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Man builds a cabin in the Canadian wilderness
Note: This was built with the use of hand tools only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rgGEkI510Q
Jan 20, 2018 4:39 PM
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Note: This was built with the use of hand tools only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rgGEkI510Q
TheRealFrankTurpentine
HarmoniousMarie
MerryXMan
Unabomber?
ButItGoesTo11
I’m trying find me some of them square trees
DrLophophora
So cozy!
NomadMatt
muthafrickinpeanutbutter
Johnnyonenut
That kids is the true definition of a BadAss!! BadAssery if you may.
mikey6gun
Killaska
I was pretty good with Lincoln Logs as a kid...
thesmelge
Gets eaten by a bear in the night.
SocietyOfSensation
He actually got some footage of bears right by the cabin at the small lake/stream that the cabin looks out to :-)
MogseyInnit
but where did all the lovely lumber come from?
SocietyOfSensation
Part from his own property, part from a friend who had seasoned logs, part bought (and machined) wood if I remember correctly.
fredbloxx
prob not to code
ApplePeachPumpkinBlueberryCherryorBananaCream
He intentionally bought land that was not in a township, so he didn't have to meet code.
DunderGifflin
These perfectly stacked, precisely cut, smoothly round logs are very satisfying. They are as satisfying as that progress bar. Nice @op. :)
bearCosmosCreator
Adult Lincoln logs!
WillemHellfire
Building a cabin even with power tools is pretty damn hard work. I have first hand experience. This dude is a beast.
phildobaggons
He also did it reasonably quickly for 1 person.
ottotravel
Ya, in like two minutes it appears.
Copperbrat
Was expecting a unabomber type hut. This is actually a beautiful house!
114patersonhall
But where does he poop....
ApplePeachPumpkinBlueberryCherryorBananaCream
An outhouse... Its located out his door and then to the left. Visible here: https://youtu.be/9yjXC3Im4RQ?t=22m46s
114patersonhall
Thanks, I can sleep now
Sykopomp
ginjaninjaturtle
I can’t believe I needed to scroll to find this...
findingjewels
In 9th grade I made a chest board and my teacher only had to help me with 90% of it.
ottotravel
I remember that woodshop project.
findingjewels
You wood wouldn't you!!
findingjewels
Also I'm drunk and sassy
FellsApprentice
Shawn James is an awesome man. How dare you no link to his channel and his whole series on this cabin.
SocietyOfSensation
The link to the video is there (now at least) so thats his channel. He is awesome indeed. Cool to see one of my fav channels pop up on imgur
fakeirish
so glad he included mud - people always forget that mud/leaves give good insulation
springuy8
Is it called chinking?
icantbelievemynamewastaken
Yes, it is.
MostLikelyNotWearingPants
It is. Usually use mud/moss. Source: did it numerous times at fly-in fishing camps in the middle of bfe Canada. Mainly for the mosquitos.
Elminst
So did he cut all those perfect flat/straight roof boards by hand too...? methinks not...
brassmule
Plus that site prep didn't look like by hand, either. Methinks a bobcat was involved - those require your feet to use. CHECK MATE NATURE!
Yummyyummytacoz
h haha I was thinking this exact same thing
12rt2345g342563
No he definitely brought in some dimensional lumber and other construction materials with him. Still cool though.
SocietyOfSensation
Nope. But it is true he didnt use petrol or electricity(generator) on the property. He did get materials for building it that are machined.
JustSayingYouHaventSeenMeAndBatmanInTheSameRoomBefore
He also used a ladder which isn't a hand tool. CHECKMATE SCIENTOLOGISTS
OaksParcel
Best part about this comment is that if you watch the video he actually builds the ladder by hand.
Elminst
Did he build the 2 different aluminum ones , also?
MatthewJohnsona
Did yall miss the metal chimney?
MistressLyda
You can split wood quite evenly with "big nails" (I forget the English word here) and a hammer/blunt end of the axe.
cobaltandchrome
Splitting wedge?
MistressLyda
Yes! They work really well, and I would not be surprised if he has used that, together with the... uhm. Sharp cake spatula thing.
KemikalBond
A chisel?
MistressLyda
No.... those are more stabbystabby... I am thinking of more like a huge carrot peeler?
on steroids.
mountainmintman
Sure would like to see how he got all that foundation rock in there.
barnwolf
There was foundation rock? Looks like a direct wood to dirt connection to me. Would last like 3x as long if it wasn't.
SocietyOfSensation
You can watch it on his channel
AngriestViking
Probably back filled with a dump truck and a tractor
yourmotherandIthinkyoushouldmoveout
Really there’s just a crew out of view doing all the work and handing him shit
eliottsworld
Hand tools
Honeybadger2198
The better question is how he got such cleanly cut piece of wood.
Scubasteve0571
Rough cut lumber Mills are everywhere
SugarTitsMcGee7
^ THIS. I was wondering the same thing! Those perfect 2x4s and 4x4s are damn near impossible to cut by hand.
Honeybadger2198
What about those perfectly "carved" logs? Imagine carving every single massive log into such perfect cylinders. That would take weeks.
onegrimeyczar
It would only take me 4 days in Minecraft to do this.
FritztheChef
I can do it in a minute with a pack of Lincoln Logs
MisterLemons
Look at the frikkin architect with the lincoln logs here, what about the rest of us stuck with toothpicks and elmers?
EverydayIsLegDayBecauseImRunningFromMyProblems
I built a city with a running subway in a few hundred hours in MC :) Cant believe I spent that much time.
onegrimeyczar
Nice!
EverydayIsLegDayBecauseImRunningFromMyProblems
Thanks :) Ive made two or so topics on my town. I think I mightve reposted or included more detail the second time.
DKTProto
You can do this in Minecraft in less than 40 minutes. And that's starting with nothing
CoffeeMakesMeTwitchy
He means 4 days Minecraft time
EssenSlug
That's still a long time, I wouldn't go over 10 min. which is a day and half the night
McMasterx
80 minutes is still a rather long time to build a house.
onegrimeyczar
AutomaticBedazzler
“There goes the neighborhood.” -bears, probably
FreakinFork
Damn gentrification
fitgirl1
Well those logs look like they were cured and quite possibly cut down elsewhere. Those planks looks they were cut at a mill too.
Sugarblade
"Bears are so stupid. They must think ALL humans walk around with shit in their pants B/C every one they ever met did." -Dana Gould
largebear
There goes the neighborhood.
SocietyOfSensation
He got footage of bears on the property very close to the cabin. One of the reasons he didnt want to use power tools is for the wildlife.
Sheldonian
All the time i was thinking "at least he should have a nail gun" and between a hammer and a nail gun, the hammer makes more noise
gwhh
Would the wildlife ask to borrow his power tools and not return them?
Bagelblues
Those bears make worse neighbors than Homer Simpson
SocietyOfSensation
They would sell his tools to buy drugs... but really it is about keeping the louder and mechanical noises out to not scare the wildlife away
iclearlyhavetissues
Was literally working out on some lands a few hours ago and there were 6 deer nearby as I used my battery operated tools. They didn’t gaf.
makelthappen
Did he soak the logs in wood first?
LongGreasyDick
Thats only for hot logs and not homey logs
Morhith
Well this is going to consume the next hour of my life
stillwatrpwnage
I think it's going to take you more than an hour to build a cabin like that.
NewEnglandGuy
From the comfort of my chair in my heated house with my snacks.
comeflywithme
While he builds his own chair, enjoys the heat from wood he’s chopped and snacks on jerky he’s made from an animal he’s hunted. ;)
Shamorza
...while building a cabin in my head.
SvartTe
Are you stuck in a Vietnamese POW-camp?
SocietyOfSensation
It is going to be a lot more than 1hour if you watch the whole series. Really cool channel if you are into offgridd/bushcraft/outdoors stuff
nineteen85
I just watched the whole thing. Then some of his other videos. I'm hooked!
BanzaiRun
What's the concrete lined box with lid for?
Scubasteve0571
Yeah then the plot twist that he's a millionaire.
befuddlepuddle
It's been 5 hours.. are you still alive?
prob10
Gif was so long that I could've built a house in that time
ZombiesHateComputers
Richard Proenneke did in 1968 in his 50s in Alaska with just hand tools.
tybean22
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citythatday
I watch that at least once a year.
Donnanobleslonglostdoppleganger
Me too! Then I start thinking about doing the same thing. for about 1/2hour. then I turn on Netflix and remember that I'm too lazy
Affray
Hand tools that he carved the handles for himself before being able to use them. Lighter to carry just the steel parts until you settle down
12rt2345g342563
An absolute classic.
JayEnfield
Literally everyone moving west did this in the 1850s with just hand tools.
GrampaJack
Dick Proenneke was THE MAN!
foampants
The book "One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey" is based on his journals and a wonderful read. The man is an Alaskan legend.
LupusLilium
The impressive part is that he did it alone using camera technology back then too and took just a massive amount of film to sort through.
ChallengerDeep
https://shop.pbs.org/alone-in-the-wilderness-dvd/product/ALWL401 - amazing stuff.
SocietyOfSensation
This guy also only used hand tools (no petrol, so no chainsaw) however there were some "cheats".
ToasterDent
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start ?
malachilenomade
Overflow calls for PBS, we hated that show... the phones would be non-stop for a solid hour after it aired.
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malachilenomade
Oh yeah. That show sold more than anything else they aired during the funding campaigns.
ZombiesHateComputers
Check out "One Man's Wilderness", they made a couple of documentaries.
Barbatus
The book is a good read as well.
mineovermatter
Thought it was "Alone In The Wilderness"
ZombiesHateComputers
Alone in the Wilderness is the movie. One Man's Wilderness is the book.
Seethreepeeoh
Off grid. But with good upload speeds.
sarabearr
Something tells me he edits and uploads his videos from his home in the city with a good WiFi connection
PerlerBeads4Dayz
The best kind of off the grid is on the grid.
Kolondril
As that one dude said in Dr Strange, "We're not savages"
TheMagicalUpvoteFearie
Maybe it took him 6 months to upload, looks like summer to me
MrWobblyHead
Very first shot has June/July 2017 in the bottom right corner.
ojp1977
There was a film crew that followed him up and recorded almost everything. One scene where he's passed by a moose while he's in a canoe
ojp1977
Unless this is a different person than the one I'm thinking of - I'm at work and can't watch it right now
soggypancakes
He most likely has a house in the city, uploads there and does his laundry then does this shit in his off time.
richardpleasums
It seems he splits his time building shit and being on social media.
brownribbon
And what appears to be well milled 4x4s.
VeryRealGirlAndNotRussianBot
The future is now people!!
captaingrump
Record off grid. Upload on grid. It is known.
FatmanSaul
That's the dream.
Yotarian
This is actually 10 years old. It took that long to upload.
Seethreepeeoh
He got the plans on encarta
Badsequence
LezgoNecro
You don't know that until you see his logs.
getrag
DoomSkuller
Fleaofpain
pondeangul
I can smell the pixels D: Ima steal this.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
What are they, soaked in wood?
NatsukiIsMyWaifu
SOAKED IN WOOD
greasemeuplunchladydoris
And square cut timber.
kevind13
He squares them by hand.
BurntToast127
Nobody hand hews wood any more. Not even amish.
bumpy703
did you watch the full 1 hr video? he uses only hand tools, yes, but he uses machined timbers and boards for the roofing and flooring