Cutting up a Log
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2018
- In this video, I explain the different cuts of timber you can produce from a log such as crown-cut, quarter-sawn and rift-sawn boards.
I've never done anything like this before so it was a bit of an experiment!
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A small note of caution - all parts of the yew are permanently cardiotoxic, with the exception of the flesh of the red berries. So avoid breathing sawdust, and avoid using yew for food and drink vessels.
Also parts of the yew are used to make chemotherapy drugs.
Inner Cremona... that explains the hair.
Really enjoyed watching the thought patterns, the whole process of figuring this out. I flatter myself that Matt ends up making the same decisions I would have (though his decisions are more informed). 6:34: "I have NO idea what I'm doing. This is great fun." I am so glad to have found this channel.
Welcome to the world of wood milling. A world where you end up slabbing everything as wide as possible, regardless of what you "should" do because you just cant stop yourself from wondering what the next full width board would look like.
The sheer appreciation of the grain pattern everytime you made a cut 😂😂😂 Brilliant!!
I recently started cutting up logs on my new first band saw and boy can I relate to the conflict in your head. You just can’t allow yourself to cut that beautiful face grain and figure in half, so you just keep going and going until it’s too late. Then you admire the slabs in awe and amazement, completely glowing with pride and a smile you can’t wipe away. Getting on, you seal the ends and put them aside. A few weeks go by and you have yourself some wonderfully useless cupped boards with maybe even a split or two down the middle. I’m thinking that if I have another episode of lack in self restraint, I’ll at least try to cut them thicker and then plane them flat after they curl up. Even then, it’s probably not the right move. It’s amusing that I can happily convince myself to disregard information I’ve gathered from research when dealing with these particular types of choices. But, I have learned many of my lessons in life the hard way and it works like a charm. Every time! Milling logs is like an equation of choices. Instant gratification, or realistic results. Hopefully experience will provide some ability to balance them both. Great vid 👍🏽
The cutting them thicker is not a bad move. And then its trying to dry them out with weight on top. Unless you have an amazing setup its going to cup a little but not so much.
For me it's worth the beauty
I actually did this recently and mostly did cut them thick...most of the boards are at least 8/4 if not 10 or 12 quarter. I figure that way even the worst cup should yield a 5, 6 or 8 quarter slab after fully drying.
It all depends how dry the log is before you cut it. I would cut it into 2” slabs and stack it for 2 years or kiln dry it if it was still wet. I presume the ends are sealed. There’s always bow fronted chests of drawers.
Great, clear explanation of the types of cuts with their pros and cons to consider when sawing up a log. Really enjoyed your video, thanks.
4:10 "I really like the look of *You* when it is cut straight through"
spoken like a serial killer
"Yew" obviously made the right choice Matt! ;-)
Excellent video showing the proper set up of the machines and blades before the cuts.
Really enjoyed this video. I learned a lot about wood cuts, grain and bandsaw maintenance! More like this please.
i don't know why i love watching these resawing videos so much. i guess it's the thrill of seeing the result.
looking forward to seeing you use those in a future project.
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I hit like when you said “one more” made the cut, looked at the grain, and cut another. Cracked me up.
I love watching the plan with quarter sawing and completely 180 to slabbing hahaha looks amazing!
What a beautiful piece of timber, you said just one more cut, then I started laughing you just couldn't resist cutting the rest. Great video
Love your analysis of the wood. It turned out beautiful. That wood will make beautiful boxes all day long.
I really hope we get the chance to see what you do with them! Such beautiful pieces!
With thru or plain sawn, you can glue two boards together after flipping one over. Since the grain/rings will be opposite each other, they will counteract each other and not cup, but you'll still get the look.
You made the right choice Matt! Those are all gorgeous!
just a reminder that yew is toxic and you should be careful to avoid breathing any of the dust. it looks gorgeous though and im sure you will make something awesome out of it :-)
"I don't know a ton about it, but we'll give it a go and hopefully I don't make a mess of it"
Proceeds to recite all knowledge regarding log milling as though a second language. lol
Yew, almost mystical...such precious wood!
Good choice on the through sawing, some nice pieces there. cracking patterns!
Like your vids mate! Your down to earth and ez going attitude, as well as, your instructions make watching your vids great. Keep up the good work.
17:45 - when you're shaking your head, I've just seen myself doing the same thing when I'm determined to cut a log in pieces but then I see a beautiful patern :D nice work, Sir.
I've just been to the Basingstoke Axminster store to try out the spiral cutting planer/thicknesser, quality bit of kit.
I shall be getting one soon.
Great video Matt, very inspiring.
Hi Matt.. great job and not surprised you kept going with the crosscut approach, fantastic piece of wood. Can’t wait to see what you do with it.
The bandsaw set up worked a treat.
Beautiful pieces! Thank you for sharing!
Matt, I hope you make videos of whatever projects you decide to make out of this Ewe. Just a beautiful wood. Great job.
Beautiful wood ! nice Job Matt.
Just one more, lol! Loved it! I would have done the same thing. That wood looked beautiful.
That was class, thanks for sharing!
His name is Alex Snodgrass. Everyone should watch his bandsaw tips. Great videos, keep working hard.
Ahhhh I thought it was him but I didn’t want to credit the wrong person!
Good call in citing Alex Snodgrass, Scott Mannebach. For anyone interested, if you search Alex on TH-cam, in addition to the helpful video that Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer) published, you'll also find a presentation Alex did at a band saw clinic in which he explains many aspects of band saw use and set-up in fantastic detail that is quite practical and easy to understand.
Good man! Thanks for what you're doing as well. Great content in a very honest and entertaining manner.
Great stuff, anf a great demo of the capabilities of both the planner and bandsaw. I was realy impressed with how well they handled the work.
So was I! That bandsaw cut through it like it was nothing and that was using a standard blade. There are some Axminster blades under the name Freshcut37 which are dedicated for ripping. Need to try them out next!
Very cool video Matt!!
This was fun watching. If you ever do this again, could you include how you would dry the wood? Thanks.
Great video, keep the hard work
Good stuff! Looking fwd to seeing what you make of it....
Great video! I really enjoyed it!
I'm feeling your enthusiasm Matt. After watching many of your videos I might have to take up wood work as a hobby. Thanks!
Go for it. You're really only limited by your imagination. You do need a woodworking bench to really get into the pastime though. It's like your number one tool. So plan on making one of those as your first project. It doesn't have to be a Roubo either. At least not your first one. Then there's schemes where you can use pipe clamps as a bench vise. Then you can begin work on your Roubo workbench. Nah you can use a junky bench for a while. As long as it is pretty solid and heavy.
Yew really did channel your inner Cremona ... now you just need to scale that bandsaw up by 1000% or so and grow out another 15 lbs or so of hair! That looks like some very pretty wood,. It would definately be good for boxes or maybe even slice it thinner and use it for raised cabinet door panels. Cheers!
Wow, that saw blade was like a vicious, attacking living creature. I'm glad to learn this one lesson, although for now I am using a much more manageable hand saw. No lurching out of the saw in attack with that.
the back of the last piece looks just like a fantasy map, love it
Good job Matt ,you used your imagination instead of sticking to strict set of rules. Well done sir
Glad you slab cut it looks great.
I wish I could have the same machines you have man. Wow. Beautiful.
I love the decision at the band saw! “One more..”
Lol, that face when you're operating the band saw is epic.
My Kids: What you doing?
Me: Watching TH-cam
My Kids: Ooooh - what’s the video?
Me: Cutting a log
My Kids: No, really, what’s the video?
Me: Cutting a log
Oh so it’s like a quick little video?
No it’s 21 minutes and I watched the entire thing without skipping through
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At least it's not a video about someone dropping a log.
Mine just shake there heads, mumble something about "Dad", and walk away.
I got given a rotten tree stump, after i'd machined it down a bit I found I had a nice chunk of yew.Luvly stuff!
Love your video's Matt. the best laid plans of mice and men. Really made me laugh, but beautiful piece of timber. Very informative too.
Highly enjoyable vid as always Mat. 👍
Cheers Alec!
Matt, that is one stunning piece of wood buddy!
Can’t wait to have a play with it!
You are an awesome person.
Hahaha! I would have done the same thing! I can't resist Yew! It's such a beautiful wood. Many blessings to you!
It’s lovely isn’t it? Thank you Tracy!
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Wow just amazing 😱😱😱👍🏼😜 I would of done the same this wood is way to gorgeous to have it in 1/4 sawn . Great job and i can’t wait to see what you will do with these planks 😁😜👍🏼🇨🇦
Snodgrass is the ‘bandsaw whisperer.’
You have quarter sawn correct.
You had me at Matt Cremona 😂
hehehehehehe ur so exited and legit this is me when i'm woodworking lmfao i cant wait till i can afford the tools u got access to i'm never leaving the shop period
Matt to the log: 'yew just look so beautiful'
re bandsaw blade centering, you're thinking of Alex Snodgrass. I've watched him do some amazing scroll/scupturing cuts while giving a spiel at at a woodworking show. I believe he works with Carter Products of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
You're too kind Matt. I think yew look great too.
Oh stop it you, you’re making me blush ☺️
I know this comment is a year old lol but you should have said "bush" instead of "blush" ya know, cause bush tree related. Such a wasted opportunity to start a line of puns. :D
Axminster make some amazing tools ,I love my bandsaw from Axminster .
I was just surprised, we have the same planer and if the bandsaw is a sip "16 that would be the same too. Got a log of yew in my shed and cut it tomorrow.
that would make a nice veneer for a picture frame. i've used thicker apple branches in that way.
Awesome video. Gkad I stumbled across your channel. Looking forward to watching your other videos. How did you find the bandsaw blade with tyre alignment, was it any better?
Luck of the draw, really nice looking grain patterns
loved it, find more cool logs to dimension
Oh I definitely will be. It was great fun!
I was doing the same thing with the small logs from the tree I pulled down in my backyard. Though unlike you I do not yet have a jointer or thickness planer. My Grizley 20' planer is arriving in a about 2 weeks so really excited with being able to plane down my boards. Then the jointer will arrive in a month. I'm really interested in seeing what you do with your boards too as I will have to find a project for them as well. For now I think my 8yo son want a wooden pencil box with sliding top lid so that may be a good place to start... as the wood is free, any fun project is good!!!
It opens a whole new world of possibilities! I agree with your point about free wood. I’m also thinking a box of some sort....
Awesome video, really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it's a different term in the UK as opposed to the US, but is the machine you used for the edges actually a planer or what we call a jointer? And the natural follow up question...if you call a jointer a planer...what do you call a planer? I'm new to woodworking so hopefully I'm not completely mucking up the machines or their functions.
Interesting. But... you backed off the blade tension to install the wide blade and did not re-tension it.
You did go nice and slow, definitely a must for such wide cuts!
Thanks for the video. Great stuff so keep on posting!
He did re-tension the wheel, though. At about 8:10
Wow! What fantastic wood that is. What you going to do with the off cut's?
Before you started to cut it, you had the makings of a really nice bowl ;)
But with heaps of waste!
Amazing video. great information, love your enthusasium. Where did you study all of this?
I have cut up a lot of logs, but I cut them up for bowl blanks. I have thought for years that bandsaw tables are way too small, and some day, when I get 'a-round-2-it' I will build infeed and outfeed tables, and maybe a sled since my jointer isn't really set up correctly....
You're killing me. We moved to a new house 3 years ago and I sold a lot of my gear so we wouldn't have to borrow as much. There was no shed there at all so I had nowhere to put it anyway. I miss the bandsaw the most.
... and not one mention of bandsaw drift! Well done. Well set up and sharp saws don't drift, but it's the one topic that seems to obsess the wood community.
"I really like the look of... you." :D "when it's cut straight through" D:
A playing card happens to be the right thickness between blade and bearing. Simply pop in the card and rest the bearing up against the card/blade. Tighten. Then just pull out the card.
Lmao!! 1 more, just 1 more.. cuts the piece, looks at the camera shaking his head, and proceeds to cut yet another piece.. 😂😂 you’re hilarious Matt! And for what it’s worth, the face of the very first board you cut, looks beautiful to me! Would make a real nice box lid maybe..?
Love the videos, keep it up!
You saw the results. There was not a chance I was going to stop through sawing the log! Cheers Scott :)
I sure did! It’s those little moments that really crack me up! I can’t wait to see what you’re going to make with those pieces too. The quality of your workmanship is outstanding, keep up the great work! Maybe I’ll send you a picture of what you’ve inspired me to make.... when it’s finished of course..
Quarter sawn yew is for arms and legs, so though and through for lovely grain was the right choice.
How do you go about reducing tbe amount of warping and shrinking on those nice slices you have just cut? Do you seal the ends? What with? Thumbs up.
Those wood make some amazingg cutting boards
It would.... if yew wasn’t REALLY Poisonous 😂
Matt Estlea oh lol
made me laugh seeing your face when you saw how good it looked after "one more"
This is precisely the video I needed after finding the trunk of an apple tree in the garden last week. I have been wondering how I could ever manage to get anything out of it.
andrea bloomfield I really suggest that you check out a couple of videos by Matt Cremona on reading trees and cutting them into boards. The Wood Whisperer also has one on how to cut wood into boards. Best of luck to you and your tree.
Cheers Andrea! Can’t say I’ve worked with applewood myself but best of luck sawing it up :)
Applewood is really nice, but very hard!
Hi Matt. Did you have to change the blade speed to slow for those deep cuts? My bandsaw manual suggests setting blade speed to slow for cutting logs....but you have to change the motor pulley position and I don't know whether it's worth the bother? Appreciate your thoughts, cheers man, great videos!
Matt Cremona. The first global woodworking community meme :D
My bandsaw blade sits in the middle at the top, and right at the front of the bottom. Nothing touches bearings etc. Any idea how to adjust it? Playing with the settings for several hours I couldn't see how to centre it. I'm in south Essex if you pop by for the lumber store.
Alex Snodgrass says the gully of the teeth should be on the crown of the wheel. The reason is both for support of the cutting edge and also allows your front guides to not have to move. Since the teeth are always in the same place, the guides are always correct. Only the thrust bearing needs to move.
Ahhhhh I like the reasoning behind the guides being stationary. That makes a lot of sense. Cheers mate!
How was the lumber milled for your workbench build you did on youtube? Quarter sawn or what?
What brand/type bandsaw are you using there ?
Which model bandsaw is the one you use? Thanks
Best thing since sliced yew
ever done anything with drift wood. I wonder why i don't see more driftwood / resin. projects.
thank you . yup sometimes the wood just tells us what to do
Nice chin up bar.
What happened to getting rid of the cracky wood in the center???
About the planing part you should always just plain two sides of a piece of would the 3rd side should go through a thickness plainer.The 4th side either a thickness plainer or a table saw.This way you will get all the side square to each other and the sides opposite each other will be parallel.
I learnt this the hard way i just plained 3 sides(one thin then thick then the other thin side) and the plank came out wedge shaped on the thinner sides.I thought my newly bought plainer was crap i almost put back in the box and took it back to the store but i watched a few vids how can this be fixed.I do not know the science behind it but in a lot vids it is suggested to properly mill up stock.Plain 2 sides then use some other method to square up the other two sides either thickness plainer or table saw.Band saw would not be a good idea cos of the blade won't be as accurate as the other two tools.
Probably in this project it won't really matter cos you will process your material further but this just popped into my mind when i saw you plain that log.