Hewing, Riving, and Sawing: Processing Building Materials in the 18th Century

Join the carpenters as they use period tools and techniques to produce the materials needed to construct a drying shed for the new brickyard location.

[@tetreaulthank4068]

I was thrilled upon coming across your video, as a two time visitor to CW and very much into period woodworking I wanted to thank you for this wonderful video ! Regards,
Henry

[@the_eternal_student]

I like the generalization and practicality of the rural people, but I also like the essential specialized knowledge of the professionals.

[@the_eternal_student]

You guys were very knowledgeable!

[@peterellis4262]

On the "what do you with the waste wood" question, if the work is done in the woods, then leaving the chips and offcuts where they fall is beneficial to the standing trees. There's a saying "a forest grows on a fallen forest." As for a site like Williamsburg - there's another argument to put the brickyard next to the carpenters, proximity to fuel supply ;)

[@barbsjones2372]

Thanks so much for doing this!

[@jthepickle7]

The main difference between modern trees and old growth trees is tree spacing.. Old growth trees, most often, grew very close together - unlike tree farms of today. The shaded out trees of yore had growth rings that were a lot closer together and were far stronger than trees that receive more sunshine.

[@rogerscottcathey]

That axe wasn't the one normally used to split off the nodes. Inefficient to the task. Broad bevel axe.

[@the_eternal_student]

I like the relatively rough-cut wood.

[@the_eternal_student]

When did blueprints become common?

[@the_eternal_student]

Who built the scaffolds for masons and others?

[@the_eternal_student]

I suppose a celibacy policy would have helped with forest conservation and management. A society without at least a land-based celibacy policy is anarchy.

[@the_eternal_student]

"African-Americans": majority-African Africans, majority-European Europeans. "Enslaved workmen": imported slaves and slavemasters, migratory slaves and slavemasters.

[@the_eternal_student]

Degrees of slavery and elements of slavery: separation from your homeland, separation from your people, denial of justified participation in your home society.