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I don't know how I stumbled upon your videos, but I am so glad that youtube's algorithm led me here. You are like a much nicer version of my dad, as he is the type to tackle all kinds of projects on his own, which is now how I am. I used to be so hard headed, and not wanting to go to work with him growing up, but the older I get, the more I appreciate it.

Jack is so sweet with sweetloaf. It’s just adorable. She is just so precious. God bless your family.

More than learning more skills on wood Is your relationship with your family...just awesome. Lead by the example.

This is one place us East Coast MEN win. We have Cypresswood. The stuff grows in swamps. It last for a LONG LONG TIME!! Hehe. Thanks for sharing brother it looks nice. God bless brother..

When the video fades and I cry out "noooooo!!!! Want more content!!!" Time flys by while watching your videos! Such great content and I really enjoy it.

These videos keep me from dreadful thoughts. Not my only vise, but certainly one the important ones. Thank you so much and God bless.

I recently found this channel and even being an east coast guy myself I really enjoy the day to day work that you guys do. You've definitely inspired me to be more then I am.

Watching these videos are the best part of my day between work and school.

that blue drill guide amuses me more than it should

Thank you for all the uploads and helping to keep us sane during lock down

I miss these woodshop videos

Your videos do 2 things... they make me smile and make me want to keep going on my projects 🙂

You certainly look a happy man Cody with the new Honda 👍

That is one solid gate! Keep up the hard work!

Wow that is a beautiful workbench!

The sound of the plane cutting how good

Greetings from New Jersey. Glad to see you are all well. Sugarloaf is getting big. Blessings Proverbs 3:5 Gary Gemian

So glad I have this channel while in quarantine!

Leaning on the shovel...very funny. Love your sardonic wit, not meant to harm but to inspire and motivate. This is why your subscribers love you. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the good parts of the homesteading lifestyle!

I used to work for the county funny the west coast guys were the ones leaning on the shovels while they watched us work😂 there's been a lot more pokes against us East Coast guys since I started commenting more LOL it's all in good fun though may God bless you and your family y'all are always in my prayers please keep my family and I in your prayers God bless

Love the shovel comment😂... coming from a east coast guy.

such a sweet family.

Nice red ride, bought an JD 825I gator in 2013, wouldn't give it up for nothing, well almost. Built nice tool holder for 3 of those black tools in top of cab between roll cage, your going to love that ride. They sure beat using a tractor all the time and gets into the woods a lot better.

It took that little girl about 0.5 seconds to steal the whole show. God Bless, stay safe

Always a treat to see you working in the woodshop :)

Loving that sweetloaf. She is a ray of sunshine on these cloudy days❤.

We only have 3 acres but I love my Ranger for working on it.

Thanks so much for your videos....they mean more than you can imagine! The skills you teach are needed now more than ever. God bless you and your family.

Out here on the east coast we use locust fence posts, resists bugs, rot, and it’s a hard wood

Man, I got so caught up in your fantastic carpentry that I even blew the sawdust off one of your drillings without meaning to! Awesome videos, thank you!

Sweet loaf handles responsibilities better than most men I know

Good craftsmanship there Cody 😁

Mrs W: "Cody, where have you been?" Cody: "Oh I just popped to the barn to grab a couple of screws" Mrs W: "But you were gone 20 minutes" Cody: "Yeah I took the honda" Mrs W: "It's a 3 minute walk!" Cody: "I took the scenic route"

So wonderful to watch the love between Jack and his little sister.

My goodness Sweetloaf is sooo cute.

Nice work . I like the close up shots.

You do nice work. It’s a pleasure to watch these sorts of videos. Thank you.

An old guy once told me, "Triangles make stuff strong".

Simply amazing what you can do when you have proper tools!

Jack is looking quite the young man these days.

I know it's not really within the homesteading realm, but I'd like to see a video of your watches. Quite a Explorer you have.

Must say it’s nice to see someone demonstrate how to do, what appears to be a simple job, well, with skill and pride in their work. Learnt a lot from this! I’d just screwed a board on top of another in the corners, making a shoddy job out of it. Now I know the right way! Diolch yn fawr iawn.

Honestly. You are a welcome relief from the threat of the kungflu. Love from Sweden.

I personally would use chicken wire, but going with your mentality with the half order of plywood and saw blades, use what you can afford to not replenish for a period. Always enjoy your vids Cody!

Good ole Kentucky cedar works great! Got plenty of them to spare lol

Not at all wanting to be a trouble maker here. Gate building 101: The diagonal is actually to prevent the gate from sagging. The bottom diagonal support should be the hinge side. Yes it does help keep the gate square, however support from a more solid point on the gate prevents the weight from pulling down the opposite side.

Look at that! I’m an east coast guy and saw the video this early! BOOM! Also......loctite

that honda is so amazing

Been awhile since I’ve watched a video and I’m always happy to see you don’t disappoint with the East Coast Guy jokes ;)

Cool, you have Wranglerstar carpenter pencils! Nice. Thanks again Cody.

Right away I noticed the corner setting angles in the thumbnail image, which someone pointed out in another video... Gives it better strength.

The best part of the videos at the end. Wonderful video.

I miss the shop so thank you

You are a good builder

So glad I'm from the west coast

I like the tribute to John Prine.R.I.P.

Come on , East coast, not everybody here is bad, lol, keep up the great work

Loved this video--good mix

Jack is so awesome with sweet loaf. Love it :)

Always relaxing and satisfying watching your videos.

Wranglerstar, I finally got the notification when my favorite family friendly channel. I was very excited to see all the work that everyone is doing around your farm. Even Sweetloaf is helping feed the little critters and following her big brother Jack around learning how to help with the daily chores. It’s always nice to see how everyone has their own things to do during this unusual experience with what is happening around our country and nationwide shutdown of many businesses. I have noticed an uptick in my neighborhood with women who are now getting back to the basics of making starter dough for sourdough bread! My daughter found my plus 40 year old cookbook. Now I have the recipes I have made many types of bread and fruit pies that I used to sell almost every weekend. And a few loyal church members would drop by to buy their favorite type of bread. It’s like bringing back some old traditional values to our communities! Cody a very sturdy Douglas fir gate👍

I always thought that the brace in the gate was to help keep the gate from sagging, which is the same as keeping it square. The brace meets the bottom of the gate at the hinge side. That way the weight of the gate gets transferred down to the post. Otherwise the gate can still sag

My gosh I've missed the woodshop! Amazing work and incredible craftsmanship as always. Its so great to see your projects develop from plan to completion. I have my grandad's wood plane which I meticulously care for, a gift to me before he died and I totally agree nothing beats the quality finish of a razor sharp hand plane. He was a WW2 special forces veteran and used to sharpen his tools so that they could split hairs or as he put it 'finish a Nazi'. I'm deeply thankful for your videos good sir and I pray that God is richly blessing you and yours. While writing this comment Psalm 91 came to mind, not sure why. God bless.

I wish i had those carpentry skills.

It's very nice to see a family working together I like that chicken coop you and Jack made ,great job hi sweetloaf

We don’t have to work as hard here on the east coast cause we’ve been farming this area longer than the left coast has been farmed so, yeah, we cruise in and out of every season here in Georgia 💯👍

I might never build a gate during my life. But I'm glad I know how to :)

Such nice work for a simple gate. Pretty good lesson here.

Great to see you back in the wood shop! I like your use of pocket screws

"You should be leaning on that shovel". Hah! I love the east coast guy jokes. So funny.

Love the outro with Courtney Marie Andrews. I heard her for the very first time singing this song on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert honoring John Prine three days ago. Very moving.

Thanks, and thanks for getting some Prine again too 👍

I love your patience, your craftsmanship, and your willingness to want to do EVERYTHING perfect. But I think a rough edge showing mill marks would have looked cool.

"Very positive channel"💯👍 hope your channel keeps growing 👏😉

You got it all Cody god bless the luckiest man in the world

Cody I can't thank you enough for showing me how to do up a sharp looking fence gate. I like this style with zero talking while seeing the steps. I find a lot of the how to channels... busy. Too wordy while trying to watch what's going on. Anyhow, thanks. I think I'm going to try my hand at this gate 😊

Never underestimate the skill and determination it takes to properly prop against a good shovel.

Hey Cody, just a tip. For pocket holes I recommend using pan head screws. It doesn’t have to be actual kreg screws. The pan head really closes any gaps and pulls the joint tight. The deck like screws your using can split the wood and they tend to not pull the joint as tight. As always I enjoy your videos

Waiting for sweet-loaf to appear has been the highlight of these Quarantine videos!

“Should be leaning on that shovel.” Thanks for rocking the hat jack. Pretty cool thing. My wife is due next week. With our second son. His name will be jack!

I have the pocket screw jig, but not the guide you have. Need that! Man that Honda will be useful. Video idea: 101 uses of a UTV.

"You should be leaning on that shovel" love it!

Looks nice cody!

One of those Wranglerstar pencils sure wood look good at my place. I don’t go down south very often though. Likelihood of meeting the requirements to get one are slim😥 Ha take care and have a great rest of your week.

The triangle is the strongest structural shape. Steel bridges are typically a huge collection of triangular members. It is the first thing we learn in basic structural analysis in basic civil engineering. Beautiful work on the gate. JoeB

Why do I always feel better about life after watching one of your videos, even the doomsday stuff

In England, we like to build the apprentices character. Things like catching sparks (getting them to hold a bucket while someone uses an angle grinder) bump start a large circular saw (they run as fast as they can with the blade on the floor) or getting air samples for testing (waving a black sack around in the air) and then other items such as putting a broom through the sleeves of their overalls while putting them bum first into a bin full of water or putting ketchup under the inner soles of their boots when they aint looking so when they step in them, saucy feet. Ahh good times. Luckily when i was an apprentice the only thing that happened to me was getting pinned down in a chair and having a salmon rubbed on my face.

That Honda side by side still gives me the fizz

Texas here. Hard clay soil. Talk about leaning on a shovel! Lol. No need for concrete when setting posts. Pack the dirt back in and one good rain and they are set!

Truly enjoying the CV-19 video series. Thank you.

That music

Cody, you gotta say "Copy that, Sweet Darlin"...

Your property is coming along awesome

The east coast chit is a good laugh I live in northeast. This tech wizard hippie probably has a couple fields of Mary Jane out back living large! I like the videos very helpful

The chicks at the end are so cute!!!!!!!!

It’s a gate not a watch. Glad you have the time.

Another video to help me get through this quarantine boredom

East coast style... Should be leanin on dat shovel!! Lmao!!!!

Yep, I can see it already, your going to put a lot of miles on that side-by-side! Mine is used & old, but I love it for getting work done, to the point I can’t imagine not having it!

I was beginning to wonder if the wood shop even existed anymore. Miss those projects in there.