Tips Season 3 - Episode 3: Sawing up our lumber

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  • Опубліковано 29 тра 2020
  • In this episode Lou breaks down the lumber he purchased and explains to use how its priced per board foot and other details.
    He then shows us how he sets up and uses his skill saw to rip the pieces he needs for the 23' V-bottom skiff he is building.
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  • @terrulian
    @terrulian 4 роки тому +26

    I keep watching these and thinking that, well, Lou has shown so much, what more is there? And every single time I learn something new.

  • @CaptainBeerman1098
    @CaptainBeerman1098 4 роки тому +12

    I've been watching these videos consistently for several years, and it's definitely given me an absolute obsession with lumber.

  • @jakemoore7912
    @jakemoore7912 4 роки тому +24

    Oh man, Lou and Leo in one day.. I feel spoiled. Great episode!

  • @TheBubagrunt
    @TheBubagrunt 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it when people pass their knowledge and passions instead of being proprietary.
    Gods blessings 😊

  • @chrismaines1285
    @chrismaines1285 3 роки тому

    Glad to see you still have that beautiful Harley. Long time follower of your video series and have learned so much. Thank you.

  • @richardjacques6370
    @richardjacques6370 4 роки тому +1

    nice to have you back . I missed having you around you have a wealth of information and thank you for sharing it with us

  • @talltimm
    @talltimm 4 роки тому +5

    nice 58 waiting patiently in the sunshine.. glad to see a new project coming up. all the best..

  • @tompedersen6564
    @tompedersen6564 4 роки тому +1

    As usual, very educational. You've got a head full of practical experience, and you're very good at conveying it. Thanks.

  • @StemtoSternSailing
    @StemtoSternSailing 4 роки тому +1

    It's nice to have you back lou, I've missed your videos alot.

  • @montyswoodworkscrafts2232
    @montyswoodworkscrafts2232 4 роки тому +1

    Love your videos, have learned so much from you. Thanks for taking the time to make, edit and share them

  • @panzershrek7930
    @panzershrek7930 4 роки тому +5

    You are a true craftsman Lou.
    You can be proud of yourself ;)
    Greetings from The Netherlands

  • @friendlypiranha774
    @friendlypiranha774 4 роки тому +2

    Lou, nice to see you still doing well. Best wishes from South Africa.

  • @mabsalom1
    @mabsalom1 4 роки тому +2

    Glad to see you back making sawdust, using the tools at-hand.

  • @arkansas1336
    @arkansas1336 4 роки тому +2

    Lou you did a great job explaining about the wood and the "how to" cutting, thanks.
    I've cut required curves in lumber with a circular saw and the saw works quite well. I place my boards on edge with each end being level with each other and then marked the max curve needed with a pencil. I then attached a string at each end and let it sag to the low point at center and then marked along the string 'a pencil line' for my saw cut line and then proceeded with my "freehand cut". Works good if the arc is long and not too acute. The same methods can be used on a shorter radius and longer arcs with a band saw.
    I've also nailed my guide board (aka your "batten")to the string line and used it for the saw guide. All of this was non engineered and not accepted by engineers/inspectors until it was shown to them it's simple ease of use and accuracy.

  • @ChefS.Keller
    @ChefS.Keller 4 роки тому +3

    This and Engles coach shop.....the best channels on UA-cam

  • @micssticksnpipes
    @micssticksnpipes 4 роки тому +1

    Nice one lou, looking forward to more.

  • @kramerdesign9443
    @kramerdesign9443 4 роки тому +10

    A) It’s so good to finally see Lou cutting something again!
    B) Holy shit Lou take it easy cutting that sapwood!

  • @offgridsweden
    @offgridsweden 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome video man. Nothing like milling your own lumber. Have an amazing Sunday, Andreas 🇸🇪

  • @JenkinsBoatWorks
    @JenkinsBoatWorks 4 роки тому +1

    I learn something every time! Thanks Lou

  • @fredthornes5087
    @fredthornes5087 4 роки тому +7

    First Leo now Lou. What a great day!

  • @arkyhomesteader1791
    @arkyhomesteader1791 3 роки тому

    Thank You Sir for sharing your knowledge I cant get enough! You are a very skilled craftsman!

  • @davidh7268
    @davidh7268 4 роки тому +1

    Great video, I have a bunch of poplar and sweet gum I chain saw milled and wondered what the best method to rip them into usable planks, thanks for the great tips!

  • @rbc5878
    @rbc5878 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks Lou, very informative.

  • @bulletproofpepper2
    @bulletproofpepper2 4 роки тому

    Thanks Lou. I finally learned how to sharpen a chisel scary sharp. Thank for the wood fever. Thanks for sharing.

  • @tednottodd
    @tednottodd 4 роки тому +2

    I think a great take away is that you don't need a million tools to build a great project. Lou demonstrates time after time that with some simple tools that you are proficient with, you can accomplish a lot.

  • @user-bm6fk1zk3q
    @user-bm6fk1zk3q 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for showing us the tips that you used to rip the oak lumber. I am interested in a red colored saw blade located on the opposite lumber if there is any special feature or not.

  • @kentblairl
    @kentblairl 4 роки тому +1

    Trailer work space, efficient. We just did the same with some 2x6x12 lumber that became a deck. Take the tool to the lumber or the lumber to the tool. Might use that rip guide trick on the catboat build vs the table saw, we have a little cypress to butcher. Thanks for all of the tips Lou!

  • @HuckBowlt
    @HuckBowlt 4 роки тому

    Very practical and useful info for anyone who works with lumber

  • @Traveling_with_FIVE_Cats
    @Traveling_with_FIVE_Cats 4 роки тому +3

    Amazing!!
    Thank you..
    Stay safe!

  • @robinhodgkinson
    @robinhodgkinson 4 роки тому +1

    I made a small removable hook to hold back the guard. I recycled the thin metal rib out of an old car wiper blade, which was the perfect material. Strong, high tensile, and doesn’t rust. Works perfectly on those occasions when the guard is a pain in the butt.

  • @AquaMarine1000
    @AquaMarine1000 4 роки тому +2

    Those red saw blades are also available here in Australia. Thanks Lou, cheers

  • @TheSalMaris
    @TheSalMaris 4 роки тому +3

    I've always multiplied thickness time width in inches, then multiplied length in feet, divided by12 to get board foot-- it keeps the numbers smaller and is easier to compute on the fly in your head. There's never a need for a calculator. Nice looking quercus alba.

  • @bobcaligiuri
    @bobcaligiuri 4 роки тому +1

    Hello Lou. Great channel. Could it be that the tree with tighter growth rings grew at a higher altitude, possibly in colder weather?

  • @andvil01
    @andvil01 4 роки тому +4

    It's a fun fact that oak becomes more dense when growing fast. In softwood like spruce and pine it is opposite. Fastgrowing giving lighter and weaker wood.

  • @alohathaxted
    @alohathaxted 4 роки тому +1

    I remember an article about flat iron skiffs being built with boat boards, which you could no longer get from the lumber yard. It seems you could buy them from the mill though. Wonder what the skiff would cost? They were slapped together with a spanish windless, transom and you knocked the bottoms together cross hull so the boards wedged each other tight. I’d like to see louis show this old time construction method. They have one for rowing at Mystic.

  • @mikelove9832
    @mikelove9832 4 роки тому +1

    LOVE the PanHead ! Straight Ahead

  • @yucel_torun
    @yucel_torun 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you 👏
    Stay safe 👍

  • @mikestillwell5566
    @mikestillwell5566 3 роки тому

    Love that pan!

  • @fredflintstone8048
    @fredflintstone8048 4 роки тому +6

    Beautiful pan head.

  • @rogerbayzand4455
    @rogerbayzand4455 4 роки тому +1

    $683 for that 33 foot flitch! Wow timber has become really expensive, real Burma teak bought in the flitch was 18 British pounds a cubic foot when I started boatbuilding, that was just over $50 US in those days. Great to see you making the new series Lou.

  • @Stillnapie
    @Stillnapie 4 роки тому

    I have that same hammer.. Craftsman 16 oz with the green fiberglass and black rubber handle. The first hammer I ever bought in about 1975.

  • @gun1536
    @gun1536 3 роки тому

    Best teacher...

  • @thomasarussellsr
    @thomasarussellsr 4 роки тому

    Well explained on the guide and not marking a line since it won't cut straight anyway. That board definitely had some tension in it, no doubt.

  • @tomtruesdale6901
    @tomtruesdale6901 4 роки тому +4

    Nice class on sawing. That beginning had me wondering about stuff. LOL Whats the story on your Panhead?

  • @UselessDuckCompany
    @UselessDuckCompany 4 роки тому +3

    That intro is so trippy

  • @kareno8634
    @kareno8634 4 роки тому +1

    *NICE Everything!* info i never knew - fast growth is "dense"? _hmm_
    Did you not plan for that Breeze? lol reminds me of raking leaves. Cheers!

  • @benchbuilder
    @benchbuilder 4 роки тому +2

    So happy your back , please don't leave us again. The withdraw of watching you is too much!!!

  • @jimcooney9019
    @jimcooney9019 4 роки тому

    thanks for sharing the video

  • @Nomadboatbuilding
    @Nomadboatbuilding 4 роки тому

    Man after my own heart Lou. For brute strength and resistance to abuse, you can’t beat corded Milwaukee tools. For my board foot calculations I always go with width in inches x thickness in inches x length in feet divided by 12. Same result as yours of course but I find just a little easier on the brain and length is usually measured nominally anyway.

  • @sergioleyva1311
    @sergioleyva1311 4 роки тому +1

    Saludos 👋👋👋 from Florida 👍

  • @white_truck3820
    @white_truck3820 4 роки тому +1

    Hey Lou what kind of project truck is under that tarp!?

  • @expeditionworld3787
    @expeditionworld3787 4 роки тому

    Super knowledge please do more movies.

  • @GibClark
    @GibClark 4 роки тому

    Thanks👍👍👍👍

  • @mackasack
    @mackasack 4 роки тому +1

    Hey Lou, I love your Panhead :)

  • @halbritt
    @halbritt 4 роки тому +1

    First time I ever heard that quartered oak wasn't good for something. Today I learned.

  • @user-pt8mq2xf1p
    @user-pt8mq2xf1p 3 роки тому

    You're not using a rip blade but a cross-cut blade on the saw, right? Really good video!!

  • @Kevin-xi6pj
    @Kevin-xi6pj 4 роки тому +1

    Just a little thing I'm sure you know, in^3 to ft^3 you have to divide it by 12^3 in order to properly convert and cross out units. 1ft = 12in, 1ft^3 = 1728in^3. I think it was just a miscommunication :) where you are going from board ft to cu ft. Tricky for some when you use conversion factors without units, cheers! And thanks for the videos

  • @DBacaMaker
    @DBacaMaker 4 роки тому +1

    WHOAAAAAAAAAAH Trippy opening!

  • @forthwithtx5852
    @forthwithtx5852 4 роки тому +18

    Thought I was having an LSD trip at the beginning.

    • @unclespongehead
      @unclespongehead 4 роки тому +2

      It was just a medullary ray tracing :-)
      Leo has a really good videographer/editor.

    • @jblack1854
      @jblack1854 4 роки тому +1

      I was gonna say the same thing!! Ahhh the 60s

  • @swubben1
    @swubben1 4 роки тому +3

    The price of that lumber gives a whole new meaning to, measure twice cut once.

    • @williamensign1408
      @williamensign1408 4 роки тому +1

      Yea, expensive

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr 4 роки тому

      Location, location, location!
      Same as in RealEstate, where you are dictates price.

    • @Casket-Man
      @Casket-Man 4 роки тому

      The last kiln dried white oak I bought was only $2 a foot but that was by the 1000 bf.

    • @hitied1
      @hitied1 3 місяці тому

      KD white oak sourced in Mass this year for furniture builder 18$ bf

  • @swubben1
    @swubben1 4 роки тому +1

    That is a sweet pan head. 👍👍

  • @MrPotatochips4
    @MrPotatochips4 4 роки тому +1

    Loved the opening, high sided me right out of my rut! I bet if you go for a ride, most of that sawdust will blow right off ..... if you see a biker with a tinfoil covered helmet, that's me :D

  • @jonathanguerra3663
    @jonathanguerra3663 4 роки тому +21

    I love how he cut out a notch in his saw

    • @je-fq7ve
      @je-fq7ve 3 роки тому

      Also the back of the saw is cut off so it dumps wood chips better. lol

  • @robertsimmons1264
    @robertsimmons1264 4 роки тому +2

    I frequently lock the guard open on my saw.

  • @rickrudd
    @rickrudd 4 роки тому +9

    Wow. $685 - didn't think it would be that much direct from mill.

    • @barkebaat
      @barkebaat 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, seems very expensive... only reason I can think of is those 33 feet of length; might be paying a premium for clear, quartersawn lumber of that length. I can buy kiln-dried, furniture grade American white oak (12 foot) for a fraction of that price even here in Norway.

    • @lynnlard5531
      @lynnlard5531 4 роки тому +2

      I guess it depends on where you are. And apparently the NE U.S. is not a good place for buying white oak. My son-in-law just recently bought some directly from a saw mill for considerably less that $1.00/BF. Don't recall the exact numbers, but it included 6 or 8 10ft 8"X8"s and probably 20 or so 1 by's and 6-quarter stuff in mostly 8" to 12" widths; total was somewhere between $300 and $400. (SEastern U.S.) This was all really good looking lumber. Of course he had not specified any particular milling instructions.

  • @nigelsmith4732
    @nigelsmith4732 4 роки тому

    When are you coming down under

  • @martinbyrne6643
    @martinbyrne6643 4 роки тому +1

    Came close to the tire of that motobike there young Lou 🤪

  • @richardhoffman9729
    @richardhoffman9729 4 роки тому

    What year on that beautiful Panhead?

  • @ChristianWilliamsYachting
    @ChristianWilliamsYachting 4 роки тому +3

    Whoa! Lou, did you approve that opening transition? Arrggghhh.

  • @KennedyFrota
    @KennedyFrota 4 роки тому

    Você vai fazer outro barco esse anos e nos mostrar nos seus vídeos!

  • @banmadabon
    @banmadabon 4 роки тому +2

    Jeez! That Hog is money...

  • @shanek6582
    @shanek6582 4 роки тому +1

    $685 for that one board? Man you need to drive down here to the smoky mountains and buy some of our hardwood lumber. I’m cutting nice white oak up for firewood right now, my local sawmill charges 30 cents a foot to cut up anything I bring him.

  • @straylightc4b
    @straylightc4b 4 роки тому +4

    over too soon, thanks for a great video.

  • @johnboleyjr.1698
    @johnboleyjr.1698 4 роки тому +9

    I wonder if Lou ever once realized how many people he would reach when he was conceiving the channel?

    • @stoutlager6325
      @stoutlager6325 4 роки тому +1

      I found Lou's channel some years ago because I wanted to learn how to tie a bowline knot. I chose Lou's video as I figured he, being a shipwright, would have the best information about it. That turned out to be correct and I stayed put upon finding the rest of the videos to be great as well.

    • @johnboleyjr.1698
      @johnboleyjr.1698 4 роки тому

      @@stoutlager6325 the Bowline video was what got me watching the channel as well.

    • @arlisswirtanen7794
      @arlisswirtanen7794 3 роки тому

      Pretty sure that’s how o found him too

  • @tonybutcher4762
    @tonybutcher4762 4 роки тому +1

    I want to know about that Panhead, Lou?

  • @terrulian
    @terrulian 4 роки тому +2

    Woah, that's a creepy start!

  • @bugnfront
    @bugnfront 4 роки тому +1

    The "piss away"....lol

  • @WhatAboutTheBee
    @WhatAboutTheBee 4 роки тому +8

    1:50 To convert from cubic inches to cubic feet, you must divide the cubic inches by 1728. That is 12"×12"×12"=1728 cubic inches per cubic foot.

    • @Logjam5
      @Logjam5 4 роки тому +1

      Incorrect. 144 cu in = 1 fbm (foot board measure)

    • @WhatAboutTheBee
      @WhatAboutTheBee 4 роки тому +3

      @@Logjam5 Lou wanted to get cubic feet, so he could multiply the density of material (pounds per cubic foot) by the number of cubic feet in his plank to obtain the weight. And with all due respect, Google how many cubic inches are in a cubic foot.

    • @WhatAboutTheBee
      @WhatAboutTheBee 4 роки тому +4

      @@Logjam5 A "board foot" is absolutely not the same as a "cubic foot".

    • @WhatAboutTheBee
      @WhatAboutTheBee 4 роки тому +4

      @@Logjam5 At 2:00 Lou states that it is "57 pounds per CUBIC foot". Do you believe that a board foot of oak (1"×12"×12") weighs 57 pounds?

    • @TheSalMaris
      @TheSalMaris 4 роки тому +1

      @@WhatAboutTheBee Green maybe, but I thought white oak was closer to 45 #/ft3--Wood Data here I come. at 57 # it almost wouldn't float in water.

  • @thewatchman6074
    @thewatchman6074 4 роки тому +1

    Is that some Milwaukee pig iron I see?

  • @myopicthunder
    @myopicthunder 4 роки тому

    Wait so if your baton is curved the remaining edge isnt square?

  • @cerndo
    @cerndo 4 роки тому +3

    that's one tough mother of a 8 1/4" Milwaukee saw

    • @marty2872
      @marty2872 4 роки тому

      definitely hide it if osha shows up.

  • @1958johndeere620
    @1958johndeere620 4 роки тому +1

    Holy crap. If someone had a stand of oak, and wanted to make a buck or two, they could pay for a saw mill real quick. We are under a infestation of Brown Tail Moths in Maine, and the oak foliage is getting eaten bare. 3rd year in a row we have been having issues. I suspect we will loose a lot of oak.

  • @bizim_eller
    @bizim_eller 4 роки тому

    👍👍👍🙂

  • @christopherpeterson1400
    @christopherpeterson1400 4 роки тому +1

    Diamond file, keep that blade sharp

  • @Stillnapie
    @Stillnapie 4 роки тому +2

    I keep looking at the panhead....

  • @marklawrence6679
    @marklawrence6679 4 роки тому

    The rings on the side facing the sun will be considerably wider than the side away from the sun I know that they aren't from the same tree but could almost be.

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr 4 роки тому

      No. Both of these flitches have the pith somewhat centered. Both are a cross-section of their own tree from one side completely through to the other, not a half-width section.

    • @marklawrence6679
      @marklawrence6679 4 роки тому

      As I wrote I know they are not from the same tree. But almost all trees have a side with tight rings and a side with wider rings

  • @billbubnis3128
    @billbubnis3128 4 роки тому +4

    The cost is high for the wood but remember, you arent building something that will last a week, you are building something that can be passed on to your children.

  • @lanesteele240
    @lanesteele240 4 роки тому +2

    Ill cut the sap wood up into fire wood. It is pretty much useless.
    Lowes- that sap wood could have made some of our prime no1 lumber.

  • @stumphole8217
    @stumphole8217 4 роки тому

    like that pan head

  • @richardhoffman9729
    @richardhoffman9729 4 роки тому +1

    I lost my right leg on a '48 Panhead

  • @terrynorton3182
    @terrynorton3182 4 роки тому

    No riving knife! Interesting?

  • @hansslob6749
    @hansslob6749 4 роки тому +4

    I let the saw stop because there’s no guard on it, he says, after cutting the sapwood and almost cutting his leg!

    • @brutusbarnabus8098
      @brutusbarnabus8098 4 роки тому

      List the time stamp. I didn't at any time see him even get close to his leg. Is your name Sally? Say yes.

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr 4 роки тому

      @@brutusbarnabus8098
      Last name Sally, first name Safety?

  • @cholulahotsauce6166
    @cholulahotsauce6166 4 роки тому

    *W I D E L O U*

  • @kerrygleeson4409
    @kerrygleeson4409 4 роки тому

    👍🇦🇺👀

  • @brianmckibben2300
    @brianmckibben2300 4 роки тому +1

    hard to see any part of a $700.00 board getting cut up for firewood.

    • @Cadwaladr
      @Cadwaladr 4 роки тому +2

      Well, like he said, you don't pay for the sapwood. The value is all in the heartwood. I had a white oak in my back yard that died and we left it standing for 15 years. All the bark fell off and the sapwood rotted away, then when I finally cut it down the heartwood was still rock solid and nicely seasoned.

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr 4 роки тому

      @@Cadwaladr naturally cured and hardened hardwood, you could build just about anything you wanted out of that without much spring-back in the boards, I'd bet. Standing there drying that long should fairly well lock everything in place.

  • @MichaelColombo
    @MichaelColombo 4 роки тому

    This guy maths.

  • @tonydiridoni1732
    @tonydiridoni1732 3 роки тому

    And no Guard..
    Yeeha!

  • @BokorRider
    @BokorRider 4 роки тому +7

    that was scary stuff cross cutting the waste sap without a guard.....dont recommend anyone does that!...

  • @luclatinette
    @luclatinette 4 роки тому

    I know you've been doing it forever and you haven't hurt yourself yet, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't pucker up at 8:15

  • @doos8550
    @doos8550 4 роки тому

    Esse cara é o verdadeiro Magaiver (◔‿◔)(◔‿◔)(◔‿◔)(◔‿◔)