They Brought the Biggest, Clearest Walnut I’ve Ever Seen

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  • @h2energynow
    @h2energynow 3 дні тому

    Always amazing to see as you move forward. Remember the earlier times what amazing progress. Thanks for taking us along on this incredible video and sharing your passion.

  • @Kolnerbigblue
    @Kolnerbigblue 11 місяців тому +87

    Matt, I'm just curious. When somebody brings you one of these beautiful specimens, do you take payment in money or do you take a slab or two for payment in kind?

    • @Taffeyboy
      @Taffeyboy 9 місяців тому

      I kind of think he buys the product. And he may pay back including a couple of slices of material.

  • @jeffreycollins7297
    @jeffreycollins7297 11 місяців тому +12

    That is some gorgeous wood, that clear straight grain is just like wearing a tuxedo. not trying to show off, just classy. And all those amazing growth rings just tell you story after story. Thanks Matt. Love your channel bro!

  • @robertm348
    @robertm348 11 місяців тому +6

    Walnut is my favorite wood! I love watching it oxidize from a pale pink to a rich, chocolate colored wood as it is cut at the mill. I once bought 600 bf of walnut for $.30/bf and still have some.

  • @hulkthedane7542
    @hulkthedane7542 11 місяців тому +27

    Don't sound so disappointed... - that "just" walnut is very beautiful timber in itself 👍.

    • @chillyspoon
      @chillyspoon 11 місяців тому +2

      Totally agree - simply can't get timber like that where I am!

    • @edriley2703
      @edriley2703 11 місяців тому +1

      Agreed! 💯 😊

  • @12ar34sw
    @12ar34sw 11 місяців тому +16

    Matt, I truly enjoy your videos. It has been a lot of fun watching your business and reputation grow. Your videos are fun and informative. I have spent an entire life working with steel. It is predictable with few imperfections. I love watching explain how a log that probably should have been firewood can be turned into something beautiful. It has given me a different perspective on life and woodworking. I built a sawmill. Now I am learning to turn trees into something useful and ornamental. Thanks for all the videos and hits of entertainment.
    Alan

  • @paulcrusse7800
    @paulcrusse7800 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for all of your hard work

  • @alanblasczyk1779
    @alanblasczyk1779 11 місяців тому +9

    That is some truly beautiful walnut Matt. It should bring top dollar and make some wonderful furniture for sure.

  • @edriley2703
    @edriley2703 11 місяців тому +3

    Nice work! Love walnut furniture.

  • @gregtaylor3432
    @gregtaylor3432 11 місяців тому +5

    Even "clear" walnut is gorgeous!!

  • @rhondasweeney7271
    @rhondasweeney7271 11 місяців тому +6

    Absolutely beautiful wood!

  • @SilverBack.
    @SilverBack. 11 місяців тому

    Matt they looked really nice. I hope all the Family are well

  • @jhb042
    @jhb042 11 місяців тому +1

    Very beautiful and majestic wood. Enjoyed the video!

  • @dwightbauer6705
    @dwightbauer6705 11 місяців тому +1

    Good Morning Cremona Family.

  • @markwhite5638
    @markwhite5638 9 місяців тому +1

    Watching your clips is almost better than watching the grandkids opening Xmas presents. Beautiful! Txs for sharing. Keep throwing the water!

  • @christiantinker
    @christiantinker 11 місяців тому +1

    beautiful, keep sawing logs like this, amazing!

  • @richardthornhill4630
    @richardthornhill4630 11 місяців тому +2

    That's a lot of walnut. Great selection from which to choose.

  • @nickthrane4940
    @nickthrane4940 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice logs! Sawmill paradise!

  • @_Julie_Bee
    @_Julie_Bee 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh jeez , this is gonna be awesome😍 what a great Saturday morning video!!

  • @Brian-os9qj
    @Brian-os9qj 11 місяців тому

    Matt, ..’you the MAN!’ I just enjoy the heck outta this stuff

  • @tjerkheringa937
    @tjerkheringa937 11 місяців тому +5

    You can't be disappointed with quality wood like this. 'Goofy' isn't always desirable.

  • @jonlanier_
    @jonlanier_ 11 місяців тому +11

    When you've been so spoiled by great wood planks you say, "Oh, its JUST clear walnut." and its still gorgeous.

    • @harpintn
      @harpintn 11 місяців тому +1

      Clear wood without knots in it is much stronger for making good quality furniture.

    • @jonlanier_
      @jonlanier_ 11 місяців тому

      @@harpintn Wow... something just went over your head... better look up quick!

    • @harpintn
      @harpintn 11 місяців тому +1

      @@jonlanier_ I know how people are about wanting weak wood to make way over priced epoxy table tops now.

  • @wileycoyotesr8623
    @wileycoyotesr8623 11 місяців тому +1

    Very pretty if you're into that sort of thing which a lot of people are .. thank goodness! I have seen walnut slabs this wide and clear but very seldom any more. Nice job milling it. 👍👍👍

  • @richardlaymance9984
    @richardlaymance9984 11 місяців тому +2

    That is a heck of a tree. Walnut is definitely my favorite to build with

  • @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052
    @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052 11 місяців тому +18

    Matt I'd love to see a video where you show various grades of slabs you've sawn, and tell how much they sell for as a slab, or how much value they have as a finished piece.

  • @Sebastopolmark
    @Sebastopolmark 11 місяців тому +1

    WOW Matt, those water slo mo's are really chart toppers! !! !!!

  • @johnhenry2265
    @johnhenry2265 3 місяці тому

    Very beautiful wood..great job 👍

  • @joshsalmons1867
    @joshsalmons1867 11 місяців тому +27

    I want to see how you process a slab like these into a project.

    • @mattpeterson7074
      @mattpeterson7074 11 місяців тому

      His playlist on making the Serpentine Chest talks a lot about that. ua-cam.com/play/PL0dX5redvVZQpMNO9A2xC-xJGgHmsaCkP.html

  • @ellenl.5581
    @ellenl.5581 11 місяців тому +1

    Always a delight.

  • @ta3355
    @ta3355 11 місяців тому +2

    Awesome slabs…I want one!

  • @Keepithonest7
    @Keepithonest7 11 місяців тому

    Another great video Matt🎉

  • @jeffforbes3772
    @jeffforbes3772 11 місяців тому +1

    Our buddy Norm might say..." no crotch here" you seem to absolutely love the bucket wash thing. It makes your video's pretty entertaining as well as informative. If you didn't enjoy it so much I'd suggest a water hose. Appreciate your work and thanks for posting.

  • @paulrosa6173
    @paulrosa6173 11 місяців тому +10

    If you ever visit Florence, Italy and stand in front of the giant doors to the Palazzo Pitti, you can see the biggest slabs of Walnut I ever saw in my life. They must have been unusually wide and expensive planks at the time when so much furniture was made of walnut. The central raised panels were about 24" wide.
    Most of your planks are much wider. I mentioned the planks in the doors to some of the guards just inside that door and all they did was shrug.. .

  • @haroldconover5221
    @haroldconover5221 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful looking lumber

  • @popeyesailor9571
    @popeyesailor9571 6 місяців тому

    I was in the California Conservation Corps in 1980. We had a sawmill at our center in the Sierra Foothills. We only did pine but this is really neat. decades later I had a neighbor friend refinish my drums in African Bubinga because the plastic wraps were not much cheaper. We got the veneer at a place in Berkeley that had all kinds of veneers and other wood products.

  • @MargaretGeorgemgse
    @MargaretGeorgemgse 9 місяців тому

    That was a set of beautiful wood!

  • @make-somedust
    @make-somedust 11 місяців тому +2

    Matt
    You need your stickers on the back side of the mill, plenty of red paint to cover up.

  • @RXRSawdustStation
    @RXRSawdustStation 11 місяців тому +1

    Your Sidewinder Bowling Splish-Splash delivery (rear leg lift counterbalance) was exceptional! Nice! 😉 Nice sawyer work, too! That is some beautiful Walnut! Very nice!

    • @straubdavid9
      @straubdavid9 11 місяців тому +1

      Yep .... lots'o style points🤣🪵🪵

  • @kbaker7430
    @kbaker7430 9 місяців тому +1

    Don't know if it is the bigger bucket, but your water throws are getting better. I like this one lots of color and marking. Good work as usual.

  • @williamthomas2278
    @williamthomas2278 11 місяців тому +3

    I absolutely love the manual speed control on saw speed. If that were soft pine I would speed crank that drive. But with walnut slow and steady 😂

  • @MrCoxmic
    @MrCoxmic 11 місяців тому

    that is gorgeous walnut

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown 11 місяців тому

    I am digging all your Grip Equipment....looks like a Hollywood photo shoot........

  • @robertpearson8546
    @robertpearson8546 11 місяців тому

    "Mundane" is an excellent choice of words!

  • @janicecooper875
    @janicecooper875 5 місяців тому

    Gosh, timber is just gorgeous, l love to see what comes out of a tree.

  • @jameshutchings2731
    @jameshutchings2731 9 місяців тому

    Really nice

  • @stevemcentyre1570
    @stevemcentyre1570 11 місяців тому +1

    Lots of good gunstock material.

  • @pauljoseph8338
    @pauljoseph8338 11 місяців тому +18

    That tele handler is so cool. It always amazes me that it doesn’t even flinch when lifting those massive logs.

    • @mattmag3089
      @mattmag3089 11 місяців тому +2

      That's what 100k will get ya. The one I use daily at work lifts 9000 lbs. We rarely get that heavy but it'll lift a bunk of plywood at full reach. Amazing

    • @StanErvin-yo9vl
      @StanErvin-yo9vl 11 місяців тому

      ​@@mattmag3089
      Shortlist:
      Eastern Red Oak
      Eastern Black Walnut
      Majestic Black Gum (fresh cut summer wood)
      My 2¢

  • @leegillow3475
    @leegillow3475 11 місяців тому

    Thank you

  • @bendugas8632
    @bendugas8632 4 місяці тому

    I usually do not watch band mill sawing, I have 2 Nyle kilns with the figure and grain in these slabs make for beautiful and interesting pieces of slab, thank you for sharing.

  • @joeharwell54
    @joeharwell54 11 місяців тому +1

    I would be happy with any of these slabs as a tabletop or other furniture.

  • @josephwylupek4538
    @josephwylupek4538 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful wood

  • @Peekul1
    @Peekul1 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful

  • @padan3729
    @padan3729 11 місяців тому

    So freaking awesome!

  • @MRrwmac
    @MRrwmac 11 місяців тому

    Matt, All you ever talk about in this video is wood…haha. That is one clear walnut log! As you said, beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

  • @jmyers9853
    @jmyers9853 11 місяців тому

    you are on your way to becoming a national treasure

  • @joepie221
    @joepie221 6 місяців тому

    Hi Matt. Thats some good looking logs there. Do you just saw them up for people, or do you buy and sell? And why water? I would think only one wet side would promote warping unevenly??

  • @dpmeyer4867
    @dpmeyer4867 11 місяців тому

    thanks

  • @anthonyj.dacquistojr.2427
    @anthonyj.dacquistojr.2427 11 місяців тому +2

    What in the world is the price for a slab like those?

  • @anna9072
    @anna9072 11 місяців тому +3

    I love figure in wood, but that clear walnut is absolutely gorgeous, too.

    • @maplebones
      @maplebones 11 місяців тому +3

      I can appreciate figures but it's noisy and draws attention. For something I 'm going to live with, I like it as calm, clear, and quiet as possible. I especially dislike anything wood that's filled with plastic. I cannot understand how anyone finds that attractive.

    • @jonathanljohnson
      @jonathanljohnson 11 місяців тому +2

      @@maplebones I generally agree, though I do like to see good grain figure, when it's designed in tastefully. I really think that everyone has worn out the resin filled, natural edge idea. Just give me some classical furniture designs, please!

  • @mlt6322
    @mlt6322 11 місяців тому +2

    I noticed when you were digging the target log out you passed a stack of slabs with some big cracks on the ends. Have you ever watched any of the Sasada saw mill videos from Japan? He uses some really big staples across any splits when cutting slabs on his vertical band saw. Just hammer them in and let the slabs dry to minimize the cracking

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 11 місяців тому +2

    Magnificent timber. Ready for its next life

  • @roberta.brokaw3829
    @roberta.brokaw3829 11 місяців тому

    Trees do grow big in the Midwest. Stay safe.

  • @michaellane1316
    @michaellane1316 11 місяців тому

    To bestow such a refined beauty given to us by our living planet, we owe so much in giving grace to this structure, growth through the ages of time. A magnifcant specimen. Thank you, planet Earth for the endowment you have given.

  • @1packatak
    @1packatak 11 місяців тому

    River Falls is a beautiful community.

  • @bobbg9041
    @bobbg9041 10 місяців тому

    😂 i like the fact you can see the beauty in the figure of the wood grain. Never understood the concept of stright grain wood with no knots. Whats to enjoy stright lines?

  • @saulpenilla778
    @saulpenilla778 11 місяців тому +2

    hi Matt enjoyable video as always. I have a 12' x 24" California live oak. I'm in Ontario California and I can't find someone with a portable sawmill. any suggestions? I'm thinking about buying a chainsaw mill but it seems like it would be difficult work. maybe I can cut it in half before chainsaw milling?

  • @steveogee7458
    @steveogee7458 10 місяців тому

    I restore JBL studio monitors. I can see the beauty in that log. Can't wait to see the others.

  • @shmulis1
    @shmulis1 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful, when are you going to make the auto feed and hydraulic log handling that you were planning at the beginning?

  • @kenshores9900
    @kenshores9900 11 місяців тому

    So beautiful.

    • @kenshores9900
      @kenshores9900 11 місяців тому

      Still have a walnut tree I want to harvest and slab. Was told walnut is a distant relative of poison Ivy? Need to be careful and not breath the saw dust. Don’t know if it is true. Just saying.

  • @Angkertvg
    @Angkertvg 6 місяців тому

    Amazing guut ❤👍🙏🥰

  • @peterwill3699
    @peterwill3699 11 місяців тому +1

    Hi,how do you determine what way or orientation to start cutting the slabs ?

  • @johnburens3395
    @johnburens3395 11 місяців тому

    Great Looking wood!

  • @ourcommonancestry6025
    @ourcommonancestry6025 11 місяців тому +3

    Dude, how much do those slabs cost?

  • @bill40bates
    @bill40bates 11 місяців тому

    At about 5:40 min. Check out that big log in the background! Looking forward to seeing that on the saw!

  • @tableshaper4076
    @tableshaper4076 10 місяців тому

    Walnut is my favorite I think.

  • @adamdocherty6238
    @adamdocherty6238 11 місяців тому +3

    Long time watcher first time commenter… what do you do with all the sawdust? Also,when cutting slabs one after the other, does it not deteriorate the blade faster by leaving the previous cuts on top? Cheers from Adam in Melbourne, Australia

  • @rodcros
    @rodcros 11 місяців тому

    Wow!

  • @markkortekamp389
    @markkortekamp389 Місяць тому

    Hi Matt mabeyou sure develop some kind of machine operate feeder that moves the blade Whats you think

  • @Freddie2598
    @Freddie2598 11 місяців тому

    Very nice grains.. I’d like to make cabinets for a customer from this or myself a big Gun cabinet

  • @wizardind3203
    @wizardind3203 11 місяців тому

    I'm still looking for the power feed off the Bridgeport on the saw mill

  • @markhicks8377
    @markhicks8377 9 місяців тому

    your right arm is going to be way bigger than your left😄 that is some nice wood great video

  • @thernly
    @thernly 11 місяців тому

    God, I just LOVE pith lines and bark inclusions in my furniture!

  • @Lee-qp6gf
    @Lee-qp6gf 11 місяців тому +2

    Matt, when you were designing your mill were you always thinking electric and why? Have any idea how many of your mills are working now? Are they all electric?
    Good vids,
    Lee

    • @mcremona
      @mcremona  11 місяців тому +2

      Started off thinking gas but switched to electric after I started researching. Electric beats IC in every aspect except portability. There’s about a dozen saws; most are electric

  • @lordhydromage6614
    @lordhydromage6614 11 місяців тому

    Why is the sound of a saw and the reveal of splash of a water bucket so dang interesting..but there it is.

  • @dirtfarmer7472
    @dirtfarmer7472 11 місяців тому

    I have thought that a power feed would be nice on your mill, but it’s your mill. I’d try to make it work somehow.
    Thank you for the video. Thank you Sir.

    • @danaskubic2145
      @danaskubic2145 11 місяців тому +1

      He likes the exercise and gets the "feel of the blade" as he is cutting the tree in sections.

  • @DavidSmucker
    @DavidSmucker 7 місяців тому

    Wide clear walnut was common 100 plus years ago. I have a drop leaf kitchen table from my mother 's family that the 20-inch top is from a single board. It was used in the farm kitchen in central Illinois. It was considered just a common table and used as a work surface, and it has many knife cuts where it was used as a cutting board. It was a "factory" product and has turned legs. They were not rich farmers, so my guess is that they did pay a lot for it.

  • @dustoff1472
    @dustoff1472 11 місяців тому

    Why do you cut it so thick? Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.

  • @brightman2011
    @brightman2011 9 місяців тому

    What do you do with those beautiful slabs? Who buys then? Do the slabs go through further milling? Do you sell to wholesalers/brokers?

  • @dogwedl1167
    @dogwedl1167 11 місяців тому +1

  • @rppvt
    @rppvt 11 місяців тому

    I love the smell of fresh-milled walnut.

    • @danervin2530
      @danervin2530 11 місяців тому +1

      That’s funny, walnut and mahogany are definitely my least favorite lol. To me they just smell so sour and rotten. Cypress and cedar have to me my tops smellers for sure 👌

  • @edtsch
    @edtsch 11 місяців тому

    I'm curious what you do with the first and last cuts that are kinda "useless," the rounded uneven bark-covered remnants on the outside. Every time you cut into a trunk you end up with at least two of those.

  • @lordhoho1
    @lordhoho1 11 місяців тому +1

    When people bring you a log do you charge them for cutting it or do you keep part of the log as a fee

  • @bwillan
    @bwillan 11 місяців тому +18

    Matt has been abducted and replaced by aliens. He is sawing up black walnut logs that are not even a 1 on the goofiness scale. 🤣

  • @patseevers262
    @patseevers262 11 місяців тому

    I see some cuts are 8/4 some seem to be maybe 10/4? How do you determine when/where/why? Thanks

  • @andrewmundenandcadfellmast4624
    @andrewmundenandcadfellmast4624 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice timber...Looks like some big burls on those other logs, that should be interesting.

  • @edwardsimmons3721
    @edwardsimmons3721 11 місяців тому +1

    A tree is like a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you have till you mill it. Hahaha

  • @truthh8322
    @truthh8322 Місяць тому

    That a big one. The ones I'm watching on my place are under 30 still

  • @wildniagara
    @wildniagara 6 місяців тому

    I was really looking forward to that big gnarly piece running through the mill. I don't find the clear stuff. All that interesting. Valuable yes but the burls and imperfections of those other two logs would have been very interesting to see opened up

  • @SciPunk215
    @SciPunk215 11 місяців тому +3

    Did two giant men bring these giant trees, or is Matt shorter than I thought?
    It almost looks like the old "forced perspective" camera angle trick.
    In any case, happy woodworking !!

  • @bavondale
    @bavondale 11 місяців тому

    beautiful cuts today. gotta say, when ur by urself, i enjoy more. my opinion