Back to the Past - Invidious

Back to the Past

A trip back in time to homesteading America, with construction techniques, DIY, off-grid living, local history, forestry, gardening and other areas of related interest.

I'll include videography & photography from the ground and in the air of restoration and reconstruction of an Arkansas Dogtrot style log cabin built in 1850. I'll utilize some modern construction techniques where I can without being distracting to the period structure. I'll thin and fall trees, mill lumber, cut firewood and manage resources.

We'll share an education and have some fun. Please join me!

#homesteading #vintage #historic #historical #diy #building #construction #off grid #affordable #Ozarks #mountain #cabin #log cabin #Arkansas #solar spring fed #self sustain #woodmizer #lx25 woodmizer lx25 #sawmill #portable sawmill #hand hewn #tractor #tym #working alone #self reliant #high quality #creative #creativity #colonial america #solar #solar panels

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10:39

Episode 151 Final episode, time to say goodbye

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Shared 5 months ago

131 views

13:12

Episode 150- Last episode, for a while at least. Waiting to heal

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Shared 7 months ago

738 views

10:35

Episode 149- Ozark snow 2025

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Shared 8 months ago

60 views

7:05

Episode 148- Garden fencing worked for the big critters, but not so much to keep out small ones

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Shared 8 months ago

106 views

22:05

Episode 147- Putting the EG4 Lifepower v2 batteries to use with the old ones with problems solved

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Shared 8 months ago

121 views

11:18

Episode 146- Cutting a 450 year old log from Colorado into furniture lumber with my Woodmizer

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Shared 8 months ago

236 views

7:47

Episode 145 Cutting an oversized cedar log too big in diameter for my Woodmizer LX25

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Shared 8 months ago

169 views

33:48

Episode 144- Pea Ridge 2025 Civil War battle reenactment, participants please read description below

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Shared 9 months ago

1.1K views

13:28

Episode 143- Constructing a workbench across the back of the carport

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Shared 9 months ago

272 views

9:35

Episode 142 Home made end grain sealer for lumber and logs, CHEAP!

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Shared 9 months ago

524 views

10:16

Episode 141 Building a steel battery rack and setting EG4 LifePower batteries

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Shared 9 months ago

116 views

3:09

Episode 140- Catching up on firewood splitting w/37 ton Champion, 2 position log splitter

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Shared 10 months ago

164 views

11:25

Episode 139- Biochar, did it work? Yes and no, you'll have to watch to find out.

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Shared 10 months ago

174 views

17:12

Episode 138- Power and lighting to the new carport

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Shared 10 months ago

221 views

18:46

Episode 137- Trying out the new Husquvarna PowerAxe 350 chain saw. Removing trees causing damage.

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Shared 10 months ago

158 views

14:55

Episode 136- Breaking rock in a post hole & improving storage

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Shared 10 months ago

421 views

9:45

Episode 135- Restoring my old aluminum fishing boat

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Shared 11 months ago

103 views

4:19

Episode 134- Moving my grandparents '51 Dodge Meadowbrook to its permanent home

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Shared 11 months ago

233 views

20:26

Episode 133- From fallen oak to finished carport in 20 minutes. One man does it all!

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Shared 11 months ago

1.7K views

14:24

Episode 132 Finishing the carport with important engineering wind loads in mind

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Shared 11 months ago

312 views

12:11

Episode 131 Carport roof and roofing

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Shared 1 year ago

250 views

13:26

Episode 130- Cutting and installing structural ceiling joists, with structural explanation

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Shared 1 year ago

626 views

22:46

Episode 129- Stick framing the carport rafters. Watch of how I layout and cut individual rafters.

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Shared 1 year ago

3.3K views

21:14

Episode 128- Heavy timber framing the carport trusses

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Shared 1 year ago

5.6K views

23:31

Episode 127- Started the Heavy Timber Framing

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Shared 1 year ago

656 views

18:56

Episode 126- There's a monster on my Woodmizer! Will it meet the challenge?

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Shared 1 year ago

2.1K views

15:45

Episode 125 Woodmizer LX 25 bed extension installed, and my monsterous log loaded on the mill

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Shared 1 year ago

568 views

9:21

Episode 124- A Frame improvements, making it more useful, especially for an older, young man

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Shared 1 year ago

547 views

2:37

Episode 123- Taking a break from the work

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Shared 1 year ago

51 views

12:10

Episode 122- What, more storms, more tree damage? Will it ever end?

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Shared 1 year ago

231 views

20:40

Episode 121 A frame hoist

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Shared 1 year ago

268 views

8:26

Episode 120- Broken limb hazard from storm

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Shared 1 year ago

98 views

12:06

Episode 119- Concrete work for a frame lift

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Shared 1 year ago

187 views

6:39

Episode 118 A little more time on my Woodmizer LX25, with a pleasant surprise

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Shared 1 year ago

352 views

9:35

Episode 117- My biggest logging challenge to date. Can I do it? Part 2 of 2

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Shared 1 year ago

276 views

16:00

Episode 116- My biggest logging challenge to date. Can I do it? Part 1 of 2

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Shared 1 year ago

699 views

6:18

Episode 115- I need my mill, but I need to get rid of some siding first

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Shared 1 year ago

406 views

17:35

Episode 114- Installing a water line to the garden with my TYM T25 tractor

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Shared 1 year ago

1K views

7:26

Episode 113- Working with biochar

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Shared 1 year ago

171 views

11:03

Episode 112 Finishing the sitework for the carport, concrete and underground electrical

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Shared 1 year ago

155 views

9:58

Episode 111- Removing another maple tree. For a second, I thought it got me

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Shared 1 year ago

126 views

19:30

Episode 110 - Construction layout, critical, unless you like dealing with problemst

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Shared 1 year ago

187 views

4:40

Episode 109 Burning stumps

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Shared 1 year ago

415 views

7:50

Episode 108- Moving two of the old VW buses, cleaning up my eysores

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Shared 1 year ago

209 views

8:59

Episode 107- Another eyesore gone to salvage, the old horse trailer

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Shared 1 year ago

539 views

4:52

Episode 106- I'm finally putting in some permanent lighting into the barn

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Shared 1 year ago

226 views

16:57

Episode 105- Finally the biggest eyesore on my property... gone!

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Shared 1 year ago

892 views

6:09

Episode 104- January 2025 snow storm, it was bound to happen sooner or later

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Shared 1 year ago

1.3K views

7:26

Episode 103 Planting blueberries

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Shared 1 year ago

179 views

3:49

Episode 102 pond liner

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Shared 1 year ago

139 views

3:16

Vintage pot belly stove first use and testing short

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Shared 1 year ago

1K views

8:23

Episode 101 Making economical or free biochar

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Shared 1 year ago

2.1K views

36:06

Episode 100- Historical Reenactment of the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove

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Shared 1 year ago

686 views

15:12

Episode 99- Needing temporary shelter for an antique car

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Shared 1 year ago

293 views

12:32

Episode 98 Planting garlic in my third garden bed, then it rained... and rained... and rained

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Shared 1 year ago

388 views

7:31

Episode 97- Pond cleaning and deepening with my TYM T25 tractor

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Shared 1 year ago

226 views

19:21

Episode 96 Stove surround

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Shared 1 year ago

175 views

20:20

Episode 95- Building a protective platform for my vintage wood burner

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Shared 1 year ago

299 views

12:27

Episode 94- Planting Chestnut trees grown right here in the Ozarks

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Shared 1 year ago

255 views

15:40

Episode 93 Cutting siding from pine logs with my Woodmizer LX 25

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Shared 2 years ago

5K views