Off Grid Earthbag Workshop Part 60 Curved Window Frames 

the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ru-vid.comUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.

Excellent Co Worker . Well done both.

Kris Id love a walkaround now that everything is all summer and there are leaves on. Especially the 2500 trees you planted, would love to see their progress!

I loved it when I saw you friend wearing the safety glasses and ear protection. I have family who suffer from spending years of working in industry. Eye issues and deafness. Everything was great when they were young, now they are older they are really struggling.

Awesome math Kris, Windows are going to be spectacular 👍👍💚🙏

I am always amazed at your craftmanship and talents of wood working. This looks great!

@Kris Harbour Natural Building Fantastic job, well done, you always make everything look amazing.

A brilliant channel, really enjoying your videos, top guy! 👍🏼

Great work Kris and Sam. The upper level is coming along quickly now that you are working it together.

Yet Another Great Vidclip.... Thanks for Sharing ..... I Never tire of watching you work. As a retired Engineer I can 'Appreciate' All the complexities, forethought and hard work required for such a project. Very Best to You and Yours from New Zealand

ID BE REAL CURIOUS AS TO WHAT SAM THINKS ABOUT ALL YOUR DESIGNS, IDEAS, AND HOW YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH. HOW YOU GET SO CREATIVE ... NICE WORK AS ALWAYS KRIS.

i love you dont whistle sing or talk to yourself when you work just silent focus i love it and no revolting high pitched background musak is a delight keep up the amazing work x

Can't believe how far you have come with the project's. Your ability to learn and implement so many different skills is truly a gift that you love, and it shows. Thank you for taking the time to share these projects for us to enjoy❤ I just wanted to add... I'm so sorry that your shoulder has reinjured. PLEASE, PLEASE take care of your body! As someone who's no longer able to do these kinds of projects, you just don't appreciate it until it's gone.

Sketch up is good for planning. I can use it and I’m almost illiterate when it comes to computers. It’s useful because you can draw to the full dimension and easily work out the kinks. I had to make models like yours during my joinery apprenticeship. Keep up the great work you’ve been an inspiration to my own small holding adventure in Wales. Particularly the tree planting.

I love the look of those massive slabs of wood. It looks so solid.

This is such an exciting time to be watching! So much progress!

i just love the improvised forklift. genius. i had to watch that again a few times. thats one of the many reasons why i subbed in and surport this project....

I am amazed Kris!!! Really good job! I love your attitude, I love the way you learn and implement the skills from previous project into new ones. It is a real pleasure to watch you and your work. I live in a city, not much money to do anything, not that many opportunities to do things outside, with wood or in a workshop, so your channel is a little escape from the concrete world back to the fields, woods and to the workshop. Only the best of luck to you and everyone around you! You're a great inspiration for others :)

half expecting Kevin McCleod to pop up. What a build man

Fab work yet again buddy

absolutely awesome!

Safety Squints, AvE has a broad following.

Hey Kris, followed you since the start but hardly comment but great that youve started the window frames in your usual style to the top build, excellent video bro and cant wait for the next 👍

That sound of rain on the workshop glass roof at the beginning of the video... If only it would do that here.. our city is basically about to run out of water in the next month... I'm on the east coast of South Africa

Kris you may not be good with cad but your doing dam fine with wad ..... wood aided design ... lol ...

Absolutely awsome Kris

So, we are now up to "Off Grid Earthbag Workshop Part 60". How many parts did you expect when you started this adventure?

you are a Genius!!!!

Is thier a better offgrid/ building channel on RU-vid? I don't think thier is. Thanks Kris.

What brilliant mind to imagine a design, plan it and then execute it into something that is going to be spectacular. I hope your shoulder settles soon it has been a while.

Have you ever tried steam bending? You can steam the wood in a poly bag, which you can easily heat weld yourself, and bend the wood in place.

Kris, Are you a carpenter, an electrician, an architect, or are you all self taught guy? What are your qualifications? You are a brilliant man!!

Nice Latitude cup there! 😁 I also have a few, and Beautiful Days and Download ones too 😁

Love the tractor forks

Enjoyed the show

très beau travail...........

Kris, this is looking more like Hobbiton every day. I would not be surprised to learn you had hairy feet 😊

You already know I enjoy your videos and have watched them from the ground up. it is so pleasing to see how far you have taken this and the attention to detail shown. I can't wait for the barn house, garage, sheep pen, and pigsty. LOL years of entertainment to come.

11:38; awesome diy forks!

I hope you get back to the repairs to the wind turbine

thank you for your videos l look forward to them every week, you never cease to amaze me with your complicated designs for buildings, windows and doors, you have an agile visionary mind that is able to bring your visions to life, truly amazing soul, thank you for sharing your journey with us

Wow. Seems like only yesterday that you started the lower workshop. Keep up the great work.

I hope the rebar on that concrete arch will be enough to handle the tensile forces on the bottom, and the arch shape will also help somewhat to distribute load-but FYI generally with a load supporting spanning beam like that you want the cross section to be taller than it is wide, because it will have a higher moment of inertia, and this will lessen the beams deflection along its span. For example, a 2x12 vertical cross section beam versus a 12x2 beam with a flat/horizontal cross section has 36 times the moment of inertia, and therefore also has 36 times less deflection, since beam deflection and moment inertia of the beam are inversely related. (I am an architect with structural engineering training).

The notification that always makes me smile!

Kris, I just came across a few lines from Horace (ancient Roman author, much esteemed for over 2000 years) that describe the contentment of someone just like you: "This is what I prayed for: A piece of land - not so very big, with a garden and, near the house, a spring that never fails, with a bit of wood to round it off. All this and more the gods have granted. So be it. I ask for nothing else." The wealthy among the Romans were famous for longing to get back to their bit of land with a garden, away from the clamour of the city....So, if anyone says you're crazy, you can cite Horace to your defense! Hard to go wrong with Horace!

I miss read the title to mean 60 windows. Whew! The ones you did look great though.

"i'm leaving that in!" Made me laugh :)

I love that you have a friend helping now. Teamwork makes things so much more fun and not so back breaking. So happy for you in this and the amazing progress you're continuously making. Bravo. ❤️👏

Your fortunate to have such a handy helper. Thanks for all the vlogs you entertain us with.

Great vid Kris, do your tattoos have any meaning? They look good!

Wooohooooo just what I needed when the sandman has forgotten me again!!

So nice to have a friend to help you even that you are cabable to do everything your self :-) Nice to have someone to chat with.

Good that you've got such good mates to help with your projects, hopefully karma does well for Sam too.

You definitely don’t make things easy for yourself with those designs of windows but credit to you for being so unique 👌🏻

This guy predicted the future. He created his own world away from the covid madness

Kris they are a work of art, truly amazing workmanship. Thank you for sharing.

amazing!

As you were about to set the arched top window I was telling you it was inside out. I only noticed because I was at first confused about the other ones beside it until I remembered that wall curves into the upper shop. The 3 windows together will look amazing. It appears that the arch top curves down perfectly for the angled ends of the other 2 windows.

You my friend have an imagination that is only beatable by the skills you have to bring that image to life . ..remarkable …

I ponder why you didn't hit that framing with linseed oil with the weather like it is, please don't take this as criticism.

Fantastic, thanks for showing your creative process to figure out how to get the look you want.

ur awesome!

Just curious, for the flashing why not use something more environmentally friendly instead of lead like copper, galvanised steel, aluminium etc?

Lots of hard work ahead. Wear your back belt!

Gorgeous!Just like everything else you’ve done! You’re an artist,craftsman & all round intelligent guy! Thanks for sharing. Abundant Blessings...

Pretty soon you're going to have a full hanging chain catenary arch model ala Gaudi for the Sagrada Familia. Do you have one hidden back there we haven't seen yet? Looking amazing!

Definitely gonna' look bad-ass when finished. Who-ever said creeper gears in tractors or lorries (in U.S. we call them semis. Difference in nomenclature seems odd at times) got it wrong. Creeper gear is EXACTLY what you needed here. Once again great work. Super nice to have pals like that when the 'real' work is going down. Take care of that shoulder and the rest of your health for that matter. Pandemic appears to be waning....Yay! 🙂✌❤

I'm no builder, so take this with a handful of grains of salt. Should you put in lateral reinforcement on the wooden window frames?

"Someone put to many bags on....." "Someone loaded it wrong....." This is where you need a second helper to share the burden, lol

Thanks as ever... Great... how's the garden? Anything in the greenhouse yet?

Based on the size of the top knots Sam is the apprentice and Kris is the master woodworker. Great channel!

Looks incredible Kris, can't wait to till this is complete!! its gonna look fantastic!!

Hmmm, it doesn't look like the sight line of the top of the side windows flows into the side elevation of the centre cathedral window. I would check and rethink that. It looks like the row of bags you removed should be replaced.

Kris You impress me every time Always fun for me to watch No complaints from me Take care

Amazing window structure. It is like a chess match to watch you work. Can't wait to see more.

👋🏻

absolutely awesome work as always. I do hope u are being good with your shoulder. hugsx

Greetings from Australia. What a lovely little parcel of land and home you have. Such amazing and wonderful life-attitudes and work-ethics. You both inspire my husband and myself to keep at it and never give up on our own little dream - The Cottage, a small stone dwelling in regional/rural South Australia ^_^ . Keep up the beautiful work

I've been watching for a while now, and I applaud your off grid life style. Something that I fantasize about myself to be honest, but I have to ask: how much do you rely on patreon and RU-vid advertising to support yourself? There are many "self reliant" types on RU-vid, but if it weren't for RU-vid would you be anywhere near where you are now? I don't mean to be negative, it's just something I'm curious about. The amout of projects you do and the material/tools you use makes it hard to believe you're totally self reliant. How do you afford these things? And can you preach self reliance/self suffience when you do in fact have a job with an income (RU-vid and patreon through RU-vid)???

You have a beautiful home. The surrounding green foliage and trees is breathtaking. I'm a new subscriber and love watching how easy you make your work look while putting together the 18 acres. Very impressive. I will make a comment on your shoulder again. B vitamin therapy heals the myelin sheath within the nervous system. Doctors are basically pill pushers these days and won't tell you how you can heal your body. I have the same neurological problem with my shoulder. As a retired Florida Roofing Contractor and a woman, I injured my shoulder picking up objects that were too heavy. The B vitamin therapy works. 😊🇱🇷💥

Laminated , steambent , glue - up arches ...Yet..? SOON ENUFF...LOL

Short guy, wood, dirt and creative with tools, were there Hobbit's in your family tree?

Don't know of you know, Kris, but for most of us a 'window box' is what you hang off a balcony with a desperate geranium clinging to life. When you milled those planks, I was thinking, bit of a waste of decent timber, using them for window boxes Mystery solved. 🧐

Hello from New Zealand Kris. I love your videos and what you are achieving, you are an amazing talented young man. All the best to you and Dot and the cat.

What is the upper workshop actually going to be used for as opposed to the bottom?

Hello Kris, Great progress.... I think once the bags surround everything it will look great... Take care. Paul,,

Im not suprised you are pleased with it - great job!

Intricate shenanigans eh! .....I like it👍🏽😁💖

Your windows aren't really going to be curved are they ? Or their just flat panes of glass that are making right angles to make the curvature of the wall

showing ooff with your giant ass chisels, where can i buy those? do i have to make them myself?

I think you might be putting a curve in space-time as well, these videos feel like they are 5 mins long.

Hi hope your well , with everything you have built how do you get around building regs ?

Your house is beautiful and is getting even better with age.

👍👌👏

@Kris Harbour Natural Building Hey Kris, when you get around to putting your wind turbine up I was wondering if you ever thought of making a cone shaped 5 blade vertical axis wind turbine & buying yourself a MPPT Wind Turbine Charge Controller which cuts off the power when it reaches a certain voltage. You could easily find a couple of 6m lengths of 150mm dia PVC pipe enough to make 5x half (C Shaped) strips of 3m long & put them in the shape of a spiral cone off the ground on that large pole you have there. If you make it 1.326m wide dia x 2.598m high with 3m lengths of half tubing for blades at 50 km/hr or 31 MPH it should produce 1500w @ 1200 RPM. This is the design that I'm doing here. Your wood horizontal 3 blade turbine worked well for a little while but during high wind it's always going to explode unless you fibreglass over the wood & have each blade perfectly balanced. With the curved pipe you pretty much can't go wrong if you mark it up first & cut perfectly on the lines, perhaps using your bandsaw mill on perfectly level plastic pipe that is screwed down to a solid bit of timber so that the pipe won't twist or move when you run a cut through the middle of it.

Kris can you show us your spring your converting to shallow well ?

Segment build , strut style is quicker...but.....

So excited you are finally finishing the shop! Love watching you work. It’s nice that now you have someone helping you.

So many women happy to see Sam back in a video

Loving your work I wish I was 30 year's younger to give you a chuck a little jealous