When you posted this a month ago, I was fretting about what to do for my niece's 5th birthday. Last night, for her birthday, i was able to secure my position as "favorite uncle" by bringing her a five-gallon bucket full of homemade Lincoln Logs. In other words, thanks!

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

I love to hear that! It's not hard at all, is it? Did you follow the same procedure pretty closely?

@StripeyType

7 жыл бұрын

Almost the identical procedure, save using a sled for the table saw portions. When I do it again, I may discover further optimizations. I'm also curious to try making a set of logs with *seven* notches rather than four, centered every 1.5 inches. That's two more router table setups, but I feel like it would open up more building possibilities.

@StripeyType

7 жыл бұрын

Woo! Update! I'm *probably* going to lead a group session cranking these out at my local makerspace, Artisan's Asylum. I've just talked with the staff and they're psyched! I'll let you know how it goes!

@Ratchet4647

6 жыл бұрын

James Scheffler how'd it go?

"56 big logs without blood on them" Can I get that in a t-shirt? :D I think I'm going to make these some day.

@JimBeshears

7 жыл бұрын

Best comment of the day award.

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

If anyone can pull that shirt off, it's you! Hey, can I post a PDF or something for this tutorial on your site? I've already been asked for the text, and I don't have a site. It seems like a good idea, you know, networking and all. As for making these, it's the easiest thing ever to make, since the sanding is virtually zero. You may have noticed by now that sanding sucks ;)

@willemkossen

7 жыл бұрын

That is the best quote i heard in a long time!

@JohnHeisz

7 жыл бұрын

pocket83 Absolutely! Still got my email? Just send it over and I'll put it up when I do an update tomorrow morning.

@pocket83squared

7 жыл бұрын

I don't have it ready yet. But I'll get it to you soon. I have to get away from the computer for a bit!

Man I’ve watched a few other videos and your logs look absolutely the best. I’m a complete zero with woodworking so I’ve asked my friend to start giving me lessons, with a goal of being able to get these looking like this. My sons 8 months now so I figure I’ve got about 3 years to practice😂. Thanks so much for sharing.

Well, in John's defense, I didn't know who his father was but always remembered and cherished Lincoln Logs

Now THIS is the reason why I love KZread. This makes it all worth while! Thank you so much for the information!

Omg, I loved Lincoln logs as a kid! I really enjoyed building big, crazy things with them...and really wanted more than I had.

You're a master carpenter, knowledgeable on everything (at least a little bit) and a super cool dude that appreciates the geeky stuff. I hope to be half the man that you are.

@maycontainnuts2305

7 жыл бұрын

No, he's an alpha carpenter

Just made a bunch of these. Works great. Thanks!

I'd love to see you revisit this topic as a full demostration video. It's an awesome concept.

@JasonPeterPresents

Жыл бұрын

Second

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! The grand kids will love these!

I finally got one of those "round to its" and made a set of logs from a 1x6x10' I had in the shop that had some water damage from our summer floods. I was amazed at how easy this method is. The grandsons kept asking "are they dry yet?" Today I let them play with them. I am pleased to tell you that, at least for today, there were no video games on in the house. I started on the truss pieces today. I am flying blind because your link no longer works, but I think I've figured it out just from the description in the other video. The only problem I've found is that with three boys building log houses, I need more logs.

@pocket83squared

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked out for you! I just checked the link to the truss design, and it's working. The trusses are the tough part. You are right about the log process being pretty easy.

@MsLorisM

5 жыл бұрын

@@pocket83squared Thank you, The link works. It was my error.

Thanks for all the videos. I only recently discovered your channel and quickly became a fan.

Awesome!!! I'm in my mid 50s and still love building with these!!! We will give this a try... Thanks for sharing!!

Great build video, very informative and inspirational. I've been wanting to build some for my youngest boys and my two grandsons. Thank you very much for such an in depth video.

That's pretty cool. Now if only I had a saw and table router... My son would be in heaven. :)

WOW.. Cool idea. I did not know they could be so easy to make.

That is great! I think I'll be making a bunch of these to give to my nephew at some point.

Love those gable ends and roof pieces

I am almost done with making my first set. I have 63 4 section Logs at the moment. I still have to cut these to the different lengths and make the roof parts and foundation pieces. But am already turning heads from my friends and fam when I have shared what I am building. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dude, this is beautiful. I really enjoyed the thorough explanation. As a kid, I've never had anything else than Lego, K'nex and Meccano, so I've always been busy with a screwdriver, but this feels like it's just the "right amount" of wood for an educational childrens toy set. Thanks a bunch! I might actually make a few sets for some nieces and nephews.

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. And go for it. If you have a router and a table-saw, this project is a breeze. Kids go crazy over these.

Very nice video Pocket83, I've always enjoyed Lincoln Logs. It's been a long time, might just see what I have in the shop and make myself a batch.

I wish I could play psychonaughts again for the first time, too. And up your arsenal is probably top 10 best games for me. Ah memories.

Wow, talk about a centennial for the toy, and quite revolutionary too. Nice work, +pocket83

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that ;)

@Plus2Cuber

7 жыл бұрын

+pocket83 almost 100K subs

CONGRATS FOR THE 100K SUBS!!! hope u get your silver playbutton soon...keep up the good work👍👍👍

Making these couldn't have been easier thanks to your video :)

@pocket83

6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks for letting me know it!

Congrats on 100k!

congratulations on hitting the 100k!

good list of games at 11. 21 yes im bored enough to spend 10 mins to pause at the right time lol

almost 100k subs, keep up the work pocket

Awesome stuff as always Pocket. Wish I had some wood working machines... One day when I have some more room!

Very interesting. Looks like a perfect educational toy for children between 4 and 110.

Fantastic.

Congrats on almost 100k...

One of my earliest memories is trying to build a Lincoln log house , but we didn't have enough pieces and I didn't have the knowledge to make an actual house. I was definitely pre-K, but it might have even been daycare

That’s very cool, if only you could show us how to make tinker toys with the exact measurements.👍🏻

Nice, you now have 100,000 subscribers...

Have you done a video from 45° logs yet? I'd love to see how it's done! Any other designs you've come up with would be great as well.

I had some as a kid that my grandpa had made. I might do some for my kids. Also I would have to add Bubble Bobble. -Todd

Thanks!

Best KZreadr in my opinion, just with you were more frequent. ^_^

@brick31312

7 жыл бұрын

At the same time I don't want you to make 10 videos a week and have 9 of them be crap.

Holy crap, pocket83 is at 100,000 subscribers!

After audiobooks, here come audiowebsites! :) love it btw

What did you use for stain? Non-toxic?

I never knew that about Lincoln Logs being designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son. I got real big into that prairie stuff a while back, especially the stained glass, but never completed any of the things I was trying to build. I got into it after playing the Myst games, especially Riven and Uru, which I feel alot of their look was inspired by FLW's stuff. Now thats a series of games I wish I could play again for the first time.

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

Never played Myst. Not much of a PC gamer. No reason for it, just never went down that path. I have to say though, _Falling Water_ is just a drive into the country from where I live, so I've explored the grounds there: It seriously feels like you're in a game environment. It has weird little nooks with statues and/or fountains in them, and dead-end paths, and neat little sitting areas with views and such. Reminds me of some grown-in Resident Evil map; one expects a pop-up to say: "found silver key- keep/discard?"

@dangrundel

7 жыл бұрын

I figured they'd be up your alley with the whole puzzle thing. They're hard games to recommend since they're all kind of janky in different ways. Myst 1 is very basic. Riven is excellent and presents the game's story in an interesting way where the puzzles are also parts of the game's world, like machinery that serves a purpose, but it's slideshow presentation and the fact it's hard to get running on modern PCs are difficult to get used to. Uru is totally bizarre in that they followed up the success of their earlier games with trying to make a Puzzle MMO of all things, and while it's playable in singleplayer it has some weird holdovers from the failed MMO part. 3 and 5 aren't super great and 4 is hot garbage. I find the difference between console and PC games interesting though. I'd say the big difference in philosophy is PC games letting players muck about with the game's mechanics to find fun things the devs never intended. As a comparison, Thief 2 gives you alot of tools to mess about and break the game with but something like MGS3 is full of things to play around with but they always feel intentional. Like disabling guard's radios or assassinating The End. And while MGS3 is a great game, it's just not quite the same as doing things that werent intended. It's like going on a walk into some untouched woodlands but all along the way you're finding discarded bottles and wrappers.

This is what im going to do next. including that older video you made about unusual parts. thanks for the video. Any chance you have this saved as a text file for printing out?

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

Umm, yes. But I'm not sure how to make that public easily. I don't want to build a site today, either. In the meantime, you may want to just printscreen the parts you need, and take some notes on the measurements. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

@terrancestorey7254

7 жыл бұрын

That's a better solution than printing. I can just screen cap your video from my phone. Then i have all the pictures in a small, organized, compact form. Plus where my tools are it gets really windy most days and my phone isn't going to blow around like a stack of papers would. I cant wait to get started. Thank you so much for your videos. They're always awesome to watch. I get excited every time i see a new video from you in my sub feed.

Almost at 100000!

Dude. Lincoln logs were like natural Legos for my childhood.

What material are the trusses made out of? Is it just 1x stock with grooves routed in it?

@pocket83

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Hey Pocket! Welp, I finally broke down and made myself some lincoln logs. This was a really fun project. Thanks for posting this tutorial. I have one question. I used the same stain you recommend in the video. I dunked and then rubbed dry with a rag. I'm just wondering how long does it take to dry? It's been a couple days and I still smell stain pretty heavy. It doesn't come off on my hand or anything. Am I going to just smell it for awhile? Sorry, I just don't have any experience staining lincoln logs. lol

@pocket83

6 жыл бұрын

It should be mild after a week. Be sure to let air get to them (maybe even run a fan over them), and put them in sunlight if possible. That's a lot of surface area! I don't think that Minwax would change their formula, so you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Thanks for letting me know you made them!

@JohnnyFoodstamp

6 жыл бұрын

pocket83 Thanks for your reply! Yeah, I had a feeling a was being impatient. Just can't wait to play with them lol. Got me wanting to start a homemade Lincoln Logs etsy account. Haha.

wow glad to hear you liked pikmin

I just thought of something for those that want to create these. Let's say you don't have a miter saw so use a bandsaw. What if you don't have a table saw or router table so use a wood saw and chisel & hammer. If also you have these but a router table just take more time to sand/file the edges. Just a suggestion for those that don't have these things. Also bandsaws can be a little more safer than table saws

Hi pokcet, what stuff do you need for this?

@brick31312

7 жыл бұрын

He says in the video.

how much would you sell this set I've always wanted to buy your art but i was afraid you don't sell or you to busy to reply to a comment so how much would it cost for you to make me this or any other art that you have done love you channel

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, but I don't sell stuff. I do always try to reply to comments, though! The set featured here is many, many hours worth of labor. You would probably jump out of your skin of I were to give you a price that would still be fair to me. What most people would want to pay probably wouldn't even cover shipping expenses. Sorry.

Step 1: Get president Lincoln. Step 2: Feed him lots of fiber.

we did 3 1x8 x8' and got the following - wish i had the pattern for the trusses - could not get mine right: 25 triple flats 36 quad flats 23 double flats 93 double rounds 57 triple rounds 52 quad rounds 2 double trusses - used center failures on doing the 3 piece trusses 4 triple trusses - used a pattern I created to make solid piece trusses 4 quad trusses - used a pattern I created to make solid piece trusses and the bugger still ran out of quads and triples. well over 400 pieces including the massive number of singles and the little round pieces left after cutting the singles. if you got a pattern for triple piece truss - I would love to have it

@pocket83squared

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I DO have the pattern. Busy today, but I will get it scanned soon. I'll be back with the link in a day or two.

@pocket83

6 жыл бұрын

Here you go: postimg.org/image/st60gn8wj/

@lcme123

6 жыл бұрын

pocket83 it does not show measurements. My 72 yr old dad would be cutting it. Btw John loved the lincoln logs I created and wanted more

@lcme123

6 жыл бұрын

The joy of these logs has brought a boy is immeasurable with the parental loss he has gone thru. Thank for make the process simple and quick.

@lcme123

5 жыл бұрын

well I lost the laptop with the saved image of the truss. can you post it again since the link does not work any more.

#6 up your arsenal. guessing that was ratchet and clank on the ps2 that you mentioned

I hate how these nice ideas are so labour intensive.

@pocket83squared

7 жыл бұрын

This one is not bad, I promise. The fact that you don't have to sand much makes it go quick. And you don't have to do an entire 8' board if you don't want to.

@StripeyType

7 жыл бұрын

It's really not bad at all. I used two 8' 1x6's from the home center and did *zero* sanding. It all went reasonably quickly. Using a crosscut sled on the table saw to rip the logs from the billets and also to slice the logs in half really simplified some of the sketchier operations.

Ooh I'd love playing Legend of Zelda again!

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

I still remember the ride home from the store with that golden game box on my lap. C'mon, mom- let's go!!! Damn. I'm getting old.

New to would working (even though I’am 70 yrs old) No experience with routers, router bench, and table saw. Now I have all this, I want to make Lincoln Logs for my grandchildren. Please offer up any wisdom or knowledge you can enlighten me???

@pocket83squared

2 жыл бұрын

Rule #1: Don't make any cuts that you're uncomfortable with. If it feels risky, it is. When in doubt, change something-there's always another way to make a cut. Table-saw: Get a zero-clearance plate on your saw right away. Use a 7.25" blade in your table-saw whenever possible, even if it was designed for a 10" blade. Whenever you make a through-cut in a piece of stock, set your saw blade's height to only just above the surface of the material you're about to cut.Remember that one part of that piece should be held firm, and the other part should (usually) be free to gently fall away. After the cut has ended, while still holding the part that isn't the cutoff firmly, freeze, turn it off, and let the saw come to a complete stop. If the saw ever starts to whine or bind, freeze, turn it off, and let the saw come to a complete stop. Don't, ever, try to push through a cut when it seems as though something might go wrong. Keep your stock firmly pressed flat against both the fence and the table at the same time. A piece of stock should not rock or move even a little bit during the course of a cut. I'll repeat that, just so you get how important this is: firmly press your stock flat against both the fence and the table at the same time. Routing: Make sure that your router has a speed adjustment; if it doesn't, buy one for it. A router that spins too quickly will cause burning, and too slow will cause it to catch and/or tear. Your feed rate should be constant but not too quick. Try not to stop without moving the material slightly away from the bit. Don't try to rout an entire profile in one pass. Most routing operations require multiple passes. Starting out, don't try to rout away more than 1/8" of material in a pass, at least until you start to get the hang of it. Try to read up on router table feed direction, because there is (usually) a correct way for any given operation. As long as you aren't trying to take away too much material in one pass, the pickiness of feed direction will be a bit more forgiving. Use a fence on your router table whenever possible, even when your bit has a guide bearing. Clean your router bit with alcohol before using it, for two reasons: 1) a clean cutting edge will make a nicer rout, and 2) a clean shank will be grabbed more securely by a collet. Also watch that the fillet on the bit doesn't prevent it from being secure in the collet. Ask any questions. I'm happy to help, and so are lots of other people here! Good luck, and remember: don't make any cuts that you're uncomfortable with!

#2 in a big pile @1:57. Yea it's Friday and I'm 6 today.

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

You have to admit, that is HOME DEPOT's specialty.

Pocket, have you ever considered making legos or some building block equivalent out of wood?

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

I did make a block set that was a pretty unique hybrid once. There's a vid for it. But Legos? No. It would simply be far too labor intensive. Even though they are so overpriced, making a copy version would exceed that price by far.

@FullRythym

7 жыл бұрын

Sad to hear! Thanks for responding though. :)

As someone who has worked construction, I have both an appreciation for Frank Lloyd Wright's work, and a deep hatred at the same time. Frank's work is pretty amazing, being as each building was designed especially for its location. My hatred stems from the fact that now, every damn architect wants to be the next F.L.R. but don't follow his fundamentals. They sit in their offices and design elaborate and fantastic buildings in their minds, then sell the plans to whichever rich sap walks in, and then some poor bastard has to figure out how to build this monstrosity into the woods, and its damn near impossible, and incredibly impractical because the building was not designed to fit there.

@pocket83squared

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Much easier to dream than to DO. Especially if you're getting paid for it.

Now making a Lincoln log house in 2021 is just as expensive as making a real house in 2016.

would really like someone get creative and make some custom peices, i always though there should be diagonals and longer pieces to make bridges

pocket, how do you sift through all the comments? black magic?

Man, I never saw 10$ dirt before...

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about the bottom of page 12, yes, I forgot to add the Oxford comma. "Dirt-cheap" is an idiom.

People are hating, but I think they are forgetting my favorite proverb. "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy."

This is a great video but when it comes to cutting the logs in half, pretty easy to make a jig for that. Not worth risking your fingers for something so simple.

@pocket83

2 жыл бұрын

There's really not much risk involved with cutting halfway through a 10.5" part while the blade is only proud of the deck by 0.75". You'll be hard pressed to invent a jig that'll give you the same amount of control. That's not to say it isn't possible, just that it's nowhere near "simple" as far a jig-making goes. Note (before you respond with your detailed plan indicating the ways in which I'm wrong) that if I were to be setting up for Lincoln Log production, I would unquestionably make a jig as you're describing. The first thing that comes to mind is a locking-toothed push block that would capture both parts. After doing 20 or so of these, reaching in to grab the cut parts would get old. At least a 7.25" blade will stop spinning pretty quick, due to its lessened rotational inertia. But time _is_ money. If you're still reading, you might realize that I evaluate risk as exposure over time; it's easy to hold tight attention over a few questionable operations, but mistakes become certain when those end up installed as SOP. As usual, this is another case of determining what is appropriate for what _you_ are doing.

First

not only did Lincoln deliver the north from the hands of the Nazis but he also invited popular children's toys and traveled through time

@doubledarefan

7 жыл бұрын

Because history got rewritten by 2 guys who can't spell!

Just work in millimetres its way easier

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

Metric is the mark of a weak mind. The easy way only applies to cowards.

dont need a video Had them as a kid

dont care; didnt watch

@pocket83

7 жыл бұрын

lol. Then why are you here? Do you want me do give you an insult, to help speed you on your way?

@joonaknuutinen5540

7 жыл бұрын

nah.. just tell me how could i have known this video sucked when 98% of your videos are great. tell me how to see in the future so SJW(you seem to be infectec) would leave me alone for leaving shitty comments to shitty videos. make it out of oak. you asked why im here. im here so you can teach me to make a chrystal ball out of pinewood so i could see what i would like to watch before i start watching. also.. im here for more game reviews although i guess they are on the other channel..