2:40 - my guess is bullets.

@Mikey__R

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same, lead bullets from a muzzle loaded pistol, by the look of them.

Nothing better than hand tool prep. Sometimes I can talk myself out of a gym workout knowing I have a board to prep. A tip that may work for you and is highly recommended by the 18th / 19th century pros, is the handlebar mustache - it definitely helps during resaw work or long cuts such as this one. Great vid!

I love this whole "challenge" to be honest. I work with basically the same parameters but it's mostly because I'm broke and love hand tools. Super fun stuff to watch!

For the next part of the desk, you could see how long it would take to make those cuts with a coping saw.😂😂😂 Another great video!

Awesome golf jab😁

You are definitly not the average guy. You did a far better job than I would have done. And thank God for eletricity!

I hope you’ll show us the making of the desk!

Thanks Frank. At some point, I had to make multiple long rips through ash. I didn't own a bandsaw then so I had no choice but to use a handsaw. Ash is well, hard. Wasn't pleasant but I would set timers for like 10 minutes to help me focus. I'd cut for 10 minutes, go back to my desk and do day job work (was during Covid) then need a break and saw for another 10 minutes. All in all, I think it was a total of 32 linear feet of cut in eight quarter stock. It got done and every time I see the thing I made, I smile.

You have the only channel that keeps me wanting to use hand tools. Really appreciate the content and effort that goes into making this.

I'm really enjoying the minimal shop challenge, looking forward to more. I would be interested to hear a comparison of saw horse vs saw bench ripping. I would think that having more of your body weight above the saw would make it easier...

You should use those weightlifting stands for lumber storage. You can get an extra workout unloading and loading it. 😂

Those metal pieces were bullets. Great job on the project1

Absolute maniac...few screws loose...yup, that's Frank. Impressive sawing, there. And many useful bits of advice. Thanks for sharing.

that headbang, i felt it too lmao can't wait to see video about the desk

Really enjoy this channel. Wish you could post more but i understand not enough hours in a day.

Whenever I have a job like that I find that my saw sharpening improves.

I did a lot of ripping on a project a couple of years ago. About 12 feet of 6/4 cherry and about 35 feet of 4/4 cherry. I found that switching hands helped a lot, and discovered that I wasn't too bad at ripping with my off hand.

That's bullets

Great video! I would suggest to anyone to clamp your stock so the cut is vertical. Clamped this way, you don’t have to reach over 12-18 inches and strain your shoulder more (the amount of force you can apply decreases with distance away from your body, slash a constant amount of force coming from your muscles exerts more torque on your shoulder and less force into a workpiece that’s at a distance from your body), and with a vertical cut your arms will not need to move as much, and you’ll instead distribute the forces among the strong muscles in your back and legs, and of course work with gravity. Depending on how you clamp it (say, on the corner of your table with a pair of parallel clamps), you can just walk to the other side of the board rather than flip the board over.

Nicely done! Great times! While 20 minutes isn't as fast as a circular saw on a track, it's much faster than what most people think it will take. I've resawn 11" wide walnut about 3 feet in length by hand, and it was under an hour I think (not the most aggressive saw either). It's definitely tiring, but I actually enjoy the accomplishment. Looking forward to the desk build!

Great video!

Frank, have you built the desk after ripping those walnut slabs? We would love to see the video.

Awesome work, Frank! 😃 But yeah, table saw all day long for me. 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Those slabs would be super dangerous on a table saw. I'd use my track saw for this but I can very well picture myself doing it by hand, now that you've shown it's not that long. Maybe not for a big project but just for the sake of making less noise a Sunday morning, or if I am getting cold, or if it's the cross cutting blade that's currently mounted on the track saw... and safety, because even if a track saw is safer than a table saw, a hand saw is just on a completely other level.

I have been cross cutting 4x2 to 4x1 for my workbench bearers. Get's you heart going and a good workout for the arm muscles. It may take longer than with a power tool but you save time on going to the gym 😉

I ripped 6' of a 8" thick red oak log once. It's *way* easier to split. Or chainsaw. If I had a slab like you have, I'd get the circular or jig saw out.

Awesome cutting

Good job

It's the best exercise...I'm using this type of sawing myDisston D23 which is longer with less teeth ( aggressive).

Awesome demo! And now you need to do 30 minutes with a hand weight on you left shoulder.

I like using hand tools. I only have a bandsaw and a drill press everything else is hand tools.

What teeth per inch would you prefer for rip cutting such a larger piece. Hand tools are primarily for hobbyist wood workers. And particularly for those that enjoy the process of doing each step - seeing each step as an outcome in itself.

@bakerzermatt

2 ай бұрын

Answer at 11:30 in the video.

Where do you get your handsaws?

Nice job, but I think you could make it a bit easier on yourself. Like you said, a 26" saw would be easier, but you don't necessarily need lower ppi, your saw is already pretty aggressive (but 3-4ppi would be faster). Next, you really want the slab at knee height for better body mechanics. If you can lay it on one or two saw benches you can hold it down with your knee and place your body right above the work. You'll be able to better see what your doing, and your shoulder and arm will be at a more comfortable angle. Finally, you don't need to constantly flip the board. That looks exhausting, and likely doubled the time and effort. On the one hand, if you get above the work by using a saw bench, you find it's easier to keep the saw plumb. On the other hand, with this thickness of board it doesn't matter if the cut is slightly off the line (provided you stay in the waste), since you'll in any case need to run a jointer plane down the edge to make it straight and square. That flipping technique is for tenons that you want to use straight off the saw, or for resawing a board into two thinner boards (where drifting a bit off the line WOULD make a big difference). In any case, thanks for the video!

Where's your roubo frame saw?! ^^ Currently rebuilding a nicer frame for mine but I figured the roubo frame saw could kind of "pit saw" such a rip cut quickly. (Patáto, potàto i know. However, I thought it'd be fun to see if it's as efficient as I imagine... )

Заработные деньги этим методом,в ресторане не потратишь,Я тоже 😂

I think you can get rid of the hand weights and just hand saw walnut for a workout.

Those are definitely bullets right?

The metal looks like a bullet to me.

I like muscles that aren't just for show 👅

People who chide youtubers for having tens of thousands of dollars of tools and making excuses for themselves not being able to build stuff lack imagination, motivation, determination, etc... Where there's a will, there's a way.

You didn't really make this easy on yourself, a sturdier 3 TPI hand saw or even a 3 TPI bow saw would have made it a lot easier by not having to flip the board, and probably about 3 times faster. Then again these are hard to find new, so you'd probably have to go antique hunting, which is not that fun.