Some Russian axery

[KingKoma]

[video=youtube;oP7ckP_GpbA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oP7ckP_GpbA#at=11[/video]

 

[mtangent]

Loved it, thanks.
If anybody else watches part 2, there is no canoe building in the first 7 minutes.

 

[russianpolander]

Very nice!

 

[Square_peg]

I liked the use of the push pole.

 

[bjp]

anybody understand what is going on around 13:50 when they are drilling holes in the bottom and driving pegs/dowels into those holes?

EDIT: nevermind. I watched the next 20 seconds and figured it out. tip: always watch all the way through before posting dumb questions!

EDIT II: those sideways adzes are really cool. never seen that before.

 

[jpeeler]

Very similar technique here:

[video=youtube;c4oCAcIspvc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4oCAcIspvc&feature=share&list=UUXdE6hQzA25T5ejVPrr4x-g[/video]

 

[Ernest DuBois]

Hard to believe that the New Guineans did that but then with stones.

 

[InSpectre Gadget]

Both were great to watch, thanks for showing! Such an amazing traditional way to build and cure. The smoothing was particularly interesting.

 

[garry3]

Did they say what the life span of them canoes are?

 

[InSpectre Gadget]

It's in russian

 

[Ravaillac]

Those guys are good.

 

[Ernest DuBois]

We don't get much Russian axery here so it's worth heaping it on.
http://kizhi.karelia.ru/architecture/carpenter-school/skill/izgotovlenie-tyosa-1

E.DB.

 

[Square_peg]

I wonder what those dished out boards are for.

 

[garry3]

I wonder what those dished out boards are for.

At first I thought he was just making a simple lap joint, like you would find on siding. My best guess is that it is siding, maybe butted instead of lapped?
I could be wrong.
I hope a interpreter shows up and can help use out.

 

[Pindvin]

[video=youtube;GzZUkalObM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZUkalObM8[/video]

 

[Square_peg]

That old wooden architecture is fantastic!

 

[Ernest DuBois]

oo
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Well, I'll just shift this one over here on this one too.

http://youtu.be/GeZaeAGYnr8

 

[KingKoma]

Russian splitter. Interesting looking axe.

[video=youtube;R8q1ixPKVJw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8q1ixPKVJw[/video]

 

[Square_peg]

Is that a sod axe or is he just treating it like one?