hi there ... i have been in the business for many years and i am situated in B.C. I have done many flyouts of blocks and i now make fence rails and do 18" handsplits .i remember getting some of the old cutout sheets from the mills and we used to get well over 11 square per cord on 24" blocks ... it was nice wood ... i love working with it .... treat it like an artist and get the best utilization ...
@BO_Riddle Жыл бұрын
Watching him split the wood was very satisfying.
@condor5635 Жыл бұрын
All I can say is simply amazing. Great job. Kind of sad thinking 600 years of growth comes to this but what an amazing skill and set of tools you have
@raygon8 Жыл бұрын
What lives forever !
@hansnelsen39609 ай бұрын
Love what you are doing and love the shakes! I gotta tell you, I've owned a froe since 1969 and I make splits from very much less than perfect wood. I create some very interesting cedar sidewall coverings. The good ones I can save for a roof, but they can be a bit less than perfect, too. Keep it up, man!!
@woodroofguy11 жыл бұрын
Howdy - when we flip the block, the wood naturally tapers from a thick butt end to a thinner tip. If we don't flip the block, the shake will split with the same thickness for the whole length. This is the case no matter how long the shake - but the amount of taper remains the same - relatively speaking. In 25 years, I don't think I have ever heard a good explanation why the wood naturally tapers when the block is flipped... I hope that helps! Many thanks for saying hello!
@woodroofguy3 жыл бұрын
@@AlaaShaheenarts lloyd@woodroof.com
@Slangevar33310 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lloyd- I wish I had seen your demonstration before I put asphalt shingle on my English style cottage.
@armandoavila99787 жыл бұрын
Randy Crawford endonde es ese travajo
@jayfromtexas6718 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work! A worthy endeavor.
@maezzee3 жыл бұрын
Wow 30 inch heavy hand split.shakes.....I’m impressed......
@discountbrains10 жыл бұрын
That's very nice and esthetic, but like u said, there are very few pieces of wood available to do this and this is really hard to do without Western Red Cedar which also has a limited habitat. This is why I made my machine which can be seen at "Homemade shingle/veneer making machine". Clearly, its not as esthetic as this, but I can use logs with small knots and imperfect grain. I can overlap my shingles and try to use the minimum amount of staples and glue. With enough glue panels can be made much like solid wood.
@sweepeasu12 жыл бұрын
woodroofguy is a wood artist. Fantastic
@backyardbirbsma29812 жыл бұрын
those are some clean splits, well done!
@JasonMichaelKotarski9 жыл бұрын
well done. Thank you for showing. That will be a beautiful architectural detail.
@bloodysandlover7 жыл бұрын
this is a pretty satisfying video to watch
@woodroofguy7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AlAnderson-zl6lw Жыл бұрын
I used to do that+shake sawyer
@djbradles3 жыл бұрын
Awesome work 👏🏼
@woodroofguy12 жыл бұрын
@henryzimmer - Thanks Henry! Working 8 hours with good wood, I could produce about 20 bundles. This is equal to approx 900 shakes = approx 160 lineal meters = approx 37 m2 based on an 23cm exposure (3 layers of wood). It is pretty slow work with this long length.
@raljame2 жыл бұрын
I have watched this factual video.
@AlAnderson-zl6lw Жыл бұрын
Did that for yrs,many moons ago
@Blimkat4 жыл бұрын
Wow I would have not expected it to split that easily, very cool. I have been thinking about trying this for small sheds however I am in the east so I will never find eastern cedar that size haha. I figure I can still make some cedar shakes but much smaller. Do you have a video applying and installing the finished product?
@aeward200010 жыл бұрын
Great video. Can you make shakes using teak or other type of durable wood available in the tropics? Thank you.
@woodroofguy8 жыл бұрын
Hi Wayne - yes, when you flip the block end over end and split, the wood tapers naturally. If you don't flip the block, it will split straight, giving a uniform thickness. This is the case on the edge grain face. I forget if that is the case on the flat grain face. Note - i have never been given a good explanation why the wood tapers as it does... Anyone out there know why?
@woodroofguy8 жыл бұрын
+David Hedrick Thanks David! That's a good explanation. Makes sense to me!
@markbennett89276 жыл бұрын
Can we ever plant in 600 year cycles to preserve this and other respectful crafts that rely on the understanding and balance of ancient woodland?
@hunterwebber60252 жыл бұрын
Nah, humans breed like rats and infest even worse.
@nellieappleby4 жыл бұрын
so cool! is anybody doing it with Eastern Cedar? thx!
@ExploringCabinsandMines Жыл бұрын
should the wood be wet or cured ?
@scottmenard86184 жыл бұрын
Hi Lloyd, can you lead me to where I can purchase cedar such as this for my own hand splits? I'm in northern New Hampshire
@Gains_Monsoon11 жыл бұрын
Can you use fresh cut wood? If not how long should the cedar dry for?
@henryzimmer12 жыл бұрын
Great work! How many square meters can you do on a day?
@whilomforge34028 жыл бұрын
Does the wood naturally split at a with that taper?
@henryzimmer12 жыл бұрын
Thanks! =D
@banq0o10 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing, respect! 8-)
@phtoun11 жыл бұрын
why constantly rotate deck?
@arcare0012 жыл бұрын
600 years old?! I hope you re-planted so there'll be a new crop for the next time!
@rodney739919 жыл бұрын
do have let dry before put up or can put up with no worries. do put clear finish on right way or leave time for air dry?
@DepthWave7 жыл бұрын
rodney adams might be too late, but usually you want to let it season a bit and only finish one side so that the inside facing side can "breathe". It's supposed to help keep them from shifting and cracking... I don't know if it really makes a difference, but that's what I was taught. Only finish the side that faces the weather.
@yusukeyusuke19998 жыл бұрын
What's the tool called to split the wood ?
@woodroofguy8 жыл бұрын
+yusuke yamamoto - Hello there! Thank you for your question! The tool is called a "froe" - we call the combination of tools a mallet and froe. They are available for sale on Lee Valley Tools - www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=67231&cat=2,44728,45794,67231 However, we can supply a nice quality froe from local vendors in shake country.
@wulfdont70117 жыл бұрын
That is called a FROE
@edgarbaring4145 жыл бұрын
Do you run those at ten inch exposure with 18" 30# felt paper?
@martenhodges32723 жыл бұрын
In regard to The 30" shakes, here in the west that's called a "barn" shake" and layed in two layers with a 4" lap no felt. All the cedar I saw used For shakes, grape stakes, and bean poles were from old downed trees, fresh-cut cedar would go for fence posts.
@dart70ca7 жыл бұрын
What is your mallet made of? My wooden one gets beat up pretty quick...
@craigslitzer48576 жыл бұрын
looks like a poly mallet. i'm sure there's something hard to pronounce after that "poly", like "poly vinyl chloride", but i don't know what it stands for
@aztiff4 жыл бұрын
These must be the really expensive ones
@valentinocarvajal9 жыл бұрын
¡¡Teacher!!
@armandoavila99787 жыл бұрын
valentino carvajal endonde es ese travajo
@riosmoodie57637 жыл бұрын
I made it myself thanks to WoodPrix website.
@bignut-eg8vx3 жыл бұрын
600 year old tree cut down to cover a roof where it will last maybe 20 years before it rots to nothing. I would say that tree was better off being left as a tree.
@woodroofguy3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but that can be said about every old growth tree cut down anywhere. Forestry has always built communities from the economies that come with the cash flow. And now, after logging most of the coastal forests, there is limited old growth available. The second growth becomes the mainstay of what the mills cut for commodity products. And not that it makes much of a difference, these shakes, applied like they were to be applied, on a historical building in NY, will last 60 plus years. I have seen beautiful red cedar trees butchered into low quality, low priced commodity crap for over 30 years - and installed the cheap and easy way - all to make a dollar. For these reasons, I don’t enjoy the industry. It’s a huge subject... I intend to start making new videos that discuss these subjects and more in the near. Happy to discuss further with you anytime. Thanks for your comment!