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AvE finds a log-bench job for a bargain chainsaw

The fastener-free timber build gives a small Bauer saw mortise pockets to cut and hay bales to open.

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AvE Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Harbor Freight Chainsaw is not totally useless?!

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0:00AvE sets out to build an outdoor timber drinking bar before winter.
3:51An axe and wooden wedges split a large log lengthwise.
4:53A small Bauer battery chainsaw cuts mortise pockets; it also gets a hay-bale-opening demonstration.
8:00Hand tools and wedges shape the wooden legs and adjust their fit.
12:56Baby Doll tests the structure before the protruding leg ends are trimmed flush.

An axe and wooden wedges split the log; the inexpensive chainsaw gets the more fiddly assignment. In "Harbor Freight Chainsaw is not totally useless?!", AvE puts a small battery-powered Bauer to work cutting mortise pockets for a rustic outdoor bench, with an outdoor drinking bar in mind before winter.

There were no new uploads this week, but this project is the channel's busiest video right now, approaching 200,000 views. The saw also finds a second farm job opening hay bales. AvE shapes the legs to fit the pockets, credits Buckin' Billy Ray while discussing timber joinery, and gets a brief interruption from the sheep. His partner, introduced as Baby Doll, arrives to test the structure before he trims the protruding leg ends flush.

The earlier "BOLTR: Harbor Freight Chain Saw" is also among the channel's active draws, alongside the picnic-table desk lamps of "BOLTR: Interuptus (I de-dickerd it!)". That makes for a useful change of emphasis from the lamp discussion: the tools are back outside, making something rather than simply being examined.

AvE added roughly 78,000 views across the week, while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is running below its usual level. Nearby DIY channels had larger weekly audiences, including Tom Stanton and Blacktail Studio Uncut, though both are also seeing slower-than-usual daily viewing. Here, the modest little saw has found a concrete assignment: cutting the joints that let the logs become furniture without metal fasteners.

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