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How To Turn a Tree into Lumber using a Homemade Alaskan Mill
Here’s David Groth demonstrating a technique for milling a redwood log into slabs of wood with a homemade Alaskan Mill. Very cool and instructional. …
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48 Lost Self-Reliance Skills That Kept Our Forefathers Alive
For most of human history daily life has been about surviving to live another day. And over the course of millennia humans got pretty …
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How to Sharpen and Peen a European Scythe
Brian Kerkvliet of Inspiration Farm in Bellingham, Washington gives a quick demo on Paul Wheaton’s Youtube-channel of sharpening a scythe with whetstone, and then …
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Could This Be The Ultimate Woodworking Workbench?
Check out this once in a lifetime woodworking project by The Samuari Carpenter. Now that’s a workbench. “It was one of the best, most …
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How To Make Fire With A LEMON
Did you know that you could make a fire with just a lemon and some metal? Now that’s a survival trick to remember, in …
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Top Ten Knifemaking Tools for the Beginner
In this video, knifemaker Walter Sorrells gives his line-up of the first ten tools that you’ll need in order to make knives. It might …
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A Simple Way To Make Charcoal Using The Mound Method
Check out this video from Youtube-channel Primitive Technology where he makes a batch of charcoal using the “mound method” and store it in baskets …
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12 Tools Every Carpenter Needs
Putting together a comprehensive set of carpentry tools can be a lifetime’s work. With each new job you tackle you find you could do …
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Top 5 Tips for Beginning Knife Makers
In this video knife maker Walter Sorrells gives some general tips for people who are thinking about making knives but don’t know where to …
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Living off the Grid: Building a $300 Off the Grid Cabin for Winter
We are loving our little cabin! Have we ever built a cabin before? NOPE! Do we feel more confident about our building skills? Yes! …
