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Richard Proenneke built a home in the middle of no where Alaska in the 50's, using only hand tools, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke Alone in the Wilderness - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss
In my country houses are built with concrete, much easier with wood.
It's possibly a function of cost of labour and climate.
I don't know if concrete it's generally more expensive than wood, but anyway, it's incredible how expensive were homes before the crisis and how 'cheap' they look.
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That guy is amazing. I've watched all of his video many times over. For the new to the channel, he does all commentary via subtitles so if you want explanations of what he's doing and why turn them on! Some people seem to like watching them without the commentary as it's relaxing, others want to know what and why. I watched 5 videos before I realised there was explanations. I hope he goes back to his furnaces and met…
Him and Mathias Wandel (woodwork shop) have some tangible zen effect on my mind. It may be subjective but crafting with simple material, and mostly your hands * is extremely satisfying to watch and also very tempting to do. Society creates a distortion in which every pleasure sits behind some door but here they do tons of fun stuff outside just like that.
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The price of timber in Europe is way higher. I'm always amazed when watching US woodworking channels on Youtube how cheaply they get their materials, especially two-by-fours. This is causing another interesting difference, in Europe most of the simpler furniture is made of laminated particle boards (IKEA style), while my impression is that in US plywood is more common. In Europe plywood is fairly expensive, which mad…
I've yet to find proper wood in e.g. DIY stores over here, is that the reason? I should probably look for a proper wood store though.
You'll still need the DIY shops for hardware/tools/etc.
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Him and Mathias Wandel (woodwork shop) have some tangible zen effect on my mind. It may be subjective but crafting with simple material, and mostly your hands * is extremely satisfying to watch and also very tempting to do. Society creates a distortion in which every pleasure sits behind some door but here they do tons of fun stuff outside just like that.
I totally agree with you and I love Primitive Technology, but let's not lose track on that these videos are edited too. All the failures and retries are left out, what is left is only a clear path from start to finish that looks deceptively easy.
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Him and Mathias Wandel (woodwork shop) have some tangible zen effect on my mind. It may be subjective but crafting with simple material, and mostly your hands * is extremely satisfying to watch and also very tempting to do. Society creates a distortion in which every pleasure sits behind some door but here they do tons of fun stuff outside just like that.
I totally agree with you and I love Primitive Technology, but let's not lose track on that these videos are edited too. All the failures and retries are left out, what is left is only a clear path from start to finish that looks deceptively easy.
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It's possibly a function of cost of labour and climate.
AFAIK houses in USA are built with wood. And that's why they are easily destroyed with bad weather. I don't know if concrete it's generally more expensive than wood, but anyway, it's incredible how expensive were homes before the crisis and how 'cheap' they look.
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In the UK you struggle to get a mortgage on a wooden construction so have to be cash rich, you'd also struggle to get conventional housing insurance cover.
Nope thats not it. Many houses built in the UK now have a timber structure with a (mostly) non load bearing brick or blockwork skin on the outside. Most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a new build house that is timber or masonry structure, once it has been sheeted out inside. Timber cladding externally is less common.
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The price of timber in Europe is way higher. I'm always amazed when watching US woodworking channels on Youtube how cheaply they get their materials, especially two-by-fours. This is causing another interesting difference, in Europe most of the simpler furniture is made of laminated particle boards (IKEA style), while my impression is that in US plywood is more common. In Europe plywood is fairly expensive, which mad…
I've yet to find proper wood in e.g. DIY stores over here, is that the reason? I should probably look for a proper wood store though.