I saw a guy turn a chunk of wood to make a bowl. It had figure and rotten parts. I thought to myself, Matt would love this. I know nothing about wood . I started watching you a few months ago. I got hooked. I love watching you build your sun room. I'm a old lady ,you give me some entanglement and some giggles Thank you and GodBless you and your beautiful family
That exquisite feather grain had me drooling and sighing all the way through the cutting and the revealing. How wonderful you had the privilege of cutting up parts of that wonderful old historical cherry tree. To me, crotch wood is way more valuable than boring straight grain lumber or slabs. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I could watch you all day. Blessings to you. I use to snake logs with my Dad in Mts of Va., in the 40s/50s. You must be one satisfied, peaceful dear human. Hello from Texas.
When I was a kid we had a maple tree in our front yard that split at a crotch and split almost all the way to the ground during a storm but it didn't fall over. My dad borrowed a really long drill bit from his work and drilled through it, put a long piece of threaded rod through it with some big washers then drew up a nut on each side and pulled the tree back together. It healed back up and continued growing, eventually covering over all evidence of the hardware. Last time I went by there the tree had been cut down and I often wonder what the tree people thought if they hit it with a saw, or ran it through a chipper or sawmill.
On the farm we grew up on we had a similar maple. My dad used cable to cinch it together which, of course, grew into the tree. But the tree lasted for years after that.
Thanks, Matt! All I can hope is that the Cherry crotch grain does NOT wind up as 2x4's or 2x6's in the new addition. (Kidding, I know you would not commit that sacrilege!) I've done a few projects using MUCH smaller pieces of Cherry, one a chessboard that I gave to a friend (with Walnut as the alternate squares) 30-odd years ago. More recently, I made end-grain cutting boards for my grown children using Cherry as one of (if I recall correctly) 6 species of wood in a random glue up of 2-inch by roughly 2-inch "cubes", planed down to about 1 1/2" thick after the glue dried for a couple of days.
I am glad you are cutting today I love watching you cut on your saw I have been waiting to see this, you inspired me to make a live pour Whiteoak desk for my computer.
At 8:49 where you say “let’s look and see what we got going on. Fun shape” look at the circular pattern on that piece. That would make for a beautiful table top or large wall clock.
I was able to get a 10'x28"x2" slab of white oak with a crotch and some nice curl in it and bark inclusion for just 60 bucks so I made a desk 5' long with it and then did the live pour.LOL thank you for the inspiration!
saw isnt moving quite evevly accross the trunk. a electric moter would even it out. i know they cost money too. you have done well, you think things out well. you are a great wood worker. thanks for showing us old timers YOUR work. we just wish we could be there too! GOD BLESS.
Hey Matt, enjoy your vids & sometimes wish I'd built a large capacity one like yours instead of buying my Woodmiser. I always wonder tho, why the bucket of water & not a hose with a good nozzle?
@@madslashers2002 Slow down buddy. You can't be throwing your hose around willy nilly. You have to savor that sweet anticipation you get before the crotch is revealed.
I'm enjoying the home renovation, but it's nice to see some sawmill work too. At 13:30 - did you know that your metal cable starts rubbing as the angle changes? You can see it deflecting off the bottom of the square tube by 13:38. It's probably making it harder to crank as you get near the end of the track, and slowly chewing up the cable.
Great video, attitude, vibes. Odd that dimensions appear larger than what they measure. What you did this vid would keep me happily busy for a lifetime
Glad your back to milling your own. My favorite part is the grain reviews after the splash from the water bucket. What causes the cool blue staining? Great camera work.
Matt, I think you need to start naming you water splash positions and a 1-5 rating for water coverage and sound effect. At 20:00 I witnessed the overhead, right hand with a 1/2 twist and a healthy "HA", plus...full target splash acquisition. But the best was the 20:23 the bucket catch and a confident "OH!", certainly a full splash with a short well timed scream. I give it 4 thumbs-up for creativity!! 👍👍👍👍 How about a video of only water splashes and sound effects?
Looking good Matt, glad you got a good start cutting up some good figures. Thanks for sharing with us, keep having fun and enjoy yourself. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Wait, my cherry tree isn't quiet that big....No, not at all. I've been proudly showing what I've got but as long as my buddies don't see this video I'm good. My cherry tree could be the size of one of that trees branches though....
Just curious with a mill as big as yours is there a limit as to how many slabs you can cut before the weight on top pinches the blade and bogs the motor?
I'm always wondering, after you hit metal and damage the blade. I can see the difference in the cut-surface. What do you do with that. I guess I'm thinking that it can be sanded.
That was a great pair of logs. Will you air dry them or use your friends kiln? How do you go about selling the slabs? A web site or word of mouth. My Woodmizer blades would not survive that kind of nail strike.
Hey Matt, noticed you hand spray lube/coolant rather than use a metered dispense. Is that an advantage? And may I ask what liquid/mixture you use? Thanks in advance. Am learning a lot watching your videos.
Hi Matt I love your channel and I hope to mill someday myself. So talking about a silver maple tree I do some side work for an Arborist and we have to clean up some huge limbs on a standing dead Silver maple that is probably in the range of 5-6 ft wide it's massive and the Aborist says it's rotted through but it could just be the limbs and not the whole trunk wich is huge. It's located down here in South western Virginia by Virginia Tech would this be something u are interested in?
As always, love the video. I'm planning on running a couple thousand feet of 7/16 for interior board and bat. Any suggestions on dry time for indoor use in upper Midwest (Michigan)?
What would you want for that piece of cherry one or two slabs after the slab with all the blue in it? The one with all the different things, wavy grain, figure, and a touch of crotch figure. Also one of the outside slabs with the normal grain in it. For that normal one, I'd have to be able to get 4 2" x 2", x 40ish" out of it.
Glad to see you spending your hard earned money on these types of tools. No million dollar cars, ridiculous gold chains, embedding a diamond in your forehead, gold this, gold that. Nope, just a down to earth, regular guy going about his life with a lot of common sense. Good on ya, Matt.
Wondering.. After you mentioned blue stain.. What causes that? I recall hearing it happens in lightning strikes but then just yesterday I was told it happens with bark beetles.
The blue stain he finds is due to chemical reactions to metal. The blue stain from beetles in a bacterial infection which the beatles introduce to the tree..
Hi Matt, I went through the entire build series yesterday...fantastic! QUESTION: The teeth are pushing a lot of sawdust out the right side of the cut into the bearings on the drive side. What maintenance do you do to keep the drive side clear? Just compressed air? Or do you have to use a cleaning solvent?
Does your property have rainwater collection? Was thinking as you enjoyed yourself with the bucket :) that a large cylinder next to a rainwater downpipe would give you a regular supply.
Hey Matt. I’ve been subbed for a couple of years. I’ve never asked a question. Here goes. By percentages, what happens to all the slabs you cut. How much gets scrapped….also by percentage? Thanks.
Whenever Matt uploads a video where he's cutting slabs, I pull out a bottle of JD and everytime he says "CROTCH," me and the Mrs. take a shot of whisky. The Mrs. is pregnant again, this is all your fault Matt.😡🤪😂🤣
I saw a guy turn a chunk of wood to make a bowl.
It had figure and rotten parts. I thought to myself, Matt would love this.
I know nothing about wood . I started watching you a few months ago.
I got hooked. I love watching you build your sun room. I'm a old lady ,you give me some entanglement and some giggles Thank you and GodBless you and your beautiful family
That exquisite feather grain had me drooling and sighing all the way through the cutting and the revealing. How wonderful you had the privilege of cutting up parts of that wonderful old historical cherry tree. To me, crotch wood is way more valuable than boring straight grain lumber or slabs.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I could watch you all day. Blessings to you. I use to snake logs with my Dad in Mts of Va., in the 40s/50s. You must be one satisfied, peaceful dear human. Hello from Texas.
YOUR SAW HAS SAVED YOU A LOT AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SOURSE THE BETTER SLABS FOR YOUR FANTASTIC WOOD DESIAN FURNATURE.
Wow! Minnesota is having a really mild winter this year!
Nice to see the saw in action (and a flashback to warmer weather), but I've been really enjoying the Matt and Donavan Show.
When I was a kid we had a maple tree in our front yard that split at a crotch and split almost all the way to the ground during a storm but it didn't fall over. My dad borrowed a really long drill bit from his work and drilled through it, put a long piece of threaded rod through it with some big washers then drew up a nut on each side and pulled the tree back together. It healed back up and continued growing, eventually covering over all evidence of the hardware. Last time I went by there the tree had been cut down and I often wonder what the tree people thought if they hit it with a saw, or ran it through a chipper or sawmill.
OOPS!
Oh, I can just about tell you what they thought lol.
On the farm we grew up on we had a similar maple. My dad used cable to cinch it together which, of course, grew into the tree. But the tree lasted for years after that.
Something that large would definitely show up on a metal detector.
I'm so happy to see you sawing in your new yard!!❤❤❤❤❤
Your channel must be doing real well. Your home and equipment have improved greatly over the last couple years … and that’s great to see
I've been able to build a decent business in the 7 years I've been working at it. It's been an adventure. thanks!
Great to see the mill back in action and you in your happy wet place.
😆
Matt, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into releasing two videos this week. Very entertaining, thank you.
Am I the only one that Loves watching this little man playing with his Toys ???
Thank you, Matt. These are the videos that I have missed. I love that black cherry, my favorite species of wood.
You are right about the beauty of the wood making you happy. Best job ever!
Glad you have some video in reserve for the blustery winter months! Made me forget the snow outside here in Colorado.
Thanks, Matt! All I can hope is that the Cherry crotch grain does NOT wind up as 2x4's or 2x6's in the new addition. (Kidding, I know you would not commit that sacrilege!)
I've done a few projects using MUCH smaller pieces of Cherry, one a chessboard that I gave to a friend (with Walnut as the alternate squares) 30-odd years ago. More recently, I made end-grain cutting boards for my grown children using Cherry as one of (if I recall correctly) 6 species of wood in a random glue up of 2-inch by roughly 2-inch "cubes", planed down to about 1 1/2" thick after the glue dried for a couple of days.
Wow some pretty amazing wood, I forgotten how much I enjoyed watching these sawing videos. Now I have to listen to some Bobby Darin.
Thanks!
16:03 "Splish Splash, baby!" lol
That cherry log looks amazing
I am glad you are cutting today I love watching you cut on your saw I have been waiting to see this, you inspired me to make a live pour Whiteoak desk for my computer.
This is absolutely mesmerizing.
That was great! My mill comes in 1 month 10 days! Ordered it 7 months ago! Im beyond excited
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That large blue stain is absolutely awesome!!!
Everyone needs a giant saw in their backyard.
I think the same however the area in which I live lacks a forest and the mountains are off limits to harvest as its all state and federal land
I know I need one
That’s why we have Matt and his good humor and expertise.
@@GM6.7 Maybe so but you still need one.
and a telehandler
It's great that you have such fun with that wood it's good to see the natural fun in it!!
At 8:49 where you say “let’s look and see what we got going on. Fun shape” look at the circular pattern on that piece. That would make for a beautiful table top or large wall clock.
unbelievabe saw! great work building it! stay safe working! nice!
The white oak would make a cool desk or study station home desk office type thing
Nice to see you back sawing, thanks for the video. The telehandler appears to make life a lot easier too :)
Wow nice
Those would make some cool cabinet doors like is on your tool cabinet
Just me thinking out loud
Love your vids
I was able to get a 10'x28"x2" slab of white oak with a crotch and some nice curl in it and bark inclusion for just 60 bucks so I made a desk 5' long with it and then did the live pour.LOL thank you for the inspiration!
Great looking wood Matt . Thanks for sharing.
Those squarish slabs would make a nice farm house kitchen table or maybe butt end to but end an eight foot dinning table wit a unique shape.
Amazing how the 10hp motor cuts on your home made sawmill. If I was ambitious i would build and sale them just like you built yours.
I could see the blue streaks where the blade dragged those nails through the cut. We're going to call you Matt the Water Throwing Ninja.
Bill
Those first cuts of slab and bark make excellent firewood if seasoned.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!
saw isnt moving quite evevly accross the trunk. a electric moter would even it out. i know they cost money too. you have done well, you think things out well. you are a great wood worker.
thanks for showing us old timers YOUR work. we just wish we could be there too! GOD BLESS.
Love to see you cutting again
Hey Matt, enjoy your vids & sometimes wish I'd built a large capacity one like yours instead of buying my Woodmiser. I always wonder tho, why the bucket of water & not a hose with a good nozzle?
Buckets are more funner
@@giannisozo7928 Yup!
For real though! Yeah buckets maybe more funner, but a hose is gonna reveal more faster. Gotta reveal as soon as possible.
@@madslashers2002 Slow down buddy. You can't be throwing your hose around willy nilly. You have to savor that sweet anticipation you get before the crotch is revealed.
He watched too many Gunsmoke re-runs. They always threw a bucket of water on the drunk after they threw him out of the saloon.
That is some nice wood in my opinion... Great job!
Alright. Slabs. It's about time. I miss them. Thank you.
I'm enjoying the home renovation, but it's nice to see some sawmill work too. At 13:30 - did you know that your metal cable starts rubbing as the angle changes? You can see it deflecting off the bottom of the square tube by 13:38. It's probably making it harder to crank as you get near the end of the track, and slowly chewing up the cable.
Great video, attitude, vibes. Odd that dimensions appear larger than what they measure. What you did this vid would keep me happily busy for a lifetime
Well done Matt, as always, thank you
Your videos have excellent camera work!
Glad your back to milling your own. My favorite part is the grain reviews after the splash from the water bucket.
What causes the cool blue staining? Great camera work.
Iron from the nail?
very awesome friend
Matt, I think you need to start naming you water splash positions and a 1-5 rating for water coverage and sound effect. At 20:00 I witnessed the overhead, right hand with a 1/2 twist and a healthy "HA", plus...full target splash acquisition. But the best was the 20:23 the bucket catch and a confident "OH!", certainly a full splash with a short well timed scream. I give it 4 thumbs-up for creativity!! 👍👍👍👍 How about a video of only water splashes and sound effects?
Then we could all mail in our scores - 8.9, 9.0, 9,1, 9.0 . . .
Matt needs a hose. Should we all pitch in??
Two Matt videos this weekend, YAAAAYYY!
Something new I’m trying
Ive always been curious. Who buys this wood from you? What are the most common things are they turned into?
Looking good Matt, glad you got a good start cutting up some good figures. Thanks for sharing with us, keep having fun and enjoy yourself. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
I love to watch you saw!!
Hey HAP Holidays Matt & family
Love you cutting!
Thank you, that was fun to watch.
I had visions that the next slab moved was gonna land on your foot - Take care!
That cherry is freaking awesome
I've been waiting on that cherry. I found one standing on my family's property that is close to that size. I dont often see them of any size
Wait, my cherry tree isn't quiet that big....No, not at all. I've been proudly showing what I've got but as long as my buddies don't see this video I'm good. My cherry tree could be the size of one of that trees branches though....
I love the blue stain
Ok Matt, I am afraid to ask . What do you charge for a cherry slab?
The beau8crotch grain with all of the incredible patterns would make a couple of black powder rifle stocks.
Your very own videographer to follow you around !
Insta-like for the title, Matt 😂
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Just curious with a mill as big as yours is there a limit as to how many slabs you can cut before the weight on top pinches the blade and bogs the motor?
No, the kerf being cut it wider than the blade’s body. The blade isn’t being dragged through the cut. It’s floating
Absolutely beautiful enjoyed every saw!
What do you do with those off-cuts(6:12)? I would totally buy them.
I'm always wondering, after you hit metal and damage the blade. I can see the difference in the cut-surface. What do you do with that. I guess I'm thinking that it can be sanded.
That was a great pair of logs. Will you air dry them or use your friends kiln? How do you go about selling the slabs? A web site or word of mouth. My Woodmizer blades would not survive that kind of nail strike.
The only thing that confuses me is how Matt isn't looking like an olympic lifter from throwing these slabs around all the time - thanks for the video!
Right?! Low reps at heavy weight.
Some people just don't bulk up. My late father & his brothers are those kind of people. Slim wiry muscles but not jacked up.
@@munirahbakar4123 i was just kidding... lol
Beautiful,really beautiful!!!!!
Hi Mathew. You spray your wood with something to get rid of the bugs in the wood. Can you please tell me what you use. Thanks
Hey Matt, noticed you hand spray lube/coolant rather than use a metered dispense. Is that an advantage? And may I ask what liquid/mixture you use? Thanks in advance. Am learning a lot watching your videos.
Hi Matt I love your channel and I hope to mill someday myself. So talking about a silver maple tree I do some side work for an Arborist and we have to clean up some huge limbs on a standing dead Silver maple that is probably in the range of 5-6 ft wide it's massive and the Aborist says it's rotted through but it could just be the limbs and not the whole trunk wich is huge. It's located down here in South western Virginia by Virginia Tech would this be something u are interested in?
Wow
what a huge thing that is.
As always, love the video. I'm planning on running a couple thousand feet of 7/16 for interior board and bat. Any suggestions on dry time for indoor use in upper Midwest (Michigan)?
Wonder if you could put a grabber attachment on your telehandler?
I could. It’s plumbed for auxiliaries
What would you want for that piece of cherry one or two slabs after the slab with all the blue in it? The one with all the different things, wavy grain, figure, and a touch of crotch figure. Also one of the outside slabs with the normal grain in it. For that normal one, I'd have to be able to get 4 2" x 2", x 40ish" out of it.
Blue - Make an interesting solid body guitar, or table top.
Isn't it the oak with the blue stain?? (Matt will put us right)
Great weather for December 😉
Great work video 👍👍🎼🎶🎵🎶😊😊
Glad to see you spending your hard earned money on these types of tools. No million dollar cars, ridiculous gold chains, embedding a diamond in your forehead, gold this, gold that. Nope, just a down to earth, regular guy going about his life with a lot of common sense. Good on ya, Matt.
I'm normally a quarter-sawn with ray flecks kinda guy, but you nearly have me converted to figure with these logs.
Wondering.. After you mentioned blue stain.. What causes that? I recall hearing it happens in lightning strikes but then just yesterday I was told it happens with bark beetles.
The blue stain he finds is due to chemical reactions to metal. The blue stain from beetles in a bacterial infection which the beatles introduce to the tree..
Where can I buy your slabs? I'm in the Twin Cities and would love to get my hands on one
Hi Matt, I went through the entire build series yesterday...fantastic! QUESTION: The teeth are pushing a lot of sawdust out the right side of the cut into the bearings on the drive side. What maintenance do you do to keep the drive side clear? Just compressed air? Or do you have to use a cleaning solvent?
Love your work...truly an artist in all things wood
I hope Lindsay was wearing her rain slicker with all that splashing! hahaha
I would have preferred to see those cut up into bowl blanks. I'm sure you can make more off of slabs though.
These little pieces of wood slices would make an awesome floor if you could make 3/4 inch odd sized planks and nail them together.
Does your property have rainwater collection? Was thinking as you enjoyed yourself with the bucket :) that a large cylinder next to a rainwater downpipe would give you a regular supply.
Hey Matt. I’ve been subbed for a couple of years. I’ve never asked a question. Here goes. By percentages, what happens to all the slabs you cut. How much gets scrapped….also by percentage? Thanks.
I'll sell around 90% and the rest gets used. nothing really gets scraped. If it gets cut it will either be sold or used.
Great work ! ! !
I'm new to your channel. I enjoyed watching you work. I was looking for a brand name for your mill. What are you sing?
Would love some of that Cherry for hand carving spoons, bowls etc. Very hard to get. Ill pay for it! Just saying lol.
Nice stuff, thanks
Whenever Matt uploads a video where he's cutting slabs, I pull out a bottle of JD and everytime he says "CROTCH," me and the Mrs. take a shot of whisky.
The Mrs. is pregnant again, this is all your fault Matt.😡🤪😂🤣
How are you not dead???
@@agwheeler2000
Some people die hard.
Did you say that your blade was carbide tipped? Beautiful cherry
Thanks. See anything which will reappear in your home?
Did Lindsay shoot the hand-held section of your video?
that would make some nice cabinets , or trim work