You need to go to open mic night at a comedy club. You have a dead pan seriousness that is in itself just funny. It's the muted sarcasm that literally makes me burst out laughing in tears sometimes. You're a good likable dude who is a genuinely relatable person.
Thank you for the comment. It’s always good to visualize who is watching and what they’re doing. It’s good to know someone is relaxing with a few cold ones.
I like your video and I think it also improves my English comprehension. I think sometimes I even can catch your joke. Thanks sharing your daily life with us.
To keep with the theme of these first few comments, here's the reason I appreciate your content; albiet I'm pretty certain I've done this already. Relevance ▪︎ See relevant. Informative ▪︎ I get to see the process, and the various applications involved, to facilitate said process from forest to the trailer. Integrity ▪︎ between the practices facilitated, and the manner they are presented, I detect a level of integrity that I notice missing from other forms of content. The Grain ▪︎ self explanatory. Educational ▪︎ similar to informative, but I feel it needs to be separated. I like to learn about the trees, species, habits, and all the idiosyncrasies within. Also the knowledge you share when your give us tours in your greenhouse, exc. The critters ▪︎ seeing the animals in their natural habitat, surviving, is not only interesting, but a testament to the balance and and coexistence between nature and responsible harvesting practices. Humorous ▪︎ You don't "phone it in"; your involvement with your jokes are just a byproduct of observation within the process, coupled with the provided nonsense we find ourselves surrounded by these days. Logical ▪︎ see logical. Seems like a buddy to me ▪︎ You seem like a buddy to me. The stacking of the wood ▪︎ I dunno, it's just a thing I picked up from framing. I made many works of functional art, breaking down loads of lumber. The tractor ▪︎ I dunno, I like that little tractor. I want to rebuild it for some reason. The land ▪︎ Reminds me of home. I miss the mountains, powerfully. Potential to learn how to do what you're doing ▪︎ I'm playing with the idea of not plumbing, and trying to be a hand on a property, that is managed in the way yours is. Probably forgetting a couple things ▪︎ probably. Think that's about it, just wanted to put my two bits in.
That was one very very nice trailer load of lumber you got out of them logs. And you are right about the lumber prices have dropped and 2x4’s and others are not sellers right now. Odd size lumber is about what’s moving right now. I do believe the deer have a good reason for staying away right now. Enjoyed the video, good job. Take care
I am finding lumber in general isn’t moving much. Especially Douglas fir which is so cheap in the stores right now. right now slabs are selling better than anything.
I like the way you edit. Any sawmill just repeatedly sawing the same boards can be boring! Also your corny jokes crack me up 😂 Recently subscribed, the Old Retired Laborer 😊
Thank you for the feedback. I sometimes wonder if people would rather see it go the whole way through the log. I agree, I would get bored watching it do the same thing with the same boards. Welcome to the channel and thank you for the comment.
Don't change a thing...I like your dry sarcastic wit...reminds me of me 😂 if others don't get it they will soon . Love your content from Queensland Australia
Yeah I don’t like it when they do that. I had a cedar tree earlier this year, when I did some of the cap cuts they had so much tension they jumped off the log and split out the last few inches that were left in the cut.
@@WilsonForestLands Sorry, I couldn"t resist ribbing you on the typo, I do it all the time, excusable because after all the I and U are right next to each other on the keyboard. Honestly though I do really enjoy your videos, informative, fun and well done Thanks for all your time spent creating them
Thanks for the 'heads-up' on the Turbo-boost footage; I gotta get me one o' them! Sure would help my production quotas... Level schmevel; don't beat up the camera man, he's working around the Sawyer, (and we ALL know what Prima-donnas they can be!) Another good 'un -- enjoying the content. Ya got another "likeroo" as Sandy would say. Cheers from Linn County
Haha! Sorry I missed helping out, I've been working in the orchard. It pays to be short, I can put the peavey handle on my shoulder and lift with my legs.
We are lucky to have it when we need it. The problem with it is it’s abundance. It’s so abundant out here it’s hard to get a good enough price for it locally to make it worth milling.
@@WilsonForestLands If shipping lumber wasn't cost prohibitive, us East Coast natives sure would love to have douglas fir dimensional lumber. It sure would beat the Spurce/Pine/Fur twisted hockey sticks we find at the big box hardware stores.
The mail has one extensions on it so it can mill up to 16 foot. The main reason I cut those logs into shorter pieces is they had a considerable bow to them. If the log isn’t very straight I can get a much better yield out of them by cutting them into shorter pieces. In this area the trees tend to have a bow to them a lot of the time so 16 foot is long enough for me.
You sure did yield some nice timbers out of that Douglas Fur. I did notice that there was no band lubrication. Is that because the logs were still very green? Great video, as always.
These logs were from a dead tree so they were fairy dry. I was using lube at times on these, but with Douglas fir, I don’t use it most of the time. I use it to help out on the widest cuts. Or if I start getting buildup on the band I will use it long enough to clean off the band. I find with Douglas fir, the lube mixes in with the fine sawdust and makes a pasty mess that makes it harder to clean off the lumber. Most of the time I don’t notice much benefit from the lube, at least not enough to make it worth the extra time to clean up the mess.
Great reply regarding lube for dead timber. I didn't know it would form a paste. My LT15 Wide was delivered last October, just in time for me to close up my mountain land in Utah and beat feet to Arizona. So I'm learning a good bit from your videos.
Great video! But it breaks my heart to see those logs cut in half😢. Also, they sure would have made great beams for a cabin rather than dimensional lumber. Wouldn't find those at Home Depot.
Can I ask a question? I'm sure someone has asked before .. but why not bend the sawdust flap up or take it off so it blows out farther from the mill....
I did have another person suggest that. I mostly haven’t because I need to clean up the sawdust anyway, I put it on the garden. If it’s building up right under the sawmill then I have to deal with it instead of putting it off longer. Another thought is if the sawdust isn’t blowing straight down to the ground, it might be more likely to blow up toward me. Maybe I will try it sometime.
I am not going to judge whether it’s a dummy question or not. But all I can give you is a dummy answer, because I don’t know why it does that. I am guessing maybe because the outside fibers are not supported by anything so the blade pushes them away instead of cutting them off. It still happens with a sharp blade, but it increases as the blade dulls. It also happens with certain grain orientation more than others.
@@WilsonForestLands Don't forget the legal hassles the Three Bears went through to evict Goldilocks for squatting PLUS the lawsuit where Goldilocks sues the Three Bears for traumatizing her.
Don't change anything about your videos ,not the clever jokes ,not the way you say things. If people are offended, they just need to get of their high horse and stop thinking everything is about them
There is a bigger reason I cut the logs shorter. It may not show up on video so much but the logs have considerable bow to them. Trying to mill long boards out of bowed logs wastes too much wood. The mill can cut up to 16 foot long. Most of the trees on this property are not straight enough to be good for more than 16’.
You need to go to open mic night at a comedy club. You have a dead pan seriousness that is in itself just funny. It's the muted sarcasm that literally makes me burst out laughing in tears sometimes. You're a good likable dude who is a genuinely relatable person.
After a hard day on the farm it's always great sit down kill few cold ones watch your videos
Thank you for the comment. It’s always good to visualize who is watching and what they’re doing. It’s good to know someone is relaxing with a few cold ones.
I like your video and I think it also improves my English comprehension. I think sometimes I even can catch your joke. Thanks sharing your daily life with us.
Never change.
You’re a fantastic UA-cam presenter.
Another great video my friend. I look forward to each one. Absolutely beautiful lumber.
Thank you for that. I’m glad you are enjoying them.
To keep with the theme of these first few comments, here's the reason I appreciate your content; albiet I'm pretty certain I've done this already.
Relevance ▪︎ See relevant.
Informative ▪︎ I get to see the process, and the various applications involved, to facilitate said process from forest to the trailer.
Integrity ▪︎ between the practices facilitated, and the manner they are presented, I detect a level of integrity that I notice missing from other forms of content.
The Grain ▪︎ self explanatory.
Educational ▪︎ similar to informative, but I feel it needs to be separated. I like to learn about the trees, species, habits, and all the idiosyncrasies within. Also the knowledge you share when your give us tours in your greenhouse, exc.
The critters ▪︎ seeing the animals in their natural habitat, surviving, is not only interesting, but a testament to the balance and and coexistence between nature and responsible harvesting practices.
Humorous ▪︎ You don't "phone it in"; your involvement with your jokes are just a byproduct of observation within the process, coupled with the provided nonsense we find ourselves surrounded by these days.
Logical ▪︎ see logical.
Seems like a buddy to me ▪︎ You seem like a buddy to me.
The stacking of the wood ▪︎ I dunno, it's just a thing I picked up from framing. I made many works of functional art, breaking down loads of lumber.
The tractor ▪︎ I dunno, I like that little tractor. I want to rebuild it for some reason.
The land ▪︎ Reminds me of home. I miss the mountains, powerfully.
Potential to learn how to do what you're doing ▪︎ I'm playing with the idea of not plumbing, and trying to be a hand on a property, that is managed in the way yours is.
Probably forgetting a couple things ▪︎ probably.
Think that's about it, just wanted to put my two bits in.
That was one very very nice trailer load of lumber you got out of them logs.
And you are right about the lumber prices have dropped and 2x4’s and others are not sellers right now. Odd size lumber is about what’s moving right now. I do believe the deer have a good reason for staying away right now.
Enjoyed the video, good job. Take care
I am finding lumber in general isn’t moving much. Especially Douglas fir which is so cheap in the stores right now. right now slabs are selling better than anything.
Lovely 8x6 beam. Here in the UK, we'd call that 'boxed'. Lovely vid. Therapeutic watching someone else work.......
I like the way you edit. Any sawmill just repeatedly sawing the same boards can be boring! Also your corny jokes crack me up 😂 Recently subscribed, the Old Retired Laborer 😊
Thank you for the feedback. I sometimes wonder if people would rather see it go the whole way through the log. I agree, I would get bored watching it do the same thing with the same boards. Welcome to the channel and thank you for the comment.
I love how you can condense 3 hours of milling into 10 minutes
Don't change a thing...I like your dry sarcastic wit...reminds me of me 😂 if others don't get it they will soon . Love your content from Queensland Australia
Lol you're goldilocks story added good for the video...cheers
Thanks, it seemed like it needed something more than just the sawmill going back and forth.
That was some gorgeous timber. The only downside for me was the one that popped as the tension took over at the end of the cut.
Yeah I don’t like it when they do that. I had a cedar tree earlier this year, when I did some of the cap cuts they had so much tension they jumped off the log and split out the last few inches that were left in the cut.
@@WilsonForestLands oh, no! At least they were the cap cuts.
That is a nice load of Timbers! Nice job! Beautiful logs!
Yep that was some high grade material. Thanks for the comment.
You mill nice limber!
Thanks for the comment.
@@WilsonForestLands Sorry, I couldn"t resist ribbing you on the typo, I do it all the time, excusable because after all the I and U are right next to each other on the keyboard. Honestly though I do really enjoy your videos, informative, fun and well done Thanks for all your time spent creating them
Just think your videos no I are awesome thank you!
What?
Thanks for the 'heads-up' on the Turbo-boost footage; I gotta get me one o' them! Sure would help my production quotas...
Level schmevel; don't beat up the camera man, he's working around the Sawyer, (and we ALL know what Prima-donnas they can be!)
Another good 'un -- enjoying the content. Ya got another "likeroo" as Sandy would say.
Cheers from Linn County
Turbo mode is pretty power hungry. You might have to get a few more solar panels to run it on your mill. Thanks for the likeroo.
Haha! Sorry I missed helping out, I've been working in the orchard. It pays to be short, I can put the peavey handle on my shoulder and lift with my legs.
Yeah I have seen you get up under that peavey and show the log who is boss.
It is handy to have an Andy! 🤣
I can imagine it would be, you would be the expert on that.
Goldy locks makes really nice lumber doesn't she
Yes she does. I think they forgot that part in the children’s book.
@@WilsonForestLands right lol
Love your videos. I'm curious as to what part of the NW you are in. Doug
You west coast guys don't know how good you have it with all of those big douglas fir trees you have to make lumber and timbers from.
We are lucky to have it when we need it. The problem with it is it’s abundance. It’s so abundant out here it’s hard to get a good enough price for it locally to make it worth milling.
@@WilsonForestLands If shipping lumber wasn't cost prohibitive, us East Coast natives sure would love to have douglas fir dimensional lumber. It sure would beat the Spurce/Pine/Fur twisted hockey sticks we find at the big box hardware stores.
Gonna need a few boards next week for a poultry shelter project. I'll text you after I figure it out and see what you have.
Wednesday late afternoon will be my day in the warehouse this week.
What is the longest log you can mill on your LT-15 and have you considered extensions for your mill to be able to cut longer logs?
The mail has one extensions on it so it can mill up to 16 foot. The main reason I cut those logs into shorter pieces is they had a considerable bow to them. If the log isn’t very straight I can get a much better yield out of them by cutting them into shorter pieces. In this area the trees tend to have a bow to them a lot of the time so 16 foot is long enough for me.
I'm curious. Why didn't you cut the logs to the maximum length of the sled? They were such beautiful straight logs!
I don’t know if you know how to do it, but how do they get the camber in glue lams?
I'd enjoy this video even more if you added smell-a-vision!
Excellent video...........although I don't know how you forgot to lower your toe board. You don't see ME do that..........today.
You went through a toeboard problem, then Jarhead did. Maybe now it’s my turn.
@@WilsonForestLands It do be happen.
You sure did yield some nice timbers out of that Douglas Fur. I did notice that there was no band lubrication. Is that because the logs were still very green? Great video, as always.
These logs were from a dead tree so they were fairy dry. I was using lube at times on these, but with Douglas fir, I don’t use it most of the time. I use it to help out on the widest cuts. Or if I start getting buildup on the band I will use it long enough to clean off the band. I find with Douglas fir, the lube mixes in with the fine sawdust and makes a pasty mess that makes it harder to clean off the lumber. Most of the time I don’t notice much benefit from the lube, at least not enough to make it worth the extra time to clean up the mess.
Great reply regarding lube for dead timber. I didn't know it would form a paste. My LT15 Wide was delivered last October, just in time for me to close up my mountain land in Utah and beat feet to Arizona. So I'm learning a good bit from your videos.
Great video! But it breaks my heart to see those logs cut in half😢. Also, they sure would have made great beams for a cabin rather than dimensional lumber. Wouldn't find those at Home Depot.
Whats the cost for the blades? Can you sharpen them yourself?
Can I ask a question? I'm sure someone has asked before .. but why not bend the sawdust flap up or take it off so it blows out farther from the mill....
I did have another person suggest that. I mostly haven’t because I need to clean up the sawdust anyway, I put it on the garden. If it’s building up right under the sawmill then I have to deal with it instead of putting it off longer. Another thought is if the sawdust isn’t blowing straight down to the ground, it might be more likely to blow up toward me. Maybe I will try it sometime.
Man you always out alone doing all this work?
Did you de-bark the logs by hand ??
Maybe a dummy question on my part but.........What causes the stringers that show on the side of the boards?
I am not going to judge whether it’s a dummy question or not. But all I can give you is a dummy answer, because I don’t know why it does that. I am guessing maybe because the outside fibers are not supported by anything so the blade pushes them away instead of cutting them off. It still happens with a sharp blade, but it increases as the blade dulls. It also happens with certain grain orientation more than others.
If you really understood the Goldilocks story you'd know it's about a home invasion; or, at least, breaking and entering.
I’m not sure how I could have twisted that into the video. Maybe I need to do a part two and figure that out.
@@WilsonForestLands Don't forget the legal hassles the Three Bears went through to evict Goldilocks for squatting PLUS the lawsuit where Goldilocks sues the Three Bears for traumatizing her.
Don't change anything about your videos ,not the clever jokes ,not the way you say things. If people are offended, they just need to get of their high horse and stop thinking everything is about them
What a waist cutting the logs to fit your small mill. You need a bigger mill.
There is a bigger reason I cut the logs shorter. It may not show up on video so much but the logs have considerable bow to them. Trying to mill long boards out of bowed logs wastes too much wood. The mill can cut up to 16 foot long. Most of the trees on this property are not straight enough to be good for more than 16’.
@@WilsonForestLands OK
Oh yea nice Doug. Show me those tight northern hemisphere rings
That one actually had wider rings than a lot of them here. We definitely have tight rings here.