I thought in Spanish "le llueve sobre mojado", which more or less translates to "when it rains, it pours". Congrats for keeping your calm in front of the camera!

Can‘t really comprehend how you manage to have a Mafell Bandsaw but not the drilling station they make. ;) Would have already saved you years in jigging up strange drill guides. 😁

Loose bit in chuck : there is a simple process called locking a chuck . after u tighten the chuck then loosen it slightly . There are videos to watch about this . Also on hexagonal shank drills you need to close down on the drill while wiggling it to be sure it is closing on the smallest part of the hexagonal shank. That mirror trick is awesome I have a horrible time getting holes perpendicular. One last bit . on deep holes you must frequently pull the drill out to clear the chips to prevent binding up the bit.

That's cool that you have green oak there. We only have white, red, and blue oak here. But I'm colorblind so they mostly look the same to me.

A tip for augers like that which a lot of people don’t realise is that you don’t want to reverse the direction to pull them out, the shape of the auger is so that when rotated clockwise is funnels the chips out the hole, when you reverse that to take it out it sends the chips down and often packs in so tight that the auger gets stuck, if your mid way through a hole and need to back out, reverse it for a second to disengage the screw tip and then change it back to clockwise to eject. A good hard lump of paraffin wax is a good lubricant for them too.

It’s looking great Carl. Here’s to a great 2024. 🎉

Good lesson on chip evacuation. Not bad for a Puertorican...good job!

The amount of work in you is beyond impressive. Awesome skills too 👍

you are a formidable Craftsman and a love watching you fix mistakes, you have a lot less than me for sure, thanks for sharing

Red oak was always my personal favourite to cut when green.

good to see more realistic approach to vlogging. Mistakes, errors and rework all included in your work. Nothing wrong with that and more informative as a result.

The mirror seems to have done the trick for you Carl. One other method I’ve seen and mentioned by a few others is using a plunge router with an up cut spiral bit to at least start the hole. Pretty much fool proof and very precise. It’s a recommended way for putting benchdog holes in a workbench top. Looking forward to seeing this project come together!

A RU-vid favourite. Happy 2024

The clamps on the mirrors. They are next level.

Bed time. Time to watch Carl. Perhaps a polished chromed thin steel plate for a mirror next time?

Perfect video! it's great that you showed so many typical "mishaps" of an ordinary person, instead of the perfect Insta world. The mirror accident made me burst out laughing 😅 Besides, you have a strong character (or you hold back in front of the camera), someone else would come out of the shed swearing heavily after another obstacle of the same task 😂

Man I feel your pain brother, that look in your eyes after the third one. I have the same disease and know that look. But man it looks great and that saw, mafell makes some crazy tools.

Absolutely sublime, should be an hour long 👌🏼👍🏼

I'm impressed how you don't swear and/or launch a hammer across the workshop 🤣 Love the jacket, mate not to mention that view of the Pyrenees 😍 All the best for '24.

It is always a pleasure to watch your work and the way you solve problems. I also love working with oak in our 100 years old barn and almost 200 years old house , it is a satisfying thing to get working results.

Imagine what he could do with a real heated indoor workshop with proper lighting!!

Hey Carl, i'm in the middle of the video but, (the gipsy method) if you don't have that mirror, maybe your dad have some old CD that do the same job (and it got a hole already drilled ^^) or, if you have old computer hard disk, you can disassembled it and take the disk which have a super fine mirror finish (+ the really strong magnets). Anyway, thank you for sharing your amazing work !!! Love from France 🐸

Genius tip with the mirror. All the best for 2024.

Carl, I really enjoy watching a young man doing tasks that take years to learn, young man you are very talented, someone has taught you well, and your video work is also good, One problem you don't do a lot of them try to make more content for us fans

Always keep the chain tight! 😊

Hello Carl, just watched you make the template and put a new blade on your bandsaw and wish I could reach into the screen and share a tip with you. If you use a small trim router and freehand a mortice up to your template line, 5mm at a time, your first pass is critical and then the next pretty much follows the first. If you do this from each side then when you bandsaw, there's less blade binding, the blade wants to follow the groove, you have a bit of finished edge to clean up to down the road, it makes your life easier all the way around. Good luck and now to watch the rest of your video.

That mirror idea is genius

I've enjoyed all your videos, but this one "solo" video seemed so elegantly set-up and edited. Well set up introduction to the problems, and well-documented thought processes and solutions!

Gets a thumbs up before even watching it. Brew and headphones on when I get up tomorrow to watch. Keep going Carl ✊🏻😌

Thanks for posting and sharing. Kudos to your Dad for his assistance.

Hey my friend, with These kind of wood drills you have to back-up several times to remove the chips from the hole. The bit snapped because the thread was loaded with wood chips and jammed the drill. We all did this failure once. Nice to see that you keep going

I held my breath every time you paused that drill... 😅 It's coming together nicely. I wish you and yours a happy new year!

I used to work on houses that had traditional beams here in the UK and as a spark would have to route cables through. Seeing has the beams were about 25-40 cm in width an auger was the only tool. Some tips: corded drill for a start, more power and more control ( we used un clutched which requires some delicacy) this will save your festool drill as well, a lot of back clearing in and out at speed, no lube as it binds the wood together and causes more friction, and an auger file to re point the cutting guides (best £12 i spent). You'll be eyeballing straight holes in no time.

A company I worked for had pens that began to appear all over the state and eventually around the world. They were unique just like your jacket. Might prove more effort than it's worth, but could be cool to see if you can track where people see your jacket across the planet. It's super nice and obviously recognized. Happy New Year Carl!

I remembered i did the mirror as a early teens thought i was a dill when saw dust fell on it, never did it again never heard of it as an option. I don't feel so silly now thank you. Love your work and projects. Greetings from Australia.

Pro tip, When you tighten the chuck, Turn the round a few clicks backwards, that locks the chuck so it wont go loose

Every time anything like that happens to me I have a tea...which is probably why I have 10 cups on a good day..great work keep batting on.

Love this series, showing us not only the good things but also all the things that go wrong. Like the mirror, a perfectly good way to get the holes straight, but when that drill bit fell out and took a part off the mirror when you picked it up I couldn't keep myself from LOL. But it can be stressful as the material is too expensive to waste a lot on trying to get it right.

This is great! Thanks for leaving in all the "learning experiences" along the way. You're doing a great job.

Thank you for the mirror trick, I can now complete two projects that have long been stalled.

It’s coming along good . Your mirror trick was pretty clever. Thanks for sharing this build

I would never thought drilling 20 holes in timber would be so time consuming, but I guess the 150mmx150mm timber leaves no margin for error.well done Carl you have amazing perseverance. Respect from Ireland.

I like that massey ferguson btw

Using a mirror is a great trick for drilling. Well done. I've had drill bits snap too. it is frustrating as all hell. Well done in getting the broken bit out of the timber. I'm looking forward to the next video, no matter how long I have to wait.

Hallo Carl, very honest and trustworthy to show not only the sucess, but also the fails, which happen to all craftsmen (an women, of course). This is just the real life. I do more and more mistrust those RU-vidrs where everything goes straight. Would it not be a good idea to use drill bits for steel for this rock hard oak wood? Grüße aus Deutschland!

so relaxing watching the word. I did get a good laugh with the mirror.

I love watching you work, you always find a solution, I’m amazed❤️🎶🤗🎶🇨🇦

❤❤❤❤❤❤Well done, great job at the peak of creativity. Greetings from Algeria. I loved you and your work

That mirror trick is genius 👍

Happy New Year Carl. Thanks again for taking us along on this awesome journey. Lots of love to you and the family. Stay safe!

I love to watch you work my friend.

Jacket is great! Cheers and a happy new years to you and yours!

It's always a good day when Carl posts🎉 the build so far is looking really good man!I felt your pain when that bit broke😂

Pure slapstick. Love to watch. Happy New Year and best wishes.

Hey buddy! Though you would have had to set up some kind of in-feed/out-feed table, a drill press set on low speed would've made short work of all those holes. I do salute you for drilling them all by hand though!!! Best of luck from Kentucky, Carl!

I hope you and yours have a safe and Happy New Year! Keep on doing what you do and I'll be watching for as long as you do.

Happy New Year, thanks for all the videos 2023!

Love your work Carl. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Excellent work as always, and although there were setbacks it is how you dealt with them that is most important. Wishing a very happy New Year to you and yours!

Great video again Carl. Have a great 2024 and looking forward to you content!!

Genius. I really enjoy your projects and approach, Carl. Well done. Happy New Year.

I've only recently discovered your videos but I find all of them quite satisfying. Thank you for sharing your skills with us in such and entertaining fashion. Happy New Year!

THE comedic pause I EXPERIENCED at this timestamp 20:45 is flawless, I LAUGHED SO HARD im so sorry but i was caught off-guard!!

I'm looking forward to seeing the final product. Happy New Year and cheers from the High Desert in Southern California.

Brilliant idea drilling using the mirror 👍👍