How do we join up , ? Tim from taunton , 40plus years experience i love working in traditional way 😊
@lotharhamburg5343
10 ай бұрын
God bless
@jameskyle380
10 ай бұрын
Very beautiful roof truss. A real credit to you all. Very pretty details.
@lisaessling8508
10 ай бұрын
We need ‘fewer’ trees, not ‘less” trees.
@lidiatrombetta2552
10 ай бұрын
Mi admiracion por tanto trabajo realizado con tanto amor!!!
@georgewilkinson6510
11 ай бұрын
En croyable
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
Also be thankful you have blacksmiths to hand forge those axes faithfully replicating french tools of the period. Thank the archaeologists who studied them. Thank the generations of scribes who wrote things down thank the generations of practical carpenters who passed down skills l.
@tonylam9548
Жыл бұрын
I see the illegal migrants of another religion have some benefits for France, They force French carpenter to hand carve structural beams for the cathedral, keeping the old art and skills alive. They might have lost those skills if those religion did not burn the place down, I am about 99.8% certain it was not an accident and the rest electrical or lightning causes. That same period there were 85 church fires elsewhere in Europe, and strange none in Poland.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
First of all don't be xenophobic. Second of all the French masonry guild is over nine centuries old. It is the same guild that build all those structures. It was. Never at risk of loss. Same is true of all the trades.
@tball5677
Жыл бұрын
Diid they ever figure out who burned it down? Never mind we all know....
@marcbuisson2463
Жыл бұрын
Yes, we know. It's either the defective bells electric installation, or a cigaret lit by a renovation worker. It's not an uncommon accident sadly. Same thing happened a few years ago in the 14th century town hall of La Rochelle.
@tonylam9548
Жыл бұрын
In that period there were 85 other church fires all over Europe, but strange, none in Poland. A very effective way to end these fires is to have the French burn down one mosque for every church. Notre dame , make it five. That is why China had them all locked up, it limits their freedom to do such deeds.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
Don't be xenophobic.
@larrysorenson4789
Жыл бұрын
I recently watched an Notre Dane update video. In it they stated that all the new timber was being created out of 100 year old timber harvested from French forests. Previously, I was under the impression that the timber was English oak. Does anyone have additional information to clarify these conflicting beliefs?
@alainmare8081
Жыл бұрын
Larry Sorensen France has lot of rich forest with very good trees species and notably oak. It has been used for construction for century but also to built oak barrel giving the so particular test to French wine. French oak barrel it still today a best seller on the international market.
@larrysorenson4789
Жыл бұрын
@@alainmare8081 as an enthusiastic of the wine industry I do my best to support efforts if French coopers. In 1968 I discovered a french table wine and became quite fond of it: Cabernet d’Anjou. It is really hard to find now. My favorite breakfast is a fresh (hot) petit baguette, a round of Baby-Bel cheese and a bit of Cabernet. I studied architecture at the E’cole des Beaux Arts which at that time was located in the Guards Garrison quarters of the Palace at Versailles. Wonderful.
@francinesicard464
11 ай бұрын
No, these are indeed French oaks from Tronçais in the Allier Dept, or Bercé in the Sarthe Dept. Until the 17th century, oak forests were numerous but quite scattered in France, and transporting timbers was not easy. These two oak forests are the result of Jean-Baptiste Colbert's policy, Minister of State for Louis XIV. The French Royal Navy of the 17th Century needed lots of oak wood without having to go through a long period of transport or even import it. Oak wood is nowadays mainly used for wine barrels or furniture.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
They're very specifically chosen straight as an arrow french oak. They say one in a thousand or so trees is of the correct grain structure and density.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
Pause the video at one of the points where you see a flat cut surface. Look closely at the heartwood. You can barely see rings. Because it's so dense it's practically bullet proof. That's a result of an arborist that absolutely knows the biology of old growth trees.
@MaverickSeventySeven
Жыл бұрын
The whole enterprise of building Notre Dame was a truly spectacular achievement!!! Snowflakes today take note!
@larryscott890
Жыл бұрын
We’re there any wood workers from Japan? I don’t know if they work with hardwood like oak but nobody can create buildings from the cedar like wood they use.
@ou8126
Жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@terryreknaw6152
2 жыл бұрын
Fantabulous 👍👍
@ddc9188
2 жыл бұрын
Magnifique ❤️
@ellentewkesbury5936
2 жыл бұрын
So inspiring! Thank you. Such hope for us all in troubled times.
@johnkelly516
2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful project to be involved in…
@evanpenny348
2 жыл бұрын
Love the way that a group of tradespeople and enthusiasts just got up and had a go. Doing this the academic way would have involved decades of PhD theses, and probably concluded that the original work was the work of aliens. Bit clinical there, but my point is that motivated people willing to give anything a go can achieve marvels. Well done to you all, and hope you get the job of doing the roof rebuild.
@MikeDennisOriginal
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Evan. An amazing group of people. We were fortunate to be joined by Frederic Epaud, the archaeologist in charge of the project. So it had a strong base in research, with close attention being paid not only on how the original tool marks could be matched from the evidence available, but also what didn't match.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
@@MikeDennisOriginalI love the dedication to authenticity that speaks to. When I saw the use of a bearded axe I knew instantly you were being as genuine as possible. Outstanding work.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
@@MikeDennisOriginalI would imagine the tool marks differ considerably considering the ancients used wrought iron and I presume the ones made today are modern steel. What did your experience show?
@markmanning2921
2 жыл бұрын
satan burned it down so God brought all these people together to build it again.
@MauriatOttolink
2 жыл бұрын
I amazed that carpentry techniques of that quality have been retained into times when machines generally prepare wood for construction. Maybe they DIDN'T survive and had to be retrained.. Has anybody heard of difficulties of obtaining Oak timber of adequate length as oak trees are not growing as tall as they did in the 1200s? That very problem beset the York Minster renewal of beams after that fire. Last I heard was that Nôtre Dame was still debating whether to use Oak or steel fo reconstruction of the roofs. Obviously oak was chosen. Unfortunately I lost my source of info. Thanks for any info.
@MikeDennisOriginal
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting questions there, I'll address some of them in later videos. No problem here getting timbers of adequate length or quality. The decision was made for it to be rebuilt in timber, hopefully we'll find out more soon.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
In the seventeenth century there was apparently a government order to create domestic timberland for the French Navy. As a result they have ample supply three centuries later. Also there's strict reforestation efforts going on as I understand it, so they were able to select from a wide array of options and get the creme de la creme. This oak is basically the densest I've ever personally seen.
@jackriggs1805
2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to watch this.....but the music is driving me crazy. !!!!
@johnroberts2759
2 жыл бұрын
Turn the bloody sound off.
@Tonga29
2 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup , ça fait chaud au cœur .
@elijahbachrach6579
3 жыл бұрын
2:32 “this may... be the most sustainable restoration method proposed.” Yeah, if you paid those carpenters well. EDIT: “...as well as being financially economical” Well, f**k me.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
The restoration effort is definitely paying craftsmen well don't you worry. I got a stone mason buddy from Lyon whose basically set for work for life if all he does is small repairs on the cathedral
@nicolasbertin8552
3 жыл бұрын
Well it's not building it by hand that makes it last longer, it's building without screw or bolts, just using notches and stuff, like the Japanese and Chinese also do for their traditional buildings.
@MikeDennisOriginal
3 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely correct that carpentered joints makes the buildings last longer. However, working by hand allows the carpenter the possibility to maintain the maximum strength in the timber by cutting across the grain as little as possible. You do well to note the Japanese and Chinese carpentry, which frequently doesn't square their timber, maintaining the maximum strength possible within a certain timber, so cutting by hand then also can allow to maintain maximum strength within a building tradition. Next time you are out, check out where non-rotten timber fails, most likely it will be where it has been cut across the grain. Thanks for commenting!
@spongeBob77086
11 ай бұрын
The use of metal makes it possible to do things that are impossible to do with strictly wooden assemblies. it is not one against the other, it is one and the other, it is the current method for informed designers, the mix of materials, to use them intelligently where they are most effective . As for the Japanese frame, we must not forget the environment. Their frames must resist seismic tremors and the main function of the wooden ones is to dissipate earthquake energy, they are in fact breakers.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
There definitely were metal bolts in the roof of the cathedral not to mention thousands upon thousands of pounds of lead on top of it and it will be so again.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
There are literally metal staples holding the stone together let alone the wood.
@JRCinKY
3 жыл бұрын
Somehow, I am not convinced. But nice music.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
Well those of us participating in the restoration are gleefully honored to do so let alone be paid for it. So we will be over here living our best lives while you talk trash. Cheers!
@theresacarmen9847
3 жыл бұрын
Just amazing! How did today's carpenters know how to do this?
@MikeDennisOriginal
3 жыл бұрын
Good question Theresa. We are able to look at the evidence left by the tools of the craftsmen to get a pretty good idea of how they did it. We also still have a lot of these craft traditions that are still alive in Europe. One of the benefits from this project was that we were able to compare for example the toolmarks left by the modern carpenters and compare them to those on the original historic timber so we can see how our methods compared.
@elijahbachrach6579
3 жыл бұрын
@@MikeDennisOriginal By “we” he means carpenters. Carpenters were able to read the tool marks.
@19Edurne
Жыл бұрын
It's still taught in carpentry schools. After all, there is a lot of ancient buildings to restore and maintain in Europe.
@francinesicard464
11 ай бұрын
Hardly any records were left or found of the timber roof of Notre Dame. If one looks closely, the timber roofs of our cathedrals, and I think also in the rest of Europe, look like the hull of an upturned boat because the carpenters who built the timber roofs of the cathedrals in France were all shipwrights, and they have left many archives. When the decision was made to use the same medieval techniques to honour craftsmen of the 11th and 12th centuries, it took some time to find the description of the tools and techniques in the archives without forgetting that certain traditions and techniques are still taught among the Compagnons du Devoir, a French medieval guild of craftsmen that to this day still exists. Now regarding the spire, no problem, it was designed and built in the 19th century, by the architect Eugène Violet-le-Duc.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
@@francinesicard464people didn't stop being carpenters. The alignment marks the axe marks, they all tell a tale. Combined with finding surviving axes and the skills having been handed down in an unbroken lineage it's not that difficult for even a non carpenter archaeologist to understand what they're looking at. These people valued strict logic and efficient work above all else. As carpenters still do to this day.
@tolbaszy8067
3 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@MikeDennisOriginal
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was such an awesome project with such a great group of people!
@denisoconnell7593
3 жыл бұрын
Great idea but will take hundreds of years. Time to break out the machines.
@oltedders
3 жыл бұрын
One truss produced in one week. Only 25 needed in total. 6 months of work.
@kevip1324
3 жыл бұрын
Brought together community by Catholicism I hope!
@oltedders
3 жыл бұрын
Hardly. Craftsmanship!
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
The Vatican is being particularly frugal with restoration funds. I'll leave judging that fact to the individual.
@zachariaszut
3 жыл бұрын
Good. Enough nonsense. Now go and rebuild Notre Dame.
@joshschneider9766
11 ай бұрын
We have been. Help or be quiet.
@zachariaszut
11 ай бұрын
@@joshschneider9766 I am quiet. For two years now. If you remembered correctly, there were talks about stupidly changing Notre Dame, perverting it. Until finally it was decided to respect Notre Dame's architecture. Therefore my remark. Now go back to work and shut it.
@LarissaLopesAuthor
3 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful!! Good job!! 👏👏👏
@boblordylordyhowie
4 жыл бұрын
In a sense it restores it to its original look, something machines cannot do. People learn from seeing it done not reading about it in a book and people become interesting in trying it for themselves even just for the experience. Using traditional tools leaves the marks that would have existed on the originals.
@sneggysteve
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and inspiring
@vipertwenty249
4 жыл бұрын
Good team working together there.
@willtruax871
4 жыл бұрын
A powerful statement made with but the doing and a beautiful statement it is at that!
@brendancronin1844
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@jrmyc9246
4 жыл бұрын
Cela est de toute beauté !
@kevindancelme1571
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@joyetgermain
4 жыл бұрын
Hey! Salut toi! Germain du workshop de 2011 chez toi!
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