Building a Saxon House with Hand Tools: THE PIT | Bushcraft Project (PART 2)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- We continue building a bushcraft saxon house using hand tools. In part 2 we dig a pit and make log walls for the perimeter of the saxon house. We use a 100 year old hand tool called a mattock to help dig through the soil. We then used a shovel and spade to get through the soil layer and down to the gravel. Using some logs that we cut with an ancient cross cut saw in the previous episode, we built a perimeter wall and used the axe to make stakes that would secure the foundation logs in place. By using these pine logs as walls like the beginning of building a log cabin, we don't have to dig down as deep and it gives us extra depth to the saxon pit house. These logs will hopefully help to insulate the pit house and prevent the soil from eroding into the pit over time. We spent the whole day digging this pit, with only a half an hour break for lunch where we got the camp fire going and boiled up a tea by the pallet wood cabin.
In Part 3 we will be building the timber frame for the anglo saxon house. We will use traditional roundwood framing techniques and various woodworking hand tools to secure the frame to the house in place. We will then build the roof and gable ends, perhaps a door as well as fire pit and raised beds inside the house.
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Now we can make some progress on the Saxon House! WATCH PART 3 HERE: ruclips.net/video/HcGqkJxoR-s/видео.html
Carry on the good work chaps. The only complaint is that i want more vids !
Can we just address the fact' THE PIT' sounds like a real life version of gladiator-style free for all...
Im interested
Try boiling the roots a bit before you peel and split them, it goes much easier.
Will you be putting a fire pit in this one, I think that was a great addition to the Viking house and you will want warmth in there at some point?
use the pine roots for baskets maybe?
i truly admire the relationship between you and your father
nick dubiel hes a lucky man
Your dad is an absolute treasure, it's so wonderful you guys can spend time together like this
Breaking a sweat with your Dad. You are a fortunate man
What you have is a miners pick and used one below ground for digging sleeper pits and driving home rail dogs . A matock has a slightly curved flat blade one end and that which resembles a wood axe the other . Such a tool would of made your life easier by easing more ground sooner as well as cutting through the roots . Look forward to the next stage .
yer, this is what i thought, i just figured it was a old matock
Adrian Bew - our boy Mike needs an adz, a froe, and a broad axe...
So it was used for hammering home sleeper spikes?..
@@averylividmoose3599 yes the square end I used as a hammer to fix dogs as they were called into wooden sleepers , 2 on the outside of the rail and 1 on the inside that created a V pattern . These kept the rails at a set distance and prevented them from spreading . I also used it to shear bolts off of rails i reclaimed in disused sections to lay elsewhere . The pick was light , very strong and dual purpose .
Mattocks are my fave tool
Thumbs down to all those people who left a thumbs down. They obviously don't appreciate how hard these two Gentlemen work for their audiences/viewers. Keep on Trowling RUclips and being jealous. Graeme has got more energy in his little finger than the've got in their whole bodies. Well done Team Pullen on another excellent video which was a joy to watch.
Man, I love your dad. A hard worker with a sense of humor.
I do envy you doing things like this with your dad. My dad taught us primitive camping way back in the 1960's but I was but a small child. Though I've learned things from my older brothers I do miss doing things with my dad. GOD rest his soul. He died at the age of 94 about 3 years ago. Keep up these wonderful times that you are sharing together. Peace be with you all.
TA, your Father is just Adorable.....Lets get this young man to One MILLION...........
A big thank you to the geese for providing the log sliding sound effects at the 16 minute mark...
It was perfectly synced! 🦆
Seriously just asked the same thing before I kept scrolling.
Was gonna comment on that as well glad not the only one that cau ch ha that
I was wondering what that noise was lol
😂
Cracks me up everytime you chat with us and the old man is still cracking away in the background
Crazywillie What no stopping him!
Greetings from Chicago,IL. USA. The pure quietness of the forest is just amazing! The father and son relationship is a great one you really don't see it too often anymore. This is a great series. Thanks for sharing. P.S. I love how dad keeps working in the backround while son stops to talk to us.
Your dad is a true work horse, he’d put most young ones to shame, I love the relationship you both have , my dad was my hero too , wish he was still here with me , cherish him mike he’s a lovely man , iv been watching all his fishing videos I love them 😍😍
Great series. Great channel. You'r so positive. Love the father-son projects.
Where I live in the Netherlands (Veluwe) the Saxons lives from 250 until 400 AD. Still you can see the influance on house building today. In the east of Gelderland the houses are still called Saxon house and more developed and luxerius. In my region the original houses are primitive build like yours. A pit in the ground. Some firmnes around. In my case blocks of peat/heather or planking. Whatever was avelable. In my small neigborhood (25 houses) on open dry poor sand it was costume to build your house in 24 hours. If you maneged that with some help of the neigbores you are free to live there with some land around it to grow something for own use and to keep a goat. (Poormans cow)
The most expencive on building the house was a jug of gin for the helpers.
The house was no more than a roof over the head. Not a farm. More a hut. Nothing to be proud of. The man where living in the provence of Nothern Holland in the summer. Helping harvesting crops there. In the winter they worked in new woods here at the Veluwe. This only happens from 1850 until 1940. Then the same houses where made more permanent of brick and rooftiles. It was poverty then. Now it's a populair place for people with money.... ;-)
The 'richer' farmers in this region has simeler build houses. But this where selfreliance farmers. They lived in the front part of the house. (btw the floor was stone like in your saxonhouse with a iron case covered firepit in the middle) Sometimes it was 1 open space, but also sepparated from the animals with a thin wooden wall. The animals give some extra warmth to the space. They where capt inside because the soil on the land was very poor. They did't own that mutch land. The menure of the animals was mixed with heather (potstal) and used on the land for growing crops for own use.
The materials used for a Saxon house depends on what was aveleble and you can spent. The model and building form is more or less the same everywere.
Hi Mike, I've been watching TA fishing for a long time but have now started watching your videos and I have to say they are wonderful. Graeme his absolutely awesome for a guy of his age (respectfully) he is so fit. These have reminded me of projects that I and my Dad did some years ago now, he is a mechanic by trade but also about in his 30's did carpentry at night schools, he knows his stuff and taught me a lot, although I come from a scientific-technical background in chemical engineering I always loved working with wood and obviously over the years picked up a lot of mechanical engineering from watching Dad as a kid growing up. My Dad is 84 now and he has a dicky heart so cannot do the things he wants to but he still has it upstairs & watching your film made us reminisce about past times when he and I were both in better health. Make the most of every minute you spend with your Dad because those memories are absolutely priceless & no one knows what is round the next bend in life's Journey..
Wishing you and Graeme all the best in whatever you do.
Stay Safe.
All that digging should give you an appreciation for what archaeologists do in the field all the time - often with pickaxe, shovels and trowels. Well done! :)
Heavy and proper hand tool work, hot beverage and food cooked on a fire, outside in the woods. This is the true recepie for a long healthy life. I say no to workout studios, protein shakes and cardio sessions. I say yes to fresh air, blisters, and true honest work. Love the video! Keep at it!
Regards from Norway.
GreenPuma99 these guys really are living the dream!
@@preecey18 couldn't agree more
This is amazing work!! Great job! I'm from Arizona and work in construction digging trenches encountering huge old river rocks/boulders under the ground. What we do to make life so much easier when digging holes is by using the Sharpshooter spade, which I saw that you have. What you have to do to get through the gravel fast is stab the ground with the Sharpshooter like a spear and then pry up the gravel. Then, as you go around, your father can follow behind you and clear out the loosened gravel with the spade. Then at the end you can use the flat shovel to level out the bottom of the pit.
Most likely, the Saxons used more than 2 people to dig the pits for their homes.
I would expect more like a barn raising ... everyone pitched in to dig the pit ... and then they slapped up the building ... and moved on to the next place the next day ...
Village/tribe/family more than likely that it was a team effort yes :) The people back then also had a whole different understanding and experience with the building progress itself so, that would've helped as well :D
We have two Jacks. We love seeing your Jaxx in the videos.
Ross McCauley I haves two jacks as well.
You two lads are Irish, I'm sure of it now, even though you said your dads ancestors are in fact Irish, this video proves it, Its about love and making stuff. give me a shout when you both get here. the garden of Ireland awaits. peace and love from Ireland :-)
I remember original outhouse Mike, just thought you could use one there to actually use. Loved the whole pallet cabin build! Fence, tiki bar, overhead rain shelter when you walked out, flower box's. You guys kept us super entertained and enjoyed every episode, thanks😁
"Be a Viking, it's easier" LOL. Graeme comes up with ingenious ideas to save you guys work.
Funnily enough a large part of, if not most Vikings themselves were vikings because it was easier than trying to scrounge a living back in their homeland. They were largely second and third etc. sons so they didn't really have the chance to inherit any farmlands, so they built boats and went raiding and trading and exploring so they could find places to settle. So, "be a viking, it's easier" is also a somewhat historically accurate statement :D
Between this and the viking house, your day is getting quite the workout! It’s looking good. Looking forward to seeing it come together more and more. Your “mattock” looks like an old pick that was reworked for use in building railroads. Still quite functional.
3 minutes in and the kettle's already on, Good on ya lads
I can't believe anyone would give a thumbs down ? Enjoy your time together.
Great relationship between dad and son and the fact that you enjoy working together and laughing.
Great work guys! Your dad is one hell of a craftsman
absolutley brilliant. you and your dad, nothing better. looking good fellas.
Over here we call the drain spade either a sharp shooter or a trenching shovel. Love how names of tools change regionally. As always thank you guys for making these films
Looking forward to see how this one turns out. The Viking series was one of the best!
I enjoy watching you work with your dad, well done!
How about an iron age round house for the future, now that would be epic. Great video's , my backs aching just watching
ohhhhh now THAT would be an awesome ad to the "village ... with thatched roof ... even ... and wattle and daub sides ;)
@@0623kaboom that would be so cool
Man Mike, you sure do like a challenge! Hard work for sure. I hope you take some time to relax once this project is complete. Great to see your dad again.
You are very good team! thanks for positivity
in the past watching both your channels this was a revelation, i am so impressed.
I'd like to see you do some stone work. Love what you do it's a blast to watch and if more men worked like you and your dad, we'd have a better world. Keep doing what you're doing, thanks.
As a simple but effective tool, mattocks have a long history. Their shape was already established by the Bronze Age in Asia Minor and ancient Greece. According to Sumerian mythology, the mattock was invented by the god Enlil. Mattocks (Greek: μάκελλα) are the most commonly depicted tool in Byzantine manuscripts of Hesiod's Works and Days.
Mattocks made from antlers first appear in the British Isles in the Late Mesolithic. They were probably used chiefly for digging, and may have been related to the rise of agriculture. Mattocks made of whalebone were used for tasks including flensing - stripping blubber from the carcass of a whale - by the broch people of Scotland and by the Inuit.
Love watching the builds, thanks guys! 👍
make a screening basket and separate the rocks from the soil. use the rocks under posts for drainage to help them last.
Thought had crossed my mind too, and use the soil for a garden!
Not sure how or why two men digging a hole was entertaining but that was great! It really came together in the end.
This is much more interesting and fascinating than arguing, fighting, blood and gut type movies. Thank you!!
Love the videos. Watching people work the land with tools.
Keep rocking on Grahame, oh and you too Mike!
Wow, hard work. Real dedication to a traditional build.
You guys are awesome. Dad works harder than men half his age. Keep it up guys. We love you in Louisiana in the USA.
Can’t believe how rocky that ground was! 😱👍🏼
I cant imagine what your bodies felt like the day after! Awesome video guys! Keep up the hard work! I love watching our videos!!
even though i’m in school, you know i gotta give a watch once i get that notification. hope my videos become as entertaining as yours some day!
Subbed!
imjustlookingformy dog thank you so much.
i'm bloody knackered just watching you two.great video.
Genius ideas from dad, going along with a theme from an earlier video where he was talking about how through age and experience you learn ways of cutting down on the work load.
Thanks guys from from South East Texas.
Brilliant as always ..enjoy and treasure the time spent with your dad..he is the best friend you will ever have. ..looking forward to the next video lads
Wonderful project, I am very curious to see what happens next.
Greetings from Germany!
Have been enjoying your video. Great job 👍 you and your dad. God bless 🙏.
Молодцы, что не останавливаетесь на достигнутом, продолжаете снимать интересный контент, развиваете канал. Но если честно, мне ближе всего старый ролик о строительстве хижины из паллет. Несколько раз его пересматривал - действует умиротворяюще, что-то вроде сеанса психотерапии. Но и другие ролики тоже неплохи. Прежде всего, мне навятся те из них, где вы вместе с отцом. Как шутят у нас, можно вечно смотреть на огонь, на воду и на то, как работают другие. :) С уважением и наилучшими пожеланиями из России!
So enjoy when your father tags along, good video will be fun to see the continuation :)
Nice project to be busy with. Remains beautiful to look at.
Being a Norwegian/australian viking I really enjoy eatching your builds! Love being out in the woods making camps and structures using only what you can find. What you might want to do if you're making the walls horizontal is to make it like a log cabin build. Being norwegian I don't know the english word for it. But what you basically do is carve/saw or axe out a groove on each end of the log, and place the crossing logs in those grooves. If that makes sense? Haha!
Or, if you want to make it more historical correct you make a low wall (3-4 logs high) and making an a frame on top serving as both walls and roof.
Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to seeing how the build continues!
Cheers from Norway! Skål!
Yes, it is very entertaining watching *you* work.
Hi from BC.
Nice that you and your dad working together and having fun building.
Great job you two,keep up the great vids.
Hi Mike. Looks good. Don't wear out the Dad too quick. The mattock might be a quarry or stone tool. The pick to dig softer stone and soil. The hammer head for driving drill chisels and wedges for splitting stone.
Good to see you guys back @ the Saxon House!! I agree, thats Back breaking work. Looking like its coming along nicely 😎🤙🏼!! Anywho, cant wait 4 this Build/adventure 👊🏼😎. Keep em coming Brotha
-Mike
Absolutely love these videos. Thanks for your experiences.
I love watching you two.
I give a chuckle every time. Wish I could have spent more time with my dad like this. Anyway, keep up the great work and I'll keep on watchhing. Love you guys
It's good to see you two back at it. Although my mind was screaming for someone to please get your father a longer shovel. His back must definitely be hurting
I'm a new watcher. Getting constant tempature I believe needs 4-6 feet. The use of pits saves on wood so is more suited to non-forests which would also lack all those roots. Still combo pit and walls is a local adaption. If you want to chill food dig a corner farther down as a mini-fridge for weekenders.
Exactly what i would like to be doing with my son once he gets a little older! Im glad you guys make these videos so i can go back and reference these to help us do our own builds someday! Cheers guys!
The two of you are absolutely great
You guys are probably the two hardest working father son team I've seen! Kudo's you two for some great work and even greater content! I"m going to enjoy watching you two! 👍🙏
I am so thankful that I found TA Outdoors. Your series has been such an inspiration that I have recommended a lot of my friends to check it out. It's been so much of an inspiration that I am suggesting that the medieval fantasy live action role-playing (LARP) group that I am a part of uses your techniques and knowledge base for developing our 10+ acre of land that we own for structures, shelters, and various other scenes. As we continue to build and develop our land projects, I would love to send you photos of examples of what we have learned from TA Outdoors.
Eric Wetter sounds great Eric! On my “about” page on my RUclips channel there is a contact email on there. Feel free to email me via that 👍🏻- Mike
It's great to see you and your Dad on these projects.
Lovely job lads, and l for one cant wait to see what the Saxon house looks like
I'm an Anglo SAXON from America. I am enjoying watching you build these houses. I am English/Scots/Irish. I am also an Anglophile. I watch every program, video from England. I just love the history and my heroine is Elizabeth I. Great woman. Stopped the Roman catholic church from taking over England.
💀 delusional
you’re an American who has Irish catholic immigrant ancestors, not an Anglo Saxon, and not a Brit
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Wow, thank you for showing all that you are doing. That was hard work.
One thing many think got lost by the majority, but is still preserved by word of mouth among some of the old timers, is that centuries ago the ancients used their widow makes and scrap wood to build a very large bond fire to burn the inside of the pit. This made it very hard, durable, and resistant to collecting water, especially when used in combination with a crude drainage system around the outside of the structure.
Love you guys working together!
I have to say... I would love to have soil like that where I'm at. We have places where full sized excavators just scratch the surface. Part of why I don't do a lot of digging... Great job with this though! Keep it up!
I love it when you really explain why you make the choices you do. Like with the timber and so on. It's so pedagogical. And as a Scout leader, I take great inspiration from your work and how you explain things. Thank you!
I do think that's a railway tool. Thanks for sharing Mike and Dad! 👍😁
YAY! Episode 2!!! :D
I'd like to see more of Doggy; playing with Doggy, and Doggy eating, and joining in with "helping construction". Also, I like to see your dad helping out, because his venerable knowledge and experience gives a really really good perspective to your videos!! And he's funny :)
so cool to see you and your dad having so much fun together with these things.
Can't wait for next episode. This build looks likes it going to be great
You and your Pop are definitely working smarter and not harder. Looking great. I grew up here in the State's using a Matic.
Love the fact that you get to this sort of projects with your dad. 😄
Poor Dad!!! I reckon he deserves a treat!
Another amazing upload guys! So nice to see the great father son bond you two have. Always great when you have something in common. Cheers guys!
Still liking before watching, That's rare for me but always the same by TA outdoors! Hell yeah
Mike is a genius, like Messi... Messi= football ... Mike= constructions of shelters.... Cheers from Argentina...
When I was in 7th & 8th grade, a couple friends and I were living in an area with a lot of low brush cover and large pines, and there was this unused area between the condos we were in and the road - We found this awesome area where some of the bushes had grown toward each other (3 of them) with this large area in between that we dug out over the course of a few weeks, so we had this completely camouflaged, dug out pit near our homes that we could go hang out and never be seen... what we later learned though was that the 'ground insulation' really does work - we could go out there in summer or winter, and the combination of the bushes surrounding and covering with the deep pit (I think we went about 4 ft or 1.2 meters give or take) kept the temperature in there really consistent. It's cool to think back to that and see a similar idea in action here.
I love the hardcore approach to building with limited tools.
Of course as i get to work... haha.. atleast im wearing my bushcraft brotherhood hoodie today.. guess i will have to enjoy tgus video later.. cheers Mike.. thanks for the upload
this is outstanding, I love the fact you are working with your Dad.
Greeting from Vietnam
BU ADAM ALDIĞI PARAYI HAK EDİYOR BRAVO
All my friends laugh when they see me watching your channel cuz im from los Angeles CA but i still watch faithfully
Hard to remember how hard this sort of work is. My twenty six or so minutes watching just this part is their eight or nine hours working, near constantly. Thank you so much for the wonderful start to this series!
sending happy spring vibes from canada!
My back hurts just watching this... good job you two
American here, love the series! (Viking House first, of course). Empirical all the way! And btw, god bless yall with digging that hole....... awful work