Building a Firewood Shed in the Forest at My Off Grid Log Cabin
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Date: 2023-10-07
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Michael McDaniel
POLITICS - HOMO - PHILOSOPHY
Politics definition, in its broadest sense, is all of the ways in which the human animal organizes its societal and group activities. We use systems based on the exercise of power over the individual and others to accomplish our purposes as a group. Everything we do or don t do is the subject of our politics. In the course of our recorded history, we have used consensus, tribal chiefs, democracies, tribal counsels, kings, emperors, a feudal society of lords & surfs, city/state democracies, republican democracy, communism, fascism, tyrant-led communism, and oligarchies.
As civilized Homo sapiens, we have an extremely short ontology. We have only been passing and preserving what we have learned for future generations for about 15, 000 years. At the time of my birth, we had entered a new knowledge age where it was no longer possible for one person to truly be a polymath. i. e. Someone who knew basically everything there was to be known. Now before the terminus of my life, we are adding to our store of knowledge at a rate commensurate with Moore s Law and though this doubling every two years in transistor technology and the diminution of its cost is estimated to slow to a trickle in about twelve years, the speed and cost of our computer technology are truly mind-boggling. These limits of Moore s Law only apply to the current transistor paradigm and do not figure in computing information based on new paradigms we have not considered. The calculus of change is so great we are at a loss to function well under our current governing methods.
This increase in our technology has almost exceeded the individual Homo sapiens' ability to be a significant factor in the distant future. I say distant but it is a real problem already.
The calculus of this change has resulted in information growth that can only be appreciated and thus used, by relatively few of our best minds. This has also put a great strain on our political institutions which were designed for a much less complicated age.
Politically the only state of mind that lends itself to this new age is one accepting of and encouraging change. Which is often exactly that thought since the Enlightenment, characterized as liberal. However, the constraints of conservatism are probably of value in preventing us from stepping too far before proper preparation. I started referring to myself as a liberal more often as a consequence of the intentional changing of the word s meaning by conservative operatives who wished to attack thoughtfulness which is a necessary adjunct of the liberal mind.
We are now embroiled in a worldwide crisis arising from allowing our economic beliefs and attitudes to overly dominate our politics to the point where very few do, or certainly will in the future, control the vast majority. The way the majority lives or even if they survive are or will be, will be the result of the decisions of very few who have the power. If we continue with our current politics it will be those few who are wealthy. Not necessarily knowledgable or accomplished, but wealthy. Wouldn t Adam Smith be proud? No, he would not! Even Adam Smith taught that capitalism and its markets required political controls and should not be left to their own devices. Today s idea, that markets should be left alone and unregulated to produce their magic, is not supported by the claimed founder of the movement (Adam Smith. This movement is popular with large numbers because it is easy and requires much less intelligence and work by the so-called, experts and the people in general.
Today under our political system a person can become wealthier in relatively few years than anyone ever did in the twentieth century. Is it because they are goal-driven and work hard? In part, but not that alone nor even primarily. No, it is because with a small amount of intelligent work and the expanded size and speed of markets their efforts and rewards are expanded exponentially by the society and systems developed before any of their personal efforts were made. Of course, you can see where our Calvinist attitudes have led us and why we cannot stay in our current position. We can t stay here in stasis. Change is the one law of the Universe which we must acknowledge and is fully supported by all our verified facts.
Our economic system of capitalism ameliorated by socialism is out of control. All our learning and our systems still require unchecked growth for economic success. There is no possibility of success without growth as long as interest is due to the providers of capital.
We humans have been spending most of our mental effort on survival and our genome is full of information which has gotten us this far. Almost all of it has been developing skills that require us to subdivide reality into discrete parts. Our very method of determining intelligence is a measure of our ability to divide and subdivide us into them and us. I think if we are to be successful in this next stage of development we need to improve our powers of empathy and unity to which we will sacrifice much of our autonomy for the good of the whole. The age of individualism will give way to a new age of group loyalty and endeavours aimed at the improvement of life for our species which will necessarily involve us in the preservation of the world. We have much to learn from the examples of honeybees and ants. The trick may involve combining group coordinated efforts but preserving the individual inventiveness of our fellows.
Economics is the tool we use to control and aim power in pursuit of our physical goals and as such is only concerned with a part of power. We are often confused and think our economics is our politics. We have been doing this intensely in the USA by equating capitalism with democracy. I think it is going to be quite a ride full of blood, and tears but it all must yield to love if we are to have long-term prospects of survival and surely a survival worth having.
The new iteration of Homo which I call Homo technius will likely be the result of intentional action on our part to create a new man/woman based on intentional action for the first time in evolutionary history. Manipulating our genome, incorporating hardware into our bodies (now possible with nanotechnology) connection between individuals and the whole of humanity reminiscent of the ants & bees is where we are going. Whether democracy can long survive in its present form is questionable. What reliable ameliorating forces can we marshal against our crude creation of power? HELP?
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Michael McDaniel
POLITICS - HOMO - PHILOSOPHY
Politics definition, in its broadest sense, is all of the ways in which the human animal organizes its societal and group activities. We use systems based on the exercise of power over the individual and others to accomplish our purposes as a group. Everything we do or don t do is the subject of our politics. In the course of our recorded history, we have used consensus, tribal chiefs, democracies, tribal counsels, kings, emperors, a feudal society of lords & surfs, city/state democracies, republican democracy, communism, fascism, tyrant-led communism, and oligarchies.
As civilized Homo sapiens, we have an extremely short ontology. We have only been passing and preserving what we have learned for future generations for about 15, 000 years. At the time of my birth, we had entered a new knowledge age where it was no longer possible for one person to truly be a polymath. i. e. Someone who knew basically everything there was to be known. Now before the terminus of my life, we are adding to our store of knowledge at a rate commensurate with Moore s Law and though this doubling every two years in transistor technology and the diminution of its cost is estimated to slow to a trickle in about twelve years, the speed and cost of our computer technology are truly mind-boggling. These limits of Moore s Law only apply to the current transistor paradigm and do not figure in computing information based on new paradigms we have not considered. The calculus of change is so great we are at a loss to function well under our current governing methods.
This increase in our technology has almost exceeded the individual Homo sapiens' ability to be a significant factor in the distant future. I say distant but it is a real problem already.
The calculus of this change has resulted in information growth that can only be appreciated and thus used, by relatively few of our best minds. This has also put a great strain on our political institutions which were designed for a much less complicated age.
Politically the only state of mind that lends itself to this new age is one accepting of and encouraging change. Which is often exactly that thought since the Enlightenment, characterized as liberal. However, the constraints of conservatism are probably of value in preventing us from stepping too far before proper preparation. I started referring to myself as a liberal more often as a consequence of the intentional changing of the word s meaning by conservative operatives who wished to attack thoughtfulness which is a necessary adjunct of the liberal mind.
We are now embroiled in a worldwide crisis arising from allowing our economic beliefs and attitudes to overly dominate our politics to the point where very few do, or certainly will in the future, control the vast majority. The way the majority lives or even if they survive are or will be, will be the result of the decisions of very few who have the power. If we continue with our current politics it will be those few who are wealthy. Not necessarily knowledgable or accomplished, but wealthy. Wouldn t Adam Smith be proud? No, he would not! Even Adam Smith taught that capitalism and its markets required political controls and should not be left to their own devices. Today s idea, that markets should be left alone and unregulated to produce their magic, is not supported by the claimed founder of the movement (Adam Smith. This movement is popular with large numbers because it is easy and requires much less intelligence and work by the so-called, experts and the people in general.
Today under our political system a person can become wealthier in relatively few years than anyone ever did in the twentieth century. Is it because they are goal-driven and work hard? In part, but not that alone nor even primarily. No, it is because with a small amount of intelligent work and the expanded size and speed of markets their efforts and rewards are expanded exponentially by the society and systems developed before any of their personal efforts were made. Of course, you can see where our Calvinist attitudes have led us and why we cannot stay in our current position. We can t stay here in stasis. Change is the one law of the Universe which we must acknowledge and is fully supported by all our verified facts.
Our economic system of capitalism ameliorated by socialism is out of control. All our learning and our systems still require unchecked growth for economic success. There is no possibility of success without growth as long as interest is due to the providers of capital.
We humans have been spending most of our mental effort on survival and our genome is full of information which has gotten us this far. Almost all of it has been developing skills that require us to subdivide reality into discrete parts. Our very method of determining intelligence is a measure of our ability to divide and subdivide us into them and us. I think if we are to be successful in this next stage of development we need to improve our powers of empathy and unity to which we will sacrifice much of our autonomy for the good of the whole. The age of individualism will give way to a new age of group loyalty and endeavours aimed at the improvement of life for our species which will necessarily involve us in the preservation of the world. We have much to learn from the examples of honeybees and ants. The trick may involve combining group coordinated efforts but preserving the individual inventiveness of our fellows.
Economics is the tool we use to control and aim power in pursuit of our physical goals and as such is only concerned with a part of power. We are often confused and think our economics is our politics. We have been doing this intensely in the USA by equating capitalism with democracy. I think it is going to be quite a ride full of blood, and tears but it all must yield to love if we are to have long-term prospects of survival and surely a survival worth having.
The new iteration of Homo which I call Homo technius will likely be the result of intentional action on our part to create a new man/woman based on intentional action for the first time in evolutionary history. Manipulating our genome, incorporating hardware into our bodies (now possible with nanotechnology) connection between individuals and the whole of humanity reminiscent of the ants & bees is where we are going. Whether democracy can long survive in its present form is questionable. What reliable ameliorating forces can we marshal against our crude creation of power? HELP?
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SWAMPHUNTER644
The early immigrants who settled the Tug Hill plateau region or Northern New York State were very practical people. The winter would get 250 inches of snow with moisture and winds off Lake Ontario. Drifts would get to be 8 to 10 feet. It was hard to get to a barn to feed animals. Outhouses were impractical in late winter as was having to go outside for firewood. What they did was make a long narrow extension to the back end of their farmhouses. The first room off their kitchen was a summer kitchen so the main house didn't get heated up. The main entrance to the house was to this room off a front porch. Screen doors could be opened for ventilation. The next room was a firewood storage so they didn't have to go outside to get wood. A sliding barn door made easy access to fill it. Finally at the far end of the addition was an outhouse. It allowed for privacy and kept odors out of the main house. Very few of those old houses are still standing today. The farmhouse I grew up in had a modified version. You had to go outside from the kitchen to enter a woodshed built onto the back end of the house. Inside the woodshed was an attached outhouse. I'm not sure any of these would fit the cabin but it is something to think about.
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The early immigrants who settled the Tug Hill plateau region or Northern New York State were very practical people. The winter would get 250 inches of snow with moisture and winds off Lake Ontario. Drifts would get to be 8 to 10 feet. It was hard to get to a barn to feed animals. Outhouses were impractical in late winter as was having to go outside for firewood. What they did was make a long narrow extension to the back end of their farmhouses. The first room off their kitchen was a summer kitchen so the main house didn't get heated up. The main entrance to the house was to this room off a front porch. Screen doors could be opened for ventilation. The next room was a firewood storage so they didn't have to go outside to get wood. A sliding barn door made easy access to fill it. Finally at the far end of the addition was an outhouse. It allowed for privacy and kept odors out of the main house. Very few of those old houses are still standing today. The farmhouse I grew up in had a modified version. You had to go outside from the kitchen to enter a woodshed built onto the back end of the house. Inside the woodshed was an attached outhouse. I'm not sure any of these would fit the cabin but it is something to think about.
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Alfy
With falls cooler temps appraching, I look forward to wearing my red My Self Reliance hoodie while I work around the yard. We just had six large maple trees felled this week on our property. At 71 and 67 respectively, we're too old to do it ourselves but we're cutting the branches, chain-sawing the limbs and trunks, stacking/piling - we'll split them for firewood next year when they've 'seasoned.
We're not off-grid like you, we're more in between - well, septic, acreage/large garden, living in rural village Quebec and prepping for the times that are coming.
You are the inspiration for much of our endeavors. Stay healthy and safe.
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With falls cooler temps appraching, I look forward to wearing my red My Self Reliance hoodie while I work around the yard. We just had six large maple trees felled this week on our property. At 71 and 67 respectively, we're too old to do it ourselves but we're cutting the branches, chain-sawing the limbs and trunks, stacking/piling - we'll split them for firewood next year when they've 'seasoned.
We're not off-grid like you, we're more in between - well, septic, acreage/large garden, living in rural village Quebec and prepping for the times that are coming.
You are the inspiration for much of our endeavors. Stay healthy and safe.
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Joyce
The woodshed is gorgeous, but I'm curious as to why the front has such large openings. As a little girl, I remember my grandfather's shed had a large door that closed against the elements. Does the position of the shed prevent rain or snow from blowing in on the wood? Please satisfy my curiosity. I have watched every video of yours since before you built the previous cabin and I am fascinated by your knowledge & expertise. Thank you for such intriguing videos.
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The woodshed is gorgeous, but I'm curious as to why the front has such large openings. As a little girl, I remember my grandfather's shed had a large door that closed against the elements. Does the position of the shed prevent rain or snow from blowing in on the wood? Please satisfy my curiosity. I have watched every video of yours since before you built the previous cabin and I am fascinated by your knowledge & expertise. Thank you for such intriguing videos.
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Carolyn
Great episode! Love the column - coffered entrance way, and the beauty of raw edge walls that have an essence of a giant woven basket look to them. What a sense of accomplish you might have from creating the home heating for upcoming season change, and everyday cook stove needs. Congratulations on a great build, and the time lapse completion / filling stage was terrific. Cool improved off grid power tech upgrade as well.
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Great episode! Love the column - coffered entrance way, and the beauty of raw edge walls that have an essence of a giant woven basket look to them. What a sense of accomplish you might have from creating the home heating for upcoming season change, and everyday cook stove needs. Congratulations on a great build, and the time lapse completion / filling stage was terrific. Cool improved off grid power tech upgrade as well.
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Tyler
I'm really liking those solid state systems - mostly because producing them does not wreck the environment so much as the other ones. It was news to me that such things are made these days with the quality you report. Thanks for sharing that. Meanwhile, it was nice to see you begin and end a full project in the same video. Very cool. Glad you are back. and you seem to be recharged and raring to go.
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I'm really liking those solid state systems - mostly because producing them does not wreck the environment so much as the other ones. It was news to me that such things are made these days with the quality you report. Thanks for sharing that. Meanwhile, it was nice to see you begin and end a full project in the same video. Very cool. Glad you are back. and you seem to be recharged and raring to go.
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calblue95482
Great job! Welcome home for for Fall! You'll love your woodshed once everything is blanketed with snow. Noticed you left enough room to drive a loop around it dropping off more wood. Youre a pretty smart feller! lol Hopefully meat will be hanging soon! Chewing bones for Cali! Oh, one more thing, love your premade log splitting stump! Another smart move. Its stable, lol
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Great job! Welcome home for for Fall! You'll love your woodshed once everything is blanketed with snow. Noticed you left enough room to drive a loop around it dropping off more wood. Youre a pretty smart feller! lol Hopefully meat will be hanging soon! Chewing bones for Cali! Oh, one more thing, love your premade log splitting stump! Another smart move. Its stable, lol
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Lyn
You really are amazing Shawn. Everything you do is so well thought out and you are so skilled. I have also been watching you since the start of the last cabin and I thought that was fantastic. This cabin is at another level altogether.
I look forward to your next video every well and feel like I have withdrawals when you have your very well earned time off. Well done.
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You really are amazing Shawn. Everything you do is so well thought out and you are so skilled. I have also been watching you since the start of the last cabin and I thought that was fantastic. This cabin is at another level altogether.
I look forward to your next video every well and feel like I have withdrawals when you have your very well earned time off. Well done.
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Tim
I ve learned so much from watching you over the years. Though I live in an urban area, I ve become much more self reliant for myself and my family including a garden and most recently solar with wall hanging batteries. I also have been using hand tools. Not all of them, but most.
All your builds have inspired me with my own home repairs and builds. Much appreciate.
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I ve learned so much from watching you over the years. Though I live in an urban area, I ve become much more self reliant for myself and my family including a garden and most recently solar with wall hanging batteries. I also have been using hand tools. Not all of them, but most.
All your builds have inspired me with my own home repairs and builds. Much appreciate.
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Big
Can't believe how easy it is to split those logs. You could probably do it with a Karate chop. I can tell you that the stuff I got for firewood here in Oz is a LOT tougher to split. I actually need a special log splitter axe next to my normal axe sometimes.
Great wood shed build
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Can't believe how easy it is to split those logs. You could probably do it with a Karate chop. I can tell you that the stuff I got for firewood here in Oz is a LOT tougher to split. I actually need a special log splitter axe next to my normal axe sometimes.
Great wood shed build
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Fluidx808
I so wish I had a firewood shed. As a mature single woman with no building skills and little money, it's a pipe dream. My least favourite part of stacking 3 bush cords every year is making the tick tack toe ends - ugh! A firewood shed would be a luxury. Your shed is a beauty.
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I so wish I had a firewood shed. As a mature single woman with no building skills and little money, it's a pipe dream. My least favourite part of stacking 3 bush cords every year is making the tick tack toe ends - ugh! A firewood shed would be a luxury. Your shed is a beauty.
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Penny
Lately I've been watching videos of young people living and working small little plots of land in Vietnam, I can only imagine what kind of farm you would have if you had their weather and rain! I don't believe there would be a fruit or vegetable that you wouldn't grow!
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Lately I've been watching videos of young people living and working small little plots of land in Vietnam, I can only imagine what kind of farm you would have if you had their weather and rain! I don't believe there would be a fruit or vegetable that you wouldn't grow!
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Eero
Still here. Way too small, I have a Summerplace at Arctic Circle, Finland, on a River, I only visit there Summertimes, 1-2 months, and. I am planning to build there Wood Storage house, at least twice of this size. at least! ///, So, there; o)
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Still here. Way too small, I have a Summerplace at Arctic Circle, Finland, on a River, I only visit there Summertimes, 1-2 months, and. I am planning to build there Wood Storage house, at least twice of this size. at least! ///, So, there; o)
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Jarek
Beautiful colors, it looks like in theatre where you build stage for your next act. Your love for Cali is undeniably great. There's an understanding between the two of you, no words needed. Very relaxing and filled with good energy film.
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Beautiful colors, it looks like in theatre where you build stage for your next act. Your love for Cali is undeniably great. There's an understanding between the two of you, no words needed. Very relaxing and filled with good energy film.
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handmade
Once again I watched EVERY SINGLE MOVE. I'm an old woman now but back in the day plenty of
building. Now can barely get out of the car. It breaks my heart when the end of the video music starts playing. Can't wait for next one.
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Once again I watched EVERY SINGLE MOVE. I'm an old woman now but back in the day plenty of
building. Now can barely get out of the car. It breaks my heart when the end of the video music starts playing. Can't wait for next one.
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Darth
26: 50 That little wobble is a perfect visual of why old builds will outlast new style builds. Building will move like that when there is no gusseting. New builds claim the sheeting is good enough to handle the shearing loads.
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26: 50 That little wobble is a perfect visual of why old builds will outlast new style builds. Building will move like that when there is no gusseting. New builds claim the sheeting is good enough to handle the shearing loads.
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BIG
You do great work, but just think how much you could accomplish if you owned a basset hound that just lay there and not a dog that keeps you busy tossing a toy all day, and that seems to be your dog's reason for living: )
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You do great work, but just think how much you could accomplish if you owned a basset hound that just lay there and not a dog that keeps you busy tossing a toy all day, and that seems to be your dog's reason for living: )
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Kenneth
I was taught how to stick build and create pre-fab walls in the early 70's. - This reminds me of a few corn cribs or basket cribs we had on our 84 acre vegetable farm in the 60's. - Shawn always does great work.
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I was taught how to stick build and create pre-fab walls in the early 70's. - This reminds me of a few corn cribs or basket cribs we had on our 84 acre vegetable farm in the 60's. - Shawn always does great work.
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sonnyboywannabe
I've followed you since the beginning. Love your stuff man, and you are a joy. Question: what ever became of the original workshop and work platform you built when you first came to this property?
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I've followed you since the beginning. Love your stuff man, and you are a joy. Question: what ever became of the original workshop and work platform you built when you first came to this property?
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Carolyn
And that is how it's done. Beautiful wood shed. Love it.
Cali just can't let you work. she is funny. Stay safe. Thanks for sharing such awesome craftsmanship. Beautiful homestead.
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And that is how it's done. Beautiful wood shed. Love it.
Cali just can't let you work. she is funny. Stay safe. Thanks for sharing such awesome craftsmanship. Beautiful homestead.
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