You just gotta love this guy. He reminds me of my son when he says something and chuckles. Keep on doing what you do Matt. Much love and respect for an amazing young man.
thank you for putting up all your videos, I'm also in MN and i watch them over my lunch brake and because of them is a big reason i ended up buying a used hudson sawmill and now am doing my own sawing! i really like watching all your videos and learning tips and tricks, like flipping the log after a couple cuts so to stop the log form tipping and so many more! tanks again! Joe
I have been using the Lennox Bimetal blades for 20+ years. The guy who makes my blades (Oregon Industrial Supply Eugene, OR) asked me what I was doing. I cut up logs mostly for bowls as I have several lathes. He told me to get the bimetal blades. The teeth are made out of M42 High speed steel. This is the same metal used for the blades that cut up pallets, but the pallet blades have a different hook to the teeth, and the teeth are closer together. The teeth on these can be resharpened many times. You spend more to buy them, but you get way more miles out of them. I have a saw shop sharpen mine. 150 inch blade with teeth at 3/4 inch apart is about $10. He also told me that carbide tipped blades are for cutting veneers. The teeth on them are so tiny that they can not be resharpened.
Neat little fact. Trees don’t heal. They compartmentalize a wound and callous will form in its place. Just remember CODIT (compartmentalization of decay in trees). That’s why decay is the enemy of trees. Glad I found your channel!
Man is it cool to see that saw rip right through with ease. After spending a few weekends milling up a 18ish inch cherry with a chainsaw mill, I’m really wanting to upgrade. Such a cool saw, I’d love to build one someday
I made the first cut with my homemade mill. Cut a small maple log that was cut 6 months ago. Had some beautiful spalting in it. Milling lumber is awesome. Thanks for pushing me over the edge.
Matt when you first hit a nail after just building your sawmill I believe I suggested BiMetal blade. Glad it helped LOL. The Carbide blade will work for any Iron Wood you get.
That was nice, I got totally excited to see a milling video, and then decompressed for 29 minutes. It is like a massage, relaxing. I still thing a second channel would be awesome. Mill with Matt or something like that. Just one extra log a week. Thanks. Keep up the great work
This has to be one of the most beautiful logs I’ve seen you saw...of course, I’m a huge fan of straight grain. I didn’t realize that it was possible to slab a round log and have straight grain in every slab!
Nicely balanced slabs, straight grain with some beautiful swirling from the limbs/branches. I can visualize some amazing pieces being built out of those slabs.
How well that saw cuts is a testament to how good a job you did building it. I only had the saw come to a stop one time on a 1/2" eye bolt that popped the blade off the wheels. It will be interesting to see how many cuts you get with the bimetal before resharpening compared to a standard blade.
wow that quarter sawn stuff is beautiful. just not enough of it in a log. i love oak, worked a lot of red oak. some white. love your videos you have fun. that makes life great. thanks.
I am suprised at how well that blade dealt with the metal on such a wide cut with minimal waving. I have noticed that you run at a slow feed rate due to the widths so it allows each tooth to only catch a little bit of metal at a time limiting chance of tooth breakage. I run a woodmizer and much narrower widths and with a much higher feed rate so i am concerned it would still break teeth even with the better blades. Currently run double hards, but have debated trying the bimetals. Glad to see they work well for you and like the wide wood!!
Looking outside my windows, I can see you recorded this a while ago (trees are green, and no snow!). Love working with white oak, gives me the opportunity to resharpen everything.
Some beautiful wood; would make nice tables. When you move to your new property you might invest in a skid steer to move the logs and build a hydraulic log flipper for your log saw. Stay safe.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
I have a large big leaf Maple growing in my yard that has a chain link fence growing in a very large burl . i estimate the tree to be near or over 100 years it will be needing removal very soon , i cant wait to see what it looks like inside
@4:55 - @5:55 Does anybody else see that small object in between two crevices of bark that appears to be spinning or oscillating or something in regular intervals right above the progress bar directly above the closed captioning button? What is that? I thought the light bouncing off the saw blade or camera lens was doing it, or maybe a weird shadow effect, but it appears in both light and shade. A bug maybe? A cocoon or maggot larvae possibly?
The tree that shows lots of sign of metal has virtually none after removing the obvious J-hook. I guess Matt having bi-metal blades in preparation scared all the metal out of these logs. LOL
That 'J' hook looked like a surveyor's nail used to mark elevation heights. When I built my current house, we picked a central tree that would be behind the house and marked all of the elevations on it using a hook like this. Carbide blades can be sharpened and have teeth replaced. Have you ever looked into the cost of this?
Hello Matt. First of all, thanks for making numbering in mm also. Beautifull wood. I dream of a table or a wardrobe in wood like this. Wish you and your family a nice week. Congratulation with the farm. Best wishes from Jan in Norway
@ 4:55 , look at the bottom right corner just to the left of the CC button..... what is that thing floating? it spins slow, and fast , left and right.... weird....
Thanks, I’ve been looking forward to hearing about the alternate blades. I think I will try bimetal or maybe carbide on my resaw machine. Are yours all from bandsawbladesdirect? Do you know if they all have the same material on the bulk of the blade, so the same flexibility? My resaw has 16” wheels so I need a pretty flexible back.
I think it makes sense to go bi-metal especially when your mill does not have a de-barker. Plus you not cutting cants very often which means more bark. I was very impressed with the quality of your cuts with that blade. About 3 weeks ago I fell into a windfall of white and red oak logs. Super dense and tough on blades. I see that you have been working on your water throws. Very Greg Maddux like. There may be a Cy Young in your future.
You are so funny. I like watching you you're my kind of fella. You're entertaining to when you laugh at your wood trying to find a nail in it and ain't nothing you laugh about it when you find it well you take care and stay well.
Another thing i would be interested in seeing is the carbide/ bi-metal strength/ cost compare with the ability to re-sharpen. Can you re sharpen the bi-metal? Those logs are awesome btw.
When you mention the metal inclussions in the trunk (having been sawed previously), it would be great to also explain the age of the tree (approx) when the metal (your screw ring hook) was put in. Many thanks x
I learned my lesson early in the piece - be chary of accepting "kind" offers of free access to firewood trees along fence lines! My nice new (1975) little Stihl 020 required a nice new chain in very short order! When you first began talking, I envisioned a modified version of an industrial hacksaw. We live and learn.
In boat building terms, this would be the beginning of "iron sickness". It's very predominant in oak species. The iron in the metal fastenings start to corrode and react with the acids in the wood and can weaken it to the point of total failure. That's why owners, if they had the means, would spec bronze fittings and fasteners. How much would those slabs sell for?
How much would a log with 540 BF in it of White Oak be worth? I am trying to see what a good price to pay for it would be. Any help would be great. Thanks
I destroyed an Oregon rip chain by cutting about half way through an embedded 5/16" J-Hook when milling a 30" log with my Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill... $55 gone in an instant!
Hey Matt. I have noticed sometimes you leave the slabs and remove a bunch later after a few cuts and sometimes you remove each slab as you cut them. Is there a reason you do each when you do, or is it just how you feel at that time?
As a Brit from over the pond and to give a prospective what lumber costs over there, can you tell me what a 7' x 2" slab of Green white Oak would cost me. Thank you. So enjoy the channel.....
Matthew - any ideas on DIY'ing a saw-stop type capacitive detection for metal in logs? Not to stop the saw as such but to sound an alarm when something is detected (to allow you to decide how to proceed)?
If you had a wand long enough, you could mount it in front of the cut. The only downside would be the depth into the wood the wand would reliably read.
When anyone asks a question like that on YT, I just copy and search that comment.. In this case, I got this as an image search; www.declanindustries.com/wide%20band%20saws.htm www.burtonsaw.com/products/double-cut-saws
![The Biggest Log I've Ever Sawn [6' between the guides]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3RUdsucXJB0/mqdefault.jpg)
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All I could focus on at the 5:00 mark was the spinning piece of bark in the bottom right. #smallminds
Can’t unsee it
Had to stop the video, couldn't focus :)
It appears to be magnetic! WOW!
Yup, mostly missed the hardware explanation because of it.
Fucking STARING at it. Haha.
You just gotta love this guy. He reminds me of my son when he says something and chuckles. Keep on doing what you do Matt. Much love and respect for an amazing young man.
Hi Matt, the guy I bought my sawmill plans from cuts muskiet and he uses Lennox bimetal blades and swears by them Great looking wood
thank you for putting up all your videos, I'm also in MN and i watch them over my lunch brake and because of them is a big reason i ended up buying a used hudson sawmill and now am doing my own sawing! i really like watching all your videos and learning tips and tricks, like flipping the log after a couple cuts so to stop the log form tipping and so many more! tanks again! Joe
Thanks Joe!
Glad to see the blade experiment had positive results and produced some beautiful slabs to boot, Matt.
Nothing more entertaining than Matt hanging on a cant hook. I love this guy.
I have been using the Lennox Bimetal blades for 20+ years. The guy who makes my blades (Oregon Industrial Supply Eugene, OR) asked me what I was doing. I cut up logs mostly for bowls as I have several lathes. He told me to get the bimetal blades. The teeth are made out of M42 High speed steel. This is the same metal used for the blades that cut up pallets, but the pallet blades have a different hook to the teeth, and the teeth are closer together. The teeth on these can be resharpened many times. You spend more to buy them, but you get way more miles out of them. I have a saw shop sharpen mine. 150 inch blade with teeth at 3/4 inch apart is about $10. He also told me that carbide tipped blades are for cutting veneers. The teeth on them are so tiny that they can not be resharpened.
Neat little fact. Trees don’t heal. They compartmentalize a wound and callous will form in its place. Just remember CODIT (compartmentalization of decay in trees). That’s why decay is the enemy of trees. Glad I found your channel!
Man is it cool to see that saw rip right through with ease. After spending a few weekends milling up a 18ish inch cherry with a chainsaw mill, I’m really wanting to upgrade. Such a cool saw, I’d love to build one someday
haha been there :)
I made the first cut with my homemade mill. Cut a small maple log that was cut 6 months ago. Had some beautiful spalting in it. Milling lumber is awesome. Thanks for pushing me over the edge.
Awesome!!
I use a Lennox bi metal for all my resawing. It last forever it seams, plus can be resharpened.. But 4tpi x 105" is A Lot of teeth. Great job Matt
Matt when you first hit a nail after just building your sawmill I believe I suggested BiMetal blade. Glad it helped LOL. The Carbide blade will work for any Iron Wood you get.
That was nice, I got totally excited to see a milling video, and then decompressed for 29 minutes. It is like a massage, relaxing. I still thing a second channel would be awesome. Mill with Matt or something like that. Just one extra log a week. Thanks. Keep up the great work
You really have to be living your treaded forklift/machine. Really looks like a must have for speed as well as ease. Love the work and keep it coming.
Looks like he could use a counter weight on it.
I saw you sweeping the logs and panicked the water pail got tossed in the trash. Thank goodness is safe👍
hahahaha never!
white oak is among my favorite woods, a bonus is the wonderful aroma of it when being cut.
The smell of a bourbon barrel...love it!
Those are great blades. Another case of “you get what you pay for”. Well worth the extra bucks! Love the grain in those slabs. Nice work!👍🏼
That ray for king on the blue/purple staining is awesome!
Wood from the Hood is about four blocks from my shop, and I sometimes use their Timesaver to sand guitar tops/backs/and sides. Nice guys, huge shop.
This has to be one of the most beautiful logs I’ve seen you saw...of course, I’m a huge fan of straight grain. I didn’t realize that it was possible to slab a round log and have straight grain in every slab!
Nicely balanced slabs, straight grain with some beautiful swirling from the limbs/branches. I can visualize some amazing pieces being built out of those slabs.
That is some nice oak slabs. Looks like the new blades work great. Have a great weekend!
That has to be some of the most beautiful wood I have ever seen.
Just bought a 10 pack of Cooks Sawmill blades. Can't wait to try them out.
How well that saw cuts is a testament to how good a job you did building it. I only had the saw come to a stop one time on a 1/2" eye bolt that popped the blade off the wheels. It will be interesting to see how many cuts you get with the bimetal before resharpening compared to a standard blade.
That would have absolutely terrified me, are you ok?
Wood grain, one of nature’s gifts to us.
wow that quarter sawn stuff is beautiful. just not enough of it in a log. i love oak, worked a lot of red oak. some white. love your videos you have fun. that makes life great. thanks.
I am suprised at how well that blade dealt with the metal on such a wide cut with minimal waving. I have noticed that you run at a slow feed rate due to the widths so it allows each tooth to only catch a little bit of metal at a time limiting chance of tooth breakage. I run a woodmizer and much narrower widths and with a much higher feed rate so i am concerned it would still break teeth even with the better blades. Currently run double hards, but have debated trying the bimetals. Glad to see they work well for you and like the wide wood!!
You have some really beautiful wood there, Matt. I admire your enthusiasm and enjoyment of what you are doing.
Bill
Thanks Bill!
Looking outside my windows, I can see you recorded this a while ago (trees are green, and no snow!). Love working with white oak, gives me the opportunity to resharpen everything.
Only about a month ago though. How quickly things change
Some beautiful wood; would make nice tables. When you move to your new property you might invest in a skid steer to move the logs and build a hydraulic log flipper for your log saw. Stay safe.
I really enjoyed that, Matt; the way you read and explained the logs. Very educative, thanks. Bernard.
I dunno why UA-cam recommended me this, but it was cool.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Anyone else notice the crazy little spinning piece of bark in the bottom right of the frame at 4:55??
Ya' starts around 5:12.
I thought it was a drunk bug.
Piece of bark on a spider strand.
Ha. I totally missed that.
I came down here to ask the same question. Really weird how it stops, then starts up again.
Tree spirit
It's always good to be happy with your work.
Nice slabs by the way !
👍👍👍👍👍😊
For everyone who is making black powder rifles and wants a curly type of wood, the 3x curly maple is great.
I have a large big leaf Maple growing in my yard that has a chain link fence growing in a very large burl . i estimate the tree to be near or over 100 years it will be needing removal very soon , i cant wait to see what it looks like inside
Poor guy! Disappointed that the tree is not full of metal!! lol!!
Thanks for the great vid. Going to get bi-metal blades from now on myself.
Thank you for all of the info on your blades. I was wondering how much those blades cost.
@4:55 - @5:55 Does anybody else see that small object in between two crevices of bark that appears to be spinning or oscillating or something in regular intervals right above the progress bar directly above the closed captioning button? What is that? I thought the light bouncing off the saw blade or camera lens was doing it, or maybe a weird shadow effect, but it appears in both light and shade. A bug maybe? A cocoon or maggot larvae possibly?
Two beautiful logs! They were mostly clear but still had some good figure.
The wood is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Lx 250 getting put together this week 😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍great videos
The tree that shows lots of sign of metal has virtually none after removing the obvious J-hook. I guess Matt having bi-metal blades in preparation scared all the metal out of these logs. LOL
I shall make use of this nice trick. As a user of reclaimed construction lumber I encounter metal on a regular basis...
When I have a big nail or big screw i use a drill and drill down be side the nail to take it out Easley good luck love the vidio
At around 16:20 could you describe what the long, straight line is?
That 'J' hook looked like a surveyor's nail used to mark elevation heights. When I built my current house, we picked a central tree that would be behind the house and marked all of the elevations on it using a hook like this.
Carbide blades can be sharpened and have teeth replaced. Have you ever looked into the cost of this?
Back when I was sawing, ceramic electric fence insulators would occasionally make an appearance.
The healing power of trees is amazing.
I wish we had White Oak that plentiful, large, and beautiful down in south MS. We have tons of Red Oak and Pecan but White Oak is harder to get.
Thanks for sharing with us Matt and giving great information about saw blades. This was interesting.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Some lovely pieces of timber!
Nice work. I think you need a pair of Vice-Grips to help grab & then pry on the Vice-Grips to pull outward. IMHO
Hello Matt. First of all, thanks for making numbering in mm also. Beautifull wood. I dream of a table or a wardrobe in wood like this. Wish you and your family a nice week. Congratulation with the farm. Best wishes from Jan in Norway
Is the wood stained by the iron more porous or more brittle than the wood that’s not damaged?
@ 4:55 , look at the bottom right corner just to the left of the CC button..... what is that thing floating? it spins slow, and fast , left and right.... weird....
that was so satisfying watching those logs being cut into slabs
Thanks, I’ve been looking forward to hearing about the alternate blades. I think I will try bimetal or maybe carbide on my resaw machine. Are yours all from bandsawbladesdirect? Do you know if they all have the same material on the bulk of the blade, so the same flexibility? My resaw has 16” wheels so I need a pretty flexible back.
What was the horizontal mark at 26 .01 on the board further from you as you did your splish splash.
Another awesome video, Matt! You have so many talents. Very smart young man.
Thanks!
Good informative video with beautiful wood slabs. Love the grain on all of these slabs!!!
I think it makes sense to go bi-metal especially when your mill does not have a de-barker. Plus you not cutting cants very often which means more bark. I was very impressed with the quality of your cuts with that blade. About 3 weeks ago I fell into a windfall of white and red oak logs. Super dense and tough on blades. I see that you have been working on your water throws. Very Greg Maddux like. There may be a Cy Young in your future.
Love the beauty of this wood.
You are so funny. I like watching you you're my kind of fella. You're entertaining to when you laugh at your wood trying to find a nail in it and ain't nothing you laugh about it when you find it well you take care and stay well.
Interested as to how long the inclusions had been in log one. Those final two looked to be quite near the centre.
The one slab towards the center that had the grown over branch had a Betty Boop figure in the grown over section.
Mr You are an expertice, Great job
What's is spinning at 5:00? Its blowing my mind!
Another thing i would be interested in seeing is the carbide/ bi-metal strength/ cost compare with the ability to re-sharpen. Can you re sharpen the bi-metal? Those logs are awesome btw.
When you mention the metal inclussions in the trunk (having been sawed previously), it would be great to also explain the age of the tree (approx) when the metal (your screw ring hook) was put in.
Many thanks x
Yes. If you could count the growth rings to the object it would be really cool to know about when it went into the tree.
Tried counting but I gave up after about 50 rings. Looks like 60 to 70yrs maybe if it was screwed all the way in.
Beautiful White Oak lumber Matt.
Great cut with that blade, it would be easy to plane up, and very beautiful wood!
Amazing sawmill you have! What brand of blades are these?
Great job! Not too crazy, but I like the white oak.
Matt, great video. Can you share info on the bimetal blades, brand and where did you buy them?
Would a copper rod inserted in a drilled hole cause a green/blue stain?
I learned my lesson early in the piece - be chary of accepting "kind" offers of free access to firewood trees along fence lines! My nice new (1975) little Stihl 020 required a nice new chain in very short order! When you first began talking, I envisioned a modified version of an industrial hacksaw. We live and learn.
Is it just the white oak that gives an indication of metal? Or do you switch blades anytime you have urban lumber ?
In boat building terms, this would be the beginning of "iron sickness". It's very predominant in oak species. The iron in the metal fastenings start to corrode and react with the acids in the wood and can weaken it to the point of total failure. That's why owners, if they had the means, would spec bronze fittings and fasteners. How much would those slabs sell for?
These slabs are gorgeous, Matt. I hope the proceeds can put a dent in your new home renovation costs. 😬💰
hahaha baby dent
I keep oxalic acid on hand - especially for clearing the stains caused by the brief time touching the forks.
How much would a log with 540 BF in it of White Oak be worth? I am trying to see what a good price to pay for it would be. Any help would be great. Thanks
I'm assuming a diameter around 3' to get that much BF in a log and it's not 18" and 40' long. Probably around $1/bf if it's at a log yard
I destroyed an Oregon rip chain by cutting about half way through an embedded 5/16" J-Hook when milling a 30" log with my Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill... $55 gone in an instant!
I felt just nauseous at the thought of my chainsaw bar coming into contact with some embedded steel
Hey Matt. I have noticed sometimes you leave the slabs and remove a bunch later after a few cuts and sometimes you remove each slab as you cut them. Is there a reason you do each when you do, or is it just how you feel at that time?
As a Brit from over the pond and to give a prospective what lumber costs over there, can you tell me what a 7' x 2" slab of Green white Oak would cost me. Thank you. So enjoy the channel.....
One of the few times we are disappointed when you DON'T find metal. Those blades definitely are worth it.
WHere did you get the blades Matt ??
It's been so long ..... thank you for uploading a bandsaw video 👍🙏
59 days 😄
@@mcremona I live vicariously through you. For some reason cutting trees trunks into slabs makes me happy.
Matthew - any ideas on DIY'ing a saw-stop type capacitive detection for metal in logs? Not to stop the saw as such but to sound an alarm when something is detected (to allow you to decide how to proceed)?
If you had a wand long enough, you could mount it in front of the cut. The only downside would be the depth into the wood the wand would reliably read.
What about barb wire if you cut straight across will it 🤔 be okay thank you bill
How do you deal with metal in the wood when you use one of those pieces for a project (jointer/planer, et.al)
I was wondering the same. Does it get removed?
what is up with that bug just spinning in circles around 5:00 in the bottom right corner. Just goes around and around for ages
Do they make bandsaw blades with a cut edge on both sides? So you could cut going forward and back.
Yes for much bigger saws
When anyone asks a question like that on YT, I just copy and search that comment..
In this case, I got this as an image search;
www.declanindustries.com/wide%20band%20saws.htm
www.burtonsaw.com/products/double-cut-saws
I wonder if you could regrind the bimetal or carbide tips to make the blades last longer. Might be worth while given how much they cost.
You have the best job ever
Agreed
So now medal embedment is cool. I like it.
Hi, could you tell me where you buy your blades ?? thanks in advance
Now that is Oak!
Super! What a gorgeous material!