Good morning. I'm a retired carpenter. I see some comments about wood being wasted. I'm not so sure of that. It's just wasted in a different way, but it looks like about the same amount of waste to me. The soft wood on the exterior of the log doesnt have the value of wood further in, anyway. I prefer your techniques over the band saw as well.
My parents bought some cherry furniture in the mid-1950s when I was 6 yrs old. It was produced in North Carolina. Watching your videos give me another perspective on the production of that furniture. Thanks for what you do.
I used to work at a sawmill similar to your setup you have. I loved the job. I'm happy to see you give your employees time and you are patient for them to do there job safely.
I used to worked for 19 years in a furniture factory where we used cherry for 80% of our end product. We used 4/4 FAS and had to cut around the small defects at some point during the sawing phase. The log you just cut was driving me crazy with all the wain and face checking. Not rushing your guys is admirable . Safety is so important with an open blade of that size in the room. Kickbacks must be frightening when it happens there. The sawyer and crew seem to be a very good team.
My employer had a twin blade set-up. And the edger set-up was less than five feet from the saw blades. I would get covered in debris all the time when we would cut big timber. I loved the job but it became quantity or quality and safety kinda went out the window. And I felt like the job wasn't worth me getting hurt so I left and found other employment. Love watching sawmills like yours cause I have been around sawmills my whole life.
This grain pattern looks just like my mom & dads first dinning room table & China cabinet. Solid cherry. It was made at a cabinet shop in the erarly 50's near McConnellsburg PA. I still have both pieces. Still looks great after all these years. Love watching your videos.
❤ I'm 54 and loved rough cut lumber since I can remember Lived around farms all my life except the past 3 years I'm in Pittsburgh and you guys are doing God's work Beauty is on the inside thank you
Love the cherry wood, some of those boards were very good, your variety of cuts will suit furniture makers. Thanks for the showing the milling process of the cherry log, don't see much of it out in Western Australia, I was lucky to get some boards twenty five years ago, it can be beautiful.
I've watched several of your videos and can't help but notice you apologize fairly often about how you cut the logs. Apparently some people don't like your method for whatever reason, be it waste or some other reason. If people watch your channel they know what you have to work with in a sawing system. They should know from the first glance of your setup the limitations you have to work with. I wouldn't apologize for working with what you have. If people don't like it then they can watch another channel. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing as the rest of us love to see what you're up to and enjoy the cathartic nature of watching you saw logs...Happy holidays and I'll keep watching.
New subscriber here. I have never seen how raw wood was processed into finished lumber. Especially what I would call furniture grade wood like cherry. Amazing!
That was an amazing log! I like the edger and the potential it unlocks. Going to have to try and find one soon. Great sawing those wide boards had me drooling. 😂❤
Great video as always, keep them coming. That saw sawing into those logs reminds me of my childhood when i use to work in my neighbours frick sawmill. use to hear it sawing clear up the road from where i lived, i use to run up to the mill to give him a hand. loved being a kid .
Yes in joyed the log sawmill sawing making lumber. I did what your buddy was doing,putting the wood away or lumber away. Great job showing and telling, yes my buddy that owned his mill had bad days to. Well thanks for showing buddy great sawmill you got there, keep up the good work be safe see ya next time see ya bye.
I had just the worst day in a long, long time.... didn't want to watch news or anything I normally do... just didn't have the stomach or heart for it. I finally thought I would help y'all saw that big cherry log and I'm glad I did. Thank you for easing my mind....
Well the diameter of the log is so big compared to the saw blade . You have no choice but to wittle it down to make it more manageable. You really don't waste that much wood.
Never mind the Arm Chair Experts.... Nice job. No matter how you ended up sawing it. My cuts on my manual 30" band may not be ideal for everyone else. But rest assured,. they ended up exactly how I wanted them. And it's ALL my money, nobody else has a cent in it.
Wow, what a beast and nothing wrong with your work, nothing wasted.
At least, there is always a stove that needs food.
Thx for the video.
thanks , yes it makes great firewood too.
Good morning. I'm a retired carpenter. I see some comments about wood being wasted. I'm not so sure of that. It's just wasted in a different way, but it looks like about the same amount of waste to me. The soft wood on the exterior of the log doesnt have the value of wood further in, anyway. I prefer your techniques over the band saw as well.
That looked like one awesome log. I hope you get many more like it
thanks Tim , we have some monster oak to saw .
Glad to have found your channel! Thoroughly enjoy watching this process! 🙂
My parents bought some cherry furniture in the mid-1950s when I was 6 yrs old. It was produced in North Carolina. Watching your videos give me another perspective on the production of that furniture. Thanks for what you do.
I used to work at a sawmill similar to your setup you have. I loved the job. I'm happy to see you give your employees time and you are patient for them to do there job safely.
I used to worked for 19 years in a furniture factory where we used cherry for 80% of our end product. We used 4/4 FAS and had to cut around the small defects at some point during the sawing phase. The log you just cut was driving me crazy with all the wain and face checking. Not rushing your guys is admirable . Safety is so important with an open blade of that size in the room. Kickbacks must be frightening when it happens there. The sawyer and crew seem to be a very good team.
My employer had a twin blade set-up. And the edger set-up was less than five feet from the saw blades. I would get covered in debris all the time when we would cut big timber. I loved the job but it became quantity or quality and safety kinda went out the window. And I felt like the job wasn't worth me getting hurt so I left and found other employment. Love watching sawmills like yours cause I have been around sawmills my whole life.
I can see jewelry boxes in those cracked boards! Treasure chests! Thank you for showing us all exactly how it's done.
You guys do amazing work on that mill! Negative comments are just uninformed wannabes who sit on there butts and complain!
cherry is the one wood that will dull a chainsaw in a heartbeat but worth every sharpening when you see the grain
This grain pattern looks just like my mom & dads first dinning room table & China cabinet. Solid cherry. It was made at a cabinet shop in the erarly 50's near McConnellsburg PA. I still have both pieces. Still looks great after all these years. Love watching your videos.
thanks , well built furniture will last a life time.
❤ I'm 54 and loved rough cut lumber since I can remember
Lived around farms all my life except the past 3 years I'm in Pittsburgh and you guys are doing God's work
Beauty is on the inside thank you
Worked on a mill in my hard, young days! This is food for your soul and sawdust is the topping!🇺🇸👍
I love stop-sign logs…. Sometimes they even look like a 12 point socket…. Just more fun to see!!!!!
I can smell it here in Wisconsin. I love carving spoons, bowls etc from Cherry. Lucky man. Huge Cherry.
I always enjoy your videos. I really like the way you take down those large logs to useable lumber..awesome 😊
Love the cherry wood, some of those boards were very good, your variety of cuts will suit furniture makers. Thanks for the showing the milling process of the cherry log, don't see much of it out in Western Australia, I was lucky to get some boards twenty five years ago, it can be beautiful.
Excellent video, Cale. Wishing your father and all the veterans out there a happy Veterans Day, and thank you for your service. Semper Fi
I've watched several of your videos and can't help but notice you apologize fairly often about how you cut the logs. Apparently some people don't like your method for whatever reason, be it waste or some other reason. If people watch your channel they know what you have to work with in a sawing system. They should know from the first glance of your setup the limitations you have to work with. I wouldn't apologize for working with what you have. If people don't like it then they can watch another channel. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing as the rest of us love to see what you're up to and enjoy the cathartic nature of watching you saw logs...Happy holidays and I'll keep watching.
Totally agree!
This is the good stuff big ol 300 year old trees and that's just my uneducated guess very interesting
I agree with you 100%
Looks great to me
Not saying I agree or disagree with you, but that's what the comment section is for. To allow folks to air their views-good or bad.
Man that cherry is nice . One of my favorites to turn . Cheers
Mark is the man for sure, he's always in the line of fire and never even flinches
Great videos although I wish at the end you would show the stacked finished lumber so we could see how much you got out of the tree.
Who wouldn't like this, very informative.
There is a natural beauty to wood, plastics, steel or concrete do not even come close.
Was a pleasant video to watch, thank you.
New subscriber here. I have never seen how raw wood was processed into finished lumber. Especially what I would call furniture grade wood like cherry. Amazing!
Nice work on that one Mark. She put up a fight!
Working ole Eddie today he done a good job enjoyed Mark thanks for sharing
yes for sure Bobby.
That was an amazing log! I like the edger and the potential it unlocks. Going to have to try and find one soon. Great sawing those wide boards had me drooling. 😂❤
thanks , glad you liked it.
I'll buy this round Eddie. You've earned it!
thank you Dave !
I run a swing blade and saw quite a few 38-48" logs. Really like your videos, keep up the good work.
You know it’s a big log when you can barely see the “master dog”😂
Stop sign videos are my favorite, thanks!
That’s a beautiful mill !
You do a great job with over sized logs.. I am learning some new things I can use on my 30 inch band mill ..😊
I wish I had some of that cherry for a cabinet build nice looking wood.
I like the way this guy talks to you and tells you what he is doing!
Great video as always, keep them coming. That saw sawing into those logs reminds me of my childhood when i use to work in my neighbours frick sawmill. use to hear it sawing clear up the road from where i lived, i use to run up to the mill to give him a hand. loved being a kid .
thanks Samuel , glad you liked it.
A lot of beautiful timber came from that log. I watch every one of your videos and this one was a rsal treat. Cheers from Australia.
Really cool to see you tackle that monster Cherry , great no
Great job not great no, lol
Saved the skidder,got the tree,that's a win!! Want to see more of boss man in the woods.
Looks great Marc!
thanks.
The way you are cutting a log this big seems like the only logical way to begin cuts. Very educational and enjoyable video, as usual.
thanks Ray.
Awesome job you made it look easy even with some bad spots on the log
Many thanks for another great video!
Appreciate your having the state flag of Tennessee on your mill wall.
Tom... Powell, TN
thanks Tom.
nice job.well done. nice mill!
Nice job,great lumber cutting!WA big timber out west!
It would be some beautiful hardwood that would make wonderful furniture and flooring.
The log is absolutely great looking
What a nice machine. Appreciate the video; enjoyed it very much.
I have a thousand board feet of cherry waiting for me to get over my stroke.
A master class piece of machining
thanks Terrance.
The Eddie getting a workout on this cherry log output. But handles it well. Great video
thank you , this is play to Eddie.
I enjoy watching your videos and to me its very intriguing to me and I never worked in a sawmill
Love the sound of the Bus Motor.🏁
yes sir me too.
Lovely superb Nice sawing of monster cherry log.
Good work. I just used the same process cutting a pine on my Belsaw. (42 inch blade ha). Love it.
is the stop sign method just necessity, or is there some other reason to do it?
Yes in joyed the log sawmill sawing making lumber. I did what your buddy was doing,putting the wood away or lumber away. Great job showing and telling, yes my buddy that owned his mill had bad days to. Well thanks for showing buddy great sawmill you got there, keep up the good work be safe see ya next time see ya bye.
Caterpillar redwood log. Just saying mark.
Every time you start on a BIG ONE! This UA-cam is enjoyable.
Nice mill
and to all the negative comments it’s your log do as you please
I enjoyed the sawing of that log.
I had just the worst day in a long, long time.... didn't want to watch news or anything I normally do... just didn't have the stomach or heart for it. I finally thought I would help y'all saw that big cherry log and I'm glad I did. Thank you for easing my mind....
Hey I love it ,don’t change
Wow! that monster log produced a huge stack of good looking boards!
thanks Doug.
I can hear it in your voice.....well done on sawing that cherry log!!
Great video!!
I’m from Israel and I’ve been watch you for years. God bless you
I love big logs like this I love this video ❤
Love the stopsigns
love watchin your videos
Nice setup.
God bless you and your crew 🙏 🙌 ❤️
Muy bueno señor. Alta efectividad. Lo felicito
Loved the video, the cherry looked great (at least until you got to the center…)
Great video Mark!!
thanks Dave , you need to stop out someday!
Chewy earned his keep on that long. Nice looking cherry. Keep it up.
yes he did , a cant hook would have been tough today.
Great sawing Mark.
Bill
thanks Bill.
nice looking log on the inside
Just watched this one again, my favorite video? 4th time.
Strangely fascinating
That will make some beautiful furniture
Well the diameter of the log is so big compared to the saw blade .
You have no choice but to wittle it down to make it more manageable.
You really don't waste that much wood.
thanks Jerry , it does work out ok if you take your time and think.
looks real pretty
How often do you have to change your blade???
Looks like a very beautiful log.
That's amazing I've never seen nothing done like that
Nice looking log. Even that cracked stuff could be used for something like a cabinet face frame or cabinet door frames with some judicious milling.
yes the cracked boards will be cut down on the edger.
Not I’d want do that for a living but sure do enjoy watching you guys do it.
wow what a great looking log
thanks Doug.
Who knew watching a log get cut could be so entertaining?🤔😂
Never mind the Arm Chair Experts....
Nice job. No matter how you ended up sawing it.
My cuts on my manual 30" band may not be ideal for everyone else.
But rest assured,. they ended up exactly how I wanted them.
And it's ALL my money, nobody else has a cent in it.
you really love a big cherry log love Mr Mark.
for sure Suudi.
Hello Mark, thats one beautiful cherry log! A master at work! Safe sawing to ya🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
thank you.
Nice elderly cherry!
That were Tons of fun !!
thanks Alan.
One of my all time favourite woods....good to work with and beautiful in the end ...pleasure to watch
thanks David.
Nice sawmill.
I enjoyed that one. You didn't waist any. I seemed like you were more careful, trying to get more lumber. But I realize too, time is money. Good job !
thanks Larry , yes this log was worth the time to saw it.
I wish i could come to those shows shows you talk about but we don't have them in north Dakota
Well I think you got all you could get out of that cherry.............good job..................
Love 1/4 saw videos.
we don't quarter saw on this mill just to hard.
I DID NOT KNOW CHERRY TREES GOT THAT BIG!
Mark, I’m impressed y’all cutting a log that size and the amount of lumber coming from it. Atta Boys
Nice save… only professionals
thanks Eldon.