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Another awesome video upload! I'm amazed at what you do with your mill, your skills with turning logs into lumber keeps me coming back to your channel!
Lovin’ me some Hickory! If you just get one or two slabs it not a waste of time it’s fulfilling a passion and that my friend is WOOD!! Keep on making your videos they are wonderful and relaxing.
I've turned a couple of bowls in Hickory. I love the contrast between the light sapwood and the heartwood. The lumber is pretty much interchangeable with Pecan.
It's a shame you can't afford a big hydraulic Mill but that's okay look what you're doing with this one! you learn a lot more this way too,,, I think even though it's harder you're doing an excellent job !! young man you always learn in life ,,work with what you have, you're doing a great job .. God bless keep up the good work.. Made in America run by American American trees are beautiful God bless America. 🇺🇸
one of the most beautiful trees you'll ever mill is of course Olive wood but Pecan, old growths have the beautiful black Spaulting& the wood grains swirl from light creams to dark chocolates& smells like candy when you mill it due to the high content of sugar in the wood. It has to be preserved away from the ground where bugs can't get to it because they will eat it up quick, it tends to decay quickly if not handled properly in the air drying method with stickers. It's in the Hickory family and an extreme hard wood as the Hickory is. I tried to put a cured piece back on to mill and it broke blades. Wonderful wood for furniture makers& baby safe! They make cribs out of Pecan wood.
I LOVE your camera work and angles 👍 Suggestion? Don't rely on the internal microphones which dull your sound. Overlay the video and mute the sound, using sound from your main camera. Love the effort you put into your vids 👍
Hey Gary, you ever heard of it called ‘pignut’ hickory? Old folks used to turn their hogs out to fatten on all the mast in the woods. Supposedly hogs and squirrels are pretty much only animals that can get to the meat inside.
Love the close-up shots you’ve made it more personal see more detail a lot of the other people that make these videos keep taking shots from long distance it’s not as good
I manage a log yard for a large hardwood sawmill, do yourself a favor and go to Lowe’s and buy some rafter mending plates and pound them in the ends across the pith. We use these on Hickory, Ash, Red Oak, and White Oak to help prevent the log from splitting. Hickory can be a tough specie to deal with especially if there is some time from harvest to mill.
Just saying that the only two species of Hickory I have ever come across is Shag Bark Hickory and Shell Bark Hickory and these two species looked nothing like what this gentleman was cutting. I guess I will try to look this up and see if I can learn some more about it. When It comes to wood there is always something to learn. I saw a species (?) a few years ago of Red Walnut. No mistaking it! Over all a great video from a man who loves wood
All the old timers call it Mockernut. As well as my forestry professor...You never forget a proper specie name when you get docked 2.5 points out of 5 for just putting hickory.. Ask me how I know :) But yeah, we call it plain ol hickory here in South Alabama. Another great video, thanks
Beautiful. Something you might be interested in but it's time consuming and I've only done it once a long time ago. That plank on the far right, looking threw the camera, the right side of the plank,bottom half looks like a good candidate for a homemade bow. If the grain is a constant curve towards the outside, which it was cut thin, you really needed 5×5 from the bark to the inside but when it's dried if it warps then that's all the work you'll have in it. If not then the work begins. I dried mine over an underground coal pit covered with dirt for 24 hours but my tree was dormant, I don't know if it would make a difference. Anyway, just thought I'd toss you an idea, the project is very rewarding if you decide to try it. I can't find the book I used but I'm sure there's info on the subject on the internet. Great video and I love them beagles, my brother has a 1 acre plot, chainlinked, he won't tell me how much it cost😀 just for his beagle. That's loving a rabbit dog. Thanks for your time man, it was interesting.
Another great video. I just milled some maple with dark heart wood sort of like the coloring of that log, the MS661 has been producing some nice wide slabs. I thought the same thing you said, a bow tie for the split when I saw it. I understand that frustration when some that beautiful splits though. Do you plan on milling any more of that tree?
Have you considered a hydraulic top link for your tractor? It would add lifting range to your boom pole. The idea is not originally mine. I saw a video by a TH-camr who goes by the name of " The Outsider. " Passing it on is the best I can do to repay your work. I love your work and look forward to seeing many more videos. God bless you and take care.
Audit Recon It allows more stability in drying and also slabs like this are used for tabletops and bar tops and benches and such...so they have to be thick.
Great video but some future Squirrel will be mad for destroying his future home. Lol yeah i have seen that water bubble out like that many times. That was the warning sign you was going to have stress cracking. It was also the beginning of natures process of becoming a hollow as that is common hickory. Hickory is a very hard but flexible wood which what makes it more prone to stress. Isnt God a great designer and engineer? Not only did he create a great tree to feed squirrel but built into it a way to naturally house them. Then on occasion give us something of great beauty to build into our own homes to cherish.
I had a friend saw some hickory in 1” slabs for me years ago and I put that hickory in my hot Florida attic for several years. When I made a coffee table and put it in my house, within six months it shrunk up so bad it had to be thrown out! Idk if hickory just moves more than other woods but I’ve never had that problem with oak or cherry. I’m in Tennessee now with a lot of hickory on my land, I’d like to make some flooring with it but it scares me that it might shrink.
Indeed it will hickory is unique its incredibly hard when dried but when green it is loaded in moisture. This is what makes hickory so flexible and used in things like bows and handles. The trick for sawing it for furniture is you have to saw it oversized to allow for plenty of shrinkage. This also helps against stress cracking as well. But hickory isnt often used for furniture simply because once dried it is very hard and dense. It is very difficult to work with at that stage. It makes incredibly good flooring but can be quite hard on planer and jointer knives.
Ken Jett, if I cut it in one inch thickness and let it air dry for a couple years, you think if I’d bring it inside of my air conditioned house for six months I could successfully make floor boards out of it?
@@shanek6582 that should be ample dry time and bringing them inside is important allowing them to acclimate to their final installation conditions. But if you expect to end up with flooring that is 3/4 in dia i would want to rough cut 5/4 boards. Here is why first off is shrinkage expect at min 1/4 lose this will leave 1/8th per face to get a flat planed surface. If in drying the board cup just a little you will likely need that extra thickness to take out cupping. Even if properly stacked to dry some cupping will happen even with 5/4 you may have to plane down to a 5/8th finished product but that is plenty thick enough for hickory flooring. In woodworking it best to make sure you start with enough thickness for a product because you can remove anything extra but you cant add back if it isnt there.
So the paint is put on the ends as a means of letting the wood dry slowly. If it dries out too fast it will split, making lumber useless. The tips are painted as that is where moisture escapes fastest.
It’s Anchorseal. It slows drying from the ends to minimize checking. I don’t know if linseed oil will work or not. Anchorseal is about the best you’ll find. It’s not cheap, but a gallon goes a long way.
Before someone comments on the upside down chainsaw bar. It is done to even out the wear on the bar and extend its life. Carry forth with your regularly scheduled comments. Nice looking slabs from that log there. Seems everyone likes crotch figure. Blame Matt Cremona for starting that. ;-)
One word of warning, if you start chasing after a bigger mill, you will always need a bigger one. My mill cuts 11" wider then yours and it's not wide enough. And yes I have plans for something bigger. You've been warned. LOL. Have a great day and thanks for the awesome video.
@@falllineridge You need to look up Matt Cremona for his plans for building your own sawmill, I think he sells the plans, and he cuts house size slabs on his, lol.
Really excellent video but I miss the days of you sawing conventional lumber to me it is way better than Slab wood sawing. You had a uniqueness when you were sawing conventional lumber now you've become like everybody else... a slab Sawyer. Same ole same everywhere.
Randy Kirby That was just happenstance, Randy. I promise you there will be plenty of plain sawn lumber coming on this channel. Hope you’ll stick around.
you must have just bought the wood mizer saw head and made your own rails, them are not wood mizer rail bed. unless they really cheapened up on it on the 10 maybe on all models too, they were all flimsy ever since i had demos im my yard back in 1999
Arnold Romppai These are the standard bed rails for the LT 10. It can only handle a 24 inch log through the head, so this is sufficient. The larger models are much beefier.
Best helper ever! Oh, almost forgot about the beautiful wood.
Glad you made this one , I was hoping the Hickory sawn, beautiful character in the wood.
Another awesome video upload! I'm amazed at what you do with your mill, your skills with turning logs into lumber keeps me coming back to your channel!
Great Video! thanks for taking the time to explained ....I give that Lil' guy many thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lovin’ me some Hickory! If you just get one or two slabs it not a waste of time it’s fulfilling a passion and that my friend is WOOD!! Keep on making your videos they are wonderful and relaxing.
Lucky to have such a good helper!
cricket is the best! very helpful for your mood that is, so very happy to help also! We all need our own cricket.
Clever video graphics. Took time to set the cameras for those angles. Great job. Beautiful wood. Good work.
The star of the show wasn't the wood, it was that pup.
Great video again !
Good looking wood also !
great job , beautiful wood.
What were you applying to the ends of the logs?
I've turned a couple of bowls in Hickory. I love the contrast between the light sapwood and the heartwood. The lumber is pretty much interchangeable with Pecan.
Pretty wood Wes. Looks like spring is there for sure. Have a great first Easter with your new little one
Great Plains Craftsman Thanks Tim!
It's a shame you can't afford a big hydraulic Mill but that's okay look what you're doing with this one! you learn a lot more this way too,,, I think even though it's harder you're doing an excellent job !! young man you always learn in life ,,work with what you have, you're doing a great job ..
God bless keep up the good work..
Made in America run by American American trees are beautiful God bless America. 🇺🇸
Couldn't be said any better.
one of the most beautiful trees you'll ever mill is of course Olive wood but Pecan, old growths have the beautiful black Spaulting& the wood grains swirl from light creams to dark chocolates& smells like candy when you mill it due to the high content of sugar in the wood. It has to be preserved away from the ground where bugs can't get to it because they will eat it up quick, it tends to decay quickly if not handled properly in the air drying method with stickers. It's in the Hickory family and an extreme hard wood as the Hickory is. I tried to put a cured piece back on to mill and it broke blades. Wonderful wood for furniture makers& baby safe! They make cribs out of Pecan wood.
Great video. Liked the product. Enjoyed it.
I really like that log deck.
Great video. That dog is so sweet.
I LOVE your camera work and angles 👍
Suggestion? Don't rely on the internal microphones which dull your sound. Overlay the video and mute the sound, using sound from your main camera.
Love the effort you put into your vids 👍
Great video! Thank you!
Gorgeous
You would never have gotten that tarp on without his help
Very nice multi camera shoot. And nice editing.
Hey Gary, you ever heard of it called ‘pignut’ hickory? Old folks used to turn their hogs out to fatten on all the mast in the woods. Supposedly hogs and squirrels are pretty much only animals that can get to the meat inside.
Nice!!
7:43: That warn't nuthin' but a hound dog!
It's soooo cool guy's 👍😃
Ford Tractor made the video!
Love the close-up shots you’ve made it more personal see more detail a lot of the other people that make these videos keep taking shots from long distance it’s not as good
Браво! MASTERU
I manage a log yard for a large hardwood sawmill, do yourself a favor and go to Lowe’s and buy some rafter mending plates and pound them in the ends across the pith. We use these on Hickory, Ash, Red Oak, and White Oak to help prevent the log from splitting. Hickory can be a tough specie to deal with especially if there is some time from harvest to mill.
Great tip, I think I'll follow your advise also.
We also use “S” irons but we have found that in tense woods like Hickory it just causes the log to split at the radius’s of the “S”.
That looked like a "bitternut" Hickory... I mostly mill "Shagbark" Hickory. SR
I would like to get me a portable saw mill one day
great video keep up the good work love your helper to
Thanks, Terry!
Look like the log did not split but that is wear the limb started growing from when it was younger.... Interior bark on the line!!!!!!!!
Just saying that the only two species of Hickory I have ever come across is Shag Bark Hickory and Shell Bark Hickory and these two species looked nothing like what this gentleman was cutting. I guess I will try to look this up and see if I can learn some more about it. When It comes to wood there is always something to learn. I saw a species (?) a few years ago of Red Walnut. No mistaking it! Over all a great video from a man who loves wood
Gary Howard Looks like google is calling it Mockernut Hickory. Had to look it up myself, I’ve always just called it Hickory.
All the old timers call it Mockernut. As well as my forestry professor...You never forget a proper specie name when you get docked 2.5 points out of 5 for just putting hickory.. Ask me how I know :) But yeah, we call it plain ol hickory here in South Alabama. Another great video, thanks
@@backwoodshomestead482 I had forgot about the Mockernut hickory and thank you for setting me straight
Good dog!
Can't cant cam.
Nice wood!
What was the white stuff you painted the cut ends with at video beginning? Bug repellent?
A fair few nice axe and shovel handles in there
Like from Brazil
Nice
Wow..is that 3" thick slabs
How long do you let the logs sit before milling them?
Beautiful. Something you might be interested in but it's time consuming and I've only done it once a long time ago. That plank on the far right, looking threw the camera, the right side of the plank,bottom half looks like a good candidate for a homemade bow. If the grain is a constant curve towards the outside, which it was cut thin, you really needed 5×5 from the bark to the inside but when it's dried if it warps then that's all the work you'll have in it. If not then the work begins. I dried mine over an underground coal pit covered with dirt for 24 hours but my tree was dormant, I don't know if it would make a difference. Anyway, just thought I'd toss you an idea, the project is very rewarding if you decide to try it. I can't find the book I used but I'm sure there's info on the subject on the internet. Great video and I love them beagles, my brother has a 1 acre plot, chainlinked, he won't tell me how much it cost😀 just for his beagle. That's loving a rabbit dog. Thanks for your time man, it was interesting.
Derek Smith Cool idea! Thanks for the comment!
It may have been a small log but well worth the effort
nice tractor
From the city life but watching you makes me want to move
Another great video. I just milled some maple with dark heart wood sort of like the coloring of that log, the MS661 has been producing some nice wide slabs. I thought the same thing you said, a bow tie for the split when I saw it. I understand that frustration when some that beautiful splits though. Do you plan on milling any more of that tree?
Glastenbury Designs Woodshop definitely. I’m planning on flooring for some of it.
Nice!! Funny dog... :-)
"Maybe I need a bigger mill".........yes sir, I like the way you think;-)
DCon Great minds!
Have you considered a hydraulic top link for your tractor? It would add lifting range to your boom pole. The idea is not originally mine. I saw a video by a TH-camr who goes by the name of " The Outsider. " Passing it on is the best I can do to repay your work. I love your work and look forward to seeing many more videos. God bless you and take care.
Jeffrey Plum This is working pretty well for me so far. It’s a good idea though.
Very nice. If you mentioned it I didn't catch it, how thick are the slices? Looking forward to the next video.
OLD SCHOOL MACHINIST Just a little over 2 inches.
I don't understand why the cut is so thick? Beautiful grain.
Audit Recon It allows more stability in drying and also slabs like this are used for tabletops and bar tops and benches and such...so they have to be thick.
@@falllineridge That's what I thought. Being a cabinet maker I'm used to seeing 3/4" material. I liked the water bubbles. That was a 1st.
Great video but some future Squirrel will be mad for destroying his future home. Lol yeah i have seen that water bubble out like that many times. That was the warning sign you was going to have stress cracking. It was also the beginning of natures process of becoming a hollow as that is common hickory. Hickory is a very hard but flexible wood which what makes it more prone to stress. Isnt God a great designer and engineer? Not only did he create a great tree to feed squirrel but built into it a way to naturally house them. Then on occasion give us something of great beauty to build into our own homes to cherish.
Ken Jett That was a first for me! He is indeed the ultimate designer. Love to see His hand in these logs.
@Ronnie Boswell yeah they do go crazy for nuts of all kinds.
@@kenjett2434 Squirrels must like Wash DC a lot... !
Hope you saved that hickory sawdust for a good BBQ smoke.
I had a friend saw some hickory in 1” slabs for me years ago and I put that hickory in my hot Florida attic for several years. When I made a coffee table and put it in my house, within six months it shrunk up so bad it had to be thrown out! Idk if hickory just moves more than other woods but I’ve never had that problem with oak or cherry. I’m in Tennessee now with a lot of hickory on my land, I’d like to make some flooring with it but it scares me that it might shrink.
Indeed it will hickory is unique its incredibly hard when dried but when green it is loaded in moisture. This is what makes hickory so flexible and used in things like bows and handles. The trick for sawing it for furniture is you have to saw it oversized to allow for plenty of shrinkage. This also helps against stress cracking as well. But hickory isnt often used for furniture simply because once dried it is very hard and dense. It is very difficult to work with at that stage. It makes incredibly good flooring but can be quite hard on planer and jointer knives.
Ken Jett, if I cut it in one inch thickness and let it air dry for a couple years, you think if I’d bring it inside of my air conditioned house for six months I could successfully make floor boards out of it?
@@shanek6582 that should be ample dry time and bringing them inside is important allowing them to acclimate to their final installation conditions. But if you expect to end up with flooring that is 3/4 in dia i would want to rough cut 5/4 boards. Here is why first off is shrinkage expect at min 1/4 lose this will leave 1/8th per face to get a flat planed surface. If in drying the board cup just a little you will likely need that extra thickness to take out cupping. Even if properly stacked to dry some cupping will happen even with 5/4 you may have to plane down to a 5/8th finished product but that is plenty thick enough for hickory flooring. In woodworking it best to make sure you start with enough thickness for a product because you can remove anything extra but you cant add back if it isnt there.
Ken Jett that sounds good, 5/4 makes sense, thanks man.
TH-cam people know exactly how to suck me in... work on and display some awesome wood slabs then add a few seconds here and there of adorable pets.
What are you using to paint the ends with? Can I use linseed oil or do you know of a cheap product that will work? Thanks.
So the paint is put on the ends as a means of letting the wood dry slowly. If it dries out too fast it will split, making lumber useless. The tips are painted as that is where moisture escapes fastest.
Example: 15:20. It's might not be because of the moisture, but the same thing would happen if the log dried out too fast
It’s Anchorseal. It slows drying from the ends to minimize checking. I don’t know if linseed oil will work or not. Anchorseal is about the best you’ll find. It’s not cheap, but a gallon goes a long way.
where do you buy your anchor seal at?
Richard Mueller I got mine off of Out of the Woods’ Amazon store. I think you can find the link in his video descriptions.
Hickiry💪🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒++!
I'm thinking and LT 70 would do.
What is that goop painted over the ends?
Tinderbox Anchorseal. It seals the end grain to slow the drying process and minimize checking.
Always like your videos and I'm jealous of your mill. But I got to know...did that dog have squirrel in his mouth when he was zipping by?
Jeff Forbes Wouldn’t have surprised me...but it was a rag.
Are you planning on putting the mill under roof eventually?
froggleggers Planning on a pole barn build soon.
Wait, did Cricket have a squirrel or rabbit or something??
Maybe I need a bigger mill! 😉
Audrey Stinson Just a thought 😁
Before someone comments on the upside down chainsaw bar. It is done to even out the wear on the bar and extend its life. Carry forth with your regularly scheduled comments. Nice looking slabs from that log there. Seems everyone likes crotch figure. Blame Matt Cremona for starting that. ;-)
Indeed....Matt does love his crotch figure!
wonder how many of those old ford tractors are still working
Benny ofAtlanta They are tough machines.
Great. Did I hear right? Is your dog's name Cricket? Looks like a great dog.
Joan Kamp Yes, that’s Cricket. She’s a ball of energy.
Where is you breathing protection.
One word of warning, if you start chasing after a bigger mill, you will always need a bigger one. My mill cuts 11" wider then yours and it's not wide enough. And yes I have plans for something bigger. You've been warned. LOL. Have a great day and thanks for the awesome video.
Darrel Carson Appreciate the warning, but I’m afraid I’ve already been bit.
@@falllineridge You need to look up Matt Cremona for his plans for building your own sawmill, I think he sells the plans, and he cuts house size slabs on his, lol.
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You make it look easy but I know it's not
Really excellent video but I miss the days of you sawing conventional lumber to me it is way better than Slab wood sawing. You had a uniqueness when you were sawing conventional lumber now you've become like everybody else... a slab Sawyer. Same ole same everywhere.
Randy Kirby That was just happenstance, Randy. I promise you there will be plenty of plain sawn lumber coming on this channel. Hope you’ll stick around.
Sucked in by title ! :-(
you must have just bought the wood mizer saw head and made your own rails, them are not wood mizer rail bed. unless they really cheapened up on it on the 10 maybe on all models too, they were all flimsy ever since i had demos im my yard back in 1999
Arnold Romppai These are the standard bed rails for the LT 10. It can only handle a 24 inch log through the head, so this is sufficient. The larger models are much beefier.
@@falllineridge HUM, I SEEN an LT10 at the dealer down the hyw from me last spring and it was not like that