Those must have been white or red Eastern cedar. Cedar, in the proper growing ground with lots of water, can actually REPAIR itself from the inside. I've seen old growth hit by lightiniing on the wet west coast and the tree would literally fill in (over decades) and sent another top up into the sky. Most other trees can't do that and survive.

Ah, we are neighbors then. But only pecan trees around me. I use the fallen wood for the smoker. Making big posts for a hammock. Bird houses with the kids too.

If you have priced a box of cedar shingles now, that machine is about as valuable as a money printing press. You won't go to Federal prison for running it either!

How big is a skid of shingles?

@@rawbacon I don't quite remember how many square feet a bundle could cover, but our skids were 4x4 and the bundles on it were 4ft high. Each skid could hold 12 bundles, so it was 4 cubic feet and we could load 16 skids onto the 1 ton.

odour /ˈəʊdə/ noun 1. a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one.

@@ToxicMrSmith Not unpleasant to me.

@@ToxicMrSmith In American English, odor is the preferred spelling of the noun referring to a property detected by the sense of smell. In all other main varieties of English, odour is the preferred spelling.

I love the smell of cedar as well. I line the closet with cedar to scent it on my clothes. Way better than artificial detergent or fabric softener scents. Also, freshly cut Douglas Fir in the morning.. absolutely divine. 🤤 For many thousands of years freshly cut wood was a predominant scent in many communities since we were hunter gatherers all the way up to the industrial revolution. From tools to houses and everything in between. These are fine scents of nature we have lost to modernization and everything being layered with drywall, chemicals, paint, and plastics. 😒 I sometimes wonder if the reason why common sense seems to be disappearing is because common scents are fading as well. 🤔🤷😂

@@deanerhar We had a cedar lined closet for olfactory reasons and for moth protection as well. Bare cedar will emit more odor again after fading by sanding it to expose new fibers. The move away from natural products takes away an element of richness. There's many people who have never been in the woods during and especially after rain to take in the fresh scents. There's nothing like a real Christmas tree either.

Yep, and they're also using crowned pulleys. Keeps the belt on track without the need of any guides even if it's not a very tight tension.

Yes, but, how can this help the plebs and their tik tok videos? We live in an era of regression and lost arts. Now "digital" code runs our life and entertains our children. Do you think in 120 years they will be showing off cell phones and dating apps? Probably not. If we even make it that far. -Black Pill out

That's what i was thinking shavings would make great tinder.

That's right Sweet Nara, I sharpen my cedar pickets with a chain saw and since I don't have cattle, I use the shavings as tinder, it's great!

Forgive me, do the cattle eat it?🤔🤨

@@sweetkitty2798 they lay on it for bedding in barns

You shingle-handedly ruined this video for me.

How long do they last over there - here it is only 15 - 20 years.

A lovely machine, but not the best shingles, sawn shingles are not as good as riven ones, same with plaster laths.

My house still has the ceder shingles under the asphalt shingles

@@leifvejby8023 Hi our family farm house in Manitoba Canada was either built in1974 or 76 I can't remember exactly which years for the house and workshop building. The house still has 90% of the original cedar shakes as they call them round here. My dad replaced 2 small flatter roof areas over the deck and stairs into the basement with modern asphalt shingles during the last 2 years, that had damage from overhanging trees before we bought the place. I'd bet there is about 2 years left in the rest of the original roof before it's replaced to, so if it's 74 I was born that year and 48 they'll be 50 years old if they last that long.

@@super6954 Thanks! They don't seem to last very long here, on a nearby museum they lasted about 15 years. The reason can be the climate - Denmark is wetter, colder and have less sun hours than Seattle, which is known for cold, dark and wet weather. Could very well be the reason! Thanks again!

This is why towns stink now. There is nothing quite like the stench of hot asphalt in morning... 🤤🙃🤢 I much prefer the smell of "firewood" in the morning, even if it is my neighbors house. 😂 ...only my house can have asphalt shingles guys, everyone else must use cedar shingles, and point your fireworks in the opposite direction of me so I can smell the world burn... 🤤🙃😌

@@deanerhar are you sure you need the smell of shingles burning in the morning? Seems to me you could find a good work in a coal locomotive, coaling a steam ship or maybe commited to an asylum.

Imagine using ceramic tiles like the Portuguese, Spanish and all its colonies. It's like some Americans are smart and work for the advance of humanity but the rest are just plain $+vp¡d. I guess it's cheaper and warmer to die in a blaze.

Everyone now is going to metal roofs. No more shingles.

@@suprememasteroftheuniverse In areas where they used clay tiles on roofs it was done out of necessity. There wasn't enough trees to build the homes, much less use them for shingles. That's why so many used mud brick and other materials used to build homes. In the U.S. there was an abundance of trees, so that's what we used. As for your opinion on "stupid Americans," I'm sure there's an equal amount of stupid people in every nation, including yours!

Exactly what I thought. How come such thin shingles survive sun, rain and wind in the long run. The taper also makes sense now. It renders the surface much more flat ready for the actual shingles.

Shakes are split shingles are sawn

Wrong. Wood Shingles are cut, wood shakes are split.

Rough sawn shingles are older than that machine , I've got them on the side of my camp and they were put there in 64' . If there was any logic to your comment , sawn lumber of any species wouldn't last the elements.

Best used under porches or gables with limited exposure. Interior also

Dude I think you meant to say under 90. It has been an extremely long time since a hand crank was a common feature on engines, and even when they were common loads of people never touched them.

@@uncouthboy8028 Actually Kubota still sells a hand cranked diesel engine. 7hp stationary engines start around 2k USD in Asia brand new.

And yet this old guy has all of his fingers ,amazing isn’t it!

@@LazloNQ And some people don't need it anymore.

I was always taught to use machines and equipment like the safety features were not there. The safer you make something the more complacent people get around it, and that is when terrible things happen. Still today mills have huge saws that could easily cut you in two if not careful, but the people operating it Know that, and always take precautions, mindful, but not afraid, kind of a tradesman code.

I expect that most people who own hand-cranked engines know that...

Come now, that's common knowledge for anyone that's been around hand crank starters. But for those that haven't; you turn it slowly until you get a cylinder on the compression stroke (you'll know because of the increase in resistance), preferably with the handle between 12:30 and 2:30, then you reposition your thumb. DO NOT grip it like a bat or a bottle, but rather put your thumb along side your index finger. This way if the machine kicks back the crank will slip out of your grip. Remember most engines fire before TDC, and most of these engines were to simplistic for an automated timing retarder. Then with a quick motion shove the crank through the rest of the compression stroke, hopefully starting the engine. With a cold engine I find that leaving the ignition off, activating the choke, and cranking the machine rather quickly for 15-20 seconds, before turning on the ignition and performing the steps listed helps. If requested I can do a video showing and explaining how.

@@richardpenny7813 yeah that sounds really interesting if you can and have a handcrank engine make a tutorial/tip video🌊🌊✌

Plenty of Jacks videos on KZfaq. HOW!!

A childhood favourite, Jack Hargreaves.

@@thecaptain7411 -- I always prefered the hot girl myself. Susan Shanks? Susan Spanks?

@@twatmunro Susan Stranks (agree with description), but she presented Magpie, How! had Bunty James alongside Fred Dinage and - damn, now I'll have too look up the science guy's name. Jon something?

Countryman Jack - fond memories of a great old timer with such a calm and informative demeanour.

thats not true at all

earliest successful shingles were made of chestnut

Any wood can serve as a 'successful shingle, the only difference being in how long they'd last. It's not like people were not going to put a roof on if they didn't have chestnut, they'd just use what was at hand.

I have a few shingle oaks on my place.

@@mwilliamshs We used oak here about 1100 years ago - as shown by a single shingle found in a well a few years ago.

Meh. A little 6 foot Razor sharp blade spinning at a few hundred rpm never hurt anybody.

Especially when one of them is Michael Harris from Newhart.

@@davearonow65 I lost both legs and an elbow last week...

This entire thread is made up of great comments 😂

Ye old classic sawstop action - put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop.

I know your pain. Worked in enough workshops to know how annoying constant loud noise can be. But it is mandatory to wear ear protection nowadays. Not sure about 70's.

Its crazy people cut down such magnificent trees, a shame really when there are so many decades old that would do just fine.

IMAGINE SHOWING UP WITH GOGGLES. EAR PROTECTION A HARD HAT STEEL TOE BOOTS,GLOVES, GREEN GLOW IN THE DARK VEST!!? YOU WOULD BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WHOLE TOWN MAYBE THE STATE!! AND THEY WOULD SAY TO MUCH SISSY SAUCE ON THAT BOY!! IS WHAT MY GRANDFATHER AND FATHER AND UNCLES WOULD HAVE DEEMED THE GUY A FERRY!!!? THEY CALLED IT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND FK YOUR FEELINGS LEAVE THEM HOME WITH THE WOMEN AND BABIES!!???

"safety" as a concept was later invented after the turn of the century.

The failsafe back then, was having 10 kids.

1940 Dodge.

Single?

Why bro

Sorry to hear that. Nothing lasts forever, but pictures and stories, and most importantly how and why to do things must be passed down to our children!

Out of curiosity, were they sawn or split?

@@ErikPukinskis both.

I don't understand. Where are the gay black disabled minority and the social criticism? Did they call that journalism?

Technically these are shingles. Shakes are hand split and shaven flat and last a bit longer.

@@littlecabininthebigwoods5720 Thanks for the info.

Or insulating animals sheds, or maybe bedding for some.

The people too dumb to work around such machinery weeded themselves out back then.

@@teebob21 ….Now that we’ve (corporate lawyers) have made just about everything safe as can be, we let idiots do all sorts of things. The result…., decreased productivity, shoddy work and the perpetuation of even more idiots. 👍

yeah, that would be fun. less safety crap but a lot more backbreaking manual labor. lot more time laboring onsite. but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. would be real interesting to see some of the tools that got put to task back then. i imagine they'd put up some kind of gin pole to set rafters with.

Our cape cod style house has a double layer of cedar shingles as siding and it’s awesome looking!

There are average houses that are 100 years old. 100 years is not a big deal anymore.

Its called excelsior

They didn't use sawdust for packaging. They used the shavings which were called excelsior.

That’s breathing in more smoke than air

@@servicetrucker5564 He did give that up at 62. Breathing air that is.

@@steveg2479 Damn

Of gewoon bij de buren oet grunn

@@hekjeee kan ook inderdaad

Them old machines had the best and most versatile form of safety installed... It's called "common sense"... But it's not used very often these days....

Not every carpenter with 10 fingers has common sense. That’s a foolish assumption.

Or undertaker.

That is correct Many old timers have broke or lost a thumb by holding the crank wrong while cranking the engine

I learned the hard way!

Gee Dubb Me too, I blacked my eye when the handle snatched back. It was kinda funny though.

looking back it's kinda funny. My dad was so pissed at me because I was told not to crank it and I did anyway. I was soaking my arm in the livestock water tank and it didn't help so he made my mom take me to the hospital where I was fitted with a cast for two month. Oh, the dumb things we do when we're young! I don't crank anything bigger than a chainsaw. Almost 50 years later and I still remember the pain! LOL!

Too true. These days I dont lean over the starting handle just in case it does kick back and never wrap my thumb around the handle either.

Not sure what species you're talking about. Just fiy it's not real cedar. There are only 4 cedars that grow in middle East, the rest are pines and trees that have name "cedar". Those real cedars are quite soft, but very durable in terms of rot and insect attacks.