I hope he never ages. May his positive energy bring joy until time ends.

Sometimes I forget he’s around my age. Feels like he’s been doing this for decades. And then he does a duckface and it’s like “ah yup, thats a fellow gen z right there”

If you wish to join me for a week of woodworking in April, in partaking in a workshop. Info in channel about section.

Most woodworking channels on KZfaq work on extremely complicated projects, while this dude does things that I can actually easily learn from and do myself. I love this.

Eoin, invest in a pair of cut proof trousers, especially when working alone you dont want to injure yourself! I'm a forest worker and they saved my legs twice now

idk what it is but something about the aspect ratio is very aesthetically pleasing

You're lucky you still have ash. It was a very common tree here in southern Ontario in Canada, then we got the emerald ash borer and within twenty years it's basically gone extinct. We have huge chunks of forest were all the ash trees are dead and all the urban ash trees had to be cut down when they died off.

I really like the 4x3 aspect ratio, kinda gives everything an old school look. Very fitting for your style I reckon.

Hey Eoin ✌🏻 I found your channel few days ago and I really enjoy the atmosphere you create in them. I‘m a traditionally trained carpenter from Germany, or „Zimmerer Geselle“ how we say here. But I left the carpentry in the summer right after I finished my 3 years of apprenticeship because of some bad experiences I made there and gave up on the love of woodworking. But in just a few days, watching your videos actually made a difference for me and it helped rekindling that love for traditional woodworking, I thought I lost. I am now planing a view new pieces of furniture for myself. And might even reconsider returning back to working as a carpenter :) Even tho a small comment on some video means not that much, I wanna thank you still. You gave me a new perspective and it is still helping me out of a bit of a mental health crisis at the moment. I hope u continue bringing smiles to the faces of many more people. around the world. Greetings from Germany✌🏻

Chestnut is beautiful timber for carving and doing wood sculpture once its seasoned right

That's beautiful. And also nice how you've adressed the sustainability of cutting down already dying trees. Close to my house in the Netherlands a local bush was felled of much of it's ash trees too. They removed a lot of healthy one's too, a bit much I'd say. But hey, they're down now and they've collected only a part of the timber and aren't coming back for the rest (I've asked). So I figured I'd take some myself. Gonna make a birdshouse from a nice log piece. Might saw one into planks witg a rip cut saw if that's possible. Any more ideas for what to make with the wood? (except handles, I have enough of those lying around). And as for the klompen. I walked a lot on those as a kid (for historic shows). Try to wet them with water and walk in them for a bit. Then place a hot wet towel in them overnight. I'm not sure how it works but it allows the klomp to set to your foot. Otherwise just wear multiple layers of wool socks :)

Lol. Eoin spreading the Ash gospel and converting us Americans. In keeping with your local wood mission, I think I'll source some Osage Orange (maybe I could send you some and convert you!) And I started turning a mystery tree I cut two years ago in my backyard. Thanks for inspiring us.

God I love these videos, I don’t do any woodworking but I’m so invested.

Sad that the ash trees are going. Save up a whole mess of seeds, and when the last one falls, spread them all over the island.

Loved the longer vlog style, Eion! Your passion is palatable and I'm here for it.

I could listen to his accent for days and would never get tired of it 😍

Just found Eoin's channel, I love his enthusiasm and how genuine he is. He obviously has huge talent and love for the work but shows his mistakes and how to fix things. Combined with his eloquence and accent and he's my new favourite woodworking channel! Cheers from your friend in Australia.

I love this guy's energy and positivity. He's so comforting to watch 😊

The man can make beautiful handles but can't pour fuel or oil to save his life! Big (and new) fan

Great Vlog Eoin. Definitely a good day's work my friend. Enjoy your work keep up the great work. Thanks

Same reason wooden baseball bats used to be made of white ash here in the states. Naturally flexible but still very solid. Exceptionally lightweight as far as hardwoods go. And it used to be plentiful, but now because of both poor cutting practices and the same fungus your having, there endangered.

We have the ash borer beetle killing our ash trees as well. ( New England USA)Just had my old canoe gunnels replaced with it, love the grain! I’m an Ash fan myself😉

I've been cutting and milling timber for about 2 years now. For sharpening the chain, I'd recommend getting a file guide until you're comfortable enough to sharpen without it. I've dropped a few trees that were over 40 inches wide, but most of what I cut is 20 to 30 inches wide. Right now, in the Southern US, we're getting hit with oak wilt and dutch elm disease. It looks like I'll be busy for a while taking down dead timber, and I have to remove the bark on any oak if I plan to mill it or move it anywhere away from the stump if it's infected by oak wilt.

I love the editing style mixed with the commentary and cuts (I hope that made sense). Thanks for taking us a long on your day, it’s been a lovely cozy and informative time. I really love the education you’re doing esp with respecting the materials and craft.

On the bright side, it looks like research is being done to locate and selectively breed ash trees that are resistant to this disease. Maybe in a few years you'll be replanting resistant ashes when you take a tree down :)

This video goes double for me, as someone whos learning woodwork and loves ash wood, and dating someone called Ash. Both are brilliant for what they do.

I absolutely love your content ❤ it's wonderful to see someone so happy making such cool things and with the craftsmanship and dedication that you have! So! I got a gift for you if you have a use for it. I live in the US and I'm not sure if there is an Irish equivalent of a PO box or anything of the like but I would love to send it to you. Stay awesome!

I love what you do, and your appreciation of the traditional ways of working.

Really enjoy watching your videos. You’ve got a great skill set. The restorations are great in this planned obsolescence throwaway society. Minimal tooling good vision and control it’s a pleasure to watch. Thank you.

Other than how satisfying your videos are, you truly show true passion in your work and to show the world your daily life! Cheers to you mate!!

you are a precious beautiful man. thank you so much for the content you make and please keep up the good work!

I still can't get over how I enjoy 4:3 way too much! Great to see the shorts from the other day in this lovely format. Always a treat.

Absolutely love these vlogs Eoin, keep them coming!

I always enjoy seeing you work at something you like

Just one more great video, you are the best! Sweet pup.

I live way up in new york state near the Canadian border- we have tons of ash here dying from the emerald ash borer. It is such a beautiful wood- and useful. Your talents are most appreciated- you are a true craftsman.

I love ash as well, I've been watching your videos for a while now and you have inspired me to get back into wood working, but now with older hand tools

I'd love to watch more of the vlog style videos, its really interesting to see but also the wood working process is quite satsifying.

I'm very much looking forward to more vlogs. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Eoin, I really enjoy your video content, it's great to see someone so passionate about traditional crafts. One of my Great Grandfather's was a carpenter and when he emigrated to Canada he built a few log cabins in Hudson Bay, he returned to Scotland and built more wooden homes. As a child my grandfather and I would use some of the old saws and axes to clear damaged trees for firewood and building chicken coops. My daughter also loves woodworking she has some whittling knives and makes figurines. Keep up the good work.

Hey, Eoin! Regarding the new planting of trees. If you're not already doing it, remember to plant a variety of species to replace the ash. This will decrease the overall vulnerability to diseases and pests in the future, something that unfortunately is expected to become more frequent because changing climate. I don't know how much common knowledge it is, but coppiced chestnut is a popular wood for fences and gates. I am almost positive that there is no chance of that old beauty surviving. Even if you do manage to bring it up to standing and growing again, the root system is probably not going to manage to stabilise itself and become safe.

Man it’s wild cuz I found you from your shorts but your long form content is even better. Can’t wait to see the views going up for you.

I love ash too. For making electric guitar bodies out of it's fabulous. Real shame about the ash die-back. Can't imagine a landscape without the ash trees. Mind you down in England, there's pretty much still no elm trees, after Dutch elm disease reared it's ugly head in the 70's. But here in Scotland it's a bit of a different story. Elm trees just sprout up everywhere, just like weeds (which is in a way what they are until they become trees). So there is hope for the ash. Tell you a really good timber to get hold of if you can - ROWAN. Or 'mountain ash' (sorbus domestica). The wood is kind of a cross between maple and birch. Beautiful to work, and has a lovely patina. I made a guitar neck out of it, and it's so cool. Really good videos of 'traditional' work in a modern age. Excellent!

Love your videos. Please consider wearing your ear protection when driving your wedges. That sharp, loud ring can really do a number on your hearing

As my wise old carpenter grandfather used to say, one can never have too many tools

Delighted to see that yee are planting after felling. Nice work Eoin. Fair play to ya! Cheers

I got some crates of some beautiful wood that my father harvested when he was younger. Well dried out. Just need the project. Maybe I can send you some pics of some pieces one day. Love what you do. Keep it up

Your vlogs are some of, if not the best, things ever put on this site

Your channel is awesome. I am adopted and in trying to find out if there is anyone I share a genetic connection with. I found my ancestry as well. It’s called 23 if they have it in Ireland get yourself and do it the results you get back will absolutely shock propel. But every place you travel to for work is every places I have some ancestors. Where you live is so beautiful. I want to see it in person. I also do appreciate you working with hand tools. You respect the craft of wood and have such passion for what you do. Your smile is infectious. It always amazed me that you can make anything out of just about anything. If you ever decide take your talents and skills internationally and do some wood working on the beaches of the Florida. Please come visit. I was thinking though what you need is a dog. A work buddy. You appreciation for all things vintage, retro, old school and existing long before our parents were born or when our grandparents were just babies maybe even our great grandparents. I never understood why even we have big box hardware stores do you use manual tools to build your projects. Then I think back time growing up and at times going to the local hardware store. Called home hardware. It was small but everyone that worked there Ed’s so nice they actually knew there stuff. But this town was one of those towns back in the day where everyone knew everyone, I loved that for years every have been working on restoring the down town area. A lot the town is either 70 plus go years old or maybe even 80. I hope you never loose your osssion, creativity and genuine love and respect for wood working, hand tools and appreciating the beauty of vintage. The writer in me see something older than me and wonder what stories it could tell if it could. The things we could lead . Anyway your workshop is awesome and your country is absolutely beautiful and stunning. Hopefully I can see Ireland in person one day, visit that cool castle your work at and all the amazing things to do. I wanted to visit where it seems my Irish ancestors resided and you have given me a sneak peek of that, so thank you for that. Thank you for your content and I hope you get the opportunity to make all things you have ever wanted to make and all things you can dream up because the possibilities are endless when your imagination knows no bounds. Also love your personal style. The newsboy cap and sweater is awesome! One day can you make a video if your story. I am curious to know how you got your started in the world of building things by hand. What piqued your interest? Who is your biggest inspiration? Who was it that influenced you. when your not building things what are usually up To like what’s other favorite things to do besides making things out of every single type of wood there is which by the way is cool. Also appreciate your knowledge of trees and that you show appreciation for the trees. I don’t know if I can afford you but I would love a piece of your work in my house

When i was 14 or 15 An Oak tree in our front yard was struck by lighting and it knocked the tree over into two other trees. I remember helping my dad for like 2 weeks chopping down those trees haha. good times.

Your channel's nothing if not delightful and educational. Thank you.

Beautiful vlog and gorgeous ash!

the vlogs are unbelievably enjoyable i can't wait for more

We have similar problems here in the states with the loss of ash trees. When the emerald ash bore came through, however long ago that was now, 20 years ago or so I think, that was pretty much the end of most of the ash trees here. There are still lots of them standing that have been dead for over a decade. It is very sad and I hope it doesn't mean the extinction of the species. I know there are efforts being made to try to preserve them so hopefully those efforts prove effective 😊 Ash is an amazing wood and I often wish I had more opportunities to work with it. Local box stores don't carry it anymore and there's always a limited and very expensive supply at the lumber store I use. One of these days I might just go see if I can get permission to topple some of the dead ones nearby now that I'm living in the country.

I love your content❣️ You are a font of knowledge and such a cheery guy you deserve to flourish. Thank you for sharing your work with us and for making me laugh enough to cause pain 😂 Those poses for thumbnails broke me 😆😂🤣 Love 💕 and hugs 🫂 to you and your family from across the water in Scotland 🥰💙🌹

your digital camera posts have this almost old-school home-video feel to them that I really love!

Love your vids keep the great vids up 👍

The workshop without the bright lights reminds me of my grandpas barn. Good memories

Love from The Netherlands I’m also a wood worker and I can still learn from you keep it up man❤

Wow same. I love a good piece of ash too!

When you're cutting downed timber, cut compression first, then tension.

Love the explanation at 13:51 about why you love working with ash so much.

I was a bit alarmed at 5:20 when you had that marginal back cut and the wind picked up! Definitely a good call to employ the wedges. Oh dear! And you forgot to move the scaffold. Probably a mistake you won't make again 😉 Striking a wedge up at eye level, safety glasses are probably in order. I had a sliver get stuck in my eye once -- it's not the end of the world, but it's not fun either! I wish I had your energy and joy! Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

An older friend of mine hand splits fine New England granite. Just a hammer and set of wedges. He uses a skidsteer to move the slabs around but thats the only machinery he uses. Pretty cool watching him work his way down a line of wedges to split a hunk of granite the size of a huge motorcycle

Good on ya, boy-o. Stay warm, healthy, moderately prosperous, at peace in your mind and heart and curious.❤🎉😊🇺🇸🙏

It’s fun to see a long form video from you.

I went to a camp when I was a kid in southern New York near the finger lakes and the camp has one Scottish pine that the founder brought back from the UK and planted, they called it a Scottish pine with a twist because the needles curled up instead of being straight

I wish you and Ash happiness

I love his ash, too.

"Even though I promised I'd stop buying tools" says every craftsman ever as they put more tools in the cart 😂

Here in Canada we've been felling Ash trees for years because some company from the US didn't bake the bugs out of their pallets before sending them here. We've felled 5 huge ash on our property all showing signs of the emerald ash borer.

Good shit mate. Love it, and you've got me searching for ash here in Canada... I found a great source in the city itself. similar to youm we have an issue that is the Emerald Ash Borer. Because of this, the city is having to fell trees... and I have an unlimited source, pretty much... but I am slow on the woodwork itself... For now what I have is drying.... Eventually I'll make handles for my grandfather's tools 🙂

Your videos have a feeling of simplicity that most channels can’t seem to capture.

My biggest guitar is a pair of ash slabs either side of a sandwich of maple & mahogany, it’s an absolute beast & absolutely beautiful. I’m highly tempted to make a smaller guitar out of Ash, so it’s a bit nicer on my back - maybe even charring, oiling, and waxing it, rather than pain or a thick clear coat finish

13:04 I am really bad at taking photos so I relate to this on a huge level. I too go through the stages of confusion, trying you eat something, smiling, and then more confusion.

👍👍, love your videos mate

We gotta find you some workshop lighting bud. Love your channel

Name Suggestions for the pup?

one man luber jacking dream team, from cutting to prepping all while in them Steele toe clogs

I love the vlogs, keep it up

Loving your work, you're on a journey from seasoned to green wood and i'm on a journey going the other way! Your spoon needs a crank otherwise you'll never get the last of your porridge out the corners.

Eoin, I worked for a general contractor in my teens, about 50 years ago! and I worked with an amazing old German carpenter, we called him Herby and he gave me the best bit of advice I've never forgotten.. He saw me pick up a hammer, and said, "you paid for the whole handle, use it" from that day on I never held a hammer (or axe) up near the business end. I think about him every time I pick one up. ;) Love your videos sir!

Hello from Nova Scotia, just across the water! I enjoy your videos and sense of optimism. For quite some time I used my chainsaw without protection and then at some point I realized I should get the gear: steel toe boots, chaps, hardhat with ear protection and screen. Now I feel more confident using it. I remember my father telling me he once knew a man cut the front of his head open and died. How gruesome is that!

What a cutie 😊

Твоя любовь к делу заслуживает большего, чем уважение. Незнаю поможет ли моя подписка из России (увы, политика диктует свои правла), но я рад стать ещё одним звеном на пути к 1000000 подписчиков и монетизации твоего труда в мастерской и за её стенами. p.s.: твоя кепка исконно английского трудового класса мне безумно нравится. Я буду искать для себя такую же для каждого дня👍

Ash and hickory are both great trees and there are even some ash species in America.

A very handsome jumper.

Lucky, ash around my neck of the woods is a rarely sight. I've got black walnut, red oak, wtc

Not using widescreen is a really good idea your camera looks incredible especially with how pretty wherever you are is

Gotta love a nice piece of Ash

As you're stockpiling lots and lots of ash, you might as well restore a bark spud. If you don't know of it, basically just a slick with a moderately curved blade, not curved like a gouge or an axe, but like how the claw of a framing hammer is. Just without the split in the middle. You can't afford to split every single tree, there are many dying ash trees and your back will be young and strong for only so long. Debarking will be crucial to hasten drying of whole limbs and trunks. Not to mention deprive insects and other critters a place to cause you trouble. You might not be in the US, where pick up trucks are literally everywhere, but your life will be much easier with one. SUV and trailer is OK, but nothing is as easy to load and unload as a pickup. *Don't* get a small one, ash trees aren't small. Bigger trucks can move larger loads with far greater stability and ease than smaller ones, even with the same engine. I am certain you will get a old truck with plenty of character. Make sure to do some research; get something that has good parts availability, easy to maintain and has a large knowledge base. This **always** ends up being something that was in production for a very, very long time with little change. I sell car parts, I know. I just looked at Irish Driver's licenses, and simply getting the largest truck you can would actually be a good first truck. Feels weird saying that as an American.

I like this style of video

Who knew there was somebody out there who loves ash even more than me 😅

Great video well done. I much prefer your longer videos where you get to the meat of things. Your back cut looked like it needed to be higher, we've always done it an inch or two above the notch so it works as a hinge. Plastic or wood wedges are used here so they don't wreck your chain saw blade when cutting through. Love the idea of clogs but I can imagine they take getting used to, how about a backing strap like on a pair of crocks? lol. All the very best. Cheers J

The emerald ash borer has been wreaking havoc here in North America. Thankfully, in my part of Missouri ash isn't a common species. I've mostly got post oak, white oak, blackjack oak, chinqapin oak, various red oaks, miscellaneous hickories, some cedar (actually juniper, but we call it cedar), and the odd elm, sycamore, black walnut, and hornbeam for the upper story trees.

You are IDENTICAL to young DENNIS QUAID! Those Irish genes be Irishing😲😳

You're doing good work re-purposing those Ash trees. Ash is also used in Professional American Baseball, like your national sport.

I can't believe you fell the tree onto your planks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Closing in on 1000000 subs 😮😮 well done eoin. 🎉🎉🎉

Sad to see the ash trees having issues "across the pond" as well as in North America. We've got the emerald ash borer; southern Michigan has been devastated of ash in the last 10-15 years as the adult trees have been killed off.