Hello, George here. When I was a kid in central Ohio, a tornado nocked over a line of really old wild black cherry trees. My dad cut the trunks into log sections to trailer to the mill. The chief sawyer looked them over and said he would not saw one of them. He said there was a stone inside the log. While the mill was working on the other logs dad cut that one open with the chainsaw. sure enough, right where the man said, there was a granite stone about the size of a softball. We had lots of black cherry lumber from all those logs. I was amazed that that old sawyer could see that that stone was in there. Dad said some old farmer probably set a stone in the fork of the tree when it was small. I really enjoy your videos. thank you so much for providing them. Smiling, George.
Cherry and Walnut are two woods that feel amazing once they have a nice boiled linseed oil and beeswax finish put on them......just gives them that butter soft texture you cant help but to put your hand on.
I own a sawmill and it is a lot of fun watching your team working as hard as you do. I have 100 % respect for the skill that you have acquired and your awesome work ethics
Especially in hardwoods do not hesitate to cut shorter lengths. Hardwood projects often make good use of 4 to 6 footers,, and when you have a 'banana' log,, cherry,, walnut, etc,, cut the log into shorter lengths before you begin. You will yield more board feet. Sometimes, substantially more board feet. Structural stuff may be less valuable in 6 and 8 foot lengths,, but not furniture grade hardwoods. And yes. your solar kiln may be the perfect place to sticker and stack the walnut and cherry.
You could also use a different type of mill that uses a circular saw blade that can angle 90 degrees instead of a bandsaw so you can cut more narrow short boards first.
As a woodworker Walnut is my favourite wood for many reasons. Smells great off the saw, finishes beautifully with no need of stain, and works very well, neither too hard nor too soft.
Good idea to color code the lumber, very smart idea . Love the way you keep the lumber yard clean and try to use all of the wood product . Lumber, fire wood and saw dust . Business model every one could use in any business! Good job girls .
My heart sank a little when you said you hit metal that never does a wood sawing blade any good. It was cool to see you see you mill a couple of hardwood logs and show how it's done. The woodgrain in the walnut log is so beautiful to see. I'm a low budget woodworker, so often I've turned to the repurposing of pallet wood or wooden crates to make something. Good video, thanks
A lot of sawyers would like to see how you went about removing the metal and what you did when you continued with that log to ensure all metal removed and no more blades are damaged.
You ladies do an awesome job are used to work in my stepfather’s Sawmill and we used to Cut a lot of hardwood sometimes we would cut pine and red cedar where is the love working in my stepfather’s mill is in the forestry Broadus out So keep up the good work girls love it have a great one and God bless
Great job 👍 as a journeyman carpenter and fine woodworker, thanks for cutting them a little thick because we always want to run them through our planer to size them
I imagined I could smell the cherry sawdust, when you made that first cut. One of my favorites. Iron/steel inclusions always leave a bluish streak. Character marks. Nice work saving what you could.
Keep up the good work. You're getting much smoother in your presentation and it shows in the growth of the channel. Thanks for another interesting vid.
Love watching this. I make small live edge pieces with walnut and your stuff looks great. Great channel and love to see a family working together, living it right.
Emerald i have to say you are getting better at this, you are more comfortable in front of the camera and just speaking. its been awesome to see you folks grow on this channel. I'm not sure who does the editing but its getting steadily better. You and your sister are doing amazing and a huge kudo to your parents for helping you and your siblings learn a tough trade and thank you for sharing your journey with us. I didn't forget your little bro we just don't see a lot of him.
Glade to see you milling some hardwood. I've cut millions of board feet of construction grade softwoods on my mills over the years But Woodmizers absolutely shine when it comes to getting the most dollar added value out of a mid to high grade hardwood log. Keep up the good work and be safe.
One thing to consider with woods like walnut and cherry or hard maple and many others that are used for cabinets or furniture is that width is premium but also shorts are very easy to sell. A nice four foot or six foot board can be a premium priced sale. I know it is extra storage space and maybe a little more work to fit in the kiln, but you can get so much more per board foot on shorts they can be worth the trouble most of the time. So those weird flitches that are narrow on both ends but wide for four foot in the middle can be cut out with the cross cut saw and then run through the edger. Just a thought.
Also a long four inch wide board still has a market also. Look hard at getting every board foot out of those hardwoods to max the profit. Shame to see them burn as firewood.
In truth, a clear face is usually more of a premium than a wider board with a defect in it. That would be called sawing for grade as opposed to simply cutting through and through.
I like the colored ends identification,red cedar is beautiful,black walnut is big$ I can't believe the Woodmizer I run dont have the rectangle pad -slab and board return, I like it good job,bummer steel in it ,bust a blade or dull it at the least we get ours resharpened if possible,even dirt in bark can be devastating,yard trees are the worst for steel almost need magnet or xray ✌!
do you ever see really flamed or curly type of woods often? figured maple etc.... guitar necks and bodies look great using those woods/grains. you people do great work. peace
That is some awesome wood. Doors , tables , cabinets I love working with different types of wood. Milled up some Liquid Amber and Canary Pine last winter and have been working it now. Addiction.
Nice video. I love the patterns and color variations in walnut. Sorry that a blade was damaged. I hope that doesn't happen to you too often. I see old barbed wire and sometimes old chains embedded in trees fairly regularly.
Painting your end cuts also seals them too, not just identity. That was a black walnut btw and that was nice, super expensive. Almost driven extinct by their use for rifle stocks over the WW1-WW2 period Sucks there was metal in the Cherry, but that is still nice lumber.
Family that works together successfully shows a strong bond. And they all bust their tail, and obviously know what they're doing. But I don't watch for the lumber skills.... it's hard to focus on anything but what seems to be an improvement of Scarlett Johansson. Those eyes pierced through my soul
That walnut has a great contrasting wood grain... be nice if you could splash some water on it to really show us the grain on pieces like that. Keep up the good work and videos. -FL
Nice watching you guys cut on nicer wood, I hope you guys saved the off fall/ "flitches" someone might like those for decorative creations and or Crafts. Smells good and is Beautiful. That kind of wood is harder to come by. Those pieces can always be dried out.
A bent tooth on your saw will cause marking. If you can find it and straighten it with a crescent wrench it might save you a saw change. And yes, the lumber is beautiful too. 🙂
I like the way you described rough sawed as smooth. Reminds me of a used car salesman who said rusted cars were recently painted.
WOW that walnut !!! Fist bumps from Canada
God you girls are good.
These -year-old old videos are popping up and I've only been subscribed for nine months so
Love that walnut, the king of furniture woods, seconded by cherry.
You are a fountain of knowledge.
Great job ladies!
A great video. Thank you for sharing. Be safe out there.
Thanks for the show.
That walnut was beautiful.
Eastern Black Walnut has such a lovely smell to it when being cut on the table saw.
Cool tactical log yard boots, Jade
Thanks!
My two most favorite woods for carving and turning.
Amazing!
I loved the walnut footage the most.
Watching your channel brings back memories of my grandparents farm in the mountains of WV. I used to love spending my summers there.
Cherry grain for Emerald's red hair. Walnut for Jade's brown hair. Color-coded cuteness.
AAH, The alliteration!!
Color Coded Cuteness.
Great stuff
This family is a Great Team of business people good luck wow
Excellent job ladies, Walnut and Cherry are really beautiful woods for woodworking, I know some lucky person will appreciate your handywork.
Hello, George here. When I was a kid in central Ohio, a tornado nocked over a line of really old wild black cherry trees. My dad cut the trunks into log sections to trailer to the mill. The chief sawyer looked them over and said he would not saw one of them. He said there was a stone inside the log. While the mill was working on the other logs dad cut that one open with the chainsaw. sure enough, right where the man said, there was a granite stone about the size of a softball. We had lots of black cherry lumber from all those logs. I was amazed that that old sawyer could see that that stone was in there. Dad said some old farmer probably set a stone in the fork of the tree when it was small. I really enjoy your videos. thank you so much for providing them. Smiling, George.
If only you could add smell to your videos.... Part of the pleasure of working with wood is the smell and walnut is wonderful!
Beauty video girls! Missed being able to watch it last night. But now I have two videos to watch tonight! 👍👍👍. That walnut is awesome 👍👍!!
Cherry and Walnut are two woods that feel amazing once they have a nice boiled linseed oil and beeswax finish put on them......just gives them that butter soft texture you cant help but to put your hand on.
The grain on the walnut is stunning.
I own a sawmill and it is a lot of fun watching your team working as hard as you do. I have 100 % respect for the skill that you have acquired and your awesome work ethics
Two beautiful hardwoods milled by TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Opening shot reminds me of “The Witch of Westmoreland”, a real beauty.
That walnut grain is beautiful
Nice, love to see some hardwoods getting milled!
Keep those milling videos coming, please! They never disappoint.
Thank you for the video. Love seeing different wood going through the mill.
What beautiful grain in that walnut!
Greetings from Germany! Thanks for the Video. I love to watch the latest content of yours in the Morning with a cup of hot Coffee😄
It is really amazing to see what is locked away in a log. The walnut is gorgeous.
Good to see you milling more hard woods . You probably have access to a lot more like that. good $$
Great job again thank you for sharing your video and your work I know it's a lot of work and a good video thank you again. Don
Beautiful lumber!
Y'all work your a**es off!!
Thanks from Alaska...
Y'all will make some wood worker happy with that Walnut
Especially in hardwoods do not hesitate to cut shorter lengths. Hardwood projects often make good use of 4 to 6 footers,, and when you have a 'banana' log,, cherry,, walnut, etc,, cut the log into shorter lengths before you begin. You will yield more board feet. Sometimes, substantially more board feet. Structural stuff may be less valuable in 6 and 8 foot lengths,, but not furniture grade hardwoods. And yes. your solar kiln may be the perfect place to sticker and stack the walnut and cherry.
You could also use a different type of mill that uses a circular saw blade that can angle 90 degrees instead of a bandsaw so you can cut more narrow short boards first.
As a woodworker Walnut is my favourite wood for many reasons. Smells great off the saw, finishes beautifully with no need of stain, and works very well, neither too hard nor too soft.
Makes great knife handle
Good idea to color code the lumber, very smart idea . Love the way you keep the lumber yard clean and try to use all of the wood product . Lumber, fire wood and saw dust . Business model every one could use in any business! Good job girls .
Morior Invictus and Star of David? If there's a back story for your family heritage there, it would be nice to hear someday.
I would love to have just the scraps from those two. I turn pens, letter openers, and bowls for giggles. My fav is Black Walnut.
My heart sank a little when you said you hit metal that never does a wood sawing blade any good.
It was cool to see you see you mill a couple of hardwood logs and show how it's done. The woodgrain in the walnut log is so beautiful to see. I'm a low budget woodworker, so often I've turned to the repurposing of pallet wood or wooden crates to make something.
Good video, thanks
*I enjoyed the "Crash-Cam"* *at **6:43* 😊👍
A lot of sawyers would like to see how you went about removing the metal and what you did when you continued with that log to ensure all metal removed and no more blades are damaged.
I'm a sucker for some black walnut, great video! 👍
walnut is the most beautiful wood!! love the green when it is freshly milled, i wished it stayed!!
You ladies do an awesome job are used to work in my stepfather’s Sawmill and we used to Cut a lot of hardwood sometimes we would cut pine and red cedar where is the love working in my stepfather’s mill is in the forestry Broadus out So keep up the good work girls love it have a great one and God bless
Great job 👍 as a journeyman carpenter and fine woodworker, thanks for cutting them a little thick because we always want to run them through our planer to size them
If you haven’t done so already, I’d enjoy seeing a segment on machine maintenance and repair. Love your channel!
I imagined I could smell the cherry sawdust, when you made that first cut. One of my favorites. Iron/steel inclusions always leave a bluish streak. Character marks. Nice work saving what you could.
your camera work and editing are reason enough to watch your content. On a phone even. heh .. you put on quite a show. :o)
Keep up the good work. You're getting much smoother in your presentation and it shows in the growth of the channel. Thanks for another interesting vid.
it's been a long time since I have worked in the lumber yard but that is some of the best cherrywood I have ever seen. where does it come from??
Cherry and Walnut are certain 2 of the most beautiful woods to mill up.
Love watching this. I make small live edge pieces with walnut and your stuff looks great.
Great channel and love to see a family working together, living it right.
wow ladies you are doing a really nice job. there is real gold in the wood. nice video 😘🤠🤠🍁🇳🇱🇳🇱
Emerald i have to say you are getting better at this, you are more comfortable in front of the camera and just speaking. its been awesome to see you folks grow on this channel. I'm not sure who does the editing but its getting steadily better. You and your sister are doing amazing and a huge kudo to your parents for helping you and your siblings learn a tough trade and thank you for sharing your journey with us. I didn't forget your little bro we just don't see a lot of him.
Right on!!!!
Aloha Mick
Glade to see you milling some hardwood. I've cut millions of board feet of construction grade softwoods on my mills over the years But Woodmizers absolutely shine when it comes to getting the most dollar added value out of a mid to high grade hardwood log.
Keep up the good work and be safe.
Have you considered cutting slabs for table tops?
The walnut slabs go for thousands ( for wider slabs)
Good video, nice camera work
One thing to consider with woods like walnut and cherry or hard maple and many others that are used for cabinets or furniture is that width is premium but also shorts are very easy to sell. A nice four foot or six foot board can be a premium priced sale. I know it is extra storage space and maybe a little more work to fit in the kiln, but you can get so much more per board foot on shorts they can be worth the trouble most of the time. So those weird flitches that are narrow on both ends but wide for four foot in the middle can be cut out with the cross cut saw and then run through the edger. Just a thought.
Also a long four inch wide board still has a market also. Look hard at getting every board foot out of those hardwoods to max the profit. Shame to see them burn as firewood.
In truth, a clear face is usually more of a premium than a wider board with a defect in it. That would be called sawing for grade as opposed to simply cutting through and through.
I like the colored ends identification,red cedar is beautiful,black walnut is big$ I can't believe the Woodmizer I run dont have the rectangle pad -slab and board return, I like it good job,bummer steel in it ,bust a blade or dull it at the least we get ours resharpened if possible,even dirt in bark can be devastating,yard trees are the worst for steel almost need magnet or xray ✌!
Thank you beautiful gray 👀
do you ever see really flamed or curly type of woods often? figured maple etc.... guitar necks and bodies look great using those woods/grains. you people do great work. peace
Gorgeous Sawyer, beautiful wood!
I can tell you not afraid of hard work. Hopefully some viewers will get motivated and do something good with there life.
That is some awesome wood. Doors , tables , cabinets I love working with different types of wood. Milled up some Liquid Amber and Canary Pine last winter and have been working it now. Addiction.
Nice video. I love the patterns and color variations in walnut. Sorry that a blade was damaged. I hope that doesn't happen to you too often. I see old barbed wire and sometimes old chains embedded in trees fairly regularly.
Painting your end cuts also seals them too, not just identity. That was a black walnut btw and that was nice, super expensive. Almost driven extinct by their use for rifle stocks over the WW1-WW2 period Sucks there was metal in the Cherry, but that is still nice lumber.
Wow. All that wonderful wood does wonders in a smoker.
Black walnut is by far my favorite species of wood 🪵 cherry is beautiful as well mahogany
The lumber in both the Cheery and Walnut looks pretty nice but the figure in the Walnut log looks stunning.
Cherry wood has the most amazing smell, great video as always!
At the 7:29 mark you should've flipped it an cut that out of it ,been some pretty cool nature made art like no other,
Beautiful job Em and that cherry is very beautiful🐝👍
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Walnut would be great on ice cream one of my favorite dessert
Another great video....love your operation!
Family that works together successfully shows a strong bond. And they all bust their tail, and obviously know what they're doing. But I don't watch for the lumber skills.... it's hard to focus on anything but what seems to be an improvement of Scarlett Johansson. Those eyes pierced through my soul
Just wanted to say thanks for your channel I've learned a lot from you folks. Look forward to seeing what more information you have to offer.
Beautiful walnut log there!
Another great video, I can see some beautiful furniture pieces made from that lumber. You ladies did a great job.
That Walnut and Cherry would make excellent Jewelry boxes !
Thumbs up on the music choices 👍👍👍!!!!
hi Emerald that is some beautiful wood you cut
Y'all are amazing young ladies, mastering an amazing and difficult trade! Wish I had the opportunity to learn something like this when I was your age!
Beautiful Walnut.
I really like your channel! Keep it real! Your dad and mom did good job!
That walnut has a great contrasting wood grain... be nice if you could splash some water on it to really show us the grain on pieces like that. Keep up the good work and videos. -FL
Great video and your music choices are wonderful !!
Fantastic camera angles.
Beautiful high grade cherry wood. Fantastic video
Nice watching you guys cut on nicer wood, I hope you guys saved the off fall/ "flitches" someone might like those for decorative creations and or Crafts. Smells good and is Beautiful. That kind of wood is harder to come by. Those pieces can always be dried out.
love the walnut
Thanks for sharing!
That walnut and cherry are beautiful
A bent tooth on your saw will cause marking. If you can find it and straighten it with a crescent wrench it might save you a saw change. And yes, the lumber is beautiful too. 🙂
That Walnut is beautiful
Bummer about losing the blade. You're always prepared, so it didn't seem to slow you down all that much.
Nice if they made carbide-tipped nail eater blades for the mill that last and last. Expert sawyers running the mill.