Pa Mac, I have watched this series several times over the past 3 years, the first out of curiosity, then next for guidance on pole building from trees, and all the others because it is fun to watch. I've learned quite a bit watching your videos. Thanks for the content.

This vid has been up a while but have to say how awesome it is...this is precisely what a “new to the game “builder needs to know !! I love the timeless strategies for creating good craftsmanship, something we don’t see very often anymore

@farmhandscompanion

5 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear you've enjoyed the show, la wilder. Thanks for commenting!

I found a draw knife and froe several months back and looked up the makers of the draw knife and found it to be 180 years old!!! It is in amazing shape for it's age. I knew it was old when I picked it up.. but WOW! I will give up my table saw and miter saw before I give up this draw knife.

I will be starting this BIG project very soon. Need to find out how to dry my lumber and will be using all pine because that is what my back yard is full of. Im glad I found your site.

@JanineMJoi

2 жыл бұрын

did you do it? Did you figure out how to dry the pine? Ours is full of pine too

Displayed intelligence with a GREAT sense of humor incorporated into an outstanding set of skills, mindset, and attitude. Hat's off to you. Thank you for the videos, they are a very enjoyable learning experience everyone should watch!

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING VIDEOS!!!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

Always worth watching over again. Thanks for sharing with us.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Brilliant, just brilliant! This kind of workmanship is such a valuable knowledge to have. I`m so very happy that I can learn from you. All the best to you and a biiiig thank you! : D

Finding this in my subscription box was like christmas morning as a kid. Great Channel!

I appreciate the humor in the videos.

@farmhandscompanion

9 жыл бұрын

Jasin Colegrove I appreciate you watchin', Jasin!

You won my soul when you broke out the ladder complete with warning. Keep them coming my man!

Woah woah, did you just freehand that board with that hatchet... That... is... Manliness.

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Well, I actually did, Proximo K. I'm pretty careful with what I'm doin', though, because if I were to miss it'd be Handlessness. Thanks for watchin'

@ProximoK

10 жыл бұрын

How long do you think it took you?

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Proximo K Just minutes, Proximo K!

Great video, I'm going to build one in our woods and use it for a little get away cozy shack. Thanks for posting

Ahhhh, I am so so happy you are back in action. Again, such a great video. One of my favorite channels HANDS DOWN!

You all ways do great job with you project's wish I had your talent

Two thumbs up young man! As a over the hill Ozarker I know and understand why and what you are doing. Keep on keeping on. ...

@farmhandscompanion

9 жыл бұрын

Jim Morris I sure appreciate those thumb-ups, Jim (and that kindred understandin'!) Yours, Pa Mac

nice work , you have skills for sure , looking forward to more videos.

I enjoyed the humor that you use. Now on to the video!

Hey Pa, what a great piece of work! Thanks for taking the time to make the video, I really enjoyed and learned something too.

Such fun to watch! Plus I learned something about basic building skills. Thanks for sharing :-)

after watching all that work I'm plumb tuckered

Welcome back, Pa! So happy you are filming again! It worth the wait, thanks so much!

O my gosh..! You crack me up with your beginnings..so fun to watch. Hope to borrow your simple methods in going to build a community somewhere in the corner of Africa sometime soon.! Blessings

Outstanding! Great info and presentation!

Cheers pal ,great build video, very informative ! I love the slapstick , maybe you could do a video showing us how to make a slapstick !??

Great job! Looking forward to the next vid!

Just absolutely love this channel !

Very entertaining as well as educational! Please keep them coming!!

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks much, Dana. I sure will!

Love your channel.

@farmhandscompanion

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Back to the Basics 101. And thank you for your channel, too. I'm so happy to see a patriot/believer/rancher livin' the dream. Please keep up the good work on your own fine videos!

@BacktotheBasics101

4 жыл бұрын

farmhandscompanion I am honored that you watch your show. We love your channel, your sense of humor is second to none. Keep up the great work. Luke

Thanks for the update pa.

Another great video, coupled with a good safe structure

Pa Mac, you put on an entertaining and informative show with a pleasing style.

@farmhandscompanion

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, David; and thanks for watchin'!

love your work, keep it up.

Awesome video. I learned a ton from it. Keep the videos coming Pa Mac!

That's good work, an a nice production

I always tell my girl that I love them so much that I’m willing to act silly for them, you just made me realize how much you love your viewers to act silly for us . love you to in Christ Jesus.God bless

Looks like it’s coming a long great 👍

I love this.

Just Great. including the slapstick... v nice touch much more watchable than those who take life too seriously. Music quite bearable too :) Good job. Thanks for sharing...

i like your work and show. good job man :-}

So cool, I wish I knew how to do genius stuff like this.

👍Nice job and video.

WOW.....All by yourself! I didn't see any farm hands helping you!.

Got it, thank you!

Love your show I'd watch a daily episode if youd start talking all your skits and jokes are the best Do you juggle? Lol

Awesome

respect! 8-)

@farmhandscompanion

8 жыл бұрын

Branimir Marold Thank you, Branimir!

i love line lvs good vids

So far out and helpful. You are so cute.

You Sir, are a true Renaissance Man, an educator, skilled in so many ways. I'm really enjoying watching all your videos, and I was SO happy to see your clear gospel message and testimony on your farmhandscompanion.com website. We home school our four children, and I dream, DREAM of the day I might be able to do something like you are doing. Right now we are pushing the limits on what our city ordinances allow for number of chickens, but I give our neighbors free eggs and they don't mind if I free range the chickens. Keep up the FANTASTIC JOB! I look forward to more videos, and may God continue to bless you and your family:)

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

motorcyclelad My best to you and yours, motorcyclelad, as yall continue livin' the farm life (even while you're still in the city limits!). May the Lord bless your home as well! Pa Mac

This dude is funny af. Great videos. Serious and funny all at the same time. He needs to do Osha stuff. Try makin that funny lop

SUBSCRIBED! I can learn from yer teachin’ fine sir.

@farmhandscompanion

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watchin and subscribin, Nicole.

Nice

Nice series this one. I learn a lot about a style of building that I do not master. That banjo sound track is a little...eh... 😊

2 questions on the beam. Can you get away with using roundwood? With the top sill plate on the beam, did you nail it onto the round or did you square the beam up first? My girls and I love your videos btw! Your sense of humour keeps the 10 yr olds in stitches! :)

@farmhandscompanion

4 жыл бұрын

Hey there, Marc! Yes, you can use round poles to substitute for most any of the milled framework lumber. It's trickier, in that you try to keep the size of the poles matching each other, and adjusting or compensating for crookedness, etc. If I were usin' stout round poles for the sill beam, I would not worry about a top plate, but might nail the truss ends directly to the sill pole. If the pole didn't have much of an even top, I might take a broadax and hew it evenly with the use of a chalkline. I'd also make sure the pole was strong enough to hold the weight of the trusses, with no large "knottish" defects in the middle. Think strength and safety; I wouldn't want that barn fallin' on your girls! (Please tell the girls Pa Mac says "Hey!")

Great stuff. Where ya been......

Amazingly well put together (both the video and the structure). You would have made a great college professor.

Hay Pa Mac ! I'm wondering how you got those Very LONG and very Heavy beams up to the top of those posts ? I assume the use of your fancy tractor.... or did you use a Ging Pole ? I've done some Ranching myself and building it all from the land is very rewarding , but in my case a necessity... I made a 8hp bandsaw lumber mill that made the making of those planks far easier.... and less work... Hats off to you for sticking with it and getting the job done with just the chainsaw ! that IS a bunch of work ! Well done ! Bob.....

@farmhandscompanion

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Bob! The longest boards I used were 11 footers-but they were pretty heavy, being made from white oak and about 1 and 3/4 inch thick by almost 8 inches wide. If I remember right, on the lower spans (just above head high) I drove a big nail temporarily on one pole (at about where the bottom of the board would be) and set one end of the board on this nail, while I carried the other end of the board up the ladder at the other pole and nailed it in (then moved the ladder to the opposite side and nailed that end in). For taller spans (the truss sills) I think I drove a temporary nail at both poles and with the ladder positioned in the middle of the poles, carried the board up and set it carefully on both nails. This is one of the reasons I intentionally designed the spans to all be under 12 feet (actually 11 feet) long, so that one fairly fit person could build it. It's still all tricky business, though-makin' sure the temporary nails were driven far enough in to hold the weight of the board. A falling board this heavy can wreak havoc on a ladder that's holdin' you up. It's also good to not have people, dogs, or chickens runnin' around under you-at least people, dogs, or chickens that you like. (Just kiddin' on that last thought) Thanks for askin, Bob, and for watchin' the show!

@bobkelly2447

7 жыл бұрын

Ok I understand that part about the planks.... but the beams ...the 20' long 6"x6" or so beams that the rafters set on is what I'm wondering about..... are you saying they are 2 planks bolted together instead on one solid piece ? .... LOL where there's a will there's a way ! makes sense to me ! I raised a log up about 15ft one time for a ridge pole... that was an ordeal indeed... I used a Ging pole, a board with a pulley on the top with a rope through it back down to the log, lifting and Pulling on the rope at the same time got one end up... then I did the same to the other end.... once up I cut the flat notch and used 12" spikes to hold it.... then I used logs to act as rafters every 2' ( that ridge pole was about 6ft longer than needed so it would sit up there chained to the top) ( i used lag bolts to hold the 2x8x6' Ging pole to the upright log... nails pulled out) just so you know ! .... thanks for the info ! Bob.....

@farmhandscompanion

7 жыл бұрын

That's right, Bob. The truss sill that holds up the rafters is composed of 2 upright planks (notched into the cedar poles from opposite sides) with a top plate nailed on top of both-none of which are longer than 11 feet. (Your Ging pole idea sounds like more fun, though.)

@bobkelly2447

7 жыл бұрын

Ah HA ! that's a very clever way of doing it Pa Mac ! ....Thanks' for the Response ! I bet your chainsaw is getting a bit Tired after all that work... I made up an Alaskan mill years ago , yours is allot simpler and lighter! .... I did brake down and buy a chainsaw sharpener ,Bench mount type, from Harbor Freight tools. ... it was a very, very good investment...a must if you use a chainsaw allot ..... although it's mostly plastic it works better than I can file the chains.... (Just don't forget the depth gauges on the chain !) Keep up the good work ! and Thank you ! Bob.....

When do we get more :) I love this channel.

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Always workin' on the next one, highcountrytimber. Thanks so much for watchin'!

I always go back to watching the pole barn makin'. Two questions I have after watching this fifty times or so. 1) What was the purpose of having the loft sills 2 feet below the truss sills? 2) I'm guessing normally you'd want to peel the bark off of the timbers to minimize bugs and rot. Is cedar bark also resistant to bugs and rot so u would be able to skip that step?

@farmhandscompanion

8 жыл бұрын

+Cassian YHVH Great questions, Cassian! I'll start with the second question first: yes, on practically every tree except cedar I would definitely peel the bark off or there'll be problems with bugs and rot. Cedar has such a thin outer bark (less than a quarter inch) and it usually separates from the tree and peels off by itself a lot of the time. In cases where it's hung on, though, I've not noticed any damage that threatens the stability of the post. Cedar must really taste bad to bugs. As for your first question, allow me to rephrase it in a different way: "What was the purpose of having the truss sills 2 feet above the loft sills?" To start with, you can build your loft sills as high as you need em; I just wanted my loft sills high enough up that I didn't bump my head on em. Then, as far as the truss sills go, I could have designed things such that the trusses sat directly on the loft sills (basically combining truss sills and loft sills into one entity); however, that would have given me less headroom in the loft section (I'd be bending over all the time up there). I just happened to make the trusses sit a couple feet higher to provide more headroom in the loft. I could have made em sit even higher (3 foot, 4 foot, 5 foot, and so on...) but with every foot higher you go you're makin' a little more work for yourself. A couple feet seemed reasonable. Hope that helps, Cassian...and my best to you as you build your project!

@cassianyhvh7220

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughtful reply and the time you took doing so. It makes perfect sense now. Have you thought of future solar panels if they ever get cheap enough? I guess if that's a future option then you want the building aligned in an east west orientation so the "broad side of the barn"'s roof is facin' due south.

BEST

Hilarious!

Is there any reason why the main posts of a pole building couldn’t be put on piers like the posts for the sheds are? I’m sawing up wood to build a pole barn blacksmith shop, and I don’t have access to enough cedar trees for this. I’ve cut 4x4s from dead pine and I’m going to have to either burn them to make them rot resistant or put them on those little piers. I think perhaps the concrete piers would be better for me because the spot I have is very low and gets low standing water when it rains. What would you do, Pa Mac? Also, I’m not far from caddo gap! I’m just outside Hot Springs myself. Maybe I’ll see you come the next sorghum festival.

you know, that it is awesome, what you're doing, ... do you? :)

It’d be cool if he built a small sawmill

only question is .....how long did you let the lumber cure before milling or using it for construction??

nice video ....but when putting the log on the concrete pier I would put a vapor barrier in between the two..... log will last longer

I am building a cedar pole deck on the second floor of the outside of my barn. the two poles I planted are 14 feet apart. I want to cut a rectangular notch on each end, and have the same notch on the poles but the male form to fit the notch. Problem is my poles go up another 8 feet! I don't want to cut them off then build up, I want to use them for a roof! What is the best way to secure my deck floor logs to the posts without cutting out too much wood? Great videos!

@farmhandscompanion

4 жыл бұрын

Gotcha; good question, Jason. I had a similar issue with my first barn in TN. A few of the poles at the back of the barn were a little higher at floor joist level than the others because of the slope of the ground. They were also a little smaller diameter than some of the other poles, which didn't help at that height. If memory serves, I just barely made a notch or "shoulder" for them to sit on (about 3/8ths inch). This way, it wasn't only the nails that would be supportin all the weight. The other option (or an option you can use in combination with a slight shoulder) would be to "scab on" a short board (say, about 18 inches long or so) by nailin it lengthways to the pole, and making the top end of the board sit exactly where it'll meet and support the floor joists. (The end of the board is basically your shoulder or "notch".) Hope this helps, Jason; and above all, build it safely and with much thought.

Good vid, I could see you have a lot of wood on hand. How far is Home depot from where your at?

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how far it is to Home Depot, brizzx32, but if I find out it's just down the road from me once I get through with all this lumber makin' and the like ... ????

Nice video... You look tired. Take a brake there i always tomorrow.

I would be interested in the measurements on making the trapezoid mortar foundations please?

@farmhandscompanion

3 жыл бұрын

The form boards are 6 & 3/4 by 8 & 3/4, which after assembled and have concrete poured in 'em, result in a pier that's 6 inches at the top, and 8 inches at the ground. Thanks for askin', Christine

@reegugu

3 жыл бұрын

@@farmhandscompanion I appreciate that.Thank you much!!

great job! What do you use to edit your videos?

@farmhandscompanion

9 жыл бұрын

michael egan Hey Michael, Final Cut Xpress is the software I use.

i covet your hat!

@farmhandscompanion

9 жыл бұрын

Tom Kozak Ohhhhh, no point in doin' that! You can get em real cheap at the dollar store, once summer's over. I appreciate you, Tom!

8:10 the frost will push that up

@farmhandscompanion

5 жыл бұрын

It's really not likely to, and hasn't for several winters. Thankfully we're in southwest Arkansas...not southwest Alaska. Keep on watchin', BlueGamer Dude!

@BlueGamerDude

5 жыл бұрын

@@farmhandscompanion oh your lucky! I live far north and had to dig 1.5 meters for my cabin footings hahah. And i will your videos are great!

....mate -where I can buy that chainsaw attachment-Thanks

Great job. The repetitive music got muted though.

I hope you take the line level off to get a true level for the line. Those lie levels are a little heaver than most people think.

@farmhandscompanion

7 жыл бұрын

They'll work fine for the job, fred; if in doubt, just make a complete go 'round between each pole and see if you end up at the same mark by the time you get back around to the first pole. Also if you're not sure you're gettin' an accurate reading, put the line level in the exact middle of the poles; then, even if your line level is heavy, you'll still get a pretty good reading. Thanks for watchin', fred!

I'd just go to the lumberyard and buy the lumber and build it twice as fast if not sooner with power tools and equipment. I wouldn't have the patience that this guy has. Plus I don't like working harder than I have too.

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Hey Gary, I'm with you on that not workin' harder than I have to. It's just that when it comes to a choice between spending more money or workin' harder ... I usually gravitate toward the extra work. As for my patience, I'm pleased you haven't been around to see me when my chainsaw doesn't start. Take care, and thanks for watchin'! Pa Mac

@GarySmythe

10 жыл бұрын

Pa Mac, Your video was fun to watch and I enjoyed it When you get to my age you'll start to gravitate towards spending the money or not doing the project in the first place. Get all your big jobs done while you're still young. Thanks for your videos and look forward to seeing your finished building.

So we don't need cement for the holes?

@nancygorman

10 жыл бұрын

this question is for the first video... you are a genius by the way!!!

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

You don't have to. I don't, mainly because if I set the posts firmly by tamping well, I don't see as how the concrete helps enough to warrant it the extra expense (especially if I'm payin' attention to the proper times of the month to dig a hole and then set a post). And should my workshop burn up or be destroyed by tornado and need rebuilding, or someone one day repurposes the whole area, they don't have to deal with chunks of concrete in the ground. The same with fence posts. Some might even make the argument that the concrete actually encourages rot by not letting the wood breathe. I'm not smart enough to figure all that out; all I know is I don't use concrete and the fenceposts and buildings I've built thus far still function well. Thank for watchin', Nancy! Pa Mac

This all cool & all , but what happens when the base of each tree finely rots away

@cavemanjoe7972

5 жыл бұрын

The way he did it with those cedar posts, they won't be rotting away in his or his grandkids' lifetimes.

@LogHewer

3 жыл бұрын

You can cut the bottoms off and scarf in new post bases. I've seen it done on some of those massive tithe barns in England. Very cool stuff.

Pa, please give me your dimensions of barn.

Amazing! Will you be my dad?

@farmhandscompanion

8 жыл бұрын

+Thinkshaolin Well, I suppose so, Thinkshaolin. In an internet kind of way (I won't be able to put you through college or anything). Thanks for watchin', son.

Are you sure you're a homesteader and not a comedian Lol?

@farmhandscompanion

8 жыл бұрын

+samuski36 Judgin' by income alone, I think it's safe to say I'm a homesteader. (Wouldn't have it any other way!) Thanks for watchin, samuski36; and thanks to everyone else for commenting!

Lol at not a step

@farmhandscompanion

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, CycloneJackHH. Was wonderin' if anybody caught that.

Terrible music. Couldnt finish

@farmhandscompanion

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry you had problems with the music, timkrav1. That's just a mystery to me. I listened again myself and I can hear the gourd fiddle just fine (along with all the other instruments in the mix). I'll go and listen at the neighbor's house and see if I can hear what you're talkin about over there. Thanks for the quality control tip, timkrav1! and keep on watchin! (ps, turn your speakers all the way down or off, timkrav, and then go back and watch it without the sound until I get the problem all worked out)

I hate watching videos that i have to read what your doing. This is the 20th century you know.

@farmhandscompanion

5 жыл бұрын

Are you bein' facetious, or are you a time traveller? Regardless, thanks for watchin' at least this one video, Yoshi!

what an insanely boaring video

@therrienmichael08

6 жыл бұрын

Shelby Constructions Psst...Boring

@LogHewer

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty interesting from where I'm sitting. Used these videos and the book to build my own barn. Granted, a tree smashed part of it in a tornado a couple years after, but I've about got him rebuilt. 😅 Nothing remotely boring here.

@bradygross9825

3 жыл бұрын

You've got terrible taste Shelby

respect! 8-)