New footage starts at 36:20, The first part is a compilation of the last 2 months. I built this design of hut to see if two walls could support a roof, the advantage being less labor and materials from not building side walls. In future I'll build a kiln with 8 times the capacity to reduce the number of firings significantly, but that will be next year as the wet season is coming and drying bricks and tiles is difficult then.
Me and my buddy were talking about this channel at work one day and he mentioned captions and I was like... whaaaaaat? And got the pleasure of watching older videos with more info lolol. But the fact that they're that entertaining without them shows how great his videos are hahaha
Not his style. He only goes out to these places once in a while and all of it is just a learning experience for him. He doesn't live out there or anything like that. He just enjoys seeing what he is capable of while limiting himself to ancient knowledge and what's available around him.
@@RedTail1-1 It's why all the copycats just aren't as enjoyable to me. This guy is the real deal. No skidsteer and mini excavator tracks accidentally revealing how fake everything is in the distance like all the other channels. No chainsaw marks. His is pure hobby and education to challenge himself and it being entertaining is a secondary result, not the primary mission.
The best primitive survival content on RUclips hands down, no ads, no sellouts, just peaceful and quality content on youtube for free and for years Had to donate now because I always get a really nice kick when I see you upload a new video, really makes my day/night, whenever I happen to see it 😁😁
I'm literally watching an ad right now. People always forget that they have adblocker or something. See this comment every video while I'm watching an ad haha
@@mockspeed33 This channel is one of the few actually real ones. Most of the "building a 5 star hotel with nothing but a sinkhole"-type videos are fake af, excavator tracks etc.
Thank you for this channel! As a former archaeologist who was also involved in some experimental archaeology, I get a lot of nostalgia and very much appreciate your humble approach, the helpful subtitles, and humorous tidbits. Greetings from Germany and best wishes for the wet season!
I'm sure achieving financial independence helped out quite a bit. He can really just do this is a pure for fun hobby at this point and not worry about the lights turning off. He deserves it.
Came here to say just that. And the multiple camera commenter... have you ever seen a transition that just changed the perspective? Every time the angle changes things have altered, he's at a different step or has altered his pose. He might have many cameras, but there's only one at any given time.
@@primitivetechnology9550You have certainly become a quite proficient potter. Few potters, source their own clay, build a temporary kiln and then prepare, dry and fire their pieces. Are you going to progress from mud bricks to fired clay bricks in order that your structures might survive the wet season? Or would that reduce the opportunities for making videos? Mark from Melbourne Australia
Below is an episode from that Gewisa saxon channel, note how he uses gravel in the walls of his clay oven as it was a common historical practice. ruclips.net/video/0J5IBw9qnPg/video.htmlsi=RGIho91wOxmP-q9W
I like that his pinned comment is telling people exactly where the new footage starts so we COULD skip to it if we wanted, even though that is detrimental to his watch time statistic. Am I still gonna watch the full 48 minutes, you bet I am, but I like that he cares about his viewers experience more than metrics, and informs us so we can skip ahead to the new stuff if we want.
The sun comes up, a man rises to work. The sun goes down, a man rests so that he may rise with the sun to work another day. It is how civilization is built and is one of the most honorable things a man can do with his life. I'm glad the world is coming back around to appreciate this. It was lost for a while.
I've been lucky enough to watch your channel progress from very early on. It's quite meditative for me. Thank you for sharing your incredible efforts. Cheers.
Lmao right man must've made three dozen of those palm frond huts over the years, but I'll watch him do it so he can use it to dry a bunch of tiles every single time
He certainly does put in the hard yards. No Bobcat or Mini-excavator tucked away just out of shot for our lad. Hard-core is the only way. He saves a fortune on gym fees as well, but misses out on the opportunities to pick up a primative lady or two. 😂 Mark from Melbourne Australia
While not primitive tech, you might enjoy Erik Grankvist. He does an (almost) entirely hand tools log cabin build in the forests of Sweden on his own (he once uses a tractor to haul trees he felled). The videos are amazing, and have a similar vibe to Primitive Technology :)
4:14 I love that like the rest of us, prim tech has a shed full of dusty tools and crap. It's just, y'know, made of mud bricks and full of sticks and stones.
Some things are simply a constant of nature. I bet stone-age husbands also wandered off to their shed to have some alone time, whacking stones together and working with fibres and sticks to invent the new cool thing (called rock on a stick with fibres). And I am pretty sure at least one dude was hacking away at a never finished dugout canoe, he named after his ex-wife.
When he carried the tiles away to reveal two big spiders hiding in the stack, I expected some remark, like, “Australia.” The fact that he didn’t say a word, but held the shot because he knew we’d all be thinking it, is real craft.
I discovered John in, I don't know, 2019 or 2020, maybe. Earlier than that? I don't remember when. But he immediately became my favorite YTer. I felt sad when he went for a year or more without putting anything new up. I thought the best channel I had ever seen had become defunct. Then, like a year or two ago, he started up again. That was a very happy day. Thank you, John Plant, for making the best channel on RUclips. And I don't say that lightly; I have subbed to over 100 channels, and I enjoy several of them very much. But yours is #1.
I'm subbed to over 200 channels on this account (only around 100-150 are active) and I have a second profile specifically for channels relating to hobbies. John is still easily one of my top 3 youtubers at all times. I like channels that take things slow and help me disconnect. What he does is so small in the grand scheme of things, but the amount of effort he puts in to everything always makes the final product feel so fulfilling.
what I find amazing is that this channel has spent years working on all of these projects and has determined that something as simple as a fired clay roof tile is the missing link holding him back from progressing because the rain and weather just destroys anything that isn't covered by tile in about 1 year. Crazy how something seemingly insignificant or overkill is actually critical to progressing.
Well, I am currently driving from Melbourne to Cairns via the Inland Route, and when it rains around here, it really rains! Mark from Melbourne Australia In Emerald, Qld, just outside the Tropic of Capricorn. Headed for Townsville Qld tomorrow.
@@Jack_Richards Thanks Jack. My son and I made it to Townsville, but it was a bloody long bouncy drive. Yesterday, we drove from Townsville to Innisfail, helped to set up and pack up the Orchestra performance in the Town Hall. Lovely Art Deco building, repaired after damage from Tropical Cyclone Larry in 2006. Handed the truck over to the next driver and caught the buses with the Orchestra to the hotel in Cairns. Spent today snoozing in the room, to buggered to do anything else. Fly home to Melbourne tomorrow and back to normal work on Thursday. Mark from Melbourne
@@markfryer9880 had to look it up (American) yikes. 31 hours from the top of Aussieland to the bottom. For reference, the drive from mid-Maine to mid-California is 48 hours.
He's also just determined that trees & the wet season & tile roofs aren't a good combination & hold him back too. When you consider that in this video he is averaging making just 6 tiles a day, I wonder which option is actually more efficent, a 1 year lasting one or a far more labour intensive one that lasts less than 3 years
Nine years, yes 9 years of watching PT. Love long form, shorter form, (anything but "shorts") all his content. Amazing and captivating once again. I dig watching through once before subtitles, and then with, and sometimes re-runs for hours. Handsdown one of the very best of Humanity on RUclips. AI will never do this. Heck, I won't do this, but I have enjoyed it for years and it feeds my soul.
I love how you try to better your techniques over the years I've been watching. One advice from a roofer when working with roof tiles, make sure that your first bottom row tiles are lifted by at least thickness of the tile and upper bottom row tile is shorter by the amount of overlap, in your case about 10cm. All of that results in much straighter looking roof. Big ups dude.
Was gonna mention that lifted tile thingy also, called a "kicker" in some places. Prevents them falling off causing the others to follow suite, too, though ya probably knew that already I'll leave it for the curious.
Same here. It seems like the prehistoric version of misplacing your keys or your glasses. "Okay, where did I leave my phone this time? I swear I _just_ had it..."
@@soggycheese8485 True. Over four years of a desk job with long hours that cut down my outside activities, I packed on 20 lbs. After a couple of years of a part-time physical job, I am back down 20lbs.
Bro's stone age axe has outlasted the Gerber I just threw into the garbage after a season of use (handle snapped and the steel is about as hard as ripe bananas). Queue the "made em better back in the day" sentiment
Want a mind fuck? That broken tool you casually threw away after one season of use. contained 1000 times more iron than all of the iron this man has worked a few hundred hours to gather, process, and smelt. It's mind boggling how advanced the knowledge was to bring us these resources today. To the point that the resource itself is no longer valuable to the common man haha
@@grillsidepickin2397 Oh I'm well aware, and it boils my blood. Like bro, why even extract all these resources out of the earth to make garbage. I know better now and invested into quality.
@@andersjjensen Who says I haven't already used his tutorials to make 21 of em? I ain't no filthy casual and Xmas is right around the corner. Friends and family will rejoice this year after I gift them with these freedom enabling homeowner's dream tool.
I know it's late but just in time for Winter Solstice an observation that sparked wonders across the northern hemisphere to indicate Winter is at its peak - good times to come. Keep it up mate & you and your work have become an inspiration & amazement. (Edit grammar as ever... ;).)
I can't tell you how many times I have fallen asleep while watching these videos. It's the combination of the noises of the Far Nth Queensland bush and John working away quietly. It works in John's favour as I end up rewatching the video once or twice. 😂 Mark from Melbourne
The quick back shuffle when you saw the two big spiders at 40:50 was so real 😂 that movement perfectly conveys "im not that scared of spiders, but WHOA i did not think they would be there".
Is this an extended and combined version of the two earlier videos? Primitive Technology: A-frame Roof Tile Factory Primitive Technology: Tile Capped Mud Walls Edit: The last 10ish minutes are all new.
It is, I thought I was going insane with deja vu but the rat paw prints clicked that it's definitely footage from previous videos. In fairness, the description says this whole project took _2.5 months_ so splitting it and then repacking it again is, imo, entirely fair for that amount of work, it still equates to about 3 weeks of work per video uploaded!
i'm always amazed how quickly you can make an ember, from start to finish, it's 30 seconds. A minute later, you've turned that ember into fire... Thanks for the upload! I always stop what i'm doing or watching if i catch you've uploaded
This man’s patience and dedication to life’s simplest questions are profound and inspiring to me. Imagine, these skills would have been rudimentary to our ancestors for thousands of years, but are all but forgotten in our modern world. To rediscover the answers to our basic needs is to understand ourselves.
I realise you are more focused on technology itself, but I would be curious to see how you would tackle "civil engineering" like making a latrine, food storage, multi-person shelters, and so on
Hi, as natural builder I have few improvements. Try make stone foundation higher, at least 20cm above ground. The splash water will not erode the base that quickly. Put larger stones, ceramic shards (1 - 4 cm) into clay mixture + some fiber (longer grass, leaves etc). This prevents cracks. And the most important: put diagonal bracing onto that wooden structure :) Otherwise it is so relaxing to watch you. I admire your dedication.
You can see erosion at 46 minutes already. The wall didn't dry properly, so in rainy region as he is in, structural damage can happened in a year or so, without repairing.
@@AppleseedVending well he try to make it simple. Japan is not that far ftom Australia, but the technique is younger :) He would need also oil to preserve charciol wood.
@@MarianOntkoche's probably only using this hut for the tiles and stash fired bricks. I'm guessing he'll make a new brick house/hut soon and use the tiles and stashed bricks, so this hut won't be needed for long
Never have I learned so much from someone who doesn't speak. Actions truly do speak louder than words. The amount of time and effort is impressive. Nice one Mr Plant.
Man, I was hoping to find something good to watch to chill with a beer after a long day. I don't care if I've seen some of it already, I'm just watching the whole thing. **Relax mode ENGAGED** ✌️
The good thing about these builds is that he can leave them there anytime and if it ends up forgotten and dilapidated, it wouldn't matter too much because the materials are all from nature just returning to the earth at that point. Well done!
@@MoreOrLessUA It was a mention in one of his viewer question answering videos. The title doesn't indicate it but it was in the last 6 months or so. Sorry I can't be more help.
This video showcases very well how long preparing the materials to begin building takes. I also really enjoy the clips of the wildlife around you as you work.
I remember the day someone in the comments mentioned the subtitles. If you read this, bud, you’re a legend. Love this guy’s stuff and the extra information is just the cherry on top!
I LOVE watching this edited footage, but I can’t imagine the hours spent doing the same tasks over and over and over again. True dedication. Thanks for another great video.
Not sure if you'll see this, but how long did it take you to master fire by friction? I'm trying to learn, but it's very difficult! Thanks for all you do, and keep up the good work!!
I first tried making fire when I was about 15 and finally made fire when I was 18. I started with the fire plough method but could only get smoke. Then I practiced hand drill and got it with that. I remember making it first by having the baseboard up on a bench weighed down with bricks so I could stand while making it. If asking how long it took to learn the hand drill method, that probably took a year. Much appreciated.
Привет! Замечательные фильмы у вас, смотрю всегда с большим удовольствием. Поразительные терпение и трудоспособность. Каждый раз что-нибудь новое придумываешь и воплощаешь в жизнь. Природа вокруг прекрасная, животные, столько леса, воды, камней и пригодной для строительства глины. Как в одном месте сконцентрировалось столько полезного? )) Очень хотел бы оказаться рядом и помогать в нелегкой работе по строительству и вообще в изготовлении интересных поделок и инструментов. Имею некоторый опыт в строительстве и подобных делах. Интересно, сколько простоят земляные стены? А не пробовал их армировать ветками, пальмовыми листьями или просто длинными побегами? Сделать типа что-то глинобитного домика? Сначала забиваешь колья в грунт, потом переплетаешь их тонкими ветвями и все обмазываешь глиной или просто землей. Так раньше в 19 и даже в 20 веке строили в наших местах дома, хозпостройки и сараи для животных. Достаточно крепкие и долговечные получаются помещения. Спасибо за контент. Здоровья, терпения, сил и удачи!
Here in France, they used to form the tiles over their upper leg and always put animal prints on one to guarantee a good firing. But someone beat us all and did it for you. Love how you show that with a bit of knowledge you can build safe shelter. By the way, if you make the bottom beam larger , or raise it up, your tiles will all settle into each other. Normally we put on a double lath to kick the bottom tile up as there is no tile for it to go into.
Every upload feels like a reprieve. We set aside the slop, the news, the chaotic whims of civilization, to find peace through a calm stay in the woods.
It’s like he’s sharing his vacation time with us, and in so doing letting us have a small reprieve as well. Through his patient labors do we find succor and rest.
I don't really care if it's a repeat footage. I watch everything in this channel multiple of times. Thank you for being alive and industrious, John. Can't help to think that the hut look like a bus stop, though. 😅😅
Thanks, thought I was going insane for a second.. I was thinking there is no way I remember a video that has been up for 30 min, but I swear I've seen all this before!
Thank you so much for your videos. I got my patents hooked during covid. Now they send me notifications of your videos (even tho I'm subscribed and see all the notifications). Thank you so much for everything you do and giving my parents peace. Much love ❤️
These days I tend to skip through a lot of vids and get a general picture of the theme then move on to the next one in my notification feed. I never skip through John's vids and watch them from beginning to end. Never a dull moment on the Primitive Technology channel 👍😁
relying on just the friction of the tiles against the wood to hold them in place is terrifying to me, I feel like one day they'd all just slide off and all that work would be gone
I just have no words for this guy other than admiration and awe. Plain and simple. For an average, lazy Joe as me watching this guy doing backbreaking work with prehistoric tools is truly a mesmerizing experience. Thank you very much.
I have often thought the same thing. Man, why aren't you using your back for transportation but instead always carry everything with your bare hands. But I guess it is not easy to build something like that. For one, he has no fibers suitable to make some straps from (I think, don't know if it is possible to get the lianas soft enough in order to weave them). Next he would need some way of smoothing the wood. A backpack is not good if it constantly scratches the skin.
He could easily make a backpack. I suspect he just doesn't have to travel that far to collect wood. I would think it would at least be worth having a strap to bundle up the sticks into faggots but 🤷♂️ The fibre he gets from the inner bark of a tree which he used when he made a trebuchet would work well.
New footage starts at 36:20, The first part is a compilation of the last 2 months. I built this design of hut to see if two walls could support a roof, the advantage being less labor and materials from not building side walls. In future I'll build a kiln with 8 times the capacity to reduce the number of firings significantly, but that will be next year as the wet season is coming and drying bricks and tiles is difficult then.
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Awesome stuff! I was wondering what your plans were for those mud walls
Hi! Have you ever considered attempting to make glass?
You should do the compilation videos more often. I'd rewatch them all in long format, and they statistically do well monetarily for RUclipsrs.
How heavy does the wind get in your area? With nothing but gravity holding them down, I'd be worried about wind taking tiles off of the roof...
"a wallaby eating grass as is their custom" and "a water rat being a rat in water." deeply delightful commentary. thank you
I’ve watched this guy for years and your comment just made me finally realize to put on caption 🤯
I quite enjoyed those fauna additions...
@@madmike017 now you get to go back and watch them all over again with captions on.
Me and my buddy were talking about this channel at work one day and he mentioned captions and I was like... whaaaaaat? And got the pleasure of watching older videos with more info lolol. But the fact that they're that entertaining without them shows how great his videos are hahaha
I loved "Nature's bureau of meteorology predicts rain" during the close up of scurrying ants.
Years of watching this dude and he's never fallen into the trap of trying to one-up himself every video. Just steady, incremental progress.
Not his style. He only goes out to these places once in a while and all of it is just a learning experience for him. He doesn't live out there or anything like that. He just enjoys seeing what he is capable of while limiting himself to ancient knowledge and what's available around him.
@@RedTail1-1 well said
@@RedTail1-1 It's why all the copycats just aren't as enjoyable to me. This guy is the real deal. No skidsteer and mini excavator tracks accidentally revealing how fake everything is in the distance like all the other channels. No chainsaw marks. His is pure hobby and education to challenge himself and it being entertaining is a secondary result, not the primary mission.
It quite nicely illustrates how our ancestors slowly but gradually lifted themselves out of the confinement of the animal kingdom.
Honestly doesn't seem like much progress at all. If you watch every month you will eventually find that it's quite repetitive.
The best primitive survival content on RUclips hands down, no ads, no sellouts, just peaceful and quality content on youtube for free and for years
Had to donate now because I always get a really nice kick when I see you upload a new video, really makes my day/night, whenever I happen to see it 😁😁
Thanks for the donation and the encouragement, much appreciated.
I don't know the exchange rate, but it's nice to see Donkey Kong Kountry representing.
I'm literally watching an ad right now. People always forget that they have adblocker or something. See this comment every video while I'm watching an ad haha
@@jose2226 dude, he means an ad read
@@jose2226 he means where he's not like "this video is sponsored by raid shadow legends"
The added animal documentary bits is much appreciated
i agree, feels very much more real than those other fake accounts
Especially when he also zooms in to the seedling in the wall as though it would run if he got closer, made me chuckle
@@mockspeed33 This channel is one of the few actually real ones. Most of the "building a 5 star hotel with nothing but a sinkhole"-type videos are fake af, excavator tracks etc.
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking.
"A water rat being a rat in water."
Thank you for this channel! As a former archaeologist who was also involved in some experimental archaeology, I get a lot of nostalgia and very much appreciate your humble approach, the helpful subtitles, and humorous tidbits. Greetings from Germany and best wishes for the wet season!
It's good to get recognition from from an authority in the archaeological field. Much appreciated!
@@primitivetechnology9550😂"authority", well, I wish I could even come close to having the sheer amount of experience that you have...
Subtitles? Whaaaat now I have to rewatch everything
@@shadrakshanyes, do. It's so calming to binge.
Please do turn on closed captions, im 5 years in and discovered the magic on year 2 lol @@shadrakshan
I'm pretty sure the captions have slowly gotten funnier over the last almost decade this man has been alone atop his field.
When PT was playing in the mud as a kid, who knew he was developing valuable career skills!
I'm sure achieving financial independence helped out quite a bit. He can really just do this is a pure for fun hobby at this point and not worry about the lights turning off. He deserves it.
100 fronds!
He's like a mountaintop sensei
I have been watching this man for over a decade and I am just now learning that he has Subtitles. FML
bro got three different shots of him walking with that massive boulder. So he picked up that boulder 2 extra times for the video... a true champion
Or he has more than one camera?
I reckon this guy is a bricklayer or something, he's got that tradie strength.
@@andrewniconwell I think building things the “primitive technology” way is an effective body building program.
He’s got almost 11 million subscribers on RUclips, he ain’t working a 9 to 5 anymore
Came here to say just that. And the multiple camera commenter... have you ever seen a transition that just changed the perspective? Every time the angle changes things have altered, he's at a different step or has altered his pose. He might have many cameras, but there's only one at any given time.
the parallels between these videos and the work of my other favorite RUclipsr potter Florian Gadsy are beautiful. can't get enough of them
I'll check his channel out. I often watch other pottery channels on RUclips to compare notes. Much appreciated.
@@primitivetechnology9550You have certainly become a quite proficient potter. Few potters, source their own clay, build a temporary kiln and then prepare, dry and fire their pieces. Are you going to progress from mud bricks to fired clay bricks in order that your structures might survive the wet season? Or would that reduce the opportunities for making videos?
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Below is an episode from that Gewisa saxon channel, note how he uses gravel in the walls of his clay oven as it was a common historical practice.
ruclips.net/video/0J5IBw9qnPg/video.htmlsi=RGIho91wOxmP-q9W
@@markfryer9880 In this video, he has a shed with fired bricks, that he made a while back.
I don't like ads but I *do* like supporting creators, especially ones with such dedication to quality. I never get tired of these!
Thankyou for the support. Much appreciated.
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I find it rather incongruous to see ads for diamond jewelry, luxury cars and iPhones on this channel. 🤔
@@Tesserae I'm not sure if he gets to select the exact ads that play on his channel.
I like that his pinned comment is telling people exactly where the new footage starts so we COULD skip to it if we wanted, even though that is detrimental to his watch time statistic.
Am I still gonna watch the full 48 minutes, you bet I am, but I like that he cares about his viewers experience more than metrics, and informs us so we can skip ahead to the new stuff if we want.
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking.
I, uh, missed that comment. Didn't look until I was almost finished the vid. 😅
in it to win it.
I thought I had seen this footage before still awesome though
I started at the beginning, and was like "I've seen this before, right?" Eventually I wondered if he was trying to see if we were paying attention.
저는 당신의 영상을 9년 째 시청하고 있습니다. 모든 영상들은 저에게 언제나 흥미로움과 평온함을 전해 줍니다. 앞으로도 건강하시고, 꾸준한 활동을 기대합니다. 감사합니다.😊
Thanks, much appreciated.
"This can be avoided by simply having more rest days, but the wet season is coming thus work must continue"
Amen I feel you there brother
The sun comes up, a man rises to work. The sun goes down, a man rests so that he may rise with the sun to work another day. It is how civilization is built and is one of the most honorable things a man can do with his life. I'm glad the world is coming back around to appreciate this. It was lost for a while.
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"The wet season is coming..." clacks away at spreadsheets.
That shot at 40:54 lingering on the surprised spiders was excellent.
"Wait, where'd our roof go?!"
40:59 RIP their buddy
I didn't see surprised spiders, I saw doomed ones. Their pal who didn't jump ship found out.
Old hiding place is no longer a good hiding place.
@@klchu I think maybe it climbs out when the heat begins. Might even be light enough to get caught in the updraft and just fly out.
Baby huntsmans
I've been lucky enough to watch your channel progress from very early on. It's quite meditative for me. Thank you for sharing your incredible efforts. Cheers.
Thanks, I'll continue to do so, much appreciated.
How many times have I watched this man make tiles? Yes. How many more times will I watch him make tiles? Same answer
Lmao right man must've made three dozen of those palm frond huts over the years, but I'll watch him do it so he can use it to dry a bunch of tiles every single time
@@Imperial_Squidevery single fucking time! :)
@@Imperial_SquidIt never get's old!!!!
It's like the satisfaction of turning on a factorio mega base and watching it fill up. Always. Satisfying. A L W A Y S.
@@Imperial_Squidwhat a beautifully worded comment that perfectly sums up my feelings
Massive shout out to the only real primitive tech channel on RUclips. Old mate's putting in the hard yards here and we appreciate it.
He certainly does put in the hard yards. No Bobcat or Mini-excavator tucked away just out of shot for our lad. Hard-core is the only way. He saves a fortune on gym fees as well, but misses out on the opportunities to pick up a primative lady or two. 😂
Mark from Melbourne Australia
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We all need to start signing comments online like you. I appreciate it.
- Alex from Chicago IL
While not primitive tech, you might enjoy Erik Grankvist. He does an (almost) entirely hand tools log cabin build in the forests of Sweden on his own (he once uses a tractor to haul trees he felled). The videos are amazing, and have a similar vibe to Primitive Technology :)
@Stiffo90 Thanks Stiffo90, sounds like an interesting recommendation.
Mark from Melbourne Australia.
@Greendogblue Thanks, Alex from Chicago, IL. In my younger days (back in the 80s) I a Blues Brother at the Valhalla Cinema in Melbourne. 😂
I am still waiting, like everyone, for a metal hatchet. I love your videos and your work!Keep it up!
Thanks I'll keep working on it. Much appreciated.
Gaining access to large logs will be an incredibly useful help in architecture
4:14
I love that like the rest of us, prim tech has a shed full of dusty tools and crap. It's just, y'know, made of mud bricks and full of sticks and stones.
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Some things are simply a constant of nature.
I bet stone-age husbands also wandered off to their shed to have some alone time, whacking stones together and working with fibres and sticks to invent the new cool thing (called rock on a stick with fibres). And I am pretty sure at least one dude was hacking away at a never finished dugout canoe, he named after his ex-wife.
@@robertnett9793😂 Please stop. I am having a laughing fit here! 😂😂 The dug out canoe got me!
I've been watching your videos since day 1 and they have brought me immense joy over the years. I wish I could give more.
Thankyou, I'll continue making them as long as possible. Much appreciated.
@@primitivetechnology9550 a patreon with ad free videos could be beneficial
Your humor improves with each video, incrementally and steadily - like most of your projects! Keep it up!
Will do, much appreciated.
Thanks for explaining what the Water Rat was doing at 5:24 . This was very helpful.
"A wallaby eating grass as is their custom"
He has an international audience, so many will not be accustomed Australian wild life. But as usual our man delivers.
The ants carrying their larvae out of their deep nests to avoid rain floods as the 'weather prediction' was amazingly spot on and hilarious.
imagine there are people who watch primitive technology without subtitles
@@_intrepidyes. Me. I had. No idea.
Awesome to see those footprints. I've seen multiple roman roof tiles in museums which had cat paws on it. Just makes history really relatable
Thank you, this is best channel on youtube
Thankyou
POLSKA RAHHH🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
His videos will never get old and are never long enough 😂
Oh, and anyone that's new to his videos, be sure to turn on closed caption
Sure they will. They'll just age soooooo much better than others and remain relevant for when civilization collapses.
I remember when I learned about the captions. Brought my viewing experience to a completely new level.
@@justusmorelos2347same, i feel like I can hear him talking now 🤣
Just learned about captions 3 seconds ago. Bringing my viewing experience to a completely new level!
And he also takes few years hiatus before coming back on early 2023.
A water rat being a rat in water hahaha i dont recall much humor in the previous videos but its a nice addition
Once in awhile he drop bangers but more recently it more common
I also love the animal highlights
Bei uns sind Schermäuse Wasserratten , wenn sie an Gewässern leben , werden sie um ein Viertel größer !
When he carried the tiles away to reveal two big spiders hiding in the stack, I expected some remark, like, “Australia.” The fact that he didn’t say a word, but held the shot because he knew we’d all be thinking it, is real craft.
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking.
John should go on a podcast and have the producer put in subtitles while sitting there silent and shirtless
I discovered John in, I don't know, 2019 or 2020, maybe. Earlier than that? I don't remember when. But he immediately became my favorite YTer. I felt sad when he went for a year or more without putting anything new up. I thought the best channel I had ever seen had become defunct. Then, like a year or two ago, he started up again. That was a very happy day.
Thank you, John Plant, for making the best channel on RUclips. And I don't say that lightly; I have subbed to over 100 channels, and I enjoy several of them very much. But yours is #1.
word
What about super eye patch wolf
I'm subbed to over 200 channels on this account (only around 100-150 are active) and I have a second profile specifically for channels relating to hobbies. John is still easily one of my top 3 youtubers at all times. I like channels that take things slow and help me disconnect. What he does is so small in the grand scheme of things, but the amount of effort he puts in to everything always makes the final product feel so fulfilling.
super eyepatch wolf is also named john
48 minutes of pure primitive technology
half of video is from reupload from couple of weeks...
except for the camera recording it. lol😆
@@lootenant. yeah i realized that, still ill watch it entirely
We didn't realize this until later.
Of the same thing we've seen him do dozens of times.
what I find amazing is that this channel has spent years working on all of these projects and has determined that something as simple as a fired clay roof tile is the missing link holding him back from progressing because the rain and weather just destroys anything that isn't covered by tile in about 1 year. Crazy how something seemingly insignificant or overkill is actually critical to progressing.
Well, I am currently driving from Melbourne to Cairns via the Inland Route, and when it rains around here, it really rains!
Mark from Melbourne Australia
In Emerald, Qld, just outside the Tropic of Capricorn. Headed for Townsville Qld tomorrow.
@@markfryer9880long drive! Wish you luck, and make sure you have breaks!
@@Jack_Richards Thanks Jack. My son and I made it to Townsville, but it was a bloody long bouncy drive. Yesterday, we drove from Townsville to Innisfail, helped to set up and pack up the Orchestra performance in the Town Hall. Lovely Art Deco building, repaired after damage from Tropical Cyclone Larry in 2006. Handed the truck over to the next driver and caught the buses with the Orchestra to the hotel in Cairns.
Spent today snoozing in the room, to buggered to do anything else.
Fly home to Melbourne tomorrow and back to normal work on Thursday.
Mark from Melbourne
@@markfryer9880 had to look it up (American) yikes. 31 hours from the top of Aussieland to the bottom. For reference, the drive from mid-Maine to mid-California is 48 hours.
He's also just determined that trees & the wet season & tile roofs aren't a good combination & hold him back too. When you consider that in this video he is averaging making just 6 tiles a day, I wonder which option is actually more efficent, a 1 year lasting one or a far more labour intensive one that lasts less than 3 years
Nine years, yes 9 years of watching PT. Love long form, shorter form, (anything but "shorts") all his content. Amazing and captivating once again. I dig watching through once before subtitles, and then with, and sometimes re-runs for hours. Handsdown one of the very best of Humanity on RUclips. AI will never do this. Heck, I won't do this, but I have enjoyed it for years and it feeds my soul.
The first legend of (Primitive Technology), often imitated.... never duplicated.
Right!!! How many imitations have fallen off. And how many inspirations are still going because of this man
Well said
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking.
@tulipalll Indeed I did!
@@epicperson53 OH... like the ones with excavator dig marks and tracks found in their videos of underground shelters? 😂
Thanks for the great content over the years.
Thanks for the support I'll keep it coming.
I love how you try to better your techniques over the years I've been watching. One advice from a roofer when working with roof tiles, make sure that your first bottom row tiles are lifted by at least thickness of the tile and upper bottom row tile is shorter by the amount of overlap, in your case about 10cm. All of that results in much straighter looking roof. Big ups dude.
Was gonna mention that lifted tile thingy also, called a "kicker" in some places. Prevents them falling off causing the others to follow suite, too, though ya probably knew that already I'll leave it for the curious.
I love this channel. No talking , No music , just nature and a peaceful man living life to the fullest.
Salute .
your hardwork is a motivation to me.
Thanks for your support, glad to be motivational.
For some reason I find it really funny that he keeps loosing his little pots
Someone downstream is going to be really confused, one day.
I think there could be a link with here...
Same here. It seems like the prehistoric version of misplacing your keys or your glasses. "Okay, where did I leave my phone this time? I swear I _just_ had it..."
That may have been a two walled tiled hut at first, but after that first fire it’s a two walled tiled home. Thanks so much, John!
Thank you for the incredible content over the years! Have a great christmas!
Thanks, I'll continue to make more. Merry Christmas to you too!
Thanks
Thankyou
45 minutes? Dude. Hell yeah.
48 minutes!
half of video is from reupload from couple of weeks...
Men be like: hell yeah
The next one gonna be many minutes long.🤯
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking.
This video is full of little friends, please keep this trend up, it's lovely to see the woods alive
Finally! He developed some kind of primitive writing at 06:05!
Don't forget to turn on the closed captions / subtitles! He uses those to describe what he is doing in lieu of speaking. ❤😉
Anyone else noticed this bloke is steadily becoming more and more of a unit?
I have admired this mans physique for years.
Not before you told us, but yeah! He is getting really muscular.
What hard work does to a mf
@@soggycheese8485 True. Over four years of a desk job with long hours that cut down my outside activities, I packed on 20 lbs. After a couple of years of a part-time physical job, I am back down 20lbs.
You can really see it in his hands
Amazing to watch, your videos are the best!
Thanks For watching them, much appreciated.
Bro's stone age axe has outlasted the Gerber I just threw into the garbage after a season of use (handle snapped and the steel is about as hard as ripe bananas). Queue the "made em better back in the day" sentiment
Want a mind fuck? That broken tool you casually threw away after one season of use. contained 1000 times more iron than all of the iron this man has worked a few hundred hours to gather, process, and smelt. It's mind boggling how advanced the knowledge was to bring us these resources today. To the point that the resource itself is no longer valuable to the common man haha
Welp. Our man, here, has shown you exactly how to make one. You just need some rocks, a piece of wood and a whole lotta patience.
@@grillsidepickin2397 Oh I'm well aware, and it boils my blood. Like bro, why even extract all these resources out of the earth to make garbage. I know better now and invested into quality.
@@andersjjensen Who says I haven't already used his tutorials to make 21 of em? I ain't no filthy casual and Xmas is right around the corner. Friends and family will rejoice this year after I gift them with these freedom enabling homeowner's dream tool.
@@MassiveReactiveImagine rocking up to a job site and the homeowner offers you their hammer and it's a fucking stone hammer lmao
Thanks!
Thankyou!
I know it's late but just in time for Winter Solstice an observation that sparked wonders across the northern hemisphere to indicate Winter is at its peak - good times to come.
Keep it up mate & you and your work have become an inspiration & amazement. (Edit grammar as ever... ;).)
We've probably just had the longest day here in the southern hemisphere. Much appreciated.
My dude hasn’t aged in the 4+ years Ive been watching, absolutely love this channel
The power of exercise
But he got more buffed every year.
You have beytefoul 👍 good
@@TheIhplodur every now and again you get a shot like @27:58 where you see the size of the guns he's packing
u don't know about exercise
This guy is a legend already and haven't spoken ONE word. WOW! Just perfection his work.
@Bouzoukos, do remember to turn on the subtitles...
it took me years before I realised the narration is in the subtitles
When/if he finally speaks I hope he sounds like Gilbert Godfrey.
I like watching this guy as asmr before going to sleep or just relaxing after a very busy day
I can't tell you how many times I have fallen asleep while watching these videos. It's the combination of the noises of the Far Nth Queensland bush and John working away quietly. It works in John's favour as I end up rewatching the video once or twice. 😂
Mark from Melbourne
The quick back shuffle when you saw the two big spiders at 40:50 was so real 😂 that movement perfectly conveys "im not that scared of spiders, but WHOA i did not think they would be there".
Also the initial quick movement. He was coming right at him!
Startling huntsman spiders is not wise. They do jump 😁
I live in the region & they're probably some of the smallest huntsman's one could have the pleasure of being surprised by! 😅
I liked that you were showing the locals in this video. A good addition.
Is this an extended and combined version of the two earlier videos?
Primitive Technology: A-frame Roof Tile Factory
Primitive Technology: Tile Capped Mud Walls
Edit: The last 10ish minutes are all new.
I thought a lot of this looked familiar…
Yeah seems so to until he almost drops the huge rock on his foot to really click can’t believe the wallaby and water rat weren’t enough
It is, I thought I was going insane with deja vu but the rat paw prints clicked that it's definitely footage from previous videos. In fairness, the description says this whole project took _2.5 months_ so splitting it and then repacking it again is, imo, entirely fair for that amount of work, it still equates to about 3 weeks of work per video uploaded!
@@Imperial_Squid yeah I had deja vu when I saw the rat paw prints and the little animal hiding under a tile.
Yes, but now you get the whole story from, beginning to end.
i'm always amazed how quickly you can make an ember, from start to finish, it's 30 seconds. A minute later, you've turned that ember into fire... Thanks for the upload! I always stop what i'm doing or watching if i catch you've uploaded
IIRC his record so far on camera is 5 reps (repetitions with the fire sticks)
@@Sphendranaon this vid his best was 5. I'm pretty sure I've seen him do it in 3. Ambient humidity will have a big part to play
Usually 3 reps to first smoke and a total of five to the ember. Amazing technique and watching it never gets old.
This man’s patience and dedication to life’s simplest questions are profound and inspiring to me. Imagine, these skills would have been rudimentary to our ancestors for thousands of years, but are all but forgotten in our modern world. To rediscover the answers to our basic needs is to understand ourselves.
I realise you are more focused on technology itself, but I would be curious to see how you would tackle "civil engineering" like making a latrine, food storage, multi-person shelters, and so on
Bump, id dig that avenue
How about water pipes?
@@laurdy Bamboo
@@John_Smith_86diverting fresh water to the hut with some level of piping would be nice. Reduce having to carry water for pottery
Civil engineering takes a lot of labor. He spent a lot of labor just making a 2 walled tiled hut. He'd need more people to complete "public works".
Years-long viewer and I'm still amazed at the amount of patience and persistence he has. Bravo, man. I love it
Terimakasih karena anda telah membuat video-video yang sangat menyenangkan untuk saya tonton selama bertahun-tahun.
Much appreciated.
Hi, as natural builder I have few improvements. Try make stone foundation higher, at least 20cm above ground. The splash water will not erode the base that quickly. Put larger stones, ceramic shards (1 - 4 cm) into clay mixture + some fiber (longer grass, leaves etc). This prevents cracks. And the most important: put diagonal bracing onto that wooden structure :) Otherwise it is so relaxing to watch you. I admire your dedication.
That’s exactly how mad wall is built in my country.
By the way, how long do you think the one built in the video would last?
You can see erosion at 46 minutes already. The wall didn't dry properly, so in rainy region as he is in, structural damage can happened in a year or so, without repairing.
He could also borrow from the Japanese style of making foundations for his wooden structures.
@@AppleseedVending well he try to make it simple. Japan is not that far ftom Australia, but the technique is younger :) He would need also oil to preserve charciol wood.
@@MarianOntkoche's probably only using this hut for the tiles and stash fired bricks. I'm guessing he'll make a new brick house/hut soon and use the tiles and stashed bricks, so this hut won't be needed for long
Never have I learned so much from someone who doesn't speak. Actions truly do speak louder than words. The amount of time and effort is impressive. Nice one Mr Plant.
turn on subtitles
4:09
"a wallaby eating grass as is their custom" love that description
Man, I was hoping to find something good to watch to chill with a beer after a long day.
I don't care if I've seen some of it already, I'm just watching the whole thing.
**Relax mode ENGAGED** ✌️
everytime u take the finished clay things out of your oven , i get a goosebump. the sound of the burned clay is just beautiful
The good thing about these builds is that he can leave them there anytime and if it ends up forgotten and dilapidated, it wouldn't matter too much because the materials are all from nature just returning to the earth at that point. Well done!
(This is a poor translation support.)
I do not understand where you are going.
Nevertheless, I will charge you to continue your way.🙀
Thankyou, I'll continue to the projects. Much appreciated.
hey man, you should leave comments in japanese. youtube let's you translate comments, and the translations are usually pretty good
@@cvspvr ありがとう。
気になって自分の文章を再翻訳したら、応援のメッセージが命令の文章に変わってました😰
次からは母国語でメッセージを残します。
cvspvrさん、忠告有難う御座います♪
@@595submarine8haha yes, it does sound like you're commanding him to make more videos
@@primitivetechnology9550 今回は母国語で文章を書きます。
cvspvrさんとのやり取りで、間違ったメッセージが貴方に届いてたことに気付きました。
前回のメッセージは応援の内容でした。貴方に命令するつもりは微塵もありません。
貴方の動画が末永く続くよう応援しています🥰
This man turned down a visit from Adam Savage just to rush for the wet season. The dedication!
Adam Savage is kind of a dork, anyway.
They did have lunch, though. Adam talked about it and said he was very impressed by his attitude, outlook and general philosophy of life.
Can anyone tell how to find it? Searched "Adam Savage Primitive Technology" and sadly got nothing 😢
@@MoreOrLessUAsame id like to see that
@@MoreOrLessUA It was a mention in one of his viewer question answering videos. The title doesn't indicate it but it was in the last 6 months or so. Sorry I can't be more help.
I'm impressed with how long that stone axe has survived. It looks in perfect shape even with all the years of use.
He never leaves it outside so it doesn't rust.
😂@@johnshite4656
This video showcases very well how long preparing the materials to begin building takes. I also really enjoy the clips of the wildlife around you as you work.
I remember the day someone in the comments mentioned the subtitles. If you read this, bud, you’re a legend. Love this guy’s stuff and the extra information is just the cherry on top!
Hell yeah 48 minutes of pure kino
half of video is from reupload from couple of weeks...
Finally, something good to watch
I LOVE watching this edited footage, but I can’t imagine the hours spent doing the same tasks over and over and over again. True dedication. Thanks for another great video.
Two and a half months straight. For fun. That’s dedication to the craft.
Not sure if you'll see this, but how long did it take you to master fire by friction? I'm trying to learn, but it's very difficult! Thanks for all you do, and keep up the good work!!
I first tried making fire when I was about 15 and finally made fire when I was 18. I started with the fire plough method but could only get smoke. Then I practiced hand drill and got it with that. I remember making it first by having the baseboard up on a bench weighed down with bricks so I could stand while making it. If asking how long it took to learn the hand drill method, that probably took a year. Much appreciated.
Thanks! Have you considered making ceramic pipes to get water closer to the workshop?
It is something I've considered though the water is bellow the level of the huts. If I find a spring I'll do it. Much appreciated.
This is the best channel on youtube hands down
I love that you go to the trouble of putting captions in. Great video again.
Привет! Замечательные фильмы у вас, смотрю всегда с большим удовольствием. Поразительные терпение и трудоспособность. Каждый раз что-нибудь новое придумываешь и воплощаешь в жизнь. Природа вокруг прекрасная, животные, столько леса, воды, камней и пригодной для строительства глины. Как в одном месте сконцентрировалось столько полезного? )) Очень хотел бы оказаться рядом и помогать в нелегкой работе по строительству и вообще в изготовлении интересных поделок и инструментов. Имею некоторый опыт в строительстве и подобных делах. Интересно, сколько простоят земляные стены? А не пробовал их армировать ветками, пальмовыми листьями или просто длинными побегами? Сделать типа что-то глинобитного домика? Сначала забиваешь колья в грунт, потом переплетаешь их тонкими ветвями и все обмазываешь глиной или просто землей. Так раньше в 19 и даже в 20 веке строили в наших местах дома, хозпостройки и сараи для животных. Достаточно крепкие и долговечные получаются помещения. Спасибо за контент. Здоровья, терпения, сил и удачи!
о, хоть один русский написал нормальный коммент, а то все один негатив
He actually does have a wattle and daub video: ruclips.net/video/nCKkHqlx9dE/video.html
Here in France, they used to form the tiles over their upper leg and always put animal prints on one to guarantee a good firing.
But someone beat us all and did it for you.
Love how you show that with a bit of knowledge you can build safe shelter.
By the way, if you make the bottom beam larger , or raise it up, your tiles will all settle into each other. Normally we put on a double lath to kick the bottom tile up as there is no tile for it to go into.
Every upload feels like a reprieve. We set aside the slop, the news, the chaotic whims of civilization, to find peace through a calm stay in the woods.
It’s like he’s sharing his vacation time with us, and in so doing letting us have a small reprieve as well. Through his patient labors do we find succor and rest.
"A water rat being a rat in water". I'm loving the funny subtitles.
This is my chirstmas gift ill watch this with pure joy
This channel is one of my all-time favorites. I always prefer when people don't talk and do things.
I don't really care if it's a repeat footage. I watch everything in this channel multiple of times. Thank you for being alive and industrious, John. Can't help to think that the hut look like a bus stop, though. 😅😅
this isn't
noy quite repeat at least - previous footages edited, new added
Now he just needs to build a clay bus...
@@DevinBaillieGilligan's Island style? 😂
I think 35:50 is where it picks up from last video!
my goat
Thanks, thought I was going insane for a second.. I was thinking there is no way I remember a video that has been up for 30 min, but I swear I've seen all this before!
Mvp here
🫡
His opening commentary says the new stuff starts at 36:20.
谢谢！
Thankyou!
Thank you so much for your videos. I got my patents hooked during covid. Now they send me notifications of your videos (even tho I'm subscribed and see all the notifications). Thank you so much for everything you do and giving my parents peace. Much love ❤️
4:06 "a wallaby eating grass, as is their custom" 😂
I loved the dramatic Tarantino zoom at 20:19, as if that pile of bricks had killed your loved ones years ago and you were facing up for revenge.
Long format, love it!
You always know what makes a great video!
Love every single video😁
Much appreciated
We just going to ignore that he picked up a boulder and walked off with it like it was regular 10lbs sack of potatoes?
yea baby we r so back
These days I tend to skip through a lot of vids and get a general picture of the theme then move on to the next one in my notification feed. I never skip through John's vids and watch them from beginning to end. Never a dull moment on the Primitive Technology channel 👍😁
relying on just the friction of the tiles against the wood to hold them in place is terrifying to me, I feel like one day they'd all just slide off and all that work would be gone
Meh, that'd just be turned into grog for the next batch.
I feel like there should be something binding the tiles to the roof. One good wind and the whole thing goes.
I just have no words for this guy other than admiration and awe. Plain and simple. For an average, lazy Joe as me watching this guy doing backbreaking work with prehistoric tools is truly a mesmerizing experience. Thank you very much.
I don't think I have ever seen a camera shadow in any of your presentations. This preserves the primitive nature of the experience- great work!
With the amount of firewood you gather, wouldn't it make sense to make a carrying-aid in a back-pack-esque style to transport more in one go?
I have often thought the same thing. Man, why aren't you using your back for transportation but instead always carry everything with your bare hands.
But I guess it is not easy to build something like that. For one, he has no fibers suitable to make some straps from (I think, don't know if it is possible to get the lianas soft enough in order to weave them). Next he would need some way of smoothing the wood. A backpack is not good if it constantly scratches the skin.
He could easily make a backpack.
I suspect he just doesn't have to travel that far to collect wood.
I would think it would at least be worth having a strap to bundle up the sticks into faggots but 🤷♂️
The fibre he gets from the inner bark of a tree which he used when he made a trebuchet would work well.