We have a lot of cottonwood in our area in Kansas. When you said stringy and fibrous you hit it right on the money. Some try to split it for firewood and it is so tough and stringy. We tore down a circa 1890 two story house with almost 24’ long, actual 2 X 4s in it for studs. We reused them as perlins in our metal clad farm shop in 1964 and it’s still doing good today.
The biggest thing, I like about your videos... (other than the big slabs). You haven't used click bait once. You talk to your audience and explain what and why you do the things you do.
Must say, I am impressed by the sawmill you have designed and built! Secondly, your description of the different woods you process, give me a good vision of it. Thanks!
Thank you for switching it up and cutting smaller Lumber. You have a really great set up there. Too bad you’re not local as I would pick up some of that wood to use for the builds on my channel.
Man if people wanna talk about how you move your mill that’s your mill you rock it I have a Hudson Oscar 52 with an electric motor but it goes kinda of fast I think. You do you I enjoy watching. I’m new to milling but I enjoy it when I have time to mill
Just awesome Matt, nice slabs and lots of it too. At the new property install a water barrel and hose lol. Your new place is going to be a killer setup for you.
Matt, you will appreciate the amount of work you are doing now while you're young to get as much wood cut and drying for future use. I logged a bunch of oak while in my 20's and sawed it at a friends mill. That was 35+ years ago and am still using some of it on projects in my house today. Now I'm nearly out of stock, maybe good timing as I'm moving from MN to ID. Once there my brother and I will be purchasing a mill to saw timbers for my new shop and some buildings on his farm, especially given the current price of lumber and several neighboring ranches have timber they log that we can buy, no hardwoods though. Really enjoy your channel and the beautiful projects you do, quite inspiring.
Glad to see some sawing again. I missed seeing you use that magnificent beast of a sawmill you built. I really admire the design and build you went through and wish you the best at your new home. I can’t wait to see how you deal with all the space you now have. Best Regards Fred Thomas in Skokie IL.
Been following for a while. Was especially interested in the Honey Locust video you made.. We had a hundred foot tree in the back yard (actually 3, guess they were a part of the same root system). As they were chopping up the trees after they were hit in a thunder storm I wondered what they would do with all that wood. They just chopped it up and shredded it into wood chips. What a waste. Glad to see someone doing some urban logging and not wasting good lumber.
You are one of the few people that does cut slabs. It is getting more popular. I have access to walnut trees that I want to slab out. I haven't had any luck getting anyone to do that work for me. The trees are 50 years old. I also have persimmon that I would like to do something with as well.
This has always been a dream for me if I ever win the lotto. purchase a good size piece of land and have one of that saw. I’m glad i stumbled onto your page. at least live the dream i’ve always wanted.
Fun video and instructive on thinking ... for your water works I suggest a couple of big rain barrels or an old cistern to collect water from the horse shelters that you can use for ritual christening of your slabs and boards, unless the mill is near the house water ... Cheers. Farmer John, Ontario, Canada
Why anyone would care how YOU decide how to feed the blade through the log is beyond me, aftercall you are the one operating the saw, not them. Do it YOUR way. What works for you is the best way. Love the content of your videos! No matter what or how YOU choose to do things. Lot of ways to skin a cat.
That cherry burl offcut would make a nice shallow oval bowl. The sort of thing you put on the buffet for nuts or sweets or other finger nibbles when guests come over.
Another TH-cam sawyer uses the branch fingernail cutoffs for sale to wood burning artists. I've seen some for sale at my local Rockler store, but they only take kiln dried wood. I think you have also made serving boards with them as well for another option you've had. I saw the article about your chairs in Woodsmith magazine. Good writeup.
Hi Matt, You make this log cutting business look easy. I’d love to look through your burn pile for some wood to make my boxes. Hey, have you ever thought about adding a laser to your saw? Even if it doesn’t help you that much, it might increase the clarity of your strategy for us who live vicariously through you. LoL, carry on.
So,...the logs are talking to you again? And they let you around power tools? Hmmm.... That's a very cool grabber you've added to the track-steer, too. Massive saving of muscle power and back strain, I imagine.
Have you ever gotten a hold of olive or buckeye wood? the Olive has a lot of picture wood in it and smells great, the buckeye is mostly a black and white burl, striking colors but the larger sized pieces are found below ground in the rootstock. But it smells terrible, if it wasn't so pretty no one would cut it.
Matt not going to lie, I bet you have gotten very good at claw machine games since you got that attachment for the skid steer, and I’m pretty sure I could build an entire workbench and treadle lathe out of your off cut trash pile
Hi Matt 😊 Have just cut my smallest first log, tongue in cheek to make you grin. It's only about as big as a paper coffee cup in size of 10 centimetre long and 7 in diameter with 7 pieces and a tiny Burl top cut. Bit of fun so okay to giggle but it took some time to cut it a centimetre thick each tiny slab a coaster size. Hope this is small enough.
Cottonwood / poplar spec. Is very soft..fuzzy.. hairy.. fibery.. splitty... wood... My advice is to dry it slow... Air-dry... But aim for a lower moisture content than usual.. to be able to get a smooth result when processing en creating with it.. light joiner passed... Sanding omnidirectional to het rid of the fuzzyness.. sanding sealer is advised...
Hi Matt, your new home seems to have a lot more room than the other place, how many acers came with the house, that old farm building looks ideal for drying lumber and lone time storage. With a lot of expansion in the future.
How badly will leaving the pith in affect 4/4 boards? I always assumed folks centered the pith in one board, but I have limited experience in the matter. Also, Cottonwood tends to have a peculiar, funky aroma when cut green (it stinks to high heaven)... It's soft but fairly strong when bone dry, and frizzes like Bob Ross' hair if you don't use sharp tools for finish work. Did I mention it stinks to high heaven?
Higher likelihood of cracking along the line of the pith but not a guarantee. The cherry I showed at the end is getting pretty close to being dried already since it's been stacked for a few months. I don't expect much change from now to fully dried. I didn't notice any crazy scent with the cottonwood.
@@mcremona thank you for the reply, Mr. Cremona! Cottonwood odor supposedly varies from area to area, no idea why. Around here, the green wood is reminiscent of Sawdust mixed with cat pee. (So, sawdust that has sat for longer than five minutes...)
Cottonwood is named for the appearance of the seeds. The seeds are wind dispersed and have cottony filaments which catch the wind. earthsky.org/earth/cottonwood-trees-and-the-snows-of-june
Matt, I believe that "cottonwood" got its name because the fibers are like cotton before it's processed (the fibers of cotton contain the seeds and they go everywhere and over everything); my dad was a farmer that raised cotton in the Texas Panhandle in the 1960s.
Carol Gutierrez--When Cottonwood tree release it's seeds it covers the ground like a white cotton blanket. The seed is surrounded by a white fluffy material, with a white cotton look, like a dandelion, but much bigger, that makes it easy to be wind blown, far and wide.. Maybe that's why they named it cottonwood? As a side note, that fluffy substance is extremely flammable. As a teenager in Montana, found that out the hard way, as when I set it on fire, (just to see what would happen, as a know it all teenager) damn near burnt some houses down.
The Cottonwood is an interesting tree. Member of the Poplar family, growing up to 6 feet per year. They are brittle and are often found near water. In the western U.S. they are often seen as the main greenery along creeks and rivers. Thanks for the great video. Now I'm wondering what you do with your "burn pile". Looks like you might live in a neighborhood that wouldn't appreciate burning.
Have you ever thought of using a garage door opener to feed the saw? It has the advantage of being able to adjust feed force with an auto stop if it hits too much resistance. Also has a long drive chain or screw. Love what you are doing. Where I am in Ohio NON of the tree guys will mill urban wood....saw blades....Pussies... There are thousands of board feet of red/white oak,cottonwood, several maple species, cherry.ash...etc all sitting and rotting
Love these videos, somehow completely addictive. But, how would you like to live in what looks to be a relatively regular neighborhood of house after house and have this guy on your block (or next door)....
Well, I have about 3K Cottonwood trees In the bottoms. Really interested in how those cuts turned out! My PawInLaw talked a lot about the beauty in Cottonwood, looking forward to you making something with those.
How dare you feed your saw head with a drill as a motor! That is so impractical and expensive when you have a perfectly good and free crank handle! :D Jokes!
Matt, great video, Sweet grapple action! A quick comment and a question- I’m so happy you got the skid-steer, not only does it appear to be really capable, but so much safer! Take care of your body and remain healthy and safe for your family! Question (sort of): can you please make something from the cottonwood or at least plane a board out once it dries? It would be really interesting to see how it works and finishes as I’ve never seen it used. Keep up the great work!!
Wish you lived in Yorkshire England, we have a very large Walnut tree in our garden but the leaves getting in the ground poison some of my plants , I would love to get rid of it.
Funny to watch you cut average size logs. I watch lathe artists. They would love to have pieces like that buttress from 22:00 and a thicker chunk of that earlier cherry burl.
Hey Matt I Love Your video's i was just wondering if you had any ideas on a way to make the log arch easy to lift now that i'm getting a little older i't works well when i have help to lift . Thanks Marty
Matt, for the time I have watched you cut logs, I always think "What do the neighbors think"? Did that play into the move to the new house? And do you re-purpose the saw dust. Pellet manufacture could be interested.
You have likely answered this in the past, but I don't recall seeing the answer. What do you do with all of the saw dust you create? Does Minnesota have a compost waste type pick up?
I'm really to this video, But have you looked into a round metal like wheel crank handle ? It makes the cranking easier & smoother. But i love your video AND the Furniture builds . thx Be Safe!!
yes, I can feel, see, and hear how the saw is cutting and adjust feed accordingly. Not a particularly necessary thing for small stuff like this but on the big logs, it's quite an advantage
@@mcremona So you could use an electric motor run by computer with a sensor reading amperage and when the amperage climbs, the computer cuts the speed back. That would be cheap and simple. 🤣😂
@@timothyball3144 Alain Vaillancourt (The Woodpecker) did something similar with his drum sander a few years ago using an arduino to slow down the feed when the amps got too high, so as to avoid blowing the motor’s thermal breaker. th-cam.com/video/Tihk_WNzmU8/w-d-xo.html
While you were loading logs I had a goofy idea, Skidsteer Hockey! you have a whacking great hockey stick that you hold with the Skidsteer head and play hockey, 4 players on each side, you could get the Skidsteer manufacturers to sponsor a game and provide a team and maybe the other three players of your team, what do you think LOL!
What do plan to do with the cottonwood? Around here (PNW) it’s hard to give it away. I had several large cottonwoods dropped. Enough to fill a log truck. Wound up burning it all with stumps and such because nobody would take it, even for free, and moved to the edge my driveway with a excavator to help load.
@@mcremona I used Poplar/cottonwood to make cabinet doors for my kitchen (with Catalpa for the frame) -- I left both woods the natural color --- the blonde of the poplar vs, the dark green grain of the Catalpa is great contrast - both woods stink when cut green --- but are easy to work with when dry
@@mcremona I’ll be interested to see what you do with it. Out here if you’re really lucky a pulp mill or pallet maker might take them. Firewood buyers will reject it, even if free because it absorbs moisture so readily, even after being dried. Poplar I think is a bit different. Related, but not the same. And perhaps the eastern varieties are more useful. The 4-5 big cottonwoods I have left I’m hoping outlive my time on this property. If not, and I build a sawmill before they come down, I’ll probably mill them for pallets, skids and other such important uses, but not likely for any furniture. If I want a low value wood for something like a cabinet carcass I have lots of alder and birch growing locally.
I have noticed that in the past you have left behind branches because they are too bent or twisted, it occured to me that this sort of wood is usefull for shipwrights. This week's Acorn to Arabella video featured a Sawyer (@t) who is specialising in suplying lumber to boat builders. Perhaps there is some log trading to be done.
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I dunno why, I'm enjoying watching a guy cut wood so much?
It makes me feel happy!
:)
I think I want my own sawmill now?
Me too. It's addictive! ..... If only we could buy a Matthew sized sawmill!!
I think it is due to the male's innate drive to destroy things for fun.
Ha!!! I'm seeing some giant cribbage boards played with railroad spikes! I enjoy the videos!!
We have a lot of cottonwood in our area in Kansas. When you said stringy and fibrous you hit it right on the money. Some try to split it for firewood and it is so tough and stringy. We tore down a circa 1890 two story house with almost 24’ long, actual 2 X 4s in it for studs. We reused them as perlins in our metal clad farm shop in 1964 and it’s still doing good today.
Why is it so fun watching you cut lumber and slabs? Probably not as much fun as you have but still very entertaining!!!! Love the grapple!!
hahaha it's a mystery :D
The biggest thing, I like about your videos... (other than the big slabs). You haven't used click bait once. You talk to your audience and explain what and why you do the things you do.
thank you!
Must say, I am impressed by the sawmill you have designed and built! Secondly, your description of the different woods you process, give me a good vision of it. Thanks!
Thank you for switching it up and cutting smaller Lumber. You have a really great set up there. Too bad you’re not local as I would pick up some of that wood to use for the builds on my channel.
Man if people wanna talk about how you move your mill that’s your mill you rock it I have a Hudson Oscar 52 with an electric motor but it goes kinda of fast I think. You do you I enjoy watching. I’m new to milling but I enjoy it when I have time to mill
Cottonwood is a strangely wet tree. They grow best by streams. Many of the pioneers hated them.
Just awesome Matt, nice slabs and lots of it too. At the new property install a water barrel and hose lol. Your new place is going to be a killer setup for you.
That’s a lot of nice pieces of wood looking forward to see what you make out of it.😀
Looking forward to the sawmill moving video.
I can't help but think his neighbours at the old house kinda look forward to that too.
Some of those pieces you call saw mill waste are big enough a wood turner would love to have for bowls.
Matt, you will appreciate the amount of work you are doing now while you're young to get as much wood cut and drying for future use. I logged a bunch of oak while in my 20's and sawed it at a friends mill. That was 35+ years ago and am still using some of it on projects in my house today. Now I'm nearly out of stock, maybe good timing as I'm moving from MN to ID. Once there my brother and I will be purchasing a mill to saw timbers for my new shop and some buildings on his farm, especially given the current price of lumber and several neighboring ranches have timber they log that we can buy, no hardwoods though. Really enjoy your channel and the beautiful projects you do, quite inspiring.
Glad to see some sawing again. I missed seeing you use that magnificent beast of a sawmill you built. I really admire the design and build you went through and wish you the best at your new home. I can’t wait to see how you deal with all the space you now have.
Best Regards
Fred Thomas in Skokie IL.
Been following for a while. Was especially interested in the Honey Locust video you made.. We had a hundred foot tree in the back yard (actually 3, guess they were a part of the same root system). As they were chopping up the trees after they were hit in a thunder storm I wondered what they would do with all that wood. They just chopped it up and shredded it into wood chips. What a waste. Glad to see someone doing some urban logging and not wasting good lumber.
it makes me happy to like watching fire burn in a fireplace it is mesmerizing, it relaxes me. that's how i feel watching matthew cut wood.
I have used cotton wood for face frames on birch cabinets. Works like basswood but more brittle. And cottonwood will twist as it dries.
You are one of the few people that does cut slabs. It is getting more popular. I have access to walnut trees that I want to slab out. I haven't had any luck getting anyone to do that work for me. The trees are 50 years old. I also have persimmon that I would like to do something with as well.
This has always been a dream for me if I ever win the lotto. purchase a good size piece of land and have one of that saw. I’m glad i stumbled onto your page. at least live the dream i’ve always wanted.
Thanks for sharing with us Matt, pretty cool looking woods. Fred 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
Some of the pieces you cut would make a Beautiful Guitar!!
Fun video and instructive on thinking ... for your water works I suggest a couple of big rain barrels or an old cistern to collect water from the horse shelters that you can use for ritual christening of your slabs and boards, unless the mill is near the house water ... Cheers. Farmer John, Ontario, Canada
17:35 that end is not sawmill waste....that’s an awesome bowl blank!
I thought the exact same thing
It's a different perspective !! You see it differently from others and that's OK !!
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Amazing that saw can cut through so many logs at once
great job Mathew!
The claw... it moves!!
Neat, the way you cut multiple logs.
Why anyone would care how YOU decide how to feed the blade through the log is beyond me, aftercall you are the one operating the saw, not them. Do it YOUR way. What works for you is the best way. Love the content of your videos! No matter what or how YOU choose to do things. Lot of ways to skin a cat.
That cherry burl offcut would make a nice shallow oval bowl. The sort of thing you put on the buffet for nuts or sweets or other finger nibbles when guests come over.
That Mini Skid steer is a bull!
47:49 Those would make an awesome bookmatched pair for a short and wide table.
This is cathartic to watch.
Thank you. Always like to see what is inside log.
YOU HAVE GOOD CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. WELL, CONGRATULAZIONS. THANKS FOR THE NICE VIDEO
Another TH-cam sawyer uses the branch fingernail cutoffs for sale to wood burning artists. I've seen some for sale at my local Rockler store, but they only take kiln dried wood. I think you have also made serving boards with them as well for another option you've had. I saw the article about your chairs in Woodsmith magazine. Good writeup.
Love the long videos. Post more. Awesome video.
Great video Matt. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
When you cut a thin slice off of a burl you should post them for sale to pen turners.
Yes
This video is really cool Matt. Thank you very much. 🇨🇦
I kept waiting for you to say that the fibers of the cottonwood were “cottony”! 😂
All of that wood would plane up well. Job well done Matt. :-)
😳😍love the walnut. Was wondering when the bucket would come in.
Hi Matt,
You make this log cutting business look easy. I’d love to look through your burn pile for some wood to make my boxes. Hey, have you ever thought about adding a laser to your saw? Even if it doesn’t help you that much, it might increase the clarity of your strategy for us who live vicariously through you. LoL, carry on.
So,...the logs are talking to you again? And they let you around power tools? Hmmm....
That's a very cool grabber you've added to the track-steer, too. Massive saving of muscle power and back strain, I imagine.
Isaiah market for those small pieces of wood you do a very good job very interesting
Enjoyed the video, Matt I would love to go through your burn pile before you light the match.lol
Amazing wood!
Have you ever gotten a hold of olive or buckeye wood? the Olive has a lot of picture wood in it and smells great, the buckeye is mostly a black and white burl, striking colors but the larger sized pieces are found below ground in the rootstock. But it smells terrible, if it wasn't so pretty no one would cut it.
Okay, you sold me on the red oak.
I feel like you have an above average obsession with crotch... grain... crotch grain 😆
Happy woodworking to you too!
Accurate
@@mcremona 🤣
I guess the it's almost time for getting the mill to the new house. Summon your super powers Mighty Matt! ✌
Thanks Matt!
Matt not going to lie, I bet you have gotten very good at claw machine games since you got that attachment for the skid steer, and I’m pretty sure I could build an entire workbench and treadle lathe out of your off cut trash pile
Hi Matt 😊
Have just cut my smallest first log, tongue in cheek to make you grin. It's only about as big as a paper coffee cup in size of 10 centimetre long and 7 in diameter with 7 pieces and a tiny Burl top cut. Bit of fun so okay to giggle but it took some time to cut it a centimetre thick each tiny slab a coaster size. Hope this is small enough.
Cottonwood / poplar spec. Is very soft..fuzzy.. hairy.. fibery.. splitty... wood... My advice is to dry it slow... Air-dry... But aim for a lower moisture content than usual.. to be able to get a smooth result when processing en creating with it.. light joiner passed... Sanding omnidirectional to het rid of the fuzzyness.. sanding sealer is advised...
Hey Matt, instead of using your drill motor, have Matthias Wandel build you a feed motor device!! LOL...
Hi Matt, your new home seems to have a lot more room than the other place, how many acers came with the house, that old farm building looks ideal for drying lumber and lone time storage. With a lot of expansion in the future.
22 acres. It's a barn with a dirt floor so it's very drafty and damp. Not super great right now for lumber drying or storage purposes.
Love the stack job...; > enjoyed the whole video...thx...
now you can make lumber for any barn repairs or upgrades.
How badly will leaving the pith in affect 4/4 boards? I always assumed folks centered the pith in one board, but I have limited experience in the matter. Also, Cottonwood tends to have a peculiar, funky aroma when cut green (it stinks to high heaven)... It's soft but fairly strong when bone dry, and frizzes like Bob Ross' hair if you don't use sharp tools for finish work. Did I mention it stinks to high heaven?
Higher likelihood of cracking along the line of the pith but not a guarantee. The cherry I showed at the end is getting pretty close to being dried already since it's been stacked for a few months. I don't expect much change from now to fully dried. I didn't notice any crazy scent with the cottonwood.
@@mcremona thank you for the reply, Mr. Cremona! Cottonwood odor supposedly varies from area to area, no idea why. Around here, the green wood is reminiscent of Sawdust mixed with cat pee. (So, sawdust that has sat for longer than five minutes...)
Awesome. You must have enough scraps to heat your whole house!
When the boys don't want to finish supper, tell them they need to eat so they can become your log turners on the mill 😉
Maybe that fibrous dust is the reason they call it cottonwood??
Those small figured pieces would make nice guitar bodies.
Cottonwood is named for the appearance of the seeds. The seeds are wind dispersed and have cottony filaments which catch the wind.
earthsky.org/earth/cottonwood-trees-and-the-snows-of-june
@@ElliotNestermanthanks, that's interesting. Dont know much about American trees, living on the other side of the world 😊
Matt, I believe that "cottonwood" got its name because the fibers are like cotton before it's processed (the fibers of cotton contain the seeds and they go everywhere and over everything); my dad was a farmer that raised cotton in the Texas Panhandle in the 1960s.
Carol Gutierrez--When Cottonwood tree release it's seeds it covers the ground like a white cotton blanket. The seed is surrounded by a white fluffy material, with a white cotton look, like a dandelion, but much bigger, that makes it easy to be wind blown, far and wide.. Maybe that's why they named it cottonwood? As a side note, that fluffy substance is extremely flammable. As a teenager in Montana, found that out the hard way, as when I set it on fire, (just to see what would happen, as a know it all teenager) damn near burnt some houses down.
Wood turners would love that burl if just a little bit thicker!!
The Cottonwood is an interesting tree. Member of the Poplar family, growing up to 6 feet per year. They are brittle and are often found near water. In the western U.S. they are often seen as the main greenery along creeks and rivers. Thanks for the great video. Now I'm wondering what you do with your "burn pile". Looks like you might live in a neighborhood that wouldn't appreciate burning.
Have you ever thought of using a garage door opener to feed the saw? It has the advantage of being able to adjust feed force with an auto stop if it hits too much resistance. Also has a long drive chain or screw. Love what you are doing. Where I am in Ohio NON of the tree guys will mill urban wood....saw blades....Pussies... There are thousands of board feet of red/white oak,cottonwood, several maple species, cherry.ash...etc all sitting and rotting
"Today, I'll be cutting boards, not slabs!"
*proceeds to cut a bunch of slabs*
Beautiful wood, and enjoyed as always! Do you have any suggestions on the places I should look to find logs myself? Thanks.
Cottonwood can look just like Walnut when stained correctly!!!
Love these videos, somehow completely addictive. But, how would you like to live in what looks to be a relatively regular neighborhood of house after house and have this guy on your block (or next door)....
Well, I have about 3K Cottonwood trees In the bottoms. Really interested in how those cuts turned out!
My PawInLaw talked a lot about the beauty in Cottonwood, looking forward to you making something with those.
How dare you feed your saw head with a drill as a motor! That is so impractical and expensive when you have a perfectly good and free crank handle! :D Jokes!
😂😂😂
Matt, great video, Sweet grapple action! A quick comment and a question- I’m so happy you got the skid-steer, not only does it appear to be really capable, but so much safer! Take care of your body and remain healthy and safe for your family! Question (sort of): can you please make something from the cottonwood or at least plane a board out once it dries? It would be really interesting to see how it works and finishes as I’ve never seen it used. Keep up the great work!!
Great set-up. Curious how you plan to use all of this wood?
Now you know why they use it mosting in paper mills. Have seen large groves being grown in Oregon & Washington just for that purpose.
You need a motor on that thing dude! That hand crank probably got old a while back.
Wish you lived in Yorkshire England, we have a very large Walnut tree in our garden but the leaves getting in the ground poison some of my plants , I would love to get rid of it.
Funny to watch you cut average size logs.
I watch lathe artists. They would love to have pieces like that buttress from 22:00 and a thicker chunk of that earlier cherry burl.
Hi Mathew ,you ever thought of using your waste to power a steam saw. .
Hi Matt, I love your channel! I’m wondering what do you do with all the sawdust that you generate?
Did the cottonwood gum up the inside of the blade guard?
The Cottonwood would be nice for arms on chairs
Hey Matt I Love Your video's i was just wondering if you had any ideas on a way to make the log arch easy to lift now that i'm getting a little older i't works well when i have help to lift . Thanks Marty
Matt, for the time I have watched you cut logs, I always think "What do the neighbors think"? Did that play into the move to the new
house? And do you re-purpose the saw dust. Pellet manufacture could be interested.
I want it all!
You have likely answered this in the past, but I don't recall seeing the answer. What do you do with all of the saw dust you create? Does Minnesota have a compost waste type pick up?
Next time you go to the arcade you are going to kill on the claw machine!
I know it's not a big deal, but would you do a short on making "stickers". Does their thickness might any difference in how flat a slab dries?
are you going to move to the new barn with the mill.
Once you go slab, you never go bab....back
Hi Matt when are you going to move the saw mill to your new home. You do real neat things keep up the great work.
I moved it in March. Thanks!
Please tell me you got that on video. LOL have a feeling that was funny, frustrating, and awkward
Yes, I think I have 4 videos to release before that one
@@mcremona what a tease!!!!
could you print up a list of log that you sawed on the mill. so I can search for in north Jersey. find some of the uncommon lumber in the area.
I'm really to this video, But have you looked into a round metal like wheel crank handle ? It makes the cranking easier & smoother. But i love your video AND the Furniture builds . thx Be Safe!!
Matt, are you able to feel and regulate how fast you can feed with the hand winch? If so, that certainly seems like an advantage.
yes, I can feel, see, and hear how the saw is cutting and adjust feed accordingly. Not a particularly necessary thing for small stuff like this but on the big logs, it's quite an advantage
@@mcremona So you could use an electric motor run by computer with a sensor reading amperage and when the amperage climbs, the computer cuts the speed back. That would be cheap and simple. 🤣😂
Sure could but then what would people complain about?
@@timothyball3144 Alain Vaillancourt (The Woodpecker) did something similar with his drum sander a few years ago using an arduino to slow down the feed when the amps got too high, so as to avoid blowing the motor’s thermal breaker. th-cam.com/video/Tihk_WNzmU8/w-d-xo.html
@@mcremona You built and own...and complete strangers, want to educate you....You don't say...Keep doing what you do, it's relaxing to watch.
i see your neighbours must love you 🙈
While you were loading logs I had a goofy idea, Skidsteer Hockey! you have a whacking great hockey stick that you hold with the Skidsteer head and play hockey, 4 players on each side, you could get the Skidsteer manufacturers to sponsor a game and provide a team and maybe the other three players of your team, what do you think LOL!
Play on a frozen pond LOL
What do plan to do with the cottonwood? Around here (PNW) it’s hard to give it away. I had several large cottonwoods dropped. Enough to fill a log truck. Wound up burning it all with stumps and such because nobody would take it, even for free, and moved to the edge my driveway with a excavator to help load.
I have no idea yet. It’ll just go in my collection and turn into something some day
@@mcremona I used Poplar/cottonwood to make cabinet doors for my kitchen (with Catalpa for the frame) -- I left both woods the natural color --- the blonde of the poplar vs, the dark green grain of the Catalpa is great contrast - both woods stink when cut green --- but are easy to work with when dry
@@mcremona I’ll be interested to see what you do with it. Out here if you’re really lucky a pulp mill or pallet maker might take them. Firewood buyers will reject it, even if free because it absorbs moisture so readily, even after being dried. Poplar I think is a bit different. Related, but not the same. And perhaps the eastern varieties are more useful. The 4-5 big cottonwoods I have left I’m hoping outlive my time on this property. If not, and I build a sawmill before they come down, I’ll probably mill them for pallets, skids and other such important uses, but not likely for any furniture. If I want a low value wood for something like a cabinet carcass I have lots of alder and birch growing locally.
I have noticed that in the past you have left behind branches because they are too bent or twisted, it occured to me that this sort of wood is usefull for shipwrights. This week's Acorn to Arabella video featured a Sawyer (@t) who is specialising in suplying lumber to boat builders. Perhaps there is some log trading to be done.