Preparations for Making Old-fashioned Wood Shingles - The FHC Show, ep 18
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- In preparation for making wood shingles (otherwise known as wood shakes) for roofing material to go on his new log chicken house, Pa Mac demonstrates how to make many of the tools needed and how to obtain the raw materials to perform this simple, old time, self-sufficient, and sustainable skill. This is episode #18 of The Farm Hand's Companion Show. (Later episodes will cover in greater detail the shake/shingle making process, as well as installation methods for wood shakes/shingles.)
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I love this was a long episode because I love watching you work with wood, building something and just working around your property. And I love that you use old fashioned techniques.
I love your channel. It's so educational and entertaining. The old ways worked and were good. I love the music and no talking. Most youtube channels the folks just gab and gab so much repeating themselves they get annoying. This is perfect.
I appreciate that more than you know, Roger!
That was terrific. I live on 25 acres in the middle of BC so this isn't some 9-5 worker daydreaming about the good life. And yet I still enjoy it. The brake was new to me and much appreciated.
You could have put up a tin roof in the time it took you to cut down that first tree. But I really admire you for not taking the easy way out. This whole journey has been amazing to watch.
I had 3 dying spruce trees taken down and kept the trunk wood for campfires in back. I'm splitting then up now and am using many of these same techniques. It's a totally different feel working outside like this than in the gym :) you get to see the productivity of your labor. No wonder Jesus was a carpenter; it is honest and satisfying hard work. Love your videos they are wonderful!
Great tip with the bark direction and grain direction
Hey PA Mac, I want to thank you for uploading all this information your family gave you through the years. I have now built a chicken coop, goat shed, and now I am doing a pole barn. I use your same design and it works amazingly. These videos changed my Life! I save so much money by doing everything myself! Thanks and God bless!!
I'm so glad the show has been of some benefit to you, Bryce. Thank you so much for watchin' the show. God bless you as well, my friend.
Honestly, this is the only channel that i keep an eye to get a new upload. There are other channels that i watch a lot and end up forgetting about, but you are the exception. Congratz on the great work.
Thank you so much for the kind compliment, Sobrevivencialismo.
And you keep up the great videos as well. You have the true heart of an adventurer!
Your friend, Pa Mac
Same here.
Sobrevivencialismo, vc por aqui também? Eu também fico esperando vídeos deste canal sempre! rsrsrs
It's one of the best channels period. Really enjoy these videos. Good learning if people pay attention. Cheers :)
Michael Junkes somos 3 entao. Haha. Acompanho desde o principio.
Thank you for a new video!
I’ve been following your channel for over 5 yrs and eagerly await each new installment!
This is one of my favorites.
Like all the rest I've eagerly awaited your next video. Thankfully it was twenty-five minutes long. When i first caught up with just over three years ago i watched everything back to back. It was like the greatest movie i ever watched. Im so glad there are still people like u out there. Thank you Pa Mac. More than you know. 👍
This was awesome, I live in Virginia and I'm going to start a small little farm. We want to build everything from local resources on the land. And I am on a steep learning curve and 65 years old. Never too old to chase your dreams.
Great Videos!!!! Thank you for sharing with us all, I firmly believe in learning early day skills and passing them on to the younger generations. Please keep the videos coming they are teaching us so much. Cant wait for your next Video!!!!!
Great job with your video. Super good content. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank YOU, Old Dawg
Great , well explained and clearly understood 👍🇬🇧
I love all of these videos. Wish it was a TV show on television im sure this would be the highest rated!!! I am building a barn like this I just bought a house with acreage here in the mountains of South Carolina.
Thank you, knmfarms. I pray for you the best on your new homestead.
I used to get upset at the large intervals between uploads because I could watch these videos all day long. Then I realized that the long intervals are perfectly in tune with the content of the channel - farming isn't quick and good things take a helluva long time. Hats off to you Pa Mac for the great videos!
Looking good!!!! I caint wait I see the chickens roaring in this coop. It’s gonna be beautiful!
Hard, honest work, self sufficiency at its best. Thanks
This is by far my favorite RUclips channel
Genuinely happy to see another video from you. I've learned a lot from your videos and book. They're well done and highly motivating. I've gotten a lot done around my place because of your work. Thanks for your sharing your knowledge, wit, and wisdom!
Cant get over your ingenuity!!
Any day with a new video from Pa Mac is a good day!
I watch more you tube than netfix, directv, dvd's, amazon prime, pretty much anything. Your video's are the best. Please continue to make them!
I look forward to your videos like a kid waiting for Christmas. I appreciate all the thought and work you put into each one as much as the work you do during them. Thanks for sharing.
I wish you were my Dad! but I will always remember your videos and enjoy them.
Love to watch you build new things from old things
This is the first video of yours I've ever seen and you've already got yourself a new subscriber. I love the style of cinematography and the subtitles just give it that chuckle factor.
best channel on youtube ive watched all of your videos over and over and always learn some thing new.
I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks for showing your skills . Hope you continue.
Wow, I just found your channel, and have happily become quite addicted! Love it. Thank you for your efforts and humor.
I love how you create something incredible with whatever is around you.
I love you & Mr. Chickadee. I wish you had more content.
My house in Grand Saline was built in the early 1900’s. Wood frame but solid. 2x4 means that. Lol. Having to take my Non leaking roof with path and cedar shake (with 2 layers of composit on top of them) off and have it decked and shingles so we can renew o r insurance. I know it’s better but I’m just old fashioned. And as always keep up the awesome memories or Paw Mac for me and my daughter. Been following since the beginning. Thank you sir!
Pa Mac,
I wonder if your ancestors would have used American Chestnut for making shakes?
Of course, the Chestnut blight devastated the American Chestnut trees across the US. Many old American Chestnuts remain as stumps because the blight does not affect the root system. From these stumps, stump sprouts grow and form succession stage shrubs. Unfortunately the blight kills these sprouts before they become a tree.
In Tennessee, the pioneers treasured the American Chestnut for its straight grain, strength, and rot resistance.
Thank you for your videos.
Yay! We are so excited to view your newest video. Thank you -- we learn so much from your channel and appreciate your production and music.
Good video like always
I really enjoyed watching you work an do each step just like in the old days when my dad and grandad use to do the same thang,brings back memories thanks
That was an excellent video. I somehow stumbled on your video and realized I had saw a short video on this type of shingle making several years ago. Your video is way more informative and entertaining.
Favorite show, can't wait to see more of the farm and what has been accomplished
Mi sono iscritto anche se non conosco l'inglese... Ma vedo che quando passione hai nel fare le cose....
Just discovered your channel. Good job teaching the fundamental hard work that our forefathers had to do to survive.
I hit the like button, but not without the smallest amount of trepidation.
I understand that there might not be any other way, honest, but I cannot help but wish that you didn’t have to cut down a beautiful forty foot living tree, just to get a four foot Vee section. Our forefathers weren’t good at having the forethought that the forests weren’t endless. They truly did waste resources; although, undoubtedly, wastage forced on them by expediency.
This is not to give you a negative commentary. I’m pragmatic enough to understand that this is what was done,and why, but it does give one pause.
I appreciate your willingness to steward well the land, Dejavu666 wampas. That's a good thing. And you bring up a good point: I do (and folks should) take into consideration their needs and what resources they can, should, or should not sacrifice to get where they need to be. For me, sacrificing one tree to get the thing I need, along with using the rest of the tree for some practical reason, was worth the sacrifice. But to cut 3 trees for 3 riving brakes when I only need 1, would be crossing a line for me. The point is, to be good stewards, we ought to know where our "lines" are and have a legitimate reason for doing what we do. To me, the main thing is maintaining the personal freedom (liberty) in our country to DO what we think is best for ourselves. Thank you for bringin' this up, Dejavu666 wampas! One additional thing: most of the main founders and first US presidents understood, talked, and even wrote about much of the land abuse that was going on early in our nation. When you get a chance, read James Madison's speech to the Agricultural Society of Albermarle about what direction he though agriculture should take.
Again, a rewatch, much enjoyed. Thank-you again!
Hey Pa. I really enjoyed watchin this video. We have some white oaks on the farm thats some 300 years old id reckon. I gotta couple hog nut hickory trees out front i need to cut down. Id like to make me a couple mallets like them you made.
God bless you and yours.
Cant wait the next video already
Can’t wait til Christmas to see the shakes put on the coop.
So when I move out to Missouri I can stop by and learn a few things from you. Since we will be neighbors and all.
Exceptional work.
Pa Mac, you know the real stuff.
Good to see you again, brother. The boys were excited to see this...they've made red cedar shakes with me, and it's always a good time. A whackin' and a pryin'!
You sure have a nice place. Thanks for sharing.
Love your simple explanations. Thanks for another video, I learned a lot from. I live in eucalyptus country (Australia) and we have a lot of tall, hardwoods that grow like weeds. I consider it bushfire management to use what I can (responsibly) around the house. Time to make me some mallets. :)
Thank you for inspiring me to carry on some of these traditions.
Impressive. Always such a pleasure to get notification of your videos. Happy Independence Day.
Thank you for your videos. Always so much great information and entertaining
Always look forward to your videos, few and far between but worth the wait !!!
Again, thank-you and best!
Shared to 'my' fb page.
Best!
Granpa Quaker John in England.
Double thank you, John!
You are just simply adorable! I was grinning and chuckling thru the whole video! All I wanted was to see how to make wood shingles, uh, shakes! Lol
I hope you're laughin' with me and not at me, Ella! Thanks for takin' time to watch
@@farmhandscompanion Oh, definitely with you! Made my day, I'm grinning now remembering it. I binged watched all your videos and subscribed! Thanks!!!
Really enjoyed your vid..
For the love of trees....😁👍🇬🇧
KCB. UK.
Thanks, Keith
Favorite channel. Wish were more frequent vids.
Quality work again Pa Mac! Thanks for sharing😁
Me and my family love your vidoes, we have been waiting for a while to see a new video from you...keep putting our these vidoes please, they are very informational
Amazing video and craftsmanship! Looking forward to the next part soon...thank you!
As always great to see you and a good video.
As always, well worth the wait! Thank you for taking the time to create such wonderful videos! Both entertaining and educational.
I truly enjoyed this video, thank you!
Didnt see the video yet but am so happy.
You sir is extremely talented n underrated. I subscribed n it’s a lot of fun here on your channel. All the best to you
Another great video. I have always enjoyed watching and learning from your channel. Thanks 👍🇺🇸
Great Videos.... cant wait for the next one!! Learning much thank you
So glad to see another video. I was just thinking a couple days ago I wonder how Pa Mac is doing on the chicken coop. I love the music especially the fiddlin. My grandpa used to play the fiddle in fact I have his and his fathers.
Brian Philbrook, are you related to Herrick Kimball?
Outstanding! You have the best channel on youtube. High quality, informational with a dash of humour... what more can you ask for! It's a great day when you upload a new video. Thank you! Also just realized that you had Patreon, just joined... different last name, same avatar!
Love watching your videos.
Welcome back! Thanks for what I just learned!
My father's dad made big about the difference between shakes and shingles but my grandmother's family was Welsh and they called them all shingles whether split or sawn.
I'm so excited for the next video, I can hardly wait.
Love your videos! Always entertaining and informative at the same time! I get a lot of inspiration from your creativity! As always God bless and good luck in everything!
I think you're channel is awesome! I watched all your videos a couple months back and can't wait to see the apple pie!
Oh goody goody... (25:21minutes later)
Loved it! How nice it is to have a lumber yard eh -- in your "yard."😄 Your chickens are gonna have a mighty fine hen house -- can't wait to see the next video!🐓🐔
Really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for the new video...we missed ya brother!
when do we get to see another video Pa...
Love your sense of humor and your book is excellent as well.
keep up the good work!
The next episode is in the works, Dan.
Thanks so much for watchin', and for gettin' the book!
Great show!
Yes !!!!!!
Thanks !!!!
Enjoy it so much !!!!
Great Channel, looking forward to what is coming up next.
Chainsaw? I got a 4 ft one man cross cut for 12 bucks. I just had to make a handle for it and sharpen it up. A Log peavey and a crosscut makes work easy too. It seems you have watched the woodwright shop by the looks of your hay fork. Nice work, sir.
Oh, no! How does it end? XD Will the chickens ever get a new home? How will they get inside? lol
So many great tips! I wish the rest was up already, I need to make a coop this week (smaller than the one you're making! lol) and would love to see how you did yours. Guess I'll keep looking around for other ideas, too. :)
Thanks!
This is going to be a GREAT July 4th! I can tell because I got a new Pa Mac video to watch 8-). Keep up the good work. You are more important than you know with your skills and common sense. Thank you for posting this video. Happy July 4th, to you and yours, from Garland County, AR
I really enjoy your videos.
Can't wait For the next one!
AWESOME !! Thank you for the lessons. YHS campdog
I really love seeing your videos! Had to make myself a cup of coffee before I sat myself down to enjoy the video. Start of a good morning :)
Happy Fourth of July! Hope you have a good one.
Happy 4th, Pa Mac to you an all your chillins from north of the river, Washington County, AR.
Always good to see the videos you create. Happy 4th of July.
Another great video
Don't that beat all! Thanks for the laughs.
Excellent videos 👍🏻. They remind me of the Foxfire books!
Excellent! Can't wait for the next one! :)
Finally new video, thank you.
When will you show putting on the shakes? We are anxiously awating! :-)
please make this kind of video every weeks...
Ady Unixmoment that is much easier said than done. There is a significant amount of time and labor invested into the work he is doing let alone editing and producing the video.