Ben's Mill video if you have never seen it you need to

Pretty incredible!

-- I'm selfless because it feels so good!

The whole time he is spudding that ice I was thinking “Crazy old fool! He’s going to end up in the drink…and then he says…”“stepped on a cake o’ice once here, turned over like that, went up to the house, rung my clothes out. So happened I had a fifth of Johnny Walker up there, took a drink of that and come right back down and went to work”

Totally bad ass.

-- Steve

Mark It sure is I have not watched the whole thing for years but I think I will dust off the old VCR this afternoon and watch it.
Camps Old Ben did like a little snort now and again.
Anyone think his mill would pass a OSHA inspection?

-- A tube of calk and a gallon of paint will make a carpenter what he ain't

If you like the video, you might also like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss

-- I'm selfless because it feels so good!

OSHA Smosha…

-- Steve

The world seems to be running out of resourceful old codgers like this.

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

Excellent videos, thanks much.

I have seen this video before but it’s been a long time and I just bookmarked it so I can watch it again. I also love one about the old guy that lived in the wilderness. I really appreciate this post. Thanks

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Thanks for sharing this video : ) Totally awesome to watch a true Craftsman at work !

-- I'm absolutely positive that I couldn't be more uncertain!

That was just wonderful to see! Loved watching him make that drinking tub for the cattle. I was surprised that he didn’t use some sort of rope for sealing against water. All the joints are wood to wood and it’s watertight. Beautiful craftsmanship with vintage tools.

Are there other videos with Ben in the shop?

-- People say I hammer like lightning. It's not that I'm fast -- it's that I never hit the same place twice!

Love the “notches” on his table saw .. “If’n ya need a 2 foot stave, ya just line it up with this mahk hea. If’n you need to make a lot of another size staves you just make ya another mahk.”

PRICELESS!

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Thank you so much! Never heard of this before. The moment I saw the “period” feel of it I knew I would probably like it.

Two things struck me.
1) The lack of noise when operating “power” tools.
2) The undeniable fact that safety is in the worker first and only secondarily in the tools.

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/

miles125 –
“The world seems to be running out of resourceful old codgers like this.”

I would say a modern-day equivalent would be Matthias Wandel though certainly not old. What is lacking is that old iron equipment. That’s what I worry about being lost.

miles125, my wife and I have a vacation home (soon to be our retirement home) in the middle of Amish country in northern Indiana. No shortage of resourceful old codgers there!

-- I'm selfless because it feels so good!