Japanese Timber Frame Blacksmith Shop gets Yakisugi (焼杉) Board and Batten Siding 

CCs are added to each new video now, I explain everything I can!

With no hyperbole whatsoever, one could easily apply the word "extraordinary" to this build. Just stunning inside, out, up and down.

I’ve been woodworking since the age of 9. This makes me want to quit college and get after it with my full heart and attention. Nicely done!

I love the floating ceiling, and the contrast of the blackened siding to the stone is gorgeous.

Hello Josh, you’re doing a great job around there. It’s really good to see someone carry on the wood working tradition as you and your wife have been doing. Your teachings are truly amazing. Keep up the good work and videos. Thanks for sharing with us.

Why anyone would dislike these videos beats me. Thanks for sharing your time with us.

Love this building so much character with the old tin roof and sweet curved timbers plus the awesome burned siding love the in between color from black to gold very beautiful! Thanks for all your inspiring work my man just built one of your wooden door latches and it makes me smile every time the door latches lol!

What a work of art. Absolutely gorgeous to say the least. Its not just a building its a true piece of craftsmanship. Josh your a true artist and your passion is reflected in your work. The care and quality of workmanship is inspiring! and I love the rustic appearance it gives. As I said, a true work of art.

Gorgeous tribute to the Japanese craftsmen. Beautiful work. I am in envy.

The header is sublime.

Burning it in-situ is the definition of confidence.

Absolutely amazing sir thank you for bringing us along on this adventure in woodworking. I so enjoy your videos

Always look forward to your videos , just wish they were longer , they brighten up a dreich ( wet rainy ) day in Scotland

A very pleasant surprise to find a new upload. Looks like it’s already been around a while. I have two channels that I follow that melt away any stress I might have. This is one of them. Thank you very much for sharing your beautiful work with us. Hope you and your wife and family have a nice holiday season.

That wide shot at ~08:35 almost brought tears to my eyes. You are an artist.

awesome! you might be the first person in the 21st century youtube world to show folks how to PROPERLY install board and batten using the batten as the primary board fastener. Allowing the boards to shrink or expand without cracking etc by not nailing both sides of the board onto the horizontal beams. Drives me nuts to see crews nailing both sides of every board off.... and it is the most fastener efficient way to side a structure. Yay!

This man is absolute genius. There are no words. Kentucky had best have this property earmarked for preservation whenever his family is done with it, 'cause I'm fairly sure these buildings will still be there.

I watched an interview someone did on his man he said he didnt talk at first because he wasn't someone to be telling people how to do something. He seems to be a master at whatever he does tho

I'm always amazed at the quality of the workmanship that he puts into everything he does... Built right and to withstand time.

Brilliant! Searing the wood before applying the pine tar to encourage take up. I'll have to try that on other applications

Thank you for the CCs, in early stages of hearing loss.

Good thing you didn't get confused and put the oil on first. :)

love the tin roof but I imagine hand splitting your own cedar shakes would be right up your alley!!!

No doubt Mama was happy you used her stock pot to make siding spray.

Such a beautiful structure. I can't wait to watch how you put your new shop to use. Great work!

I've seen this charring method done to boards before they were installed and was wondering if this is the traditional Japanese method.I like the aesthetics of the transition from black to brown.It reminds me of the outline of the top of the forest against the sky.The addition of the preservative also gave the foundation stones a richer pallet of colours.This will be another handsome building when completed which doesn't surprise me since you seem to have an eye for simplistic artistry in wood construction of many types.👍And oh yes,thanks for the addition of the closed captioning option,l didn't notice the planks were free floating until I rewatched with the c.c.enabled.You can tell I'm no carpenter!😃

Love your work. It's very relaxing to watch.

Burnt wood + pine tar + Linsed oil = perfect solution

Please, keep them coming. Huge fan.

I can’t wait to see this finished.

always a fun day when you bust out the flamethrower!

Excellent video, I enjoy the care you put into your work.

I like the deep eaves a lot.

Love the skill and content. Also, gotta love the comments.

Gorgeous! I can close my eyes and hear the banging of hot steel on an anvil already😉 Now if I only had smellavision to breathe in some of that cedar... American woodworking is quite wonderful but one has to sit in awe of the Japanese. Every joint looks so delicate yet does amazing work holding everything together. Could watch this all day✌🏼🤟🏼🤞🏼Great job brother, it helps to love what you do and it shows!

Gorgeous as always. I like the close caption addition. As always, thanks for sharing.

Another great video, thank you. Also thanks for putting the CC up it answered a lot of my questions especially the recipe for the sealer.

Nice to watch after school’s done

What a wonderful shop!

Seeing that preservative concoction you made reminded me of many a day spent creosoting the fences on the farm when I wa a nipper. I think the stuff is banned nowadays or you have to be in a bubble suit to get within arm's length of it but... The trouble is that i used to love the smell so would actually volunteer to do that job. It is a wonder how I made it to my 60's. Regards

You inspired me to try the Yakisugi technique on my home. I am very cold and I have lost all my belongings. What did I do wrong?

Master of the trade Mr. Chicadee.

so relaxing to watch, thankyou for everything you do

Oh, cannot wait to you forging in the new building!

Beautiful craftsmanship

I've seen the torch method used to age a new wooden fence to match the older still standing portion with near perfect results. Very nice work!

You do wonderful work.

You are pushing the brain limits of enthusiastic wood workers.💪🏻👍🏻 I did a kitchen counter top and chairs with Japanese Sumi ( myn is Chinese but same ink) ink and Osmo Polyx oil , its as pretty as burning and a lot less work ( if its agianst bugs i dont know, i would think not , but have a try) it is all natural.

Looks awesome! Great job Mr. C, thanks for sharing.

8:34 - I think it looks really good ! And it's efficient, practical & cheap. Excellent solution. Also : Thank you Mr. Chickadee, for all the interesting videos you've made. I'm fairly late to the party, but I'm catching up ;-) Merry Christmas to you and your Wife (not forgetting the cats !) from a Norwegian woodworker

Gets the siding done then proceeds to flamethrower the house. I love this channel!

you are my favorite hippy Mr Chickadee

99 dislikes...what a bunch of jerks!!! If you dislike a man mastering a craft with his hands then what the heck DO you like!!!

Thank you for great video my friend. 😊

Beautiful

Excellent!

Looks good man.

So beautiful awesome!

Looking better all the time.

Sunburst! Lovely.

911 what is your emergency- “uh, I was driving down the road and saw this chap torching his cabin in a most fashionable way” “what, keep on driving”

beautiful

seus vídeos são maravilhosos, me faz querer ir morar no campo... saudações do BRASIL..

beautiful building, plenty of ventilation up there...and save those pine scraps for charcoal ^_____^

Good videos! I do same kind of stuff in my paradise. I just wanted to tell You my opinion as I see You want to preserve Your buildings as long as possible. So to my opinion, You should not put the boards "inside" of the frame, because the water will kill the building faster by more rain blowing on the boards. This would end up water on the bottom of frame and it would not last that long and belive me my friend, nature has the amazing power to do so. 20 Years will say alot and sometimes little details will decide the history for many buildings.

Many thanks for another great video!

I never knew precisely what "batten down the hatches" meant until this video.

I like you work’s and log cabin.. and good finished it, Pine Tarr.... tjärr.. Terva, in Finnish.. 👍

Very well behaved boards, mine always topple over.

What a beautiful building I'm just looking at the design and thinking wow on a hot day wouldn't it be nice to be able to take some large sections of those boards and battens and hinge them so that you could flip open some wide ventilation areas when you're really getting some heat going in the shop

I'd say that's probably the best use for Canola oil, certainly wouldn't want to cook with it!

So cool

Amazing work

nice work ;) thumbs up

👍👌👏 Simply fantastic again and as always! Congrats! But whaaat? Metal nails in a Mr. Chikadee video??? ;-) :-) Thanks again for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom.

why only bottom parts?

Maaaan! That is one beautiful smithy!

Just beautiful!

Truly beautiful. 👍👍👍

Looks amazing!

Beautiful.

You are awesome

That's a nice building I'd be happy to Liv in it .😁

Wow he`s using nails. It`s only a matter of time now. I see the glint in his eyes. next video he will have a power saw and a drill or two.

Thank you for sharing.

Awesome job! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

Wow!

I'm pretty sure Canola oil isn't a drying oil. It's iodine value of 110-126 indicates it may be semi-drying, but I've never heard of it being used in drying application. In your experience, does it form the classic drying oil skin?

Very nice finish! Charred oiled wood looks sexy!

Beautiful!!

I would love to see a list of the antique hand tools that you have and think are needed!

It looks like you might want to use a heavier hammer. I recommend using a hammer that weighs about 28oz it seems counterintuitive but you exert less energy per nail use a heavier hammer than a light one.

simplemente hermoso

I was almost thinking this was mundane, using a hammer and nails seems unusual for Mr. Chickadee, and then, flamethrower to burn it all, lol. I should have known!

Beautiful!

The one time it's perfectly acceptable to burn your house. :)) Great work on this one as well. Looks very sturdy.

I could have sworn i seen in a interview that you where going to use a method of board and batton that didn't use nails.

Ah, the traditional propane torch!

nice

Stunning!!!