I always look forward to your videos. I could watch you work every week. Your cat cracked me up as played with the strings while you were patiently assembling the saw. All I can say is more, more.
I’m in the process of completing a workbench build with cordless tool. A #4 plane and a toolbox saw. Your use of “Cordless Tools” show me that they are more versatile than any Voltage driven tool. Your videos are a great confidence builder for me and that I can do this also.
As usual, great vid! I have made a few Buck saw's, but with store bought wood. Now I have to make one for home grown!! Your saw, and all your work should be around for generations!
Watching you work always has a relaxing effect on me. Thank you so much for showing us how fine woodworking is done, especially in such a harmonious environment.
Mr. Chickadee...there's only so much U can look up &study online. How have U been able to master all of these woodworking techniques to the point of building such PERFECT& beautiful wooden structures that will b standing hundreds of yrs from now n such a "short" period of time? ?? Ur absolutely amazing on just about every technique that U use. I've watched all of Ur videos on the workshop & the cabin...including all of the videos that have any of Ur expertise! !! Not that any r unworthy of Ur name...but all r quite rewarding to watch for education purposes & so relaxing also. Again...I thank U tremendously for Ur generosity on showing all the procedures that goes n to doing what U do...& Mrs.Chickadee for helping make all of these procedures get shown!!
Thank you, my skills were learned from books and videos, then honed with lots of practice and many mistakes, if you go to our blog which is attached to each video you can read about my path which goes from first wood project ever until now.
How you can string that thing with a straight face, while the cat is attacking the string is a testament to your boot camp training! Semper Fi, brother!
Hi Mr Chickadee - We think your channel is wonderful, totally inspiring. Thank you for all the effort you have made in creating the videos. Ron and Lucy, Dorset, England.
Very nice. Enjoyed the cat when stringing the saw. I have dismantled countless of pallets by hand and always put the nails in the recycle bin. “Never Again!!!” Also nice completion of your workplace.
Mrs Chickadee Just love your smooth moves filming. You got the knack. Soft panning. Following the flow. Creating and sustaining the mood. Brilliant work.....of course not forgetting the editing either. im glad i found your channel. Mr Chickadee looks cool in any frame 😎 Greetings from South Africa
This guy's videos just go to show all the guys who talk more than doing anything that you do not have to jabber all the way through a video to make a great tutorial. I learn as much if not more on this channel than by all the yakking on many others. I can infer why certain steps are done, or I can trust that they obviously work and just try to replicate it. My grandfather never chattered about his work, he just patiently went about his task, much like this craftsman. When watching these videos I get the feeling like I'm privileged enough to get to peek back in time to a simpler and often more productive day when the average guy was responsible for crafting his own tools for the job he had at hand. He didn't just run down to the hardware store and throw his money at a problem. On top of that, he took the time to not only make a functional tool, but to put some pride and beauty into it. I am so glad I found this channel. I get to learn something, and get a superbly relaxing experience doing it.
Sitting here, watching you work, to me, is like watching a Artist painting or sculpting a master piece. I have been working with almost the same tools for close to 50 years and don't have the talent you have in one of your pinkies. LOL Guess the biggest compliment I can give you is that I enjoy watching your work as much as I do Dick Proenneke's.
I bought one from at a flee market and was astounded that it was so incredible lightweight. Read in a book that when making a rake, they used Lilac for the pins because it was light and sturdy, birch for the rake head and aspen for the handle (in Sweden). Any knowledge of Lilac being used for tools or used at all in the U.S? Great fan of your channel, I'm also a rescuing old tools and renovating them to a perfection you hardly can by in these days...
I love your videos. Fun and informative. Mad respect for your skills. I just got into woodworking. Traditional. No power tools. Look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for making more awesome videos. I missed you guys and your work. You must pretty busy taking advantage of the more pleasant variety of weather this time of year.
No comments yet? Than let me be the first to say that it looks beautiful, you made a piece of art from one of the basic tools that almost every time has the most basic utility design. Keep up the good work!
Stumbled across your channel and am thankful I did. Beautiful work, tranquil to watch. Please thank the camera operator as these videos are wonderfully crafted as well!
Since the first time I happened across your vids, I've been fascinated by your projects. I'll wager you are a fan of the PBS series, "The Woodwrights Shop". Keep up the excellent work and Thank you!
Every night I watch a few of your videos. I love what you do and thee skill level you have. Is the young lady your wife. You are a lucky man. Good luck. R/ Joe
Do you have toolbox that you carry with you whenever you have something to do in the woods? I'm starting work on a cabin soon and i would like to build a toolbox for all of my most used tools and i was wondering if you use a toolbox like this? any tips you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you once again for the great content.
Man, the lighting in your workshop there is superb and completely natural! Is it because windows are facing north or because of filtered canopy light? Great to see a new video!
So its the filtered light. I suppose during winter it may be harsher. But thinking about it, there would have been no good reason to do north facing windows because of solar gain. Unless you were a painter and wanted northern light.
Thank you Mr. Chickadee. I just added a logging shave to my tool kit and now I have a more use for it than just taking off bark. That shave horse you used in this video made using it look so elegant. Would you consider making a how-to-build-a-shave-horse video?
Excellent eye! Yes, Hickory is needed for its flexibility and shear strength, but as the stretcher is only in compression it can be a much lighter wood, lessening the overall weight of the tool and easing its use!
I need to stop watching your videos. I'm just starting to get into wood working and hand tools, and I think I'm setting my bar too high. Incredible work, friend. I need to find someone like you to work with and learn from.
The new shop looks to be a proper home for workbench! Did you say that the bench was based on a Paul Sellers design? But, anyhow, looks fabulous in its new digs.
St Roy calls it a "little french bench" haha its kind of a mini roubo, useful if you don't have a 24" wide slab 6" thick…which I didn't. One day Ill make a real roubo, but for now it works ok.
"good one made me laugh." very good work by the way thank you for the video. i watched it four time. three different saws but, all the same. i have watched all your video's to this point have been a sub for 4 mouths. i have watched other do this type of woodworking but, i have learned more from you same with your timber frame. thank you
