Sawing Thick Walnut for Leg Stock
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Matthew, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your videos on cutting slabs of wood and how you admire the beautiful wood grains, keep laughing and having fun. I see a lot of other videos of and they don’t seem to enjoy woodworking like you do, thank you for that. Congrats on the purchase of your new property/homestead wish you and your lovely wife and kids many blessings. 😎
Thank you!!
I enjoy listening to Matt in these early videos. His flippant diction belies a keen intellect. Norm Abrams films show a bit of that, as well.
you had a great point , commercial mills would not touch most of what you cut because they want as little defects of limb inclusions as possible and want a 8' finished length, thus the log has to be at least 8'6" or greater length before they will even buy them and they also have a upper size restriction for diameter due to their saws capacity on top of the risk of embedded metal from yard trees ,, they are looking to cut the most board feet per hour, with the least loss or down time , ,,, it a shame really because a lot of beautiful trees get turned into fire wood or get chipped , because of the lack of people like you who are willing to take the time and effort to recover what is in most part old or older growth wood, on top of finding the high figured pieces that most wood workers love ,
Matt, after seeing your videos for a while, I have to say you are a seasoned logger and furniture manufacture. I mean you take wood from a trees and engineer how to cut it for a specific project and build it, which I have to say there is no such thing from a single person point of view. That is a skill that is so unique, most people that watch this video don;t realize it. I bought furniture from HOOKER and 25 years ago it was made in the USA, recently bought the same brand name furniture and all over the box is marked with Made in China. Sad, all of these things move over seas and the manufacturing of the furniture is nothing compared to the old Hooker furniture. craftsman ship is not in the vocabulary of the Chinese. I look at what you do it take the RAW material analyze it cut it and prep it and then make the final product all from one place. AWESOME!
My friend paints in oil, she paints on small slabs with the bark showing. One that I like is a painting of a out house and a 2" round she paints a key. It has the peoples name on the house. Very nice.
She painted me a picture of a Indian and the frame was wood with knot holes.
Very pretty.
Matt, Thank you for explaining and demonstrating the terms rift sawn and quartersawn saw cuts. Your explanation was the clearest, best i've ever heard/seen. Now its obvious what to look for to get good straight grained wood for furniture legs. You are a genius!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
Lucked into a few walnut logs like that at a tree cutters yard last week. They leave the logs for takers. Unfortunately I don't have big truck so I had to cut them into smaller sections I use for making bowls. 20" diameter. Beatiful wood.
I learned recently that in traditional wooden ship construction, the crotches and bends in tree growth are exploited for their grain orientation. When you need a strong joint between the deck and the side of the ship, you find a tree limb that matches the angle and use the natural strength of the wood to reinforce the ship.
They sure were. English shipbuilders cruised the American colonies with templates searching for live oaks with the correct curves for ribs etc. They were than cut, labeled in some fashion and shipped back to the UK. There is a series of videos on TH-cam based on the restoration of the "Tally Ho". where this process is used. Check them out.
Matthew, beautiful setup. I've followed your vlogs for years, always fun to watch. As a rule, I always debark and scan with a lumber wizard any yard logs. If I don't debark, I will cant it first with an old blade, usually something that's already been sharpened 6 + times.
I’m glad to see the Garden hose I’ve been wanting to get you one lol
I usually keep it off camera
It's amazing to see the array of grain patterns that show up in the crotch pieces. Great work, Matt.
Matt
Take a hr or so and add a water tank for gravity feed for the blade so you can dispose of the spray bottle and have a constant lube/cooling thru your entire cut ! Just a thought !
Thx’s for Sharing, Great Looking slabs !
I'll bet that smells amazing to cut. I love the different smells of wood being cut. Walnut and cedar are some of my favorites to cut.
Yep White Oak too,even Pine
I wish I had the opportunity Matthew to work with wood as you do, especially the Walnut alongside White Oak, Red Oak, Walnut, I think those three species are my three favorite Woods.
Just use those for tables ! So beautiful
Walnut never gets old!
nice addition with the log tongs.
They come in handy for the small stuff
I wish you could get those slabs dried as I sure would like to see them in a project. Beautiful wood.
Stick around for 4 or 5 years. I'm hoping it will be sooner, but ya never know
how the heck will you ever remember which one had what figure in it LOL, I love the feel of timber and its beauty, so its cool seeing someone with the same love of the hunt, with the unveiling being a completely unknown, while we may have an idea of what we may see its still the first time anyone is ever seeing the Beauty inside of the tree. Keep up your amazing adventure, Cheers from Garry in Australia
I am jealous Matt. I really am. I am in Calgary Alberta. I have to order my slabs from Paul in Ontario, Westwinds on the island and Goby across border.
Great explanation of grain orientation and how to get the best yield from a log.
Thanks!
Matt, I always envy your ability to saw logs like you do. Glad you share your experience with us. Thx.
If you were to put down a tarp and collect all that sawdust it actually makes pretty good flooring for a chicken coop. It makes it pretty easy to collect all the chicken poop and mixes it with some brown material so that it can be turned into a pretty good compost
Kind of like kitty litter
Matthew. The internet has spoken. The Chewbacca table MUST be made!
Hi Matthew that is some very nice lumber you cut don’t know about your other watchers but I’m very jealous that you have a very large bandsaw and plenty of room to store/dry your timber and able to get such loverly lumber as well as April’s big bandsaw 👍👍
Matthew, you produce some of the most enjoyable content on TH-cam. Keep at it, creme always rises to the top.
Thanks!
Please blast the next batch of wood you saw with a few water balloons! I always learn so much from your videos, great job Matt.
That's totally going to happen! Thanks for the idea, Launce!
@@mcremona Yeah Matt, Give it a Splat!
Hey Matt
For Leg stock there is a reals simple solution I use.
Tale Quarter sawn out of the middle in both directions. That leave 4 wedge shaped pieces with bark or wane on them which can be trimmed up to make perfect rift grain legs.
love that Walnut. A hand held metal detector is a must .
I wanted to say, when are you going to get a hose instead of filling buckets of water. Ha ha good move.
Love your videos Matt.
I watched your last video on grain orientation, but I could use a few more...:) great video as always.
With all the left over firewood, might be worthwhile to make. Friends with a local bbq / smokehouse. Might even get a free meal for the family out of it ;). Cheers, thanks for taking us along, and “thanks for not knitting. “
Great as always. It was wonderful to finally meet you in person.
Ben
Wow, those are just beautiful!!!!!
finally a hose !!! good work thanks
I could watch these long videos of you cutting on the mill all day
Lindsey Cremona - Christmas gift idea for your hubby: Metal detector wand. hahaha
I had the same thought!
agree. Might save him from a nasty incident.
They're not that expensive.
And take his man card away until he learns how to man up when pulling nails
also a tip when removing nails with a claw hammer. Put a small chock under the curved bottom part and you will get *a lot more leverage* to remove the nail/s
Matt... my buddy runs a portable mill and scans with metal detector for these type of logs before sawing I agree good gift idea.....:-))
Matt the log slabs look great but the crouch pieces are stunning.Great video 👍👍👍👍👏👏
Thanks!
Crotch pieces make GREAT bowl blanks.
I would so much love 20 or so pieces of this 1/2 inch thick and 12 inch square! I'd get my scroll saw back out.
Those crotch slabs can make some beautiful tops for side tables, end tables, and nightstands. I was also thinking that the big crotch piece could have been cut very thick to create some bowl turning blanks. Some of the ovals and the like can be used for making clock faces, or serving platters, or cutting boards.
The oval shaped one would make an awesome sofa side table
Thanks for tip about grain orientation good info. I always enjoy you videos.
thank you Matt
More beautiful pieces of lumber. I wish my shop could accommodate something like those.
Such gorgeous wood.
Walnut , I think is the prettiest wood.
Absolutely beautiful
Great vid! More metal less wood next time. The sawmill build was the best
Great stuff Matt!
Hats off for the Andrew Camarata shirt
Can you explain why you cut the different thicknesses within a log (at times you alternate the thicknesses). you talked a bit about the future projects (coffee tables/end tables/etc) How do you determine what thicknesses you are planning for and are you cutting these logs for a customer or you're stocking them to sell later? 4 years seems like a long time for them to sit outside and weather before using.
Such beautiful wood.
'Main trunk' is technically known as the 'bole' in the UK.
Great video Matt 👌 enjoyed the process of deciding where to cut and what you will get 👏👏👏👏👏👏
When I lived in northern California I had less than 10 acres of Coastal Redwood and a few Firs. I was a high tech designer and didn't log anything. One Saturday I woke up to chatter down the hill and caught a pair spiking my trees. They were 12" long 1/4" thick spikes. That was a nasty trespassing attack. All that would do is endanger a person if that was cut with a saw. It might end the trees life as well.
That would make a beautiful grandfather clock! I want to build one out of walnut someday.
Nice video. I was wondering why you don't have rain gutters on your shop? Those doors finish would last longer.
The reason you need to brush the sawdust off after the cut to see the figure is that the sawdust is packed into the kerf you are making while cutting. That sawdust helps to keep the blade from being pinched when exiting the cut.
At least that is my take on it.
What the hey!? After years, I watch a random MC video, and he does perfect reveal splashes, and USES A HOSE! I'm flabbergasted.
or are you slabbergasted?
@@mcremona 😆😆😆 Quite. Definitely something gasted. Or petroleumed.
Tee hee you had me at "main crotch section." Matt ever thought about setting up a gantry or bridge crane above the mill? With a chain hoist and some log tongs you might save smashing your fingers....
How do you know what materials you have in your inventory when you have a project? "Oh yes, the 3rd slab from that log Nr 24 had a nice pattern that I can use for this".
OMG finally you got a hose out there instead of the bucket!
Thanks
Would love to have a small slab of that beautiful walnut for a guitar body
Ever think about orientation of cutoffs for bowl turning? Just saying there's some people would love those.
Yes indeed!
Could you use a small metal detector to check for nails, screws, bullets and barbed wire?
My mind is blown Matt with a hose what
🤯
Great information. Thankyou
Matt, Nice lesson on selection of cuts for leg blanks. Lots of oooo and ahhhh on those little crotch blanks. I’ll bet your thinking “doors” for those.
Hope you and the family get out in the beautiful weather.
Great video Matt, thanks for posting.
Really like your videos !!!
Matt excellent tutorial on wood grain orientation to path of the blade ..Until next time!
thanks!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Before you stack the boards do you take pictures ? That way you would be e a reference for customers to see what the boards look liks.
Would really like to know the make and model of that sawmill....
I learned so much from today's video. Thank you, Matt!
Wonderful to hear!
Nice wood
This is not a throw piece. You can get a lot of pretty timber out of it. Could make a few tables and chairs. I suggest a very strong magnet to check for nail.
Cutting it in U shape would be appealing to boat makers.
Those isotunes earplugs are great aren't they. I love mine.
I’ve been liking them a lot
Hey Matthew really interesting to say the least your mill saw does an awesome quick job on those logs really enjoyed your video amazing as usual 😊😊😊
Pretty nice work for a food blogger.
😂😂😂🍽🌭
Dang, I know peeps gotta build furniture too, but that broke my heart a little bit. That straight clean log cut differently coulda been a lot of guitars...:)
Still can be
I’m curious as to why you don’t use a double edged blade?
Very cool slabs. Keep it up!
Matthew, do the slabs stay uncovered while they're drying? I was wondering if the rain or snow interfere with the drying process if they're not covered!
Fence rows and yard logs are a nightmare. Even for firewood.
Have you tried using a pipe detector to check for nails before sawing? (I realise from other videos you sometimes prefer to leave them in)
Also lots of sapwood on yard trees.
Dang it! I learned all sorts of things from this! I guess there’s no room for my 7th grade locker combination now. 🤓 I do know those little bolts are called “dogs!” What do I win?! 🤓🤓 I’ll take the bullseye piece. Cool?
Hahaha didn’t realize this was a trivia contest
exactly
21st century. ‘’ don’t tell anyone I have a hose.” 😂
Great video Matt!
Beautiful wood nice explanation of rip sawn
Rift
Orxenhorf good to know, thanks
do you ever sell this small stuff at craft shows or to people who do craft shows
Gorgeous... Are you selling most of your wood locally now? I know you can't even begin to use all of that! Though 😃 you get to save the best for yourself!
Yes, been selling since 2012
Ever use a metal detector before you cut? Do you ever paint the ends of the slabs with paraffin to allow drying thru only at the ends and to avoiding splitting at the ends as the plank dries. .
JoeB
Really interesting to go through that with you. Enjoyed it!
Everytime you say crotch, you should bleep it out ;)
But I'm so envious of you having all that beautiful wood and the tools to work with it, not to mention your knowledge about the wood.