Teamwork blended with skill. Most of these guys are older, fit, lean, with strength and energy that exceeds most 20 year olds today. Something to be said for physical labor, seems to be very meditative. Notice how quietly these men work in a quiet setting. No compressors, electric saws, drills, nail guns. Just skill and concentration working together in harmony. Very informative of what human beings are capable of with simple tools, materials, labor and skill. Thanks for posting.
Your observation is amazing about them being quiet and concentrated. I too, noticed that as I am sure most viewers did, but it never came to my mind!!! I agree with you, our modern world has taken many of our natural inclination to our earth and the natural world!!! Thank you for pointing that out.
Hallo! I am a decendant from Norway. My Great Grandmother Elsie Hoidale was fluent in Norweigian, and she still prayed at family dinners in that language. I have never been to Norway, I am an American. It's amazing how far just one move across the Atlantic in the early 1900s can spawn families like mine completely absent from their homeland. My Great Grandpa moved to Michigan from Norway, and fell in love with my Great Grandmother, who was also a Norwegian immigrant. They died when I was very young. But I keep their heirlooms proudly.
Well I lived my childhood in loghouse made in 1700-century in Finland. It was a farm with cows and 800 acres. Livinroom 11x11meters and 13 other rooms.
This brings back memories of watching stuff like this on rainy afternoons. My mom was a strong believer in educational content...Which I suppose is why I'm here today watching this... In other observations, that house looks like a tinderbox, all wood, birch bark under the foundation, tarred cotton between every joint. It's awesome though. I'd totally live in one.
Thank you for keeping this video up and available. My husband and I were very fortunate to have built a log home together when we were younger. I remember the slip joints for windows and doors and so much more. We adored the experience. Ours had 2 stories, about 11-12 inch pine logs, plumbing and electrical, large heat pump/ac unit and a wood stove. Took us 18 months to close it in so we could live in it while finishing it out. This video with Finnish word working resulted in a masterpiece home. Many thanks!
The axe work is so accurate. I come from a family which build traditional wooden boats and mu uncle never used powered tools all hand tools that are shown in this video. That angled axe for the final dressing of the outer surface reminded me of the stone dressing in my country over 70 years ago. The stores were dressed just like that with a similar axe shaped tool which was not so light. What I like most about such communities, is the social relations that are built over the years. Modern City life with high rise buildings bring about an atmosphere that destroys so many communities. The social structure in city is the worse system man has ever invented. It will destroy Europe in 50 years time. If we could go back to such way of life the world will last much longer, and I am sure that future children would still be human rather than robots trying to keep up with something that is always running away from them. Congratulations to all the craftsmen who took part in this building. I like the method they used when they felt that the window weakened the wall . Such elegant logic when it was required.
@White man invented everything To learn about lost history like this video here presents to us. The internet is a fabulous tool when used consciously. I said reject modernity, not technology.
@White man invented everything Hue is piilu / piilutus in finnish. The reason is, that when you cut the surface with the right axe, it will block the porosity of the wood, the surface will be very smooth, making it significantly more resistant to moisture and bugs etc. And it makes nice effect on it too. We live in a log house that was built around 1850's and it is still standing strong. Those piilu/hue markings in these old logs in our home that are brown nowadays from the years of living and time, make you wonder, just that if i could do something this long lasting by myself, that will last generations over and over rather than spend my days in boring jobs chasing money and happiness that will never come..
I've watched this probably 20 times. Can't get enough of those axes at work... one axe does it all in contrast to the Sagastua video where so many axes are used. The English version is such am amazing addition!! Thank You!
That is real know-how and skill passed through experience. I don’t think I saw a tape measure or spirit level throughout the whole thing but it’s square and true as you could ever get. Fabulous
im really happy i got to learn this from my grandfather. its not that hard as most people thing, if you have the right tools you can build a cabin like this in less then 2 weeks just with a half dussin axes and knowledge.
Николай Казаков I wish!! maybe if I keep watching videos like these, in 2 years I can build one with the help of my boyfriend. I have zero experience or knowledge though so I have a long way to go.
Surely no one builds a house this way these days. The workmanship is so beautiful that I feel I just must build one of these houses. But I doubt that I could do it because, for starters, I could not sharpen an axe as these craftsmen have. Nor could I use the axe as precisely as they do.
There are several schools in the U.S. that will teach log and timber frame building techniques. I believe you can find ad's for them in Mother Earth News magazine. Other schools can teach techniques of building cord wood and straw bale building. A few miles from my house a family business builds log home's on site, numbers the logs then they disassemble them and truck them to the new owners building site. Looks like quite the operation even using modern equipment and electricity!
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@@xyzlii I'm going to guess that it's because Museovirasto's image archive channel is "In Finnish", and the other is in "Global Pidgin", also known as "English", it generates more traffic here than there. That doesn't mean it's right, unless the video has been re-posted with permission of the original film rights holder, in which case it's all fine and dandy again.
People complain about not having power tools, or some easier way. I present to you, the legit absolute units who do this by hand are absolute beasts. I would love to try some of that feast they were having, it looked delicious (minus the little fish or sardines whatever that was).
Para tener una casa no es necesario adquirir una deuda por mas de 30 años este video nos muestra una parte de la historia de la humanidad donde lo simple es lo mejor muy bonito documental saludos desde la Ciudad de México.
At one time I owned a one-hundred year old home built in the late 1800's by Finnish carpenters, this in the US. The whole neighborhood, including a beautiful church, were built by these same craftsmen. The workmanship throughout was superb, the stone foundation solid and the floors an inch thick, oak on the ground floor and spruce upstairs. The longer I lived there the more details I noticed of their work, I come to admire those Finnish craftsmen a great deal.
@@VinylToVideo many potentially talented carpenters, chefs, huntsmen, metalworkers, tanners, etc. are stuck working in call centers and data firms, and no one will ever know it. this is the world now.
I think that we have very different relationship with building houses here in Finland. I have grown up as my parents have build two big stone houses (they did lot of the work themselves bc it is significantly cheaper) and i must say I am at time astounded by houses from us and else where. The quality isn’t the same. Of course it has lot to do with our weather but still.
@@nonniperkl6273 Not trying to offend any Us constructors, but their houses look like they are made of cardboard. As a carpenter working with modern day construction (mostly), building something like this would be a dream come true. Really impressive craftmanship, that will be there for hundreds of years
This is a good book. Does provide a step by step introduction to how to build things ruclips.net/user/postUgkxhgbP-6hUnXu_QRaoHgLztgsI0YF3HqR0 , also does offer some steps. Includes pictures to give you ideas for layouts and such. If you are looking for a guide, this is not exactly what you want. But if you are trying to familiarize yourself with the way that pole barn building and other out buildings, are made, then this will work just as you need it to. A few things in this book are a barn (of course), detached garage, storage building, and coops.
If i could take time off work make sure my ppl are taken care of i would do it in a second.... Id love the pride and fighting not to give up and build it completely.. I think 90% would give up halfway through the walls lol easy to watch it but doing it way different
Yes, it has been said that finns brought log building tradition to US. However Finland was ruled by Sweden back in those days so Sweden takes credit for it.
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 There are traces and remains of log buildings in Finland from hundreds of years ago. The tradition came here about the same time as in Norway and Sweden. Finnish people didnt build churches until like late 1100-1200. Finnics living in Finland were pagans much longer than scandinavians. However we did exist and we had to live somewhere. No, Finnish people didn't live in huts like sami people. Btw I love sami culture and I don't mean to offend them with this comment. The truth is that nobody knows the origin of this carpenter tradition but it is known in US which people brought that tradition there and its finns.
My maternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Finland in the late 1800's. His name was Andrew Neimela. He bought A farm in central Minnesota and built A house that looked very much like this cabin but quite A bit bigger. It was A 2 story home and he needed every square foot of it as he and his wife had 10 daughters and one son! I have 3 aunt's still living. 2 in their 80's and one just celebrated her 100 birthday in December of 2018. Nakemiin!
Nice! Looks like your grandfather's original Finnish name might have been "Antti Niemelä". Niemelä is a very common Finnish last name, always has been.
perhaps these are the precious documents left I hope the internet will keep it forever so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy these great videos
16:18 A party for everyone after the roof was put in place! ...except for the dude who kept chopping off the little surface chips from the wall timbers... :/
I'm from northern Sweden and we have somewhat similiar logging traditions as illustraded in this beautiful film. I got moved by all the hard work and determination in this video, those Finnish men have much knowledge and dedication.
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
They barely spoke at the party. Finnish bachelor carpenters. ... a play on Lake Woebegone by Garrison Keillor...Norwegian bachelor farmers... What's great about it is their precision and cooperation. I'm sure they'd been using those skills since they were teens. Anyone ax wielding for 20 years who's not missing fingers is a pro.
We only communicate verbally with horses - and cell phones nowadays. Maybe with each other sometimes on house warming powered by home brew and moonshine.
When I was an electrician there were these two guys that had worked together for YEARS and they almost never talked to anybody. They would work all day and never say a word. Kind of creepy really. They didn't need to talk. They already knew what the other was thinking. I guess by then there wasn't anything left to say.
I have watched this video at least ten times over the years and always amazed at the precision of these craftsman. They do things with axes that I couldn't do with power tools!
these men do this as long as they can stand. they have start this jop as young as they can stand (3-5y) and they stop it when they cant stand. thats why they are so good with axe.
Impressive... Most impressive. I'm surprised how much they use the axe for instead of a saw or other tools... some very precise joints made by chopping.
Real men that eat eggs and butter for breakfast... :-) Oh how men have evolved into the tight pant wearing fashionistas of today. Doubt they even know how to use a hatchet.
It's from 1990. This log house was made with traditional techniques specially for the museum located in Lyytikkälä and for the purpose of documenting the process. They hired expert carpenters who were old enough to remember these techniques from the early years of their careers and asked them to wear clothes that didn't have logos or other modern features during filming. Edit: The footage is from 1988. 1990 is the film's release year.
It's not from 1990. They would've use used video cameras to film with if it was. This is a 16mm print, so actual film cameras were used. I'm guessing sometime in the 70s.
Lol..i so get that. . Its the best feeling ever, to see someone having perfect skill and precision with what they do. No effort, just, click clack clock and done! Wow.
@@dumbdog2924 People from Finland and Sweden use axes a lot for woodworking purposes, I've gotten the impression in the rest of the world axes don't get as much use in woodworking. I've seen english videos of people using axes, but I get the impression it's scandinavian inspired "sloyd" stuff. I am curious if it occured natively in british, french or german cultures for instance.
I like this video because they’ve got a team. As much as I enjoy the videos of one dude making a log cabin by himself, I love seeing people working together to make them. ❤
Some of my stock were Finns that came West to the mining camps in Montana and Idaho. They were prized carpenters building the frames and bulkheads a mile deep in Copper and silver mines. Smaller versions of these cabins became trapper and summer cabins. My great uncle built some of the first tourist cabins outside of Yellowstone National Park around the late 40’s. Some still being rented. Craftsmanship! Loved watching the eating Finn bread , buckwheat, like my grandma used to make.
Bryce Bertolino That bread...its Rye bread, we called also a sour bread, or dark bread, Rye, water, and salt, nothing less, nothing more. Nowadays its little bit hard to find good rye bread, because big factorys taken allmost all markets with theyre tasteless and odorless products. Thank god, we have some little bakery`s whom still bake a real thing. My dad born 1925, and when he was a little boy, he had to eat buckwheat porridge allmost every day, because rye and wheat and barley and oat flour are too expensive. Hated even that word if someone mentioned it... rest of his days. I want to believe that your Grandma bake a rye bread, because your remembered it, if it buckwheat bread, and taste good, your Granny is really something else. Good comment, Bryce, all the best.
Great project and film, also the music moves thoughts behind the times. I lived in a log house in Finland until I was adult and moved out. The house has been built in 1680. It is interesting that all things they make in this video, were in our house. The building is still standing and needs to renovate.
@Michael Smith My mothers childhood home was traditional finnish farmhouse made of logs at early 1700, in the neughbour village there is one great example from late 1600, it's not common but there are some.
I'm so sorry I laughed my ass off when the show the video of them partying and then show the video is that Carpenter still out there hewing the outside that was golden
My great grandfather, who was a tailor by trade, made his sauna pretty much exactly like this. We still use the sauna every week. The moss/furr insulation can still be seen between the logs.
Me and my Dad were renovating some windows for my Grandma's 70 odd year old house, and we saw moss and cloth used as insulation. It works amazingly well.
Absolutely incredible. This should be respected by all people. This is what our ancestors did, and we can barely fix a chair or something today. I wish I could build a log cabin like this somewhere. This is truly amazing.
We would be much happier living in own land with forest and animals. Life more simple and calm. Without everyday rush to your boring office work and doing something what in the end doesnt even matter. This materialism and city living is just not for humans. Too many cannot even survive in wilderness nowdays
@@spectre722 Not everyone made house by themselves if they didn't have skills for it. People could help a man to build his own house, this kind of community work is called "talkoot" in Finnish. The man would learn by doing then later pass the knowledge to others, that's how traditions like this have been kept alive through generations.
Nations from left and right have tried to destroy us and our language troughout the history, but here we are still making our little wooden houses and speaking our strange language :)
you have a wonderful nation and many reasons to be proud. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching this and wish the people of Finland well. Please dont lose your culture to the invading hordes. I just cant understand why no one in power can see these invasions and loss of the native cultures
Thank you for affording the English version. This video is a must to the modern generations to detail the end result of hard work and handed down knowledge of structure building
Soy Argentino, me e quedado fascinado en la manera de hacer las casas de madera, es algo increíble, no se en que erramos, la humanidad cada día se va mas a la mierda con cada nueva tecnología. Lo mas triste es que hay personas que no les gusto el vídeo son una decepción para la humanidad. Ojala estos señores fueran mis vecinos lo mucho que me gustaría aprender de estas personas. Gracias por el vídeo.
I thought we IRISH were but strong people, as I can see here, the Finnish are a hearty and smart people too, very nice to see their craftsmanship. May God always bless them 🙏
The Finn's secret to strength and precision is the homemade split pea & ham soup. Their extraordinary intelligence comes from eating sardines on fresh buttered bread.🍜🥖🧈🐟🙂
The huse he build for him self and grandma is still standing so straight and well preserved that the modern builders my mom hired to build a nes sleeping room for my sisters baby was suprised that it was even better built then they could make with modern laser aided equipment.
After watching this it makes me realize where we've come from, and where we are heading is counter productive as a civilization. As a fourth generation carpenter I am humbled by these men and those before them. I have all my fancy tools, organic and man-made materials to keep the trade alive, but I could tell you right now our brains are now hardwired to place profit before quality in many cases. How many true custom cabinet makers do you know that aren't starving? So you can hand cut dovetails? That's great, but even the higher end customers could not give a damn if they were made on a jig, or if you cut them yourself. Time is money so profit wins. I said where we are heading is counter productive because we have lost the need to create from raw materials, that part of the human brain has devolved over the last century. For those who still can, it's mostly for hobby and not out of necessity. Next time you meet a true craftsman, shake his or her hand.
Yes that is true, in a way. Those houses in the video are absolutely beautifull and seem much more comfortable, I admire the hard work of those men. However, I can still appreciate modern technology and what it does to help our standard of living. Modern houses have electricity, warm water, good isolation and lots of room to live in. Sadly, our technology made a lot of traditional and beautifull things obsolete, on the other hand, we live in absolute luxury here in europe nowadays, which is worth appreciating in my opinion. It has it's good sides and bad sides, like most developements throughout history. Maybe it's because I'm still rather young, but I am quite optimistic about the future and where civilization is heading.
My uncle is an amazing wood worker. He made found a niche market in custom wood work in commercial buildings. Took him a long time to get that far but his work was paid for greatly. Hard to get to his point when we live in a throw away society
I was quite confused recently when I found out someone was paying hundreds of thousands for fully bespoke cabinets and the like only to demand it all be made out of the same stuff and look the same as Ikea, the craftsman was not pleased and was worried that the result could not show the worth of hiring him instead of just buying flatpack no matter what work he put in, I've seen some of his other work and it was a real waste, for the same price they could have had something timeless in a wood anyone could tell the quality of.
Fun fact, it is thought log cabins were brought over to America by Finns. The Forrest Finns were brought to the New World in New Sweden and found an environment they were kind of familiar with. They started building their log cabins and soon enough, it became a mainstay of American building until recently.
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland or Sweden? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
It’s a fascinating process, doesn’t even take that long since they’re working as a group. My mother recently commissioned an older carpenter in Northern Finland to build our family a new one. When we met him he told us that they started the business with his brother around 50 years ago. He works mostly alone now since his brother has passed away. It was amazing to get to see the workshop. Because modern cars can transport these buildings, he usually assembles the cabins there during the winter. It’s a whole year’s work to get the wood, dry it and then build. I’m happy that we’re able to have it made by a real craftsman. When finished it should last hundreads of years if taken care of properly. We have a couple older ones already passed down in the family, they’re awesome to live in.
@MichaelKingsfordGray This building in Sweden, built with the same technique, but in this case with the outer corners sawed off, and the whole building being dressed with wood chips, was built in approximately 1229, thus almost 800 years ago. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiondeboden_i_Ingatorp#/media/File:Ingatorp-Tiondeboden.JPG Or the timber in one of these buildings, that through a dendrochronological examination has been shown to come from trees cut down in 1237: wp.zorn.se/zorns_gammelgard
My home farm in Sievi, Finland was built this way in 1868. The house is still in use with my parents living there, and likely will be for generations to come. The neighboring house was built in the same way a few years earlier and is also still in use. Back then they built things to last. :)
Several of these building type's in and around the small town of Embarrass ( yes! Embarrass!) Minnesota built in the late 1800's and early 1900's by Finnish emigrants. If you go there don't blink! You'll miss it!!
My favorite parts of the video 6:48 when they add the Bigfoot hair to the log joint 7:03 dude swinging that massive hammer (Thor ain't got shit on this guy!) 8:39 more Bigfoot hair! 9:14 two guys trying to decide who gets the wood shaver and keep taking it away from each other The carpenters outfits throughout the video
This is a masterpieace! I'm from Lithuania (a little bit souther, but still "cold" country) but my grandparents did all the same (except windows and doors - those were better :), but we didn't do vent channels under the floor). But still - i'm impressed! Hold on forest brothers :) !!!
Dear Friends, I Love yours videos. I'am a brasilian. Your job is magnific. I live in Campinas, São Paulo. Brasil. Congratulations. Wonderfull and beautiful art with wood !!! THE BEST OF RUclips.
Teamwork blended with skill. Most of these guys are older, fit, lean, with strength and energy that exceeds most 20 year olds today. Something to be said for physical labor, seems to be very meditative. Notice how quietly these men work in a quiet setting. No compressors, electric saws, drills, nail guns. Just skill and concentration working together in harmony. Very informative of what human beings are capable of with simple tools, materials, labor and skill. Thanks for posting.
Us Finns don't yap our mouths for nothing. We are a quite people. Until we drink, that's a different story
Well, they are quiet because they are Finns... but yes, most young office workers wouldn't last a day with these fellas.
Youre a racist is what you are.
Your observation is amazing about them being quiet and concentrated. I too, noticed that as I am sure most viewers did, but it never came to my mind!!! I agree with you, our modern world has taken many of our natural inclination to our earth and the natural world!!! Thank you for pointing that out.
This is what the Internet should be used for. May this video survive time and remain available for generations to come.
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very true
No black people in this video. CANCELLED!
Beautiful. My dad and granddad built a loghouse for us in the early 90's. I'm happy to be a finn.
Hallo! I am a decendant from Norway. My Great Grandmother Elsie Hoidale was fluent in Norweigian, and she still prayed at family dinners in that language. I have never been to Norway, I am an American. It's amazing how far just one move across the Atlantic in the early 1900s can spawn families like mine completely absent from their homeland. My Great Grandpa moved to Michigan from Norway, and fell in love with my Great Grandmother, who was also a Norwegian immigrant. They died when I was very young. But I keep their heirlooms proudly.
Well I lived my childhood in loghouse made in 1700-century in Finland. It was a farm with cows and 800 acres. Livinroom 11x11meters and 13 other rooms.
This brings back memories of watching stuff like this on rainy afternoons. My mom was a strong believer in educational content...Which I suppose is why I'm here today watching this...
In other observations, that house looks like a tinderbox, all wood, birch bark under the foundation, tarred cotton between every joint. It's awesome though. I'd totally live in one.
Log hoses take very long to burn because of the volume of the wood. It is wood framed hoses that burn quickly.
Thank you for keeping this video up and available. My husband and I were very fortunate to have built a log home together when we were younger. I remember the slip joints for windows and doors and so much more. We adored the experience. Ours had 2 stories, about 11-12 inch pine logs, plumbing and electrical, large heat pump/ac unit and a wood stove. Took us 18 months to close it in so we could live in it while finishing it out. This video with Finnish word working resulted in a masterpiece home. Many thanks!
AC would be considered sacrilege in such a building in Finland
@@jonnenne Finns do not need AC. The evenings are cool in the summer.
The axe work is so accurate. I come from a family which build traditional wooden boats and mu uncle never used powered tools all hand tools that are shown in this video. That angled axe for the final dressing of the outer surface reminded me of the stone dressing in my country over 70 years ago. The stores were dressed just like that with a similar axe shaped tool which was not so light. What I like most about such communities, is the social relations that are built over the years. Modern City life with high rise buildings bring about an atmosphere that destroys so many communities. The social structure in city is the worse system man has ever invented. It will destroy Europe in 50 years time. If we could go back to such way of life the world will last much longer, and I am sure that future children would still be human rather than robots trying to keep up with something that is always running away from them. Congratulations to all the craftsmen who took part in this building. I like the method they used when they felt that the window weakened the wall . Such elegant logic when it was required.
Cities are better than suburbs thats for sure
Reject modernity
@White man invented everything To learn about lost history like this video here presents to us. The internet is a fabulous tool when used consciously.
I said reject modernity, not technology.
@White man invented everything nothing to do
@White man invented everything Hue is piilu / piilutus in finnish. The reason is, that when you cut the surface with the right axe, it will block the porosity of the wood, the surface will be very smooth, making it significantly more resistant to moisture and bugs etc. And it makes nice effect on it too. We live in a log house that was built around 1850's and it is still standing strong. Those piilu/hue markings in these old logs in our home that are brown nowadays from the years of living and time, make you wonder, just that if i could do something this long lasting by myself, that will last generations over and over rather than spend my days in boring jobs chasing money and happiness that will never come..
Absolutely incredible craftsmanship. When building wasn’t necessarily a quick process but the end result is stunningly accurate
I've watched this probably 20 times. Can't get enough of those axes at work... one axe does it all in contrast to the Sagastua video where so many axes are used. The English version is such am amazing addition!! Thank You!
Love the guy still hewing while everyone is partying haha "one of the most demanding jobs as a carpenter" LOL!
HYVAA! So proud of my finnish heritage.
Birch bark, tarred wadding, saw dust, dry wood. Looks like the best camp fire I've ever seen.
Yes, fire was to look after in those days when the wood was prime construction material.
That is real know-how and skill passed through experience. I don’t think I saw a tape measure or spirit level throughout the whole thing but it’s square and true as you could ever get. Fabulous
im really happy i got to learn this from my grandfather. its not that hard as most people thing, if you have the right tools you can build a cabin like this in less then 2 weeks just with a half dussin axes and knowledge.
Николай Казаков I wish!! maybe if I keep watching videos like these, in 2 years I can build one with the help of my boyfriend. I have zero experience or knowledge though so I have a long way to go.
The right tools? No, its about having the right guys. These guys work axes like they are using pencils.
The work-man-ship and the labor involved. You must have a passion for what you do. The old fashioned way is better.
Cool designs.
Very talented axe work.
Hand planing timbers and floor, nice touch.
Outstanding job guys.
Impressive.
Wow this is an amazing video. You can tell these men are masters of their craft.
Expert axe men for sure. Amazing.
Surely no one builds a house this way these days. The workmanship is so beautiful that I feel I just must build one of these houses. But I doubt that I could do it because, for starters, I could not sharpen an axe as these craftsmen have. Nor could I use the axe as precisely as they do.
I wish they taught this in school! I wouldve been much more attentive if they had topics like this to discuss
There are several schools in the U.S. that will teach log and timber frame building techniques. I believe you can find ad's for them in Mother Earth News magazine.
Other schools can teach techniques of building cord wood and straw bale building.
A few miles from my house a family business builds log home's on site, numbers the logs then they disassemble them and truck them to the new owners building site. Looks like quite the operation even using modern equipment and electricity!
That fella with a hat on knows exactly what he's doing!
Most of them have hat.
@@niggis76 I think that is the point
Old finnish joke: those men have holes in their hats... cause their heads are so sharp puncturing hats...
After years I still like to return to this video
One of life’s lost treasures,was so horned to see that their are true carpenters still keeping the past alive.
Professional carpenters - guild tradesmen! What a joy to watch such craftsmanship.
Eero Naskali & Mauri Front: Hirsirakennus (1990)
16 mm, color, sound, 25.10 min
National Board of Antiquities, The Picture Collections (KK5555:1)
Lähde: Museoviraston Kuvakokoelmat
ruclips.net/video/JSCduOv_NuI/видео.html
Original video from the Museum youtube page 2500 views and this copypaste 1.4 million views??? WOW
@@xyzlii I'm going to guess that it's because Museovirasto's image archive channel is "In Finnish", and the other is in "Global Pidgin", also known as "English", it generates more traffic here than there. That doesn't mean it's right, unless the video has been re-posted with permission of the original film rights holder, in which case it's all fine and dandy again.
What a lovely video. Would love to have these skills.
This is incredible. Wow!
None of the people filmed had ever eaten at a McDonald’s before. Incredible
1984 achually. Minor International incident happened, when Pitäjänmäki McDonalds introduced Reindeer Burgers in 1986.
And that's how you do that without electricity. The way they use axe like it was a knife is just amazing.
People complain about not having power tools, or some easier way. I present to you, the legit absolute units who do this by hand are absolute beasts. I would love to try some of that feast they were having, it looked delicious (minus the little fish or sardines whatever that was).
Beautiful documentary of how to build a wood house
Para tener una casa no es necesario adquirir una deuda por mas de 30 años este video nos muestra una parte de la historia de la humanidad donde lo simple es lo mejor muy bonito documental saludos desde la Ciudad de México.
Very nice video.
i think about this video alot thank u
Love this ~ have watched 3 times!!
Incredible ❤
Inspirador. Este registro es una obra de arte, testimonio de la humanidad. Es sublime.
Beautiful
My dream home
Один из первых блоггеров :)
Мужик молодец
Those tools are so sharp they cut like razors
Nice movie dear friend
kiitos
this is perkeleen hienoa
Omg! People use to be so awesome...
At one time I owned a one-hundred year old home built in the late 1800's by Finnish carpenters, this in the US. The whole neighborhood, including a beautiful church, were built by these same craftsmen. The workmanship throughout was superb, the stone foundation solid and the floors an inch thick, oak on the ground floor and spruce upstairs. The longer I lived there the more details I noticed of their work, I come to admire those Finnish craftsmen a great deal.
Skills passed down from father to son over centuries; all lost now along with countless other trades from Europe.
@@VinylToVideo many potentially talented carpenters, chefs, huntsmen, metalworkers, tanners, etc. are stuck working in call centers and data firms, and no one will ever know it. this is the world now.
I think that we have very different relationship with building houses here in Finland. I have grown up as my parents have build two big stone houses (they did lot of the work themselves bc it is significantly cheaper) and i must say I am at time astounded by houses from us and else where. The quality isn’t the same. Of course it has lot to do with our weather but still.
@@nonniperkl6273
Not trying to offend any Us constructors, but their houses look like they are made of cardboard. As a carpenter working with modern day construction (mostly), building something like this would be a dream come true. Really impressive craftmanship, that will be there for hundreds of years
The oldest still standing log cabin in the USA is originally made by the Finns. The Nothnagle log house built in mid 1600's.
Everybody gangsta till the Finn busts out the comically large mallet
d o o n k d o o n k d o o n k
That's it, I'm getting me mallet
lmao
That's not a hammer. This is a hammer!
I'm much more impressed by the sharpness of their axes.
This is a good book. Does provide a step by step introduction to how to build things ruclips.net/user/postUgkxhgbP-6hUnXu_QRaoHgLztgsI0YF3HqR0 , also does offer some steps. Includes pictures to give you ideas for layouts and such. If you are looking for a guide, this is not exactly what you want. But if you are trying to familiarize yourself with the way that pole barn building and other out buildings, are made, then this will work just as you need it to. A few things in this book are a barn (of course), detached garage, storage building, and coops.
Kimi Raikonen approved?
I'm a carpenter and it just amazes me to see stuff like this.. Not one power tool.. Just a man and his craft.. Amazing..
You should do this Ryan
If i could take time off work make sure my ppl are taken care of i would do it in a second.... Id love the pride and fighting not to give up and build it completely.. I think 90% would give up halfway through the walls lol easy to watch it but doing it way different
@@RPE1993 check out @Erik Grankvist His newest video should explain most of it :D
U didnt get it, they are the power tools, the level of precision cutting makes me drop my jaw.
Well, they didn't show how they cut the roofline... hehe
The oldest log building in the U.S. still standing was built by the Finns. That is the "Nothnagle cabin" in New Jersey.
Yes, it has been said that finns brought log building tradition to US. However Finland was ruled by Sweden back in those days so Sweden takes credit for it.
@@TN-bp2cf Finland was part of Sweden in that times yes, but Finns were still Finns, not Swedes.
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
@@Ego-Lifter90 Because they didn't know how to build log buildings since they handn't had a chance to learn from the norwegians yet.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 There are traces and remains of log buildings in Finland from hundreds of years ago. The tradition came here about the same time as in Norway and Sweden. Finnish people didnt build churches until like late 1100-1200. Finnics living in Finland were pagans much longer than scandinavians. However we did exist and we had to live somewhere. No, Finnish people didn't live in huts like sami people. Btw I love sami culture and I don't mean to offend them with this comment.
The truth is that nobody knows the origin of this carpenter tradition but it is known in US which people brought that tradition there and its finns.
It's almost midnight, this is not even the first log house building video I've seen. Why does RUclips recommend this and how does it know my weakness?
It will continue untill you build one of your own. For some reason RUclips wants more log houses.
Algorithm's my dear Twist, Algorithm's.
Because you look like Amish without a hat.
IKR? Haha :)
for one - it will suggest you log house building if you watched the previous video on the topic to its end. and lots more..
Not even going to lie. This is like the 7th time I've watched this.
My maternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Finland in the late 1800's. His name was Andrew Neimela. He bought A farm in central Minnesota and built A house that looked very much like this cabin but quite A bit bigger. It was A 2 story home and he needed every square foot of it as he and his wife had 10 daughters and one son! I have 3 aunt's still living. 2 in their 80's and one just celebrated her 100 birthday in December of 2018.
Nakemiin!
Nice! Looks like your grandfather's original Finnish name might have been "Antti Niemelä". Niemelä is a very common Finnish last name, always has been.
I imagine Minnesota is a very similar in climate to Finland, an Englishman might prefer to settle in Virginia.
Two stories, but how many bathrooms?
Let me guess.....son was the youngest.
Ayyeee i could visit the place he built lol. Minnesota vibe is heavy in this video, my uncle built a cabin just like this near Garrison
That roof hook joint though....I just can't get over how well done it was.
Did it with his eyes closed too haha
the axe craft...
Ass craft? What
@@asbjrne.stackmest5015 axe, you silly goose.
Minecraft?
@@seyyednaqvi6760 asscraft
when its done they can say its finnish
nice
Is there some funny boy with this joke under every single video featuring finnish people? Real original.
Finish LINE vs Finnish LINE
underrated XD
BOO!
perhaps these are the precious documents left
I hope the internet will keep it forever so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy these great videos
16:18 A party for everyone after the roof was put in place! ...except for the dude who kept chopping off the little surface chips from the wall timbers... :/
R4nd0m88
😂 i tought the same thing.
Everybodey was eating and having a good time and he was in the dark corner chopping the walls😂
He should have hurried up.
Ciprian Popa He must have been the intern. Interns get the bitch work.
I saw myself taking him some Grinds and Drink thinking the same thing.
@@cipndale BOO LOL
I'm from northern Sweden and we have somewhat similiar logging traditions as illustraded in this beautiful film. I got moved by all the hard work and determination in this video, those Finnish men have much knowledge and dedication.
Northern Sweden has long Finnish roots
I think the Scandinavian/Nordic countries, at least Norway, Sweden, and Finland (possibly Iceland too) tend to have similar traditions.
@@m4rt_ No, Scandis had viking style houses and then theres the Finnish style
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 Using churches as example??? U know finns hold anti-christian views for very long and didn't cuck for Vatican like Scandis.
Wow. Incredible Craftmanship. To fit the stereotype, the finnish carpenters didn't exchange a word while being filmed
Heh, that's funny becaue I just watched the Northmen Guild's video of "Raising the Timber Frame" and that was quite the opposite!
Kai Grundmann
Cause they were working, not on a date.
They barely spoke at the party. Finnish bachelor carpenters. ... a play on Lake Woebegone by Garrison Keillor...Norwegian bachelor farmers... What's great about it is their precision and cooperation. I'm sure they'd been using those skills since they were teens. Anyone ax wielding for 20 years who's not missing fingers is a pro.
We only communicate verbally with horses - and cell phones nowadays.
Maybe with each other sometimes on house warming powered by home brew and moonshine.
When I was an electrician there were these two guys that had worked together for YEARS and they almost never talked to anybody. They would work all day and never say a word. Kind of creepy really. They didn't need to talk. They already knew what the other was thinking. I guess by then there wasn't anything left to say.
My testosterone level shot up just by watching this video.
My sperm count went up thats for sure
I cummed
Haha sure lady
My beard grew 10 cm during the video
Because these men were alpha males not beta males
I have watched this video at least ten times over the years and always amazed at the precision of these craftsman. They do things with axes that I couldn't do with power tools!
Glenn Reach just thinking the same thing .
Sad to say , but true today .
I could not agree with you more. I hope they had a long, long and happy life, they deserved after doing such a very nice work.
these men do this as long as they can stand. they have start this jop as young as they can stand (3-5y) and they stop it when they cant stand. thats why they are so good with axe.
They didn't use any nails 'till the roof
Impressive... Most impressive. I'm surprised how much they use the axe for instead of a saw or other tools... some very precise joints made by chopping.
Even the word for carpenter in Finnish is kirvesmies, literally axe man.
Axes have been quite commonly used because it's difficult to sharpen a saw blade.
You know whetstones got a hell of a workout on this project.
ruipelo Carpenter on puuseppä
Those hatchets look razor sharp an they make such good time of the work making it appear physically easy.
The only kind of house that is finnished before it is started.
so stupid
@@Lvx13 ITS A JOKE
@@m.p3982 I guess so...
These guys look EXACTLY like I’d imagine Finnish log cabin builders would look like.
Like men? lol
yeah Neil.. I know what you mean, older guys in dungarees & flat-caps...
Neil Migala 6. Nnn
Cool story
Real men that eat eggs and butter for breakfast... :-) Oh how men have evolved into the tight pant wearing fashionistas of today. Doubt they even know how to use a hatchet.
can you image walking in just after construction and smelling the finished wood mmmmm
1990? i feel im looking at some mid 60's film. this is soooo much work but I am mesmerized with the skills and precision these men have
This film is Remastered 1990, from late 60´ I think.
The Tools are way older than 1890. Camera quality are from 90s if you ask.
It's from 1990. This log house was made with traditional techniques specially for the museum located in Lyytikkälä and for the purpose of documenting the process. They hired expert carpenters who were old enough to remember these techniques from the early years of their careers and asked them to wear clothes that didn't have logos or other modern features during filming.
Edit: The footage is from 1988. 1990 is the film's release year.
It's not from 1990. They would've use used video cameras to film with if it was. This is a 16mm print, so actual film cameras were used. I'm guessing sometime in the 70s.
Not to mention how much better built this is than any modern home.
Watching that guy cut a dovetail with an axe was the best thing I've seen all week.
Sharp axe!
Lol..i so get that. . Its the best feeling ever, to see someone having perfect skill and precision with what they do. No effort, just, click clack clock and done! Wow.
Same!!! Just a couple of swings and boom! Dovetail. Like hold up man, let me see that again XD
@@dumbdog2924 People from Finland and Sweden use axes a lot for woodworking purposes, I've gotten the impression in the rest of the world axes don't get as much use in woodworking. I've seen english videos of people using axes, but I get the impression it's scandinavian inspired "sloyd" stuff. I am curious if it occured natively in british, french or german cultures for instance.
I joined the Carpenters Union in 1976. Framed hundreds of houses. I always wanted to do something like this. Craftsmen with axes. A lost art.
Fun Fact: A carpenter in Finland is still called "Kirvesmies", which literally means axeman.
do it joe
its not lost in finland tho:O
yeah... that union helped in the murder of this art from
These guys aren't framers- They're finish carpenters. Get it? Bwahahaha!
I like this video because they’ve got a team. As much as I enjoy the videos of one dude making a log cabin by himself, I love seeing people working together to make them. ❤
Some of my stock were Finns that came West to the mining camps in Montana and Idaho. They were prized carpenters building the frames and bulkheads a mile deep in Copper and silver mines. Smaller versions of these cabins became trapper and summer cabins.
My great uncle built some of the first tourist cabins outside of Yellowstone National Park around the late 40’s. Some still being rented. Craftsmanship!
Loved watching the eating Finn bread , buckwheat, like my grandma used to make.
Bryce Bertolino That bread...its Rye bread, we called also a sour bread, or dark bread, Rye, water, and salt, nothing less, nothing more. Nowadays its little bit hard to find good
rye bread, because big factorys taken allmost all markets with theyre tasteless and
odorless products. Thank god, we have some little bakery`s whom still bake a real thing.
My dad born 1925, and when he was a little boy, he had to eat buckwheat porridge
allmost every day, because rye and wheat and barley and oat flour are too expensive.
Hated even that word if someone mentioned it... rest of his days.
I want to believe that your Grandma bake a rye bread, because your remembered it,
if it buckwheat bread, and taste good, your Granny is really something else.
Good comment, Bryce, all the best.
@@stiffyupperlip1851 Finland's national dish is dark leavened rye bread. Very tasty and healthy for the stomach. Keeps hunger at bay for a long time
Thats def not buckwheat lol. i dont think ive seen any finn eat buckwheat bread. Rye bread on the other hand.....
@whitemaninventedeverything9511 NO - only Norwegians have.
@White man invented everything Norwegian*
this is how life should be.
@16:28 Everyone's partying, and the carpenter is still hewing the damn cabin. lol
That's his idea of partying.
hes the real hero.
We have a saying: "The gummy bear candies are not divided equally" :D
Great project and film, also the music moves thoughts behind the times.
I lived in a log house in Finland until I was adult and moved out. The house has been built in 1680. It is interesting that all things they make in this video, were in our house. The building is still standing and needs to renovate.
@Michael Smith The Turku castle has sections dating back to the 1280s.
@Michael Smith
My mothers childhood home was traditional finnish farmhouse made of logs at early 1700, in the neughbour village there is one great example from late 1600, it's not common but there are some.
I'm so sorry I laughed my ass off when the show the video of them partying and then show the video is that Carpenter still out there hewing the outside that was golden
I imagined they throw him a piece of bread every so often
My great grandfather, who was a tailor by trade, made his sauna pretty much exactly like this. We still use the sauna every week.
The moss/furr insulation can still be seen between the logs.
Me and my Dad were renovating some windows for my Grandma's 70 odd year old house, and we saw moss and cloth used as insulation. It works amazingly well.
It will stay ok if you just use it and let it dry every season of year. Long as it doesnt sink and is heated time to time!
Absolutely incredible. This should be respected by all people. This is what our ancestors did, and we can barely fix a chair or something today. I wish I could build a log cabin like this somewhere. This is truly amazing.
not everyone was a carpenter or a craftsman back then, just like today.
We would be much happier living in own land with forest and animals. Life more simple and calm. Without everyday rush to your boring office work and doing something what in the end doesnt even matter. This materialism and city living is just not for humans. Too many cannot even survive in wilderness nowdays
@@spectre722 Not everyone made house by themselves if they didn't have skills for it. People could help a man to build his own house, this kind of community work is called "talkoot" in Finnish. The man would learn by doing then later pass the knowledge to others, that's how traditions like this have been kept alive through generations.
Antares true but finnish men used to build their own homes with the help of their friends
@@spectre722 A lot more people were then
Now THAT is old school craftsmanship of the highest order. What a joy to watch.
Weirdest thing is that this is 1990. Not 1920 or something
@Big Street Reppin Ah, thank you for the clarification!
Just a small comment... in Finnish language, carpenter translates axeman, kirvesmies.
Is it right that the word "hammer" stems from Finnish?
@@Runeakb I have never heard anything like that. Google says; Old English hamor "hammer," from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz
@@mussunmussun3536 Thanks for info!
Every so often I come back to this video, just because it's so calming.
Охренеть! Топор, механическое ручное сверло, гвозди, и самое главное желание что-то отличное создавать! И все! Молодцы!👏👏👏
Nations from left and right have tried to destroy us and our language troughout the history, but here we are still making our little wooden houses and speaking our strange language :)
and...feeling sorry for big city people who think they live in luxury and quality, haha.
Mostly Swedes and Russians. There were some Danish and German invasions also during the crusade period.
you have a wonderful nation and many reasons to be proud. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching this and wish the people of Finland well. Please dont lose your culture to the invading hordes. I just cant understand why no one in power can see these invasions and loss of the native cultures
That's the history of the world!
You should be thankful to the Swedes. Without them, Finland would be known as Leningrad Oblast and nothing else.
Thank you for affording the English version. This video is a must to the modern generations to detail the end result of hard work and handed down knowledge of structure building
Michael Funny Guy Morro
Soy Argentino, me e quedado fascinado en la manera de hacer las casas de madera, es algo increíble, no se en que erramos, la humanidad cada día se va mas a la mierda con cada nueva tecnología. Lo mas triste es que hay personas que no les gusto el vídeo son una decepción para la humanidad. Ojala estos señores fueran mis vecinos lo mucho que me gustaría aprender de estas personas. Gracias por el vídeo.
I finished construction school 2013. We had the option to take a course in traditional log houses. Heavy work, but fun to do also. I'm also Finnish:)
You should be PROUD of your skill and heritage. I'm sure you realize that...but I still want to say it!
I thought we IRISH were but strong people, as I can see here, the Finnish are a hearty and smart people too, very nice to see their craftsmanship. May God always bless them 🙏
Ну да. Каждый считает СВОИХ более лучшими и правильными.
Literally every European nation have skill to build house from local recourses. It looks "hard", but actually there were nothing to do in dat epoch 🌝
@@maksimfedoryak Finns built lots of buildings in the USSR and their hard work and extreme precision was admired by the leadership.
The Finn's secret to strength and precision is the homemade split pea & ham soup. Their extraordinary intelligence comes from eating sardines on fresh buttered bread.🍜🥖🧈🐟🙂
Even the youngest guy had been doing that for twenty years and the older guy knows his stuff True woodworking. Real wood workers.
Remember me of my grandfather, he was even wearing the same type of blue clothing as those men, including the hat.
The huse he build for him self and grandma is still standing so straight and well preserved that the modern builders my mom hired to build a nes sleeping room for my sisters baby was suprised that it was even better built then they could make with modern laser aided equipment.
After watching this it makes me realize where we've come from, and where we are heading is counter productive as a civilization. As a fourth generation carpenter I am humbled by these men and those before them. I have all my fancy tools, organic and man-made materials to keep the trade alive, but I could tell you right now our brains are now hardwired to place profit before quality in many cases.
How many true custom cabinet makers do you know that aren't starving? So you can hand cut dovetails? That's great, but even the higher end customers could not give a damn if they were made on a jig, or if you cut them yourself. Time is money so profit wins. I said where we are heading is counter productive because we have lost the need to create from raw materials, that part of the human brain has devolved over the last century. For those who still can, it's mostly for hobby and not out of necessity. Next time you meet a true craftsman, shake his or her hand.
Yes that is true, in a way.
Those houses in the video are absolutely beautifull and seem much more comfortable, I admire the hard work of those men.
However, I can still appreciate modern technology and what it does to help our standard of living. Modern houses have electricity, warm water, good isolation and lots of room to live in.
Sadly, our technology made a lot of traditional and beautifull things obsolete, on the other hand, we live in absolute luxury here in europe nowadays, which is worth appreciating in my opinion. It has it's good sides and bad sides, like most developements throughout history.
Maybe it's because I'm still rather young, but I am quite optimistic about the future and where civilization is heading.
Trimmer as a young man, I aspire to be able to have half the talent and skill that the gentlemen in this video have
My uncle is an amazing wood worker. He made found a niche market in custom wood work in commercial buildings. Took him a long time to get that far but his work was paid for greatly. Hard to get to his point when we live in a throw away society
Very well put!
I was quite confused recently when I found out someone was paying hundreds of thousands for fully bespoke cabinets and the like only to demand it all be made out of the same stuff and look the same as Ikea, the craftsman was not pleased and was worried that the result could not show the worth of hiring him instead of just buying flatpack no matter what work he put in, I've seen some of his other work and it was a real waste, for the same price they could have had something timeless in a wood anyone could tell the quality of.
Fun fact, it is thought log cabins were brought over to America by Finns. The Forrest Finns were brought to the New World in New Sweden and found an environment they were kind of familiar with. They started building their log cabins and soon enough, it became a mainstay of American building until recently.
Yeah and oldest houses still around is build by finns :)
did it come to Norway from the Finns too?
Actually the craftsmen were taught the building technique from norwegian carpenters. The whole log-building technique is a traditional norwegian building technique. Have you ever seen a stave church in Finland or Sweden? No - since there are no wooden stave churches there. In Norway there are stil today plenty stave churches. So I accept your gratefulness on behalf of the norwegian inventors / vikings.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 norway pog
@@swedishpsychopath8795 not true, swedish people are dirty ignorant people. very dirty people
It’s a fascinating process, doesn’t even take that long since they’re working as a group. My mother recently commissioned an older carpenter in Northern Finland to build our family a new one. When we met him he told us that they started the business with his brother around 50 years ago. He works mostly alone now since his brother has passed away. It was amazing to get to see the workshop. Because modern cars can transport these buildings, he usually assembles the cabins there during the winter. It’s a whole year’s work to get the wood, dry it and then build. I’m happy that we’re able to have it made by a real craftsman. When finished it should last hundreads of years if taken care of properly. We have a couple older ones already passed down in the family, they’re awesome to live in.
There are many farm buildings in Finland still standing made with the same technique
I was thinking the same thing except that I was going to say Sweden. Makes sense. Same country up to 1809.
@MichaelKingsfordGray This building in Sweden, built with the same technique, but in this case with the outer corners sawed off, and the whole building being dressed with wood chips, was built in approximately 1229, thus almost 800 years ago. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiondeboden_i_Ingatorp#/media/File:Ingatorp-Tiondeboden.JPG Or the timber in one of these buildings, that through a dendrochronological examination has been shown to come from trees cut down in 1237: wp.zorn.se/zorns_gammelgard
My home farm in Sievi, Finland was built this way in 1868. The house is still in use with my parents living there, and likely will be for generations to come. The neighboring house was built in the same way a few years earlier and is also still in use. Back then they built things to last. :)
Several of these building type's in and around the small town of Embarrass ( yes! Embarrass!) Minnesota built in the late 1800's and early 1900's by Finnish emigrants.
If you go there don't blink! You'll miss it!!
Hard to believe there are 15 people in the world who would dislike this.
Swedish.
bricklayers
slacker's
beat me to it!
@@tapanilofving4741, No, Russians!
My favorite parts of the video
6:48 when they add the Bigfoot hair to the log joint
7:03 dude swinging that massive hammer (Thor ain't got shit on this guy!)
8:39 more Bigfoot hair!
9:14 two guys trying to decide who gets the wood shaver and keep taking it away from each other
The carpenters outfits throughout the video
This is a masterpieace! I'm from Lithuania (a little bit souther, but still "cold" country) but my grandparents did all the same (except windows and doors - those were better :), but we didn't do vent channels under the floor). But still - i'm impressed! Hold on forest brothers :) !!!
Me: "I'll just skip to the end and look at the finished product".
*25 minutes later*
Me: "Worth it".
Dear Friends, I Love yours videos. I'am a brasilian. Your job is magnific. I live in Campinas, São Paulo. Brasil. Congratulations. Wonderfull and beautiful art with wood !!! THE BEST OF RUclips.
Adriana Palma vieira that's awesome... I love Brazil
That pea soup with ham. Real rye bread, butter and fish. Yes please.
This is what I feel like when I'm making my first house in Minecraft
put tat poison down now and walk in te woods quick !
Nowadays with modern tools and materials, workers manage to do construction in a lousy manner. I wish we still had skilled carpenters like these lads.
Here in southern New Jersey, our earliest European colonial homes were log cabins built by Finnish settlers of New Sweden.