hewing beams the German way

[clnmyjts]

in the days before the power tools! I love watching & learning how they worked & the tools they used in the days before power tools...LOL thanks I`m tired from just watching I think I`ll take a nap now

[ozial2007]

Lots of skill and painstaking hard work - it's good to see traditional craftsmen working, and it makes us realize how easy we have it today. Thanks Robin.

[greeneyedsteamengine]

Great video Robin, man what skill.

[paulpellicci]

...skill is skill,

[MsLampalampa]

when you drop your buttered toast it falls on butter side down right?. and when you drop a cat it lands on its feet right. So if you glue the toast with butter facing up on the cats back you get free energi. :D :D

[MsLampalampa]

when you drop your buttered toast it falls on butter side down right?. and when you drop a cat it lands on its feet right. So if you glue the toast with butter facing up on the cats back you get free energi. :D :D

[labrat7357]

Great clip especially the part where they are looking at the axe with its skewed head, That answered a lot of questions for me. Also great to see an event like that and the way every one worked together so well. I for one like the music. Thanks

[InChainsUntilRagnaro]

Why did you pick such shitty music?

[01sircharles]

@InChainsUntilRagnaro why don't you go play a video game, skippy

[Davidthehappyfellow]

Would be even better with German music instead.

[eagle55566]

Like to watch craftsmen at work, but have to say, I do like the power tools, maybe I am a lazy sod. And why do people always have to be negative, just enjoy it.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

to slow.

[TheSilentchapter]

Thats the value in these old skills. Few understand the benefits to nature, body and mind when working with old manual ways. Everything from limiting the speed at with building take over the land to burning massive amounts of calories. Each swing your honing your mind to tackle the next with more accuracy. And the finished product as anybody that has finished a huge accomplishment can tell you it's 100% pride when you look at it. Nice video. Thank you for preserving this process

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

nice

gives a man soem creative ideas

weilding an axe adze chisel

[HohenemsRage]

Great video....but can't stand the music.

I still give it thumbs up.

[OKRhys]

If some of you guys don't understand why some of us do things the "hard" way, well I don't reckon you ever will. Hard work is not likely something you've ever done. And you can't do hard work at a desk by the way.

[OscarMaris]

@OKRhys is it cheaper to buy a whole tree and cut your own beams?

[OKRhys]

@OKRhys

Depends really. Depends where you in the country. Prices would be higher or lower at different locations. Depends on the species of tree. For example Walnut would be pricier that Silver maple. So I can't say really.

[pkqkennywood]

i have one of those crooked axes.. now i know its purpose

[miiror13]

the native americans around here (nothren b.c) like nisga and the hidaw gwai tribes made HUGE log houses and used sand and dirt to sand off all the bark there a buncha musems and stuff build this way and then modrenized they look very nice it would take alot of work to because some of the logs they use weigh nearly a ton and they dont do any details on them inless they make totem poles and the sanding

[tressner]

notice you don't see any fat asses doing this ...hard work = no fat

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

well i'm just a dude who likes to play around with sharp tools and logs, but even that is very theraputic to me, this looks like a lot of fun, might give it a go some day

[chessbruno]

The morons who post here saying this is dumb have no idea what life is about. Does the term "self-actualization" mean anything to them- probably not. Using and axe in this way is a beautiful thing understood by few.

[abradras]

its boring only for "modern" man. in world you can buy "everything" for money its boring practically any work. if you would live wildness and have 5 months to build your house otherwise you would freeze to death you be pretty exited to have one more log done :D i guarantee you .

[Max0Inq]

Honestly, doing so boring things like hitting a log with axe again and again is very good form of meditation ^^

[Dimitri0809]

No power tools??

Why not use the chain saw?

[camerl2009]

@Dimitri0809 lol there doing it the way thay did in the days before powder tools

[themissinglinkof1992]

why do they do things the hard way lol

[lpcenter52]

love it

[HomoGnosticus]

great axes here!

[NCSGDIZZYSHOOTER21]

germans always do it the hard way

[alexmazariegos]

lol!!!

[rhyfelur]

Those guys have way too much time on their hands>>P

[PukkPukk]

I think you missed the point.

[rhyfelur]

I didnt miss the point, I made a joke..as evidenced by the ">>P" in my comment.

[RubberRivet]

Nice!

[bonscott1036]

german all the way!

[DennisBlades]

Great to watch but at my age I think I will stick to getting the wood from a saw-mill.

[mrnarnar]

RMC I've seen the Jap way and I wouldn't be suprised if half of them cut their little feet off. If you do it like that your crazy dude. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[RMCrowley]

gay I like the Jap way

[chrigel1234]

I wonder how long it takes to make one beam. Just imagine the time they needed to build one complete house!

I have deep respect for those old time workers.

[EnergyDog23]

well they probably had lots of workers making the beams.

[blueshadow1996]

That is cool..I always wondered how they do that!!!! Notch it first..

[bozez1]

Cool.

[gozer87]

Wow, I hadn't seen that done before. Great that people are keeping the old skills alive.

[ReidN79]

Thank god for saw-mills...just kidding - that a cool video. I remember hewing a sixtten fot log by hand once - totaly sucked, it came out wonky and was exhausting, I have a great respect ofr those that are good at it.