preparing the timber, workbench part 1
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2020
- Turning a birch log into big timber for a carpenter workbench using a self-made Alaskan style chainsaw sawmill.
As i love to use traditional handtools and usually avoid the noise of machines, i have been hesitating uploading this video. But, i have to admit, that in some cases, it can be a pleasure to work with machines. Like when turning trunks into timber and specially when working mostly alone.
This sawmill is quite simple to make yourself! May this video give you some ideas for it!
Some additional hints:
- It is worth to use a chain designed for cutting along the grain. It gives a flatter cut and decreases the necessary power of your saw. In this video i us a big Stihl. But i have also cutted many timber with my old Husquarna 254 using the same sawmill.
- Whatever chain you use, it should be well sharpened!
If you wonder how birchwood (the other two pieces in the picture of the storage are alder) has this nice grain? The log has been laying for a while allowing mushrooms to enter the wood and start there job of decomposition and design. It just has to be dried before the structure of the wood got weak. It is bit tricky to find this right moment. Maybe it is experience or just flow and trust which can help you to find it out... The birch is perfect, maybe, for the alder it has been bit late. We will se, when it is dry! 
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Beautiful lumber...I'm jealous!
Impressive timber!
Just felt on your channel, man. Excellent job you are doing here. Bravo.
Hi,
How long did you let the slabs dry before beginning to turn them into your workbench? I've enjoyed this series greatly. Your work echoes generations of knowledge of how to work with wood. Very different from contemporary American wood working. You allow the wood to talk and let the pieces you're using inform the outcome rather than simply manipulating the pieces to your will. You do things the way I know my great grandfather did them. Thanks for reminding us
Hi Cameron,
your comment has reminded me some things i knew inside but maybe am not always aware. So thank you too for reminding :-)
The wood has dried for bit over one year. For the size this is rather short. But i made sure to harvest it during cold winter; the tree has taken most water out of the stem to prevent cracking during frost. And it is harvested while decreasing moon - in Europe we call it 'moonwood'. This wood is kept to be more stable.
It was not completely dry when i started to make my workbench, but it did not make me any problems.
All the best!
It’s good to have a Jill for the other end of the crosscut saw. 😉 Nice job. Another greeting from Downunda. 👍👏👏
Can't wait to see those wooden threads married together with this lumber... Keen to see the next installment of the build! Got my sub..Greeting from Australia
What a good timing, i have just been checking the birchwood this afternoon. And it seems to be quite dry. So hands on and best greetings back to the other side!
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho! isso faz lembrar meu velho pai com o trabalho de marcenaria e carpintaria!
Эх! Жалко, что не увидел этот видео ролик 20 лет назад. Но тогда интернета не было, зато занимался работой с лесом. Был здоровый, как бык. А теперь уже старый. Идея пилорамы уже тогда была, такие конструкции продавали из алюминия фирменные, но очень дорого. А для самодельной нужны были направляющие из алюминия, тоже дорого. Но оказывается всё можно было сделать из дерева. Даже направляющие из досок. Я тогда дома сделал пилораму дисковую, диск 1200 мм. Посадил прямо на вал мотора 10 квт и пустил его на каретке по направляющим из уголка 75х75.
Брево зажимали зажимы оригинальной конструкции. Валил и привозил брёвна на своём грузовике. Напилил пиломатериалов и построил дом 2 этажа, ни единой готовой доски в магазине не покупал)
Привет и спасибо за комментарий из соседней страны.
Да, Интернет - это хорошо. Вы можете обмениваться хорошими идеями. Очень приятно знать, что можно построить целый дом, не покупая досок. Может, я тоже попробую.
Теперь я надеюсь, что переводчик хорошо поработал!
@@littleforest Перевод отличный. Надеюсь и с русского переводит хорошо. Скоро весна и будет тепло, тогда тоже займусь брёвнышками. Толстых у меня нет, но остался целый пакет тонких ∅ 8-14 см. Из них тоже можно сделать много хорошего материала, тем более, что они за несколько лет высохли. Хотя сухие может и хуже, может повести и изогнуть при снятии горбыля.
Применю твою идею. Мне ведь не в лесу, а дома на участке, это проще. Твою идею приспособлю под свои условия. Спасибо за идею.
А ту свою пилораму я давно разобрал и отдал на металлолом, я тогда сильно болел и думал уже не встану. Но потом окреп и потянуло опять заниматься станками, металлом и деревом))). От этих занятий душа поёт)))
Magnifique travail. Très joli bois.
Quelle autonomie…un peu dangereux quand même!
Jean-Paul
that 's great
Never done this before so perhaps it might not be necessary, but when cutting long cuts with more weight on top of the saw, it might be worthwhile putting some thin wedges in to prevent binding.
Kuinka kauan tuonkokoista koivu "parrua" pitää kuivata?? How long you have to let it dry? great work. hienoa!
yksi vuosi on hyvää, kaksi vuotta on parempi, kolme olisi paras, pidempään vielä paremmin :-)
That sawmill is excellent. Did you design it, or can plans be found online?
I designed it myself. I just got some inspiration from a buyable similar sawmill. It really is quite simple to make it yourself.
I made a Video from my New chainsawmill. You ll find it in my videossa under the sawmill playlist...
Nice video! Where are you from??
Did you take this 0:03 photo?
Glad, you enjoy! Yes, all pictures are taken by me. I live in the middle oft the vast boreal forests.
Severi????? Sinulla voi olla ongelmia :O
Stihl ms - 361 или 260 . ?
I can't read what you wrote around 12:45 because RUclips puts recommended videos to watch next on the screen, blocking what you wrote, starting about 12:39, which is to say 18 seconds before the end of your video.
Thanx for the comment! I managed to change it, hopefully it worked out..
Have a good day :-)
@@littleforest Love your videos. Thank you!
My neighbor cleared some land a week or two ago, and I was able to get a few saw logs from him, one of which I started ripping for top pieces for a workbench just a couple days ago, inspired by your video. Did you make up your own design for your bench, its joinery, etc., or did you find plans somewhere that you more or less followed?
Ready plans are not so much my thing - i prefer to follow instinct and the wood in front of me. It is not the fastest way to do things, but for me i get more satisfaction out of it. For my bench I spend much time finding out the perfect hight. But again, it does not exist in cm. It depends on your body, what / how you are working... Things to carefully find out.
Cool, you found own, local wood for your project!
If i might give you one hint: Be patient to let it dry. Specially if you use big timber like on my bench for the benchtop. I waited two years, but one more would have been better.
All the Best :-)
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