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Hello friends! It’s a story of how a simple machine, once tipped on its side, becomes a small sawmill — turning raw logs into beautiful boards.
Along the way, I’ll share a few thoughts on finding and preparing your own one-of-a-kind woodworking timber.
You’ve probably never seen such colors and grain patterns before.
But that’s just the prelude — the real story lies ahead...
https://youtu.be/KCxFOgU0UY4

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1 month ago | [YT] | 513

Advoko MAKES

Friends, in this new video https://youtu.be/OPMB1zJYfZI I’m going to share my adventure of building this sail catamaran right on the shores of Lake Ladoga, in true field conditions. Armed with basic tools, I found two fallen pine trunks and, over two summer vacations, first crafted a wooden canoe, and then, the following year, a sail catamaran...

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11 months ago | [YT] | 561

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Friends, over the past decade, I’ve gained a wealth of experience in milling logs into boards using a chainsaw, as well as designing and crafting homemade chainsaw guide bars for lumber milling. 
In this third and final video of the series, I’ll share some new log milling life hacks and revisit the tried-and-true techniques. Don’t miss it! Watch here: https://youtu.be/5UVb2iv_z74

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 736

Advoko MAKES

Friends, Happy Holidays! I've just published a new video on a DIY miter saw system that is inexpensive to make, precise, and compact, as well as based on a novel approach to cutting miters.
https://youtu.be/c1Jfx4ccFFA

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2 years ago | [YT] | 440

Advoko MAKES

Friends, thank you for your patience! A new video is here: https://youtu.be/hmDVww-MNEg

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2 years ago | [YT] | 1,157

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Friends, thank your patients during these months I filled a lot of content at my log cabin camp which prevented me from producing new video. At the very end of this video, you can catch a glimpse at what is to come. Happy Holidays!!! https://youtu.be/5AkXJSxOTzI

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2 years ago | [YT] | 1,103

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Friends, thank you very much for your help with this video's title! I ended up using a couple of suggestions at once))) Here it is: 
https://youtu.be/9ItlOFLTUAs

3 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 5,499

Advoko MAKES

Friends, Best wishes in the New 2022 Year!! 

I am at the end of a two-year making-filming project about cultivating honey bees in plastic bottles and kegs. It is a very important video for me as it might help to alleviate the global honey bee shortage...
The video is about two weeks away from being fully edited and finished. One of the things I am struggling with right now is how to name it, so that the title is descriptive, fairly concise and catchy. 
Perhaps we could brainstorm together on it. ))) Thank you for your ideas!

Max

3 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,223

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Friends, this is a 53-minute documentary on my waterwheel construction, by far the longest on my channel. https://youtu.be/war9v2DxMs4 As for me, the video is overly detailed, I could show the wheel building process in 15 minutes. However, many subscribers asked me for longer videos with more details. I will leave the judgement of this experiment up to you. Now I am waiting for your feedback. Should this experiment continue? And if so, which of the projects breifly shown in the video should be edited first. 
https://youtu.be/war9v2DxMs4

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,338

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I took a friend up on his offer to try out his new snowmobile, so we went to do a winter inspection of my log cabin camp in Karelia: https://youtu.be/3ntok3mpDe0

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,062