Traditional Japanese Way to Preserve Wood with Fire using Shou Sugi Ban, Yakisugi on my log cabin

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Shou Sugi Ban, also called Yakisugi, is the charring of cedar wood for use in construction of exposed wood buildings. I'm not sure if it was ever used for roofing, and I doubt it's ever been used as a board and batten style roof on a log cabin, so this may be one of a kind.

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I’m 24 years, student from London. Since I started watching your videos it honestly made me think what kind of man I want to be in life. I can only speak from the videos I’ve watched as I don’t know you in person but I can tell that you’re genuinely a good man.

achensov
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Wow! I was one of the people who recommended metal roofing, but man o man what a great choice! Thank God for wives who prompt us to step out of the box.

izzyplusplusplus
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Years ago in the late 60's early 70's I used to take old cable spools and burn the tops and wire brush them, just like you did, and then varnish the tops several times. They made really good tables.  Better than just staining them. This was back in the hippy days. If this preserves wood I guess they are still around. LOL.    You are amazing. The hardest worker I know of.

condeerogers
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One little detail that may be important for this technique: after putting a bit of oil on wood they usually heat it up (with propane) to help the oil penetrate deeper into the structure.

mkuro
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I'm very happy to wathc "SUGIYAKI" burn tree technic.
It is not us to building technic even temple in japan, very much.
Old Japanese houses and temples were made of trees and paper.no using iron nails.
Over 1200 years progress temples, now healthy and using.
No power tool, fantastic! Thank!

ej
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So cool! Tons of respect... really admire that you took the time to learn a great technique from a different culture and try it out instead of just going the common route :)

ChrisProuse
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Simply awesome. That technique has become in England very popular too. Soooo much work, but you never minded that, Shawn. Did you??? Your wife had a great idea there!

christaunnasch
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Absolute legend, Shaun. I'm hopefully going to use this technique to re-roof an old cottage in Scotland - should hopefully be cheaper, and easier to do than slates, given I'm not a roofer! Thanks for the inspiration, and I love Japanese woodworking skills and using ancient techniques that have been long forgotten.

sukotu
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Wow, your cabin is turning out awesome!! I really like the way that roof looks! If someone finds your cabin in 100 years, they will have no idea how you did that so it's great you are sharing and documenting your work!!

plantbasedprepper
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Great job Shawn !!  My Grandad used to char fence posts and he had a fire pit like what you see those fire walkers walk on and he'd lay the posts along the pit turning them when needed and when it was done he'd just roll it out the other side of the pit and roll another on. It was wonderful watching him work as a 7yr old !!  I'm 61 now and those posts are still there !!  He also treated the part in the ground and around the base with oil a few times each year ! Old sump oil from diesel trucks was best he said because it had the most carbon in it !!  Thanks mate that bought back a lot of wonderful memories !! Seeya Rob

xfute
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I build Adirondack chairs as a hobby and use the char staining technique with a propane torch and they come out fantastic.

TheFlatlander
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Oh my god! Looks gorgeous!
The zoom in on the oiling part is so satisfying!

asefb
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I was searching about fire protection for log cabins as I was thinking about your kind of cabins' safety from fire, and unknowingly clicked your video for the same to find answer.. that is really wonderful.. 🤔👌☺️

josephsuman
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Thank you once again ! I never new of this process untill u mentioned it in one of your previous productions. I appreciate you shareing this knowledge.
Jay Wildhorse Patterson USA Tennessee

jaywildhorsepatterson
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Interesting technique.
Though the grain looked so beautiful with the oil on it.

tocov
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Wow, the old fashioned method was way more effective than I thought.

eugkra
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I had used this technique a few times for the beauty it provided to small number of furniture pieces I made. I had no idea of the other positive properties doing so provides to building materials. Fascinating Shawn and an important step to have taken.. Brilliant! .. Mike.

OregonMikeH
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You are building a dream of mine. I'd LOVE to live off grid and off the land with what mother nature has given us although, convincing my wife who LOVES the luxuries of stores, is another story. I believe living off grid is her worst nightmare lol. I am sneaky with her by sneaking in some off grid projects "after the fact" that she likes, such as catching rain water from our gutters to use for gardening.

Prphcy-kz
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Fascinating technique! Thank you for including this in a video.

gutyup
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Bad ass. The joy you will have with these boards both under your feet and on your roof after this effort will be amazing! Brilliant.

woodroww.