Building a Dome Hut: Bark Roof Bushcraft Shelter
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- We build a dome hut using primitive technology and simple hand tools. The frame of the bushcraft shelter was built using hazel saplings woven and lashed together with inner bark of cedar tree. Using a bushcraft knife, we carved up a bark peeler and used these to peel the bark off of the tree. The tree bark was placed in lake water overnight to keep the moisture in it. We then placed the bark over the frame of the hut and lashed it to the frame with more inner bark cordage. After a few days the bark dries and moulds to the frame, creating a waterproof roof. For bedding we used cedar boughs. The door was built with a few more hazel sticks lashed to a large boar hide which we can open and close to get into the bushcraft shelter. For the bedding inside the shelter we used cedar boughs and when we did the first overnight in the bushcraft camp we slept on deer hides and sheepskins.
This dome hut is also known as a Wigwam. It was traditionally built by Native American tribes in North America. Typically, the roof would have been built using silver birch bark. But they were resourceful people and would have used whatever resources they had around them. This type of Wigwam would typically sleep a small family. However, larger long house structures were built by American Native Indians of the Northeast Woodlands. However, they built their structures using birch bark, juniper bark and willow saplings. We enjoyed doing this piece of living history. Please find more of our historic build series below:
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Watch all of our Historic Builds inspired by our Ancestors: ruclips.net/p/PLxnadpeGdTxD9oAbeZcYKiGO7p3gIXmuZ We gained inspiration from the Native American culture for this shelter build. Using all-natural materials found in the woods around us: Hazel sticks for the frame, cedar bark for the roof and twisted inner cedar bark for the cordage. This Wigwam is ideal for 2-3 people. If it were larger it could have a fire in it. In fact, Native American tribes went on to develop a "long house" design which had fully functioning fire areas for cooking and warmth, as well as beds for whole families. Things we learnt from this build: Peeling the bark off the trees had to be done when it had been recently cut (whilst the sap was running). These trees were cut not by us, but by the land owner as part of forest management. The bark was very tough and difficult to peel. Especially on the dry days. Hazel sticks have to be cut green in order to get them to bend like they did. Hazel is one of a few species that actually thrive from being cut down green. It encourages re-growth and is an ancient tradition here in England knows as "coppicing". It is still a very big part of British woodland management. For the cordage, we used the inner bark of the cedar. We found that by soaking it in water, it made it much more pliable and less likely to break. What we didn't realise, was how much the bark shrinks when it dries. This meant that although it dries solid to the frame, it left gaps between other pieces of bark which mean rain could enter the shelter. We learned loads when building this, and we truly appreciated how skilled and dedicated the tribes of North America are when constructing their homes and shelters. Thank you for watching - Mike
I noticed your bark ties got thinner as you went along withe build. What did finally settle on as a good width?
@@readhistory2023 About 3 1/4 inch was best I think
Ooooo! I'm excited to see that!
Do you mean 3/4 “ ?
You and the old man not due an Irish fishing trip soon Mike!! Love them videos!!
Really enjoyed the video guys. I have built a similar shelter myself, but on a larger scale while working with several friends who are Cherokee. One thing some may not have noticed is how you were piercing the bark to lace it onto the framework. Using an awl to pierce the bark, opens the fibers, instead of cutting them as a knife or drill would, which allows the hole to close back up. A similar method is used in constructing birch bark canoes. It will be interesting to see how the structure weathers the English climate, should do well, as your maritime climate is similar to where such shelters were commonly used.
Do you think it would crack during a harsh winter?
Wow i wish You would make a video with Your Cherooke friends so that we can all watch
The dog said, "NO! My stick, you two took all the good ones to build."🤣
Imagine being able to work that silently...
Fr I’d bust my knuckles and be cursing like hell 🤣💀
Plot twist.. they put the sound in during editing... 😂🤣
It's not that hard... Just don't talk. It's not like they aren't actually talking, they've edited out all of the talking! Besides, they're just completely copying the video style of a guy who does this stuff by himself and therefore has no one to talk to.
I agree
My guess is if they talk it will be so loud on the microphone as they have the gain turned right up to catch all the noises 🙊
These videos take me back to my childhood back on the island I was born on, so much satisfaction building little huts and shelters, nice work guys.
I always absolutely enjoy watching bush craft with 2 people .because i am not a lone Ranger.I love like minded folks around me especially in the wild
All i think of when they remove the bark from the stump is "Ooop vegan leather"
Ew
true tho lmao
My kids love watching your videos. Now we're planning a trip into the woods ourselves. Thanks for the great content!
That's is like the most creative and useful method of making of a dome hut you guys are the greatest thanks for the enlighten method of Bushcraft 🙏👋
I love that your videos don't use a lot of talking. Some videos just have way too much talking.
Getting that bark off looks like a bit of an art, lucky to find so much of it just hanging around under the bridge like that :) Bad jokes aside , I get so much from this channel Mike and just wanted to say thanks for all the effort you put in. Ive gleaned so many little tips and ideas to use in my own efforts. between you and yer ol' man you are literally teaching the practical cornerstones of our species survival . I hope your very proud of that mate, keep up the smashing work .
Dang! You guys did ALL THAT in 15 minutes! amazing
They didn't do it in 15 minutes they cut the cam so they could work more so the video wasn't 2 days long
@@alexei1882 woooosh
@@Astrohhh yes
Alexei 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Alexei thought you died
Poor Amber, she really wanted to help, but she brought the wrong kind of *Bark,* so it appears she decided to just sit this one out.
Dustin is 'wizzard' at natural lashing! Good to see you demonstrate 'suppling', the part of bending wood I always forgot! I LOVE the quality 'spuds' you each made for removing bark. Your project this week is moving along nicely, maybe due to experience and to using better 'bushcraft.'
The kids and I love watching you and Dustin working together! My boys want me to teach them how to do this kind of thing so they can build a fort in the woods on the land we bought. Maybe we’ll start a kiddo bushcraft channel 😁 Cheers!
Just don't forget to buy a dog too. That's the secret ingredient.
kaczan3 Two, definitely. A Jack Russel and a Staffordshire terrier. 😁
Adopt a dog.
Really enjoy the footage after the build when you're cooking and whatever else, could watch an hour of that. Really enjoy your videos 👌
Fantastic video guys! Im loving the shelter builds in the woods you are doing. It must have taken ages to film and edit to get the shots looking the way you did for this. The silent element of the video is a nice touch, great for non english speakers but it adds a sort of relaxing quality. Top effort!
Time spent learning is never thrown away. Gaining new insight, doing it every day!
Well done guys. It looks amazing! Great build!
I love the doggy 😍💕 , you guys are great very serene , calming video, I no it's hard work for you guys but it's a very nice for us to watch, thank you!
"Know" not "no"
I miss the longer videos Mike, Something we viewers can get our teeth into. Still love watching your videos all the same. Keep up the good work and I'm sure I speak for everyone when saying, Hope wife and baby to be are both doing well as i'm sure they are... God bless from Ireland
Cheers John. Yeh I will make longer videos again soon. It's just mad busy at the moment balancing youtube and home life. Wife, baby and doggo all doing well thanks!
@@TAOutdoors Tell Daddy Graham I was chatting with Smith and he told me to say that the sea' s are clear for some serious Mackeral bashing, He might keep some for a catch and cook and freeze the rest for some big winter Hens. Love your dad's fishing videos. How that Man hasn't had an OBE by now is beyond human comprehension... Chat soon. Over and out brother.
Not only are your videos great and interesting to watch but it's so nice not having to watch a video of a subject I'm interested in an and being subjected to someone's idea of 'music'. Total bliss!
TOTALLY AMAZING demonstration of the toughness and utility of inner bark strapping and cordage! I'm back for another look! Can you do an overnight in this again?
love it! i just finished my first shelter with heated floors on my channel but idk what project i should start next. i might try this!
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Christian#1 Farley thank you so much!
Christ in a can...Heated floors...Is this "survival" thing going just a bit too far..? What next...satawat tv..?
It is a technique called, 'Smoothing It' coined by Dave Canterbury. Just cuz we out in da woods, don't mean we gotta live rough, just takes a bit of ingenuity. (y)
I swear his kids are gonna have the BEST playhouses and fortresses
I love the music in the background ❤️🌱🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🪵🕊🕊🕊
For the sake of feedback I like the "pictures only" videos. IMO there's no narrative needed to explain what the video clearly shows. Great job on the bark peeling tools... it was clear the knife method was inefficient. Thanks for another great video.
That is soooo much bark man! I can definitley respect the hard work you put into this! Collecting bark is seriously time consuming haha. Awesome work!
Love that I can watch these and not a word spoken it just lets you appreciate the craftsmanship in the making of the hut
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That was awesome man! I love how you made a basting brush off of the landscape!!!
That Is so cool I'm thinking about makeing one to camp out with my son thanks for share very impressive dude
this guy deserves a chance on the discovery channel
Definitely one of the best hobbies ever! Real word application!
I never get tired of these kind of videos
I know you're all about natural historical stuff at the moment. But that framework made me wonder what weird and wonderful shelters you 2 would make with a 4x4 tarp.
Wow, This video is awesome. I'm so impressed that you made door with skin. It is beautiful.
Looks pretty cool. Rather complicated, but preeetty cool.
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Love it amazing just amazing wht u can build from nature materials.
The father & son bonding these two guys have is amazing! Wish i had this with my pops
Eman Valenz These are actually just two friends. But there are videos where one of the guys does builds with his father
This is really impressive guys! Bet you wish our ancestors would have invented cable ties sooner though 😅
so peaceful to look at
Love everything your doing here..... Smart to know how to do
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Nice compilation! A re- run actually. 👍😁
Awesome video. Always enjoy watching you and Bushcraft Tools together. Take care.
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Nice little hut. You would have struggled without the dogs help though, Lol. I,ve made Gypsy bender tents the same way, except covered with a tarp, quick and easy and you can have an indoor fire with a bit of tinkering.
A friend of mine and I made a wigwam frame in the same manor but never got to finish it. We did the same for making the holes for the saplings.
I love it door
Love ur channel! Very inspiring. Sending love from Austin tx
I cant wrap my head around why they built such a nice structure right in the middle of the dang road!
Great video. It seems like if you had layered the bark on horizontally and overlapping it would be more weatherproof?
that was absolutely amazing. thank you for this video..
Nicely done ,so many people don't get out and learn ,love the video
Very cool
The forest in my place is very wet and the forest in you is very beautiful. I come from Vietnam
Looks mint well done guys
its pretty satisfying
Great debris + shelter. Looks cozy.
Have they fallen out? Dont say much but very skillful chaps.
Haha
Love it, nice work.
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WE WANT MORE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE MAKING STUFF LIKE THIS PLEASE
Great little project! Dustin and yourself are a great team. Keep the vids coming boys.
Great technique. I bet a rain gauge on the inside would read the same as a rain gauge outside.
I love this video. Really I have enjoyed all your videos. They are so informative and entertaining, Thanks for sharing.
This video is so good for me because my family plan for our camping next Friday sorry for my wrong grammar hahaha
Always enjoy watching your video's Mike 🙂 I enjoyed this build with Dustin, take care & ATB Andy 🙂🥃👍
you are so like that you have dad like this
Too bad your dad abandoned you after failing your 1st grade spelling test.
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Amazing video!
Thanks men
congratulatiosn on one million you are still my favourite youtuber :)
Samuel Stephens thanks Samuel
Great video!!!!
love this video as always mike thanks for being my favorite youtuber and an inspiration, blessings from Cornwall
Curtis davis ...says great video...perfect team work an skills..
Just wondering about the skin hung at the entrance. The hair on it (the nap) goes head to tail but he way it is hung it looks to be upside down, if the rain was to fall on it it wouldn't follow the nap ie run with the hair. This is the same if making velvet curtains, you want the nap to go downward or otherwise it gathers dust!
Great tip. Many thanks
Yes, in hindsight we would have put the hide the other way up so that the rain would run off the hair. But we went for the aesthetic look of the boar hide head draping over the front entrance. Purely aesthetic - Mike
@@TAOutdoors Cheers mike. Great video and build , as always!
Another Awesome Video
thank you
Brilliant!
Such a cool video
Mind blowing.
Nice and tranquill video Mike 👍.
Wow this is the first time I’ve been one of the first 50 views
Me too
No one cares
As always a great upload. 👍
Its brilliant that your out there practising these aincient skills.
Looked like that could have actually been a comfy night. 🤔
That is a damn good doggo right there.
Interesante aprender algo nuevo👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice build. An Algonquin wiki up ... good job.
Great 👍👍👍
Very nice video
Thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clark and Virginia
This is nice👍🏻
What did Amber do? Help with the BARK ROOF?
You should feel ashamed.
If you plant sapling as much as the tree you cut in the video, both your respect increases and the environment is useful.
How incredibly interesting and awesome!
Good job
Those trees have such perfect bark!
If I de-barked trees in my area I'd be eaten by a man sized spider :(
Good camping
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