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I've lived in Alaska since "82. I'm retiring soon . I have 40 heavily treed acres payed off and plan on building my last home using one of those mills . I've been watching alaska mill videos and your setup is top on my list for design ideas . Thank you .
It amazes me how trees fill in areas. I love the look of the wood when there’s 2 opposing burls. I’ve never seen it where the main tree was pinched down to a few inches. That’s an awesome piece of wood.
Gorgeous. Reminds me of a Northern California redwood burl table I had. All shellacked on a redwood branched stem. I could stare at that beautiful intricacy for looong time. LOL. Really nice wood you got there!👏🏻👍😁
@@danielsheets463 Thank you Dan. I'm disabled and can't go out with a chainsaw looking for awesome burls or trees. I can work in my shop building wood wagons for children or display . I'll send you a picture here in a minute.
I didn't know that burl can be cut with the grain. I have always seen it cut across the grain producing the birdseye marbled look. Learning new things is fun.
Several years ago there was a TV reality show where these guys would locate and retrieve burls. They would tell how much they would get for them whole. Artists wanted whole ones the most. One like that would probably got them $8,000.00. I hope you got a lot for the parts you cut off!
Yes I've seen that show. This isn't the type of burl those were. Those are eyed burls this is a layered burl or onion burl. Not the quality needed for that type of cash.
Beautiful patterns inside the burl. Did you by the way consider to keep it unsliced, brushed and coated? Would have been quite a spectacular sculpture. Nature's beauty, uncut :)
Some kind of roller situation under the rails holding down pressure is what I kinda see to keep blade level in travel ? Like the wench system ! Nice job 👍
We had old walnut trees on our property back in the fifties and sixties that as they died we would cut them down and dig out the burls and dad would sell them . Do you ever run into rocks when your milling them ? Because I remember as kid seeing rocks deep inside the roots surrounding the burls .
I used a ripping chain for this just because i had it. a regular crosscut chain would work just fine because the grain is too irregular. don't look to far into it and use what you have. This burl was drying inside for a while so it was very hard cutting
Due to the deep lobes or crevices. If against the grain it may fall apart. Also I was able to yield the largest slabs this way. I debated for a long time
@@danielsheets463 i ask because i just picked up a 56"w x 42" tall burl yesterday and looks kinda similar to this one on how it grew. Too be honest i dont even know what kind of tree it is yet as it was already dead. Part of the trunk is still exposed on one side but the thing grew 3/4 of the way around it. Took 3 men about 5 hours to get it down and loaded on a trailer. A 1500 lb bucket wouldnt lift it lol. Mine is sitting on a borrowed trailer and i need to take it to a mill as soon as possible. Ive seen pictures online of both rip and cross cuts but as you state i dont want to cross cut it if its going to produce a week table top. I plan to make a few epoxy tables and maybe a few stained. Taking in any advice i can get so its very much appreciated.
Where do you get all your stuff at to cut it with the thing the chainsaw rests on you think you could maybe send a link to everything or the brand and name of it all?
also, it's nice to put a small wedge on the back side of the cut once you get going that way the trailing edge of the saw blade isnt get pinched like it is here by that cut just dangling there, that pinching creates so much friction and also creates heat and causes the engine to work harder, heat take out the temper in the blade and they dull quicker.. no jokes try it and see it's always the same thickness so once you have a few shims just plop one in each cut after you get in 15" or so or once it starts sagging like that, makes cutting so much easier
@@danielsheets463 so how do you adjust your height of the cut . Do you just move the shelving down a notch ? I'm gonna make a similar set up , so I'm just curious . Thanks man
@@manuelmartin8890 there are two ways . 1 the posts on the mill are adjustable so i can get 2 cuts out of it until i run out of throat. then once that happens i move the shelving rails down, it helps to have a second person to help you move the rails down even though I did it by myself When I adjust the height of the rails i just make sure they are level.
If you take some of those slices and lay them end to end then build a frame around them and pour epoxy resin in it your can make an awesome dinner table. Or you can use it to make single tables out of them.
G'day Daniel I was going to ask about the power head then I heard it dun dun dun d dun dun dun sounds like a BSA bantam , therefore it must be a MS 880 magnum !
Beautiful piece of burl .lotsa future in those pieces of wood . Your mill looks purty good for a chainsaw mill , except when you get close to the end . Kinda awkward and dangerous being bent over like that . How about raising the wood higher at the beginning ? Might be a little easier .
its crazy how beautiful the wood is that comes from burls an u can make so much profit with them its nuts some burl table tops go up to like 10,000 dollars
The best cut you could have made is an angle cut from top to bottom. We cut a 45 , a 35 and a 28-degree angle through a log much like the one you just cut. We got a 4 foot X 3 1/2 inch top for a coffee table and the grain we got was unbelievable. next time try cutting it at an angle.
Why did you cut it on its vertical axis? Was it for a longer slab? I am just ust curious. I do not this kind of work, but I think the cross cut of a burl and the trunk would have been beautiful.
If you can actually pin point how to grow a burl on every tree you want well you would be a billionaire. From what is known and I've been told is any sort of fungus ,or in perfection or a broke. Or cut branch . So one burls are completely under the dry some are high up in the tree .some trees are known to produce burl more often the others. I could go on. And I'm sure others will have more knowledge .I just sperm from my experience here in northern California .I see alot of pepperwood or bey tree burls redwood, and madrone are most common .
There's no way I'm putting my email for everyone to see on here. lol. I can't send private messages on here either. Do you have an Instagram page? I can message you on there.
@@danielsheets463 Was the winch installed by the factory or a custom install? Any problem with the bar diving or waving while using the winch? I slabbed out some Elm with a similar setup, 30-45 min per cut with 2 people, would've been nice to have the winch setup. Looking forward to more videos.
You know chainsaw files only work in one direction don't you? It seemed like you were going backwards as well as forwards with your file. You were sharpening on the forward stroke and bluntening on the backstroke.
Hi everyone I did not expect this many views, thank you so much! Please subscribe to my channel as I will have more milling videos. Comment below on what you would like to see more or less of in my videos. Also comment on what you think I should make out of these slabs!
Hey, great vid, and, what did that burl cost you.....man, that thing is great!
It is delicious, maybe spread some water in it to show the grain better. How will you plane it btw?
@@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7 I traded it for an end table I built
@@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7 either a router sled or a wide belt sander
@@danielsheets463 MAN YOU GOT A GOOD DEAL, THAT THING LOOKS REALLY VALUABLE, EVEN TO RECUT IT INTO 1/8" SLABS...
I've lived in Alaska since "82. I'm retiring soon . I have 40 heavily treed acres payed off and plan on building my last home using one of those mills . I've been watching alaska mill videos and your setup is top on my list for design ideas . Thank you .
Glad I could help good luck with the house!
Innovative use of storage rack. Thanks for showing that, I'll be making one myself.
Glad I could help!
It amazes me how trees fill in areas. I love the look of the wood when there’s 2 opposing burls. I’ve never seen it where the main tree was pinched down to a few inches. That’s an awesome piece of wood.
Yes it's very cool!
@@danielsheets463 - What's a sheets like that worth??
@@phangz8394 it;s worth how ever much someone is willing to pay for it
@@danielsheets463 how can you encourage burls in your trees?
Gorgeous. Reminds me of a Northern California redwood burl table I had. All shellacked on a redwood branched stem. I could stare at that beautiful intricacy for looong time. LOL. Really nice wood you got there!👏🏻👍😁
Yes you can stare at burl forever and always gain a new perspective of it. You can never "learn" or memorize a burl pattern
When I first started watching this I thought you were going to prep it for turning... In one piece!
That would be pretty awesome!
That mill is pretty ingenious. Kudos!
Thank you!
I can only imagine how much work it is to file the chain and keep the bar trued up!
That's correct. Luckily it is a skip tooth chain so there is less to sharpen than a normal chain
WOW, that second slab would make an awesome guitar!
yes it would
I love that burl, wow such great spalting! Your set up is the best chainsaw mill I believe I've ever seen.
thanks
@@danielsheets463 Thank you Dan. I'm disabled and can't go out with a chainsaw looking for awesome burls or trees. I can work in my shop building wood wagons for children or display . I'll send you a picture here in a minute.
Crud not sure how to send it privately. Sorry
@@olgrizz_____5373 email me dsheets242@gmail.com
Dude! The industrial shelving unit instead of ladders is genius!
Thank you!
Dude, you’ve got a market for these pieces. Burl ain’t easy to cut. Good on you.
Yeah for sure. Its hard because I want to keep.them all!!
I didn't know that burl can be cut with the grain. I have always seen it cut across the grain producing the birdseye marbled look. Learning new things is fun.
There is a reason for that lol
Wow. Nice mill. And what fine cuts of cherry you got there
Thank you!
Several years ago there was a TV reality show where these guys would locate and retrieve burls. They would tell how much they would get for them whole. Artists wanted whole ones the most. One like that would probably got them $8,000.00. I hope you got a lot for the parts you cut off!
Yes I've seen that show. This isn't the type of burl those were. Those are eyed burls this is a layered burl or onion burl. Not the quality needed for that type of cash.
@@danielsheets463 Good to hear!
Those came out nice. Like a flower mushroom and a three leaf clover.
I think that center section would make a fantastic guitar body and neck.
thats one option
I saw that section and it looks like a guitar. Lot of workbto make one though.
That's the nicest chainsaw powered milling rig I've seen yet...well done and nice wood.
Thank you!
Beautiful patterns inside the burl. Did you by the way consider to keep it unsliced, brushed and coated? Would have been quite a spectacular sculpture. Nature's beauty, uncut :)
yes i considered it
A SPECTACULAR piece of GODS work.
Amen!
That cage set up is awesome!
Thank you
Wow. What a great job, and great pieces of wood.
thank you
Some kind of roller situation under the rails holding down pressure is what I kinda see to keep blade level in travel ? Like the wench system ! Nice job 👍
We had old walnut trees on our property back in the fifties and sixties that as they died we would cut them down and dig out the burls and dad would sell them .
Do you ever run into rocks when your milling them ? Because I remember as kid seeing rocks deep inside the roots surrounding the burls .
Most of the burls i get are above ground so i haven't run into that issue yet...
Very fine pieces of cherry Burl slabs . What would you charge for an entire Burl like this sawed into slabs , green .
To just mill it? Or what I'd sell the slabs for
Little atomic mushroom clouds. Very nice looking . love the mill too.
Thank you! That might be a good name for a table. atomic mushroom cloud cherry burl table
That is some great slabs! And the idiot that said you were wasting wood is crazy. Keep up the great work.
thank you! the way I look at it there is no wrong way to do it, as long as it doesn't end up as firewood
You are 100% right! And a chainsaw's kerf is not that much more than a saw mill's band saw kerf.
That's a huge cherry burl!
I have a few not that big.
Cool to see it milled. I have big oak burl thats milled but dont want to mill my cherry burls
Yeah if their still growing let em grow. How big was the oak?
Beautiful! What are your plans for it?
Hopefully build a coffee table
I've never seen anything like this ..... totally awesome
Thank you!
Question, what chain are you using? I am going to do this, we have several burls on our property. Awesome idea for a mill! Thank you
I used a ripping chain for this just because i had it. a regular crosscut chain would work just fine because the grain is too irregular. don't look to far into it and use what you have. This burl was drying inside for a while so it was very hard cutting
Beautiful, imagine the things you can make with them.
the possibilities are endless!
Guitar back🤩
totally awesome set up
Thank you
Wow that will make some really nice tables
Yes! Hopefully I will make a video of it someday
That burl looks phallic. But expensive
Haha yes
That was some beautiful wood. How old do you reckon that cherry tree was? Thanks for sharing.
Counting tree rings... about 50 years old.
Wow. Hit the jackpot with that piece.
Yeah i was excited for this one!
Awesome video but im very curious as to why you rip cut the burl instead of a cross cut?
Due to the deep lobes or crevices. If against the grain it may fall apart. Also I was able to yield the largest slabs this way. I debated for a long time
@@danielsheets463 i ask because i just picked up a 56"w x 42" tall burl yesterday and looks kinda similar to this one on how it grew. Too be honest i dont even know what kind of tree it is yet as it was already dead.
Part of the trunk is still exposed on one side but the thing grew 3/4 of the way around it. Took 3 men about 5 hours to get it down and loaded on a trailer. A 1500 lb bucket wouldnt lift it lol. Mine is sitting on a borrowed trailer and i need to take it to a mill as soon as possible. Ive seen pictures online of both rip and cross cuts but as you state i dont want to cross cut it if its going to produce a week table top. I plan to make a few epoxy tables and maybe a few stained. Taking in any advice i can get so its very much appreciated.
@@07slowbalt awesome. Id have to see it. Can you email me pictures of it? I can get a better idea Dsheets242@gmail.com
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oh my GOD
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!!
yes they are incredible!
Fantastic cutting job.
Where do you get all your stuff at to cut it with the thing the chainsaw rests on you think you could maybe send a link to everything or the brand and name of it all?
also, it's nice to put a small wedge on the back side of the cut once you get going that way the trailing edge of the saw blade isnt get pinched like it is here by that cut just dangling there, that pinching creates so much friction and also creates heat and causes the engine to work harder, heat take out the temper in the blade and they dull quicker.. no jokes try it and see it's always the same thickness so once you have a few shims just plop one in each cut after you get in 15" or so or once it starts sagging like that, makes cutting so much easier
ah well I see you do at the end, get them in there earlier, soon as she sags which isn't far, 15" or so, save them blades
Absolutely beautiful cherry. Some of that would make a great coffee table.
Yes! Exactly what I was thinking
@@danielsheets463 and maybe some knife scales?
@@richardmckinney4963 that's one possibility
That mill looks homemade alasken mill and looks like shelving legs and rails. .awesome set up and saw
thank you
@@danielsheets463 so how do you adjust your height of the cut . Do you just move the shelving down a notch ? I'm gonna make a similar set up , so I'm just curious . Thanks man
@@manuelmartin8890 there are two ways . 1 the posts on the mill are adjustable so i can get 2 cuts out of it until i run out of throat. then once that happens i move the shelving rails down, it helps to have a second person to help you move the rails down even though I did it by myself When I adjust the height of the rails i just make sure they are level.
That's pretty cool man. Thank you for the info , very creative .
Nice use of the shelving unit . I have one like it and may give it a try .
Thanks! It worked well
Those Are som crazy Nice slices...
Yes they are!
I’d love to see what you make out of this beautiful cherry wood!
Beautiful pieces of wood, hope we can be friends,
Thank you!
What causes the tree to produce a burl like that?
If you take some of those slices and lay them end to end then build a frame around them and pour epoxy resin in it your can make an awesome dinner table. Or you can use it to make single tables out of them.
the possibilities are endless!
With epoxy, these can make a great dining table. I subs to your channel!
Thanks you!
G'day Daniel I was going to ask about the power head then I heard it dun dun dun d dun dun dun sounds like a BSA bantam , therefore it must be a MS 880 magnum !
Haha yes is does yup an 880
👍🇦🇺
That would be a beautiful table top
One day it will be!
Dude, coffee table with matching end tables, AND a kitchen table top! BEAUTIFUL
Beautiful piece of burl .lotsa future in those pieces of wood . Your mill looks purty good for a chainsaw mill , except when you get close to the end . Kinda awkward and dangerous being bent over like that . How about raising the wood higher at the beginning ? Might be a little easier .
That will make a beautiful table
That wood is gorgeous! Will you be making things out of it or is it for sale?
what kind of chain is that, looks like there was only a cutting tooth every 10 to 12 inches??
It's an oregon hyperskip ripping chain. Yes they are spaced very far apart which is great for sharpening!
That's the most beautiful wood
Yes it is awesome!
its crazy how beautiful the wood is that comes from burls an u can make so much profit with them its nuts some burl table tops go up to like 10,000 dollars
Yes they are beautiful.
What chain are you using? Great work!
Thank you! It's an oregon hyperskip ripping chain
Daniel Sheets does it cut faster/ cleaner? I’m running regular rip chain at 10 degrees
@@jeffscotto9158 this is the only chain I've used so I cant compare
I would've left it the way it's was and just cleaned it and stained it. Would have made a beautiful display piece.
Yeah that would be cool or cast in bronze. I would definitely not stain it though probably just put a clear coat of some sort on it.
I enjoyed the kicking of the bucket part
Haha
Beautiful wood!
Yes nature is incredible
What’s a burl? Was that growing on the trunk?
Wow beautiful!
Yes, Its amazing what nature can create
May I suggest different camera angles, maybe with the sun on the piece instead of the shade.
What’s with the water bath?
seriously that should have been done in a saw mill with an uber thin blade, the wide chain ate so much wood up
do you have $25,000 I could have to buy a bandmill that can handle something that large?
The best cut you could have made is an angle cut from top to bottom. We cut a 45 , a 35 and a 28-degree angle through a log much like the one you just cut. We got a 4 foot X 3 1/2 inch top for a coffee table and the grain we got was unbelievable. next time try cutting it at an angle.
with the voids in this one that would not have been a good choice. I debated cutting differently but I wanted the biggest solid pieces out of it
I know some wood turners who are crying that you turned that into planks.
Haha that's what the smaller ones are for. I have a whole pile of them
Have you considered hollowing out a burl into a bowl chair?
Yeah that would be cool.
Why are you buting water on the wood ? Does it get to hot ?
It's to show the wood grain better for the youtube viewers
Why did you cut it on its vertical axis? Was it for a longer slab? I am just ust curious.
I do not this kind of work, but I think the cross cut of a burl and the trunk would have been beautiful.
Google the Millenium Clock in Edinburgh. Two stories tall, and the corners
are cut from a tree trunk with burls attached!
Beautiful!
Daniel, where are you located?
Do you know what was done with the wood?
I have most of it still. Im hopefully going to make a coffee table with one
@@danielsheets463
It should be beautiful! I hope you post it when you're done.
Ah the ol mini chainsaw mill innit bruv
yeah
Wait till you plane those off. That’s when the real grain comes out.
For sure!
Nice setup.... I thought the chain needed sharpen. Then you stopped and sharpened it.... you could make some nice tables with that....
Haha always have to put off sharpening till last minute. Yes for sure
It looked like the tree was wearing a backpack
haha yeah it does
What causes a burl to even exist on a otherwise healthy tree ? Thanks !
If you can actually pin point how to grow a burl on every tree you want well you would be a billionaire. From what is known and I've been told is any sort of fungus ,or in perfection or a broke. Or cut branch . So one burls are completely under the dry some are high up in the tree .some trees are known to produce burl more often the others. I could go on. And I'm sure others will have more knowledge .I just sperm from my experience here in northern California .I see alot of pepperwood or bey tree burls redwood, and madrone are most common .
Hella way to have to learn everything.....
Are any of the slabs for sale somewhere?
I dont have an online store or anything buy i do sell them. send me an email i can let you know what i have
There's no way I'm putting my email for everyone to see on here. lol. I can't send private messages on here either. Do you have an Instagram page? I can message you on there.
@@joshferguson9421 haha I thought I put my email on there and was going to delete it. But instagram is better. Burlmasterrustics
I sent a message on there. Seems i was already following you. Lol
nice table tops material
What is the little handle on top that you keep turning?
It's a winch connected to the far end with a rope. It helps pull the saw so i do t have to push it as much
@@danielsheets463 Was the winch installed by the factory or a custom install? Any problem with the bar diving or waving while using the winch?
I slabbed out some Elm with a similar setup, 30-45 min per cut with 2 people, would've been nice to have the winch setup. Looking forward to more videos.
@@JMerv80 it's a kit I bought from granberg. No problem with the bar dipping. Thanks I'll be posting more videos soon
Do yall have a store or sell online. I would be interested in buying one or two. Very nicely done
I dont have a store yet but hopefully in the future. I do sell some though
Look like brain cross sections, very beautiful wood
So why doesn't your chain have more teeth on it?
That log has a badonkadonk!
Ok had a badonkadonk.
honkytonk badonkadonk!
Next time put the sunlight on the object so we can see it.
I'll try to do that better next time. I'm learning a lot and it can be a little overwhelming milling and recording
the money shot at 12:19 That mill looks to be a pain in the ass to use.
It gets the job done though.
i don't like how you kicked that bucket..... jeeeze
Lol
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thanks
keep it up dude ! bad ass
Thanks!
Wow you opened up that huge burl and I think I saw God!
You sure did!
You know chainsaw files only work in one direction don't you? It seemed like you were going backwards as well as forwards with your file.
You were sharpening on the forward stroke and bluntening on the backstroke.
Yes I was sharpening it correctly. It just sounds like that because its fast forwarded.
Bluntening?
Burls would have made nice bowl material.
yes I have made a bunch of bowls out of burls before
Great Job.. Confgrats..
Thank you
That’s tough cutting wood
Yeah the outside of it was pretty dry which didnt help
12 quarter ?
yeah