Medieval carpentry | hewing a Tree trunk into a beam

Traditional carpentry like 1200 years ago. For timber processing, nothing but a bearded axe is used. Charcoal, a cord made of basswood and a plumb were used to mark the wood.

Music by "Tolkien Ensemble"

[richardsilva-spokane]

Incredible detail and craftsmanship…and superb results.
You’re an inspiration 👍

[nobob]

Deserves more views man! Thanks for this great video

[EvilDwarf-pppy]

Fantastic work. The end result is beautiful.

[jeremyduo]

Very good! and a great video production too.

[michaelrodman]

wonderful. thanks for taking the time to share your work.

[qflqymo]

Excellent work and very well made. Can we expect more videos?

[Berre]

Tough job. It seems carpenters like you are needed in Paris, for the reconstruction of the Notre Dame.

[chikokishi]

Its amazing how much work something so simple needed. Modern day is too easy.

[A.J.]

How long did it take to complete a single beam like this?

[garethesplin]

Lovely video. Really enjoyed it. Having hewed timber myself it’s interesting to see these older methods. Using a smaller axe than most do today must be quite tiring. But then I suppose the user only had one axe to do all from felling to hewing? Looking forward to seeing more videos. Itching to now go hew a beam myself! Thanks.

[jeffreydustin]

Beautiful crafting. What will you use the timber for?

[rizzo]

Thats a good days work ; ) I'll bet they are in great shape ; )

[rickschuman]

Wondering where you got the charcoal/string technique.

[armandofernandezrobledo]

Labrar la madera, si me tocó siendo muy joven, y para marcar la línea de la cuerda, lo q se hacía era ceniza de madera, o de carbón, se mojaba la cuerda, y después la impegnaba con la ceniza, se colocaba con unos clavos a los extremos, se tensaba y marcaba la línea, y ya se podía quitar la cuerda,

[benhartford]

Great video. Thank you. I'm wondering what this profession was called. A sawyer would be the name for someone making timbers by sawing, right? But by hewing? Or did the same person do both things?

[gerry]

I thought they marked lines on the length of timber by covering a taut string with chalk dust and then flicking it onto the wood.

[MartinMMeiss-mjli]

Remarkable, considering the axe used. A hewer of this skill could have gotten the timber as smooth as glass with a 19th century axe.

[rawbacon]

The old days required about 3x as many calories as people of today.

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[bubbajohnston]

What type of wood or tree is that thanks