Sawmill School - Making Your First Cut on Your Sawmill
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Expert-sawyer Dave Boyt is going to show you how to make short work of a burly log - turning it into 78 board-feet of smooth, straight, valuable lumber in under 30 minutes.
If you're just new to sawmilling, this video is a great tutorial to give you more knowledge, and more confidence, as you start on your sawmilling journey.
Once you see how easy and rewarding this is, you’re pretty much going to be done with big box stores and their wobbly, twisty, splintered lumber.
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I'm Italian, I don't have a saw, I'm not a carpenter or anything like that but I would watch this gentleman cut wood forever. people like these don't know what fatigue is and are harder than wood and iron. great video
Thanks, Gianluca! I appreciate your comment. I may not be harder than wood and iron, but I do try to be a little smarter.
It amazing to see the work you are doing. If one wanted to acquire one what is the procedure.
Hello ... My name is Chuck I live in mid Michigan ... I have a few questions about different brands of Mills .. best wood to mill..where to get the wood .. I myself have a small wooded area on my property.. but I really don't want to take any down. I have so many darn questions..I'd love to speak with ya .. anyways...loved the video keep on keeping on young man.
He probably can do this every day all day
@@daveboyt6810 your sense of humor is pure gold!
You may have posted this 6 years ago, but it is still one of the best first time sawmill owner videos! Great job to the person that did this!
One of the most articulate presenters on YT. A pleasure to listen to.
Thanks. Love your picture & name. Are you sawmilling?
The tip about the last 3 cuts, I thankyou.
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment. Hope you're enjoying sawmilling & that the weather hasn't been to rough for you this spring-- been crazy everywhere!
I like that this was not an advertisement for Norwood. The information here, can serve all new sawyers well, no matter what mill they are using.
Thanks! That's the idea. There's a lot we can learn from each other... including how NOT to do something!
Well thought out. I have seen a few of these videos . With people wasting time and effort . Working harder not smarter .
Success requires both brain & brawn. Sometime it takes a burst of brute strength, but the trick is to keep it to a minimum. A little common sense goes a long way!
I'm 70 years old and got a saw mill 2 years ago. I love using it. It's very rewarding to make something useful out of a tree someone wanted to get rid of. I get a lot of trees free from the tree service companies near me. One thing I do after I put the log on the sawmill with the forks is I then park my tractor with forks facing the mill just a few feet away from the mill on the side I unload the cut boards. That way I can just lift one end of the board over to the forks then the other and not have to carry the boards or bend over. I put the good boards on the fork towards the tractor and the one I need to edge cut in front of them. I slide the bark slabs off to the ground on the side the sawdust it shooting out. When finished I just drive the tractor to the drying area to unload. I then come back with the tractor and use the forks to pick up the slabs and move them to where they will be chipped up or used for firewood. This method saves my back, minimizes the work, and allows me to handle boards 2" thick or more and up to 16' long. I hope this helps someone enjoy milling as much as I do.
Great tip!! Thanks for sharing! :-)
Thanks for the comment. Definitely worth it to have a tractor with a loader. If it's ok, I'll include your idea in a future video. Unfortunately, the forks on my tractor drift down, so I'd have to work fast!
Man ! Keep it up alot of us dudes and possibly chicks stuck in boring life live through you !
I worked as a sheet metal press operator before I got this mill. Talk about boring! A boring job doesn't mean you have to have a boring life! Doesn't need to be sawmilling. I'm also an amateur radio operator, specializing in emergency communications. Lots of interesting things to do, especially in these times!
Yeah living through you, I feel that
My friends watching this old school gentleman work makes me realize how nice hydraulic log handling is. An invaluable asset while milling.
Thanks for the comment! I may be old school, but I'm still learning new tricks. Got hydraulics doing most of the grunt work now. Happy sawmilling!
Dave you are a national treasure! You were the first I watched before I bought a mill and I still come back 2 years later to remind myself how to do it. Thank you so much! And yes I cut my log stops haha.
Thanks for watching, and for the kind comment! Always seems that I manage to pull off something like hitting the log stops when someone is watching... wonder why that is? The very first time I started a band sawmill, I forgot to tension the blade, and it flew off as soon as I hit the throttle. Only did that once.
Dave boyt is my rockstar
nice work son----loved it.
Slightly off topic, but guys like this guy always remind me of my grandfather. They just have this calm, easy way about them.
You callin' me old... oh, wait a minute, I AM a grandfather... never mind. Seriously, a sawmill can be a tool for the generations, and I have some great memories of my father working with me at the mill in his younger days (at 85 years old). I'll have my grandkids running it soon!
@@daveboyt6810 Sounds like a family legacy indeed. Kudos to you. Not everyone gets along with their family, but I'm always happy to hear stories where they do.
If the youth today work half as hard as this man does America would be in great shape
Yeh, it is hard to find good help, and when you do, you have to take care of 'em. I've had youngsters work for a half day, then come back from lunch break expecting to get paid so they can quit.
Old is gold you are at the right time to teach us your the best teacher ever found be blessed
Thanks! When you find your passion, it is just natural to want to share it, and maybe help a few people find theirs!
Wish i lived close to you to give you a hand. This would be fun for a 73 year old like me. Great vidio.
Hi, Keith, yeh, it'll keep you out of trouble, fer sure! Maybe you can find a sawyer a little closer.
I just bought a sawmill that hasn't got here yet. Been using a chainsaw mill and now it's going to the bone pile. We have our own trees that we've been using or giving away, no more. I'm retired and need a nice hobby to keep me going. Thanks for showing me one way of using our new sawmill and great advice. Great video my man.
Thanks Cacher. You'll love making sawdust. Hope your mill arrives soon. Looks like a lot of companies are pretty backed up on orders. Let me know if I can help.
Hi I'm from the UK, I just want to say thank you for the video, I found it very informative and interesting keep up the good work and the video's 10/10
Great to hear from you, glad you found it useful. Are you running a sawmill?
I'm in the process of trying to find a mill that will meet my needs
@@garynicholls72 Best advice I can give is to find someone with a mill in your area who will let you work with the mill. Ask questions. For the most part, you'll find small sawmill operators friendly and willing to share advice and opinions... as long as they don't see you as potential competition.
A sawyer's quote to live by: "There are two kinds of people in this world. People who have cut into their log stops, and those who will do it again." Perfect. Thank you, Dave.
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I of that kind of people who cut in to the log stops a time our four...
I made my log stops out of wood lol cut right through them
i learn something every time i watch this show thanks
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment. I"m still learning, too.
@@daveboyt6810 thank you
Some folks are real good at giving thorough EZ to understand instructions..Thanks
Thanks. I used to teach Industrial Arts, still love teaching.
Thank you Dave after watching your video I purchased the hd38 love it I used your videos to help build my mill and use the video to help hone my shills thank you Dave bolt my wife says I have a man crush lol
Thanks for the comment, glad the videos help. The HD38 is great machine. Hope you'll share some of your experiences as you learn the fine points of running it.
Great tutorial! The step-by-step guide on making the first cut is super helpful for beginners. Clear instructions and tips make it easy to understand and get started confidently. Thanks for the insight!
Thanks for the kind words. Best of luck on your "Sawmill Journeys"!
Thars no better teacher then a experience one
Well, as they say, "good judgement comes from experience... and experience comes from bad judgement".
Your videos are incredibly helpful. No super tech terms just plain English anyone can understand.
Thanks for watching. Are you running a mill or thinking about getting one?
We had a small mill custom cutting yellow cedar for the Japanese market , some was food grade so we really had to watch the lubricants we used . Flew a Sawyer over from Japan to teach us the Japanese way of sawing up a log . He said " that tree took a very !ong time to grow , surely we can take five minutes and cut it correctly ". Yup , agreed with the guy 100% . In North America it's wham bam thank you mame and on to the next log . He also said if there is $400 worth of lumber in that log ,you better get $400 worth of lumber out of it . Take you to e guys , do it right
Thanks for the comment. How is the Japanese way of sawing up a log different? Is it making all slab cuts and drying it together in the kiln? It also depends on how far you take the process. Off the mill: $50, kiln dry doubles it to $100, surfacing doubles it again to $200, and retail doubles it again to $400. The guy that does the least work makes the most money!
@@daveboyt6810 difference is the Japanese sawyers cut for dollar value , we cut for volume . The Japanese are very mindful of the grain of the wood , we just butcher the trees , our mind set is wham,bam thank you mama - next
Thanks for the video! It’s nice to see someone with an old-school attitude not being cocky, it’s good to be humble eh 🤘❤️
Thanks, Paul. Yeh, that's me... humble and proud of it! You doing any sawmilling?
Great work Dave, love your work.
Thanks for the comment, Tom. Happy sawmilling!
Always listen to old guys with all their fingers. Great video!
I was taught by a guy who lost two fingers on his rack saw. He did not make the same mistake twice and showed me to treat it with respect.
I love your office!
Thanks! Pretty easy to keep clean, just brush hog it every couple of weeks.
This guy is fantastic! I love the fact that he shows the entire process....not just good boards being spit out after everything is set up.
Thanks, Ptaak! The set up and clamping down often takes twice as long as the actual milling. You just have to think about what you're trying to do, take your time, and get it right the first time. Mess up a cut, and you have to glue the log back together and try again.
That second cutoff from the top of the log , with a bend and some exposed bark is a nice peace to burn a canal with the torch , fill with epoxy resin died in either a nice blue or a purpleish blue then cover the whole board with a wood stain and varnish , even add rope lights so I would never waste something so special as a nice peace of beautiful board freshly cut , a peace like that when done would make a great decorative artistic design for a wall table or ceiling , what awesome ideas I get from the uneven and unusable peace’s of tree .
Good points. Looking at "defective" lumber can really bring out the artist in some people. I'm trying to get a woodworking shop up an running so I can do some epoxy work.
@@daveboyt6810 Hello , yes when getting a wood shop you will find that if it is the size of a hockey arena, you still would need more room it’s crazy but wood shops grow like mushrooms ha ha ha ha ha all the best good luck I’m dining the same thing to my friend ;)
What a really nice elderly man. The secret of life - working on something you're passionate about. Good luck to you my friend!
Elderly? hardly... I'm only 65, but I guess the camera adds a few years. Yes, I certainly feel fortunate to be able to do this type of "work". Thanks, and good luck to you, as well.
Thank you. I learned a lot and looking forward to sawing away on my new mill in BC. You remind me of my dad.
Thanks for the comment. Hope you have great experiences with the sawmill, and my regards to your dad, if he is still around. My dad worked with me at the mill until he was 89, passed away the next year-- many great memories.
I am new to portable mills, having just purchased my first one - Frontier OS27. No matter how many of these videos I watch, I always learn something new. And I learned a bunch from your video…thanks for posting it! -TJ
Thanks for watching. I hope the OS27 serves you long and well!
A good person show how to show how to get it done,
Thanks! It's a good machine for getting it done, too.
Interesting video! Thank you for posting! :)
Thanks! Are you running a mill or thinking about getting one?
@@daveboyt6810 No I'm not... I'm just here, learning more about wood processing and I find it all very interesting. Lately, I've been spending a lot of time chain sawing and splitting for campfires. That all has brought me here to learn more about proper procedures for doing that and for better caring of my saws. But, I find it very fascinating that you can create lumber on this scale... I never even knew mills of this size exist! Your videos are very entertaining and informative! :)
@@KingBobCat Thanks. There's more of us small scale sawyers than you'd think. I went from cutting firewood to making a few boards with the chain saw to a chain saw mill to a band saw mill. Once you get sawdust in your veins, there's no turning back!
@@daveboyt6810 I could see how it would be addictive! It's all very fascinating! Do you sell the product that you produce? I know lumber is very expensive right now... Seems like it could be a good moneymaker!
@@KingBobCat I do sell some lumber, but mostly custom cut for customers who want their logs converted to lumber. I sell unique lumber to woodworkers, so my business is pretty independent of lumber prices. If I bases my business on competing with big sawmills, I'd make less money and wouldn't have nearly as much fun.
As a newbie, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The best way to learn is to work with an experienced sawyer. Thankfully, my best buddy has been doing it for 20 years. He loves Norwood.
Thanks for the comment. Wish I'd had an experienced sawyer to show me the ropes when I started out. Working with a Norwood mill certainly was a good decision! Best of luck on your sawmill adventure!
First thought 26 minutes was a long video. But sure enjoyed it. Sawing lumber must make you have that feel good feeling of "I made that" rewarding and gratifying. Thanks for the video
If you think 26 minutes is long, you should see the unedited video! I enjoyed making it, though, and yes the "I made that" aspect of sawmilling is most appealing.
Very good video Norwood owes you. You may own the mill but you're making a great commercial.
Thanks. Just trying to tell it like it is!
This is the kind of guy I love to learn from! Thank you Sir. Well done.
Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for watching. I love sharing my passion with others!
Thank you
Love the sound of the peepers in the background.
Looking to purchase a saw soon. I like this unit.
Those little guys sure can make a lot of noise! You'll love running the mill. If you have any question about any of Norwood's mills, feel free to drop me a line. I just finished putting together a brand new HD38!
God bless you, good old grandpa!!
We enjoyed learning from you.
I’m watching this year from all the way from southern Alberta Canada and this chat here he explains what you need to do before you start up the Mill and I like that do you share it with those who need to know that
Sounds like your going to be milling frozen logs before too long. Best of luck with your sawing adventure.
Thank you Dave, your videos are invaluable to me. I'm in New Zealand and I bought a mill just over a year ago from China and built myself a 20 foot transportable bed, which will cut 17 foot length. Of course I've had to fine tune the Chinese mill but it's cutting true now. I milled a few logs a year ago with it but I thought I better brush up on your videos before I cut any expensive logs, which I plan to do from tomorrow morning.
You are a very good teacher, I feel more confident after rewatching your videos again. All the best.
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Thanks for the reply, Grant. Any band saw mill needs to be tweaked in properly to cut straight. I understand you've got some pretty hard woods over your way. You're doing the right thing to cut cheaper logs first, and they'll be a good source for blocking and stickers for drying the good ones. Good luck, and stay safe.
Hello, where did you buy from China? Thank you!
nice video Mr. Boyt . watching you mill lumber is akin to hearing a bedtime story. its soooooo relaxing . and never a dull moment. i wanna be just like you when i grow up . i'm 60 now . hehehe
Thanks! Yeh, a lot of people don't understand how something so noisy can be relaxing, but it generally is. Of course every now and then, I do have a "pucker moment". If things get dull, I just throw on a sharp blade.
Im very thankful for this channel, and its content. I'm convinced this is the mill I will purchase in the future
You'lll love it! It doesn't take long to get sawdust in your veins.
Lookin forward to that!
Im just getting started..and your videos. Are very helpfull. Thanks dave
Why don't you have a hydraulic sawmill..one that you wouldn't be working so hard....seems like you really enjoy sawing
Thanks for watching, and for leaving a comment. Glad you found the video useful.
What's cool is your honest when you do something wrong or set up wrong you point it out and correct it right then that's keeping it real good job!
Thanks! What never ceases to amaze me is all the ways you CAN do something wrong! As long as you keep all your fingers and toes, losing a few board feet out of a log is just a learning experience.
I’m italian and just bought a sawmill lol now I’m learning watching the experts
Congratulations on the sawmill, hope it is running smoothly for you. I had the good fortune to meet Italian sawyer Carlo Petrolo a few years ago. He might be a good contact for you.
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Vi auguro una buona giornata!
I hope I can still able to continue to work as hard as you do at your age. You are an inspiration
Use it or lose it! :)
He’s 32.... hard livin.
Very enjoyable video. My father began his lumber career in the Oregon mills. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment. There are some pretty impressive sawmills in the Pacific Northwest!
Excellent video . lots of useful info without any rambling that one often sees in other videos.
You'd be amazed at how much stuff gets edited out. In real life, I ramble a lot (I even used to drive a Rambler).
I was raised by folks with a work ethic. Am I the only person wishing I could give them a hand when they're working alone in these videos? lol
I know what you mean. I appreciate you help, if only in thought. Thanks for watching and posting the comment.
Thanks for sharing your experience Dave! Appreciate those who are willing to share. One idea I had was to Weld up a stop on the saw frame at equal height of the blade . . . .such that it encounters the log stop before the blade does.
Hell of a good idea, save the clamps and blades from damage. Good thinking.
Awesome! Im 56. I want to retire in 4 years and do sawmilling work. Great video, need more!
Good to hear from you. Sawmilling is a great way to stay in shape in the "retirement" years. And thanks for the encouragement. More videos to come, for sure!
@@daveboyt6810 Ill definitely be looking forward to it! I'd love hear your advice on drying lumber.
Dave, This is a terrific video. You're a smart guy and very well spoken.
Not so smart, just learned from a LOT of mistakes, and still learning every time I throw a log on the mill. Still got all my fingers & toes.
God Bless You Old Timer, from another Old Timer!
To minimize bending over, I would be putting finished boards on the forks of the loader!
Great saw and the thin kerf saves a lot of wood. I used to use the slabs to make stickers for drying. Never liked finding a snake! The beauty is you can saw just about any log, from a dogwood to a mighty oak.
Thanks for watching. The Norwood is a perfect mill for the kind of cutting I do. I try to make stickers as I go, but when I run out, I mill up some post oak logs and make a few hundred. Most snakes don't bother me, but copperheads are real common in these parts.
Very impressed with your work
Thanks for watching, and for leaving the comment! A lot of it seems to be "mind over matter".
9:20 - "If you think about what your doing, you can get 'er done." My favorite line of the video.
Thanks. Sometimes I should think more before I do, but as long as no one gets hurt and I learn, I'll just keep on keeping on.
Thank you for teaching me new skills. Blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks for watching! There is some O'Malley way in my family tree. I enjoyed your tadpole video. Sláinte!
@@daveboyt6810 thank you. The tadpoles have grown into little frogs and hopefully they will come back next year to my little pond .sadly the common frog is one of the most endangered species in the world
Great video. I'm a sawmill worker, and I have saved up enough money to start my own mill, mostly for pine and spruce. I like the idea of marking the log up. I'm going for 2" planks, one on each side of the center, then I make smaller boards from the rest.
Sounds like a plan. When I started out, I made several Masonite templates for different cutting patterns and marked the end of the log for cutting. After a while, you'll develop an eye for it and see the pattern without marking it. I hope your mill becomes a great business for you and that you enjoy every minute of it (even in the rain).
Adrian, have you gotten your mill business going?
I admire you skills!
Thanks! Still learning. Most important skills are being stubborn enough to keep going and knowing when to stop to figure things out if they're not going right.
Just bought my first used mill yesterday. It is an exciting time. I will remember to tighten her up first!
Sounds good. There's still plenty of other ways you can have memorable "teachable momements", like when you saw into your log clamps. Best of luck with your sawing experiences. By the way, That's a pretty impressive trebuchet video you posted.
excellent tutorial
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment!
Man I dig your videos! Keep plugging away enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Thanks! More on the way
Great video Sir
Thanks for watching, and for leaving the comment!
WHY IS THIS SO SATISFYING TO WATCH!!!?????!!!!!!!?????
I know what you mean. I never get tired of watching other people work!
@@daveboyt6810 Oh you mean watching other men work. IF you are not working steady and hard for more than an hr, then you are just playing around. And if you stop to talk for 15 minutes then you are working half the time only , which is what women do.
@@charliejohnston1978 Nah, some of the best sawyers I have worked with are women! Anyone who pays attention, is capable of learning, and willing to work can be a top-notch sawyer. I've learned over the years not to pre-judge anyone.
my husband keeps watching this video... he mills a log, then wonders how Dave would do it.. and comes back and watches again. Says he learns something every time.
Thanks for the comment! I learn something just about every time I cut into a log (usually, what I learn is, "I'm not doing THAT again"!). As long as your husband comes in with as many fingers & toes as he went out with, it's all good. I'm always open to ideas for more videos, and will be glad to make up an answer for any question.
Nice job, Sir. Informative and not overly done. Simple, clear, precise.
I had no interest in purchasing a portable sawmill. But man. I do now. This is really cool. And the gentleman showing how to use it is awesome. I appreciate him taking the time to pass on his knowledge
Thanks for the comment. If you do get a portable sawmill, I bet you'll enjoy it as much as I do!
Thank you for showing us a person that knows what he is doing. I seen some really dumb handling with other machines. I like the Lumber Pro
Thanks, George. A little video editing can make anyone look good! Sounds like you're making a little sawdust, too. Take care and enjoy.
awsome mister ,nice work nice demanstration . i'm planing to buy a frontier sawmill prety soon . this will help me make good lumber with it
Thanks for watching. Always delighted to welcome in new sawyers. Frontier is a good little mill-- you'll love making sawdust with it!
Very helpful. I am considering a mill. I own pine and fir trees in MT, and was looking to have them logged. Now putting the brakes on that as I would like to process the timber for my own use and possibly to sell some lumber. I am very remote, so access to markets is a challenge, but access to raw material isn’t. On balance, I prefer it that way! I am “retired” but loving the idea of a mill to keep me busy producing something useful! Am liking the looks of this sized mill and this company!
Thanks, Paul. I'm just a one man operation. To me (I'm 66), "retirement" doesn't mean I work less, but I do the work I want to do.
Thank you for this video. I'm considering buying one and I'm just watching all the videos I can.
Thanks for watching! Once you get sawdust in your veins, there's no turning back! Let me know if you have any specific questions or request for a video.
I sure appreciate all the knowledge you passed along in this video. That was GREAT !!!
I wanted to watch this video but the audio cuts out after the intro music
Quarter-sawn mahogany is beautiful
Been watching sawmill videos and I like this one the best. Very down to earth approach and presented well. Thank you so much for the enjoyable video!
Thanks!
This guy rocks. Thanks for your wisdom.
Thanks for watching, and for leaving the comment.
Great video. I really appreciate the information-density. There are lots of slow, boring videos out there, and this is both informative and engaging.
Excellent Video Dave! I love the no non sense approach 👍
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment. I never had much use for fluff.
Great video and really great saw. I like the housing for the blade to keep you safe, in something that looks like inherently dangerous work. Really nice vibe to this video, on a sunny day, with just one guy able to make a bunch of boards for free, all by himself with no help. That is more than impressive. Subscribed.
Thanks, Jeff. Norwood did a great job designing this mill. As long as you pay attention, it's actually pretty safe. It doesn't get much better than a good day at the mill! Boards are better than free... they can make money for you, too!
Great video! Thank you
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment!
nice video, a humble and experienced person. At 3'50 he tells something very important
Just the best teacher of the world
God bless you!!
Thanks. Compared to teaching 8th grade Industrial Arts, this is a piece of cake!
Great video, I have a lumberlite 24 that I bought used several years ago. I set it up on homemade track 40 feet long permanently mounted with steel posts in concrete every 8 feet. Quality product and very convenient to have around. I have sawn a large log house package for a customer which paid for the whole setup and now it's great for my own uses. I saw the same way you did in the video with pine which is pretty much all I have available and it is a great technique for my purposes. I have a Briggs 8hp motor that is underpowered and I am planning to upgrade to a 13hp electric start which from what I understand will make a whole new level of performance in my milling. Thanks for the video. Awesome to see a guy working with his bare hands too!
Thanks for the comment. Sounds like a great setup. A 40' track on a Lumberlite 24 would be amazing! Yes, going from 8 hp to 13 hp will make it feel like a whole 'nother mill. Very few trees here in the Missouri Ozarks would make a half that long.
I do not know why but I love watching a sawmill. Good job now take the rest of the day off.
Can't think of anything I'd rather do on a "day off" than run the sawmill!
I cut into one of my log stops yesterday. Dulled my blade up a bit. caught. it just as it started to happen. I like your comment. Go slow. Don't get into a hurry and build a routine. But. We are human and do make mistakes. So. Don't kick yourself when you mess up. Life is a learning experience .
I figure there are two kinds of sawyers... those who will cut into their log stops, and those who will do it again. I wouldn't mind so much, but it always seems to happen when someone is watching! Glad blades are cheap.
We thank you for all you’ve done there and explain everything you just done it to the tea do you help those who wants to buy a sawmill so thank you sir may God bless you throughout your years
Thanks. There's no substitute for just getting out there and doing it, making your own mistakes and learning in your own way.
Much respect to you sir. I’d also love to come learn for awhile with you. Although in my early forties im sure you’d run circles on me. I don’t know much of the price of lumber you are cutting but these days people are paying 200 each for the last of the boards you cut the bark off of to use for live edge builds. Unless using for your own resources. Just thinking out loud.
Great video , and demonstration .
Thanks, Joe! Wide natural edge slabs are definitely a large part of my cutting. Wide slabs tend to cup and crack more, and take up more valuable room in the kiln, so I save that for the more valuable species. It depends a lot on what customers want.
Great video. Our machine is coming today. Couldn't be more excited.
You'll love it! Which mill are you getting? Drop me a line if I can be any help.
Thanks for creating, editing and posting a very educational video!! Thank you also for the generosity with which you’ve dispensed your wisdom!! I want to have your energy and be as active as you when I reach your age!!
Quartersawn video coming soon I hope?
Hi Carlos
We have a video on quarter-sawing. You can check it out at ua-cam.com/video/Z7Kt3IrTBlA/v-deo.html
Happy sawing!
Thanks, Carlos. Confession: I did speed the video up in some places (I'm 64).
What do you mean his age?
Thank you for demonstration.
You're 👍great
Awww, thanks for the kind words. Thanks for watching.
excellent video, every new saw owner should watch!
Thanks! No matter how many videos you watch, you're still going to put the blade into the log stop at least once!
I feel much better knowing that not only is it normal to test a few blades on your log stops, it’s healthy.
Thanks for the great video. I learned that I’ve been wasting way more than I should. Appreciate the tips!
Thanks for watching, and the kind words. Hitting the log stop is sorta like passing gas... ya just try to act like nothing happened and hope no one notices!
@@daveboyt6810 😂😂😂 perfect analogy.
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Your a master at sawing ,it really helps I’m 75 but I think 🤔 I want to do this !!!🤪🇺🇸🇺🇸thanks for your help 👏🤙
You're only 11 years ahead of me, and I plan to doing it for at least 20 more. Go for it!
Make sure you get yourself one of them "helpers".When I want to drop a trailer, its best done by yourself because you each think the other has wound the landing legs down.
In sawmilling,things could get nasty if your not in charge so to speak....
take care Robert......From a retired ex lumberjack & trucker in UK.
Thank you for creating this video. I learned a LOT, It has been very helpful.
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment.
Thank you for video I enjoy watching someone who has made lumber and not just working in the office
I like the way you think, thanks for sharing.
Thanks! It's a lot like playing Tetris, only in reverse.
Great job! I especially liked the explanation of measuring and making before cutting! Looks like a great way to maximize yield from a log! Thanks for your expertise!
Thanks. Seems the more you plan ahead on how to cut a log, the more likely it is to have something unusual inside that changes everything after a cut or two.
Can’t wait for the hydrolic log tuner and toe boards
Sounds like you're going to have one sweet sawmill! Let me know how it's going.