Slabbing the Robbinsdale Maple
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- I picked up this silver maple log from a backyard in Robbinsdale, MN. This log has two crotches and from the outside looks to have a lot of figure within it. There is plenty of undulation visible on the outside and the large crotches looks to have produced a lot of compression figure. The log is 4’ wide at the butt and the crotch splays to 5’ wide. Overall length is just over 6’.
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- I'm spraying diesel on the blade. It keeps the noise down greatly.
- My neighbors are cool.
- Yes, I love crotch.
- I'm painting the guards this week.
- I'm not buying a forklift/tractor/skidsteer anytime soon.
- The slabs will take around 1.5-2 years to dry.
I was going to ask when you're going to finish painting, because it is driving me nuts.
Matthew Cremona why deisel and not another type of liquid?
+Dane Johnson seems to stick better so I don't have to apply as much and the blade stays quieter for longer
Why are the boys' lawn chairs so far away? How can they "learn anything" (get covered in sawdust) 'way over there? [insert Matt Cremona patented chuckle here]
No forklift... then how about lengthening the tracks and build another square cage on it, with a winch in it? Drive your car over the tracks, lift the wood with the cage, drive your car off, and push the whole thing over to your saw bed to lower the trunk there. Or you could lay another track outside the first one, to ride the second cage on... I'm sure you'll get the idea.
You've gotten soooooo much more efficient at moving slabs. Matt youre sure not afraid of work. The beauty in the wood drives a man
You are quite the hard worker and without a doubt, an inventor of large log handling, transport and cutting on a one man scale. Suggestions : Put rollers on that log bed, purchase a fork lift to save your back and spine from the obvious strain which you are putting on it each time you lift a slab. I am an avid admirer of your entrepreneurship talent............. Scott
The Shadow U
I love that you are so enthusiastic about what gets revealed as the log is cut. Great video and the drone footage works really well - an unusual perspective.
All I could think with each slab you cut was "That'd be an awesome table". Nice work sir!
thanks!
One of the nicest things for me Matt, is that you have the skills to turn that timber into beautiful made furniture.
Thank you!
Matt, you're so awesome at welding and fabricating steel, how about an overhead rail, gantry with a bunch of supporting inverted U shaped A-frames that you could position from the mill to wherever you wanted to stack the slabs? Then you could "float" the slabs relatively effortlessly to the stack. Not sure I'm exposing my idea well, but I imagine you could improve on it. Mill on!
Lou
Each time I see a new slab cut, I think how can there be another one so incredible.
I have a few questions!
What are you spraying on the blade?
Are your neighbors cool?
Do you love crotch?
When are you painting the guards?
Are you gonna by a forklift?
How long will the slabs take to dry?
;)
+Donny Carter 😂
It is interesting to see the approach to a log where the goal is lots of visible "defects", as opposed to the normal process of cutting to provide as much "useable" lumber as possible, free from these interesting and pretty "defects". Great video, thank you.
A lot of Matts out there..lol. HEY ! You know....I used to do everything you and your friend were doing. Cut trees down, Cut split, and stack cords and cords of wood. ...and that was on the weekends ! lol. Until one day I ruined my back SO BAD, !! that I needed surgery . I had 2 near herniated discs hitting nerves...and one Herniated Disc which blew out like toothpaste from tube !...so the neurologist told me. "Extremely Severe"! he said. I was never the same. I can't do much lifting at all, and just mowing the lawn numbs my entire crotch, until I lay down on the floor. Don't risk your backs guys !!! YOU ARE YOUNG !! Like I was...Beware.If you ruin your back your life changes dramatically, believe me !! It is terrible to live with constant back pain. Matt.
Massachusetts Matt. I fully agree. Same issues here, been disabled since the age of 22. And yes constant pain is awful to live with.
Blew my back out 2 years ago, thankfully not so bad. Can't imagine anything worse than being unable to walk. Pooping in a pan is no fun no matter what your age is, and these guys aren't built to be lifting this kind of weight. Work smarter, not harder.
Sorry to hear you're in so much pain. Same here just had 3rd neck surgery pain is a terrible thing to live with. I've got 2,000 b.f of walnut needs to be re stacked and can't touch it. Unfortunately it will probably have so much waste by the time I'll be able too do it. Yes females like wood also! Take care of yourself.
so uh... what happened to all that wood you cut? did you use it or is it still pilled up waiting for some strong backs to have its ways with it.
yellowchopperproductions
You are very correct ! I've lived with chronic pain for many years and it come about mainly because I thought I could lift ANYTHING or move ANYTHING ! By the time that you realize there might be a problem, it's too late !
PLEASE find a better way !!!
I'm glad for people like you who save this beautiful stuff. So many treasures have been cut up for fire wood.
Some of those pieces would make a beautiful top for a guitar I will be making. Fingers crossed. Great work Matt!!
Matt that was an amazing log. I'm exhausted just watching. Can't wait to see you build something out of it!
Ron
Matt I've been working on a compilation video of every time you've said crotch, but I've had to abandon it as the video is already over 3 hours long. lololol
+VampireOnline 😆🤣🤣
Should do it per episode. :D
Laughing out loud - the old fashioned way!!!
A new drinking game.
Every time Matt says "crotch" or
"crotch figure" take another drink.
steve
first video I have watched and boy is there a lot of crotch
Randomly came across this video. I was born and raised in Robbinsdale! I didn’t realize urban logging was a thing. Awesome!
It's a thing :)
You could really make some MAD money cutting that into 10/4 or 12/4 slabs for rifle and shotgun stocks and the burls for pistol and knife blanks.
I live in the twin cities, too. Love working with exotic wood and used to log in the late 70's and early 80's. Beautiful pieces. really like your mill.
When are you going to mill some big logs?
I think it is amazing that your bandsaw can keep cutting the slabs without having to move each board off! Incredible!
Awesome video Matthew, some very nice slabs, love the drone footage
Matthew love you man love to see the logs you slab because they yiels such pretty boards with all the beautiful grain .Thanks for sharing God bless.
I see some beautiful countertops in there.
Matt - Beautiful stack, beautiful slabs. As you moved the slabs, I was imagining the projects you can build. Tables, bowls, pens, so many possibilities! Get to work. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
If I had not seen it, I would not have believed it! Two men milling that huge butt in a backyard. Unbelievable! I guess not all millennials are feckless. You ARE the man, Matt.
Thank you!!
He likes big butts😁
Now that we have come along for the slabbing, it sure will be fun to watch some of these slabs turn into projects.
When you do, don't forget to give us a glimpse at the slabbing video so we can remember what log then came out of.
GREAT job Matt!!
Can you once in a while give us a tree ring count/estimate so we get an age & have a clue how fast/slow these varied species grow in Minnesota?
Nicely done video and sawmanship. It's good to see some clean cut, hard working young men creating heirloom tables from a masterpiece created in nature. Thank you Lord for trees!!!
How much land do you have? - with those houses so close you look to be the neighbour from hell!
That was fast.
Diesel.
I would have never guessed.
You do an awesome job....something, with wood, that 90% of us won't ever really get the chance do!
Thanks for bringing this "wood working therapy" to the internet
Matt's been practicing his water pouring skills.
My game was on point!
I hate 2 say this but he looks 👀 a bit like the Boston marathon bomber 🤔 😬.
Now that was a Christmas tree full of all kinds of great stuff. I couldn't believe the different curls, burls and crotch got to love the crotch. Those will be beautiful furniture someday. Awesome video
Would love to own a slab of this maple I see a beautiful guitar peeking out of it
I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing....lot's of book matched tops !
John Pelfrey n
Ohhh yes , smells like a les Paul , and a strat .
It was really nice to see the entire process, and appreciate the work you put in.
thank you!
Matt, Have you given any thought to acquiring a fork lift to use handling those large cuts?
+James Mitchell I have
Bobcat with some forks would be a nice little toy!
Fork lift or Skid steer would tear up his yard quite a bit. Idk if Matt is ever planning on moving to a more non-residential space, but setting up his mill on a gravel or concrete pad would help a ton and make a mechanized mover a more viable idea.
Once all those slabs are dried, and sold, you can buy a new property, build a new house and a huge shop with an overhead crane in it to handle those logs on the saw... Oh, yeah, and a forklift with AC and bathroom! :-)
+Grumpy's Workshop This is exactly it
I was about to say how do your neighbors take what you are doing with their lovely lawn and such, but then I saw your comment. You are a lucky fellow. My neighbors are always difficult.
Hey Matt thanks for the metric measurements, it does help us "metric weirdos"...lol!
lol! You're welcome!
Yes.... us "metric weirdos"... which is the whole world... except the USA and backward parts of the UK.
In Metric. Or as Jeremy Clarkson would say, " In Roman Catholic".
And Myanmar and Libya.Brits just can't commit so are half and half.
To me this was as much about "the cut" as it was about friends helping friends & a good friend(s), is a valuable gift, who is there for you & vise versa. Just listening....well, it was a great thing to hear instead of all the hate these days. God Bless Matt.
Great setup. Silver Maple wouldn't sell around here. It's nearly always used for firewood or left to rot. Too much Cherry and Walnut and Sugar Maple goes to waste, not to mention the Ash and Hickory and White Oak and Red.
Wade I'd kill to have access to all that hardwood. In the PNW we have few wild hardwoods. Lots of Doug fir and Big Leaf maple.
I'm curious, what thickness do you mill your lumber to and why? Plus is the bucket of water just to see the figure or?
drinking game: everytime he says crotch you take a shot!
This is how people die!
It's all fun and games until someone gets alcohol poisoning ...or ends up eating a cheeseburger off of a hotel floor, Hasselhoff style!
Wonderful young men moving tonnes of wet slabs! I wish my old back didn't hurt just watching!!! thanks Matthew great video; lots of sweet looking slabs now available for furniture instead of the land fill or funeral pyre.
All these drying estimates are way out because your trees are often dead for years and therefore are pretty dry already. Every one has its own moisture content and perhaps for the show; you should get a gauge not that big of a deal nowadays to find.
i use a moisture gauge on my wood but here in minnesota if your drying outdoors it tends to take longer cus it gets snowed on alot and the summers arent all that dry. ive had wood take 2-3 years to dry outdoors. now i have an attic filled with wood drying with fans and a dehumidifier . takes only about 1 year to dry even 4 inch thick green timber.
Most sawmills around here will only cut green wood or trees felled within the last 6-8 months.
Love seeing what emerges from the cut. It's always good.
what makes you interesting is you made your mill to be the best you could not the cheapest your an inspiration
Thank you Bob!
Cheapest is never safest nor cost-effective in the long run. Go with quality over price all over!
I like your videos. Each slice is like a new present to see. Nice work.
Matt: Gotta hang a sawdust catch bag. You have a fire hazard growing. Cannot remember which 'chapter' what phase/voltage/amp/ rotation rpm motor did you keep and what would you do if had a choice for a rebuild?
One of my uncles in Mass does this too. Has a timber skid, a sawmill and a drying barn. I'm jealous of both you guys.
Thank you for the metrics, mr. Imperial Weirdo.
+Raphael Amin 😄
You realise only three countries still use imperial? Get with the times already.
Matt, your mill is awesome...really impressed watching you saw logs this size. I wish I lived closer so I could start buying slabs from you when they're ready. One tip, I've been an equipment operator for 20 years...an older skidloader or tractor with forks would save your back and increase production. It could be a fairly small machine...you can pick up older bobcats cheap. Just saying...eventually your back will feel like mine, ruined. You could slide those slabs right onto the forks at whatever height you need then off to start drying. Keep up the good work.
Matt I know you are not looking to get a forklift but at least set up an electric winch to drag the slab off. You will get a hernia or bad back in less than a year lifting like that!
Good work keep up the vids
Beautiful video. I always wanted to see how you guys do that. The best is how you enjoyed the textures. Very thankfully best regards
MATT, YOUR GOING TO HAVE COME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO MOVE THOSE SLABS , YOUR GOING TO END UP LIKE ME WITH NO BACK.
He just turned 30. He'll figure it out soon.
This is fascinating stuff. I’m a slabbed and never knew it. Utterly fascinating!!
As a 61 year old with a bad back with a bunch of pins in it. You need to come up with a better way of moving and stacking that wood or you will pay my friend, just saying you will regret it.
Anything I don't feel comfortable moving by hand, I move with my trailer. Thanks!
When you find out that you are not comfortable moving it, it's too late. I hate to harp but you do not want to join this club.
Matt: Listen and heed ivel38. You may not believe it now, but when overuse and age catch up with you, you'll pay the rest of your life. It is worth protecting your body. Macho doesn't cut it.
Yeah, young men are bullet proof. Please purchase some steel topped boots. One slob on your foot might end your milling days. And that wouldn't be cool. You're doing a great job. Great videos. Gotta think about that wonderful family. Keep up the great work..!!
Always love some slabbing action. Thanks for the fix, Matt!
+locohombre79 my pleasure, Martin!
If those are 12 quarter or thicker you have premium quality rifle stock material you really need to hang to mister musle, he is worth way more than leading you to trees he is removing.
That was my thoughts Nice rifle stocks!
nope, he won't do it.
Flamed Maple guitar tops, Fender, Gibson, PRS would probably pay premium for some of that material.
He won't do that either. He would have to do something other than post on Craig's List to sell to an established company.
Any one of those big slabs, smoothed and maybe stained or whatever to give it a low sheen to bring out the natural textures in the timber, would make terrific works of art. Every one would be different, too, right? Amazing.
I could quite happily sit here and watch examples of wood finishing.
um... tail gate is not a push bar, use cause to not hurt your truck ...just saying
John it's survived much worse
Better the truck then your back.
Yes save the back , use the BUMPER, or a plank between.The truck like the saw , respect the TOOL
The best way to respect a tool is to use it often and hard.
Matthew .... that's what she said ;)
When I was in the infantry during WW2. I had an M1 with a birdseye maple stock. It was a lovely weapon.Shot well too!
You need a forklift !
You will wish you heard and Listened to all of us and Bought a loader or Tractor when one of you or both wrench your back and can’t even roll out of bed !
Thx’s for Sharing and All those Crotches !
Hell Ya
Metric weirdos! It's weird that you are using centimeters. There are only meters and millimeters, centimeters are for dress makers 😃 Seriously, it is damn annoying when a new young bloke I am working with says "hey Kuffy, I need 10 at 150", so I go and cut them at 150 which is about the size of my hand give or take, not the 5ft he was expecting, doh!
lol! Well I can't make it too easy for you guys :D at least I give you the unit lol!
Matt, I watched your sawmill build and followed it like a weekly doco. So pleased for you that your machine works as well as it does. Well done mate. :)
Hi Matt I love your videos and I hope I can figure out how to find your mill build it looks like a nice unit.
That’s a really good friend helping you move those heavy slabs!
Maybe he's able take a smaller slab for his troubles. Even the smallest would make a great coffee table when you are sick of visitors moving it around the room.
Absolutely stunning figuring! Great job!
Great video. Beautiful wood. I saw in a video where they filled all cracks and divits with a colored acrylic, then sanded it flush and it made the color "POP". Great work.
... this is 2nd video, & i'm thoroughly impressed. Glad i found you. I look foreword watching & learning as you go along... so THANKS !! & may only good fortune follow your journey.
Thank you John!
Fun to watch. Thanks Matt! Love the plant by your shed covered with sawdust :)
After reading the attempts at humor in the comments, I would just like to say that you do some beautiful work sir! Keep it up!!
Thanks!
Hi Matt! if I were much younger, I'd build one of these wonderful tools!! Alas, I'm a retired engineer and hopeless tinkerer....with no room for a sawmill! As such, I had a few thoughts on improvements you might want to consider: 1. A drip lubrication system - A simple plastic container with adjustable petcock and plastic tubing, to allow your favorite liquid lube to constantly drip (slowly) on the blade. 2. A motorized drive system, so that you don't have to hand-crank the whole thing. If you use a chain-driven, DC-motor setup, you can control both speed and direction (forward-reverse, obviously!). Finally, 3. (this is more of a 'luxury' type of thing) A roof over the whole mill! If you cantilever from the side closest to the shed, you still have front, rear, and one side completely clear to manipulate logs. Thanks for tolerating my mental gymnastics! LOL ....and thanks for continuing to crank out quality videos! :-)
Hi Matthew I enjoyed watching this video and the band saw build. Watching this video I saw some deflection in the carriage as it was going through the log. All the force for moving the carriage is on the one leg with the winch, if you put pulleys with fingers to hold the cable on the front corners of the bed and hooked the cable to the other carriage leg you would have even force to pull the carriage through the log. If you had a dual drum winch and ran a cable around the back of the bed then the crank would move the carriage forward and backward. I also saw that there isn't any cross bracing on the top of the carriage or corner gussets. To me this seemed like a huge project being a wood guy but I think you did a great job and it works well. Thanks for the videos.
That's gorgeous Matt, well done! Can't wait to hear what the guys thing once woodtalk comes back!
+Shaun Meighan - Meighan Workshop it's been weird being away from the show. I'm looking forward to starting back up again :)
OutstNding brother! I never get tired of seeing that saw in action, once again great job on that. I'm a little jealous, that wood is going to make some great projects👍
+Smoke eater thank you!!
Awesome! You have a fantastic sawmill! It's great to see these giant logs end up as lumber instead of firewood or worse ending up in a landfill or sent through a wood chipper.
Wow, the figure in that maple is awesome!
You must have the greatest neighbor's in the world! Awesome wood.
Thank the lord you eventually got that Vermeer Mini-Tracksteer unit! However, I am highly impressed with youse guys' lifting abilities!!
1) The shots from the drone really work well. It would be great to see more in your next slabbing videos.
2) What a fantastic yield!
I'll have to see if Jay can stop out next time then. I think it added some interest to the cutting. Thanks!!
I’m glad I saw your trailer. It’s my biggest problem transportation of logs. I have a 20ft car trailer with a beaver tail. 10,000 lb winch. Also getting them off once they’re on.
Thanks for yet another great video! They never get old.
+G Bruce thanks! More to come :)
+J. Bohme, Yes, diesel and sawdust! Not good for soil, but reuse for kindling. Saw is gorgeous! (so is wood). Nice job, Matthew!
Awesome sawmill!
Love your videos working the sawmill,
Make more !
simply stunning maple
I see your anticipated answers to the FAQ's -- but I come here for the technical terminology, such as:
"cool curly thingy"
"cool burl thingy"
and (my favorite) "cool thingymabobber"...
And you must have said "CRAWTCH" at least 142 times in this video alone... lol
Thanks for the video, Matt! It's always fun to see you "slab wrassling"...
Very interesting video! I was the fellow who called into Wood Talk a few weeks ago asking about identifying wood figure in uncut lumber (trees). This was very informative in that regard and cleared up a lot of my questions!
Awesome to hear!!
Just ran across this video and was fascinated. There are few things more beautiful than a nice woodgrain. If I had the space in my house I would have a table made out of a woodslab like the ones you are cutting.
Good stuff,
I would like to get into some log processing in some form or facade later in life when I retire.
I love to see the majestic patterns hiding within the wood, considering what beautiful end purposes the slab could become.
Absolutely beautiful. The other one may not have the inclusion down the middle as much as this one did.
You're right you don't need a forklift. What you need to build is a crane. Go from trailer to mill, and mill the stacks.
yet again another beautiful slabbing session!! also the metric is much appreciated. saves me shooting my tape across the room to get a reference in metric :) keep up the hard work you and that gorgeous machine are producing!
I always look forward to these videos.
Looking at your design for mill - how else would you do it? It's functional, it's power where you need it, and manual when you don't - I like it! I design stuff myself and have found that if you have an idea, then find out what materials suit and you go with that; It works!
I'm so jealous, that wood is absolutely gorgeous. I wish I had someone near me like you so I could buy a couple of slabs to build a table and a floating breakfast bar.
Undulations, striations, & orientation. Nice !!!!
& thingy-mah-bobbers !!!!
Great video & content, as usual, Nice !!!!
You got some great looking slabs out of that. What are your plans for them? What is the thinking behind leaving so many cut slabs in place instead of removing each one as you cut it. It seems like having all of that weight on top would make your saw work harder than it has to.
Way to go Matt that was some fine looking maple keep on cutting my brother.
Thanks!!
Wow, that last slab was almost all curl. Beautiful maple, Matt. This slabs that split along the inclusion would yield son beautiful river tables for sure. Guess we have to wait a couple of years or more to see what you do with them.
Just looked and saw that this video was a little over a year ago already, Aug 2017.
So only another 6 months to a year until it's ready. YAY!
yeah almost there. I cut this in June 2017 so it'll be ready in the spring. time flies
I just gave up an opportunity to get a silver maple of that size. I don't have the equipment to transport or cut into slabs. I was under the misconception that silver and sugar maple are of little use in woodworking. These trees are probably at 4' base girth and 90' high coming down this week in Pa.
I stopped the crotch count at 18 in this vid. Love watching the bucket flow over each slab-a visual Christmas present in every slab! Too bad South Carolina is so far from Minnesota. Thanks for sharing these vids!
Marc
lol thanks Marc!
Wow. truly beautiful lumber. You have so many stacks now, how will you ever remember where the exceptional pieces are? What, no forklift!! Spoken like a true 30-something. By the time you become a 50-something, your shoulders, back and hips will wish you'd bought that forklift a few decades earlier. Enjoyed the video a lot. I never would have thought maple could have that much color variance.