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I'll have to admit, when I watched the replay I cringed a bit myself. I definitely should have let the wheel spool down before I touched the blade. Thanks to all who pointed that out. Don't do it at home. Having said that, this is a family channel. All comments that are overly negative and unhelpful, or have profanity will be deleted. Thank you to everyone who watches the channel. FLR
I'm short 1/2 of my left pinky finger, a testimony to what a "rookie mistake" can do to a guy. I've always said, "if I only had that second of not thinking, back!"
I very much appreciate the versatile filmography of this episode! Especially in the beginning where the camera takes beautifully your scenery, forest, vegetation and your friendly tractor!
No mistakes just learning curves while enjoying that new awesome mill you have so just enjoy doing what you like and keep making your videos that everyone enjoys watching!
he was open and honest, guess how many people just learned something by his mistake and probably saved a digit or 5... I respect his approach and honesty., we all learn.
Hey I’m glad you still have all your digits so you can keep on milling up different types of logs that’s what your viewers enjoy and just watching you work around your property so just another life lesson learned. I know I have been taught a few myself and so has everyone else at some point. Great videos keep on making them!
For those getting started, this is a great video showing the basics of sawing a log. We all make mistakes and learn. Hopefully, we keep most of our fingers regardless. Good job! Thank you for taking the time to do great edits and appropriate comments. Don't let the haters discourage you.
Just saw this channel and I never knew what it took to turn a log into lumber. I've learned a lot here. It's also nice to see you learn as well, remember your cutting wood and being a video producer at the same time. Watching you change the blade one word kept screaming in my head "Gloves!!" You have a new subscriber. Keep broadcasting!!
Im glad he mentioned that using the tractor with that skidder was a good tip, not to do it. When I saw it, the first thing I thought was I going to try it ! Thanks for the heads up.
thank you so much for sharing... I try to learn from others mistakes. It takes a lot of effort and focus to get things right, it doesn't take any effort to screw things up. Something I have personal experience with after 64 yrs of living on this planet.
Beautiful lumber !! And as far as you being human... well TG for that, we can all be very thankful that we are human, and in a common group of silly humans !!! I for 1 am very happy to have you as a member!!!! Welcome
Just watched this episode today, July 11, 2020. You sawed some really pretty wood right there. No matter your mistake, you’ve come a long way since then!
Beautiful wood. The church I went to for many years was paneled in sweet gum on the stage, choir loft and all the way to the very high ceiling. I always thought it was extraordinarily beautiful.
My compliments on the quality of your video and camera work. You obviously put a lot of time into it, and it makes your videos very enjoyable to watch.
For anyone that says they've not done anything like that, they aren't doers, or they are lairs. You'll not do that again, you've learned. Experience is the best teacher. Hard to believe the blade didn't break.
I really hate to say this but the Rookie Mistake was messing with that blade when the drive wheel was still spinning! You are a lucky young man that the Spinning Wheel did not grab the blade when you were moving the blade around. I was cringing when I saw you doing that. All else was a learning experience.
yup, you couldn't have paid me any amount to touch that blade with the wheel moving so closeby... odds are that it wouldn't just jump back on the wheel but with my luck, blood would flow...
@ADJ30168 How about that grinding noise it made. But it didn't even seem to slow a bit from the contact, that is what made me pucker good, not a mouth pucker, the other pucker!
>when the drive wheel was still spinning! it wasn't drive wheel, as far as I can tell, so as lifting the head and stuff like direction of rotation, direction of teeth etc so as cringy as it looks, if one gives some minute to think about, not so much real danger, it could be a different way, so it does not stop to be cringy(hm, actually it does, surprise, hm) and stupid, you have a piece of wood laying next to your feet, take it, stop the thing and do evaluation if you need actions right now(flight-fight response). And even if it is stopped asses the situation a little bit before grabbing the blade, the thing is springy and it is under tension anyway, not saying he didn't but yeah, all combined leaves not the best impression in that regard.
It's the thing nightmares are made of. How the camera is setup make it look like that wheel is spinning very fast. When he first opened the cover the sound of the spinning gave me the impression of 10 revs per second. If it were me, I would have used a tool/stick to apply drag to the edge of the wheel and stop it before messing with the blade.
I am so jazzed about what you do!! To be in such a place with such beauty,and millin old deadwood. its a thrill to watch, the smell of wood the, character of the wood, just jaw droppin for me. make lots of money.
I've made mistakes like this, and thankfully didn't hurt myself or anyone else. Thanks for having the backbone to share your mistakes publicly for the learning of others. You may have have saved some poor soul a finger, or more.
I find that as soon as the camera is rolling, I do things I wouldn't normally do, so don't beat yourself up about it. You were not afraid to post and admit your mistakes. That shows humility and maturity.. Cheers.
Easy to make that mistake but excellent recovery...........the timber looks alot like a certain tree in tasmania called "Black hearted Sassafrass" really pretty grain in both trees.............the mill seems to handle the trees with ease..............great video by the way.
You did us all very well son! If you can't make a mistake once in awhile among friends, well then they should just leave! Lol Great video, nice machine and you are friendly laid back.
I can't believe you still have a hand. I'm glad you do and I hope to see you saw a lot more lumber. I didn't know what the others were complaining about until I got that part. No need to say more.
I have a small Cook’s Sawmill mp32? I have another full time job and this is just a hobby. I have done so many silly things like what you did, so often, you just have to go slow and think. But the mills are very forgiving, and what you obtain from even the simplest mill is so amazing! Such beauty, such useful material....every day wonderful logs are tossed into the dump in virtually ever town , every city. I have one tree cutter that will call me potential logs headed for the dump....30” red oak 10 feet in length, straight as an arrow.... beautiful boards resulting.
Anyway it is what it is, we are human and to err is human! Great video and demo! Close up shots perfect!. Some great looking boards there, good stuff all round!..............cheers bud
Actually really glad that happened, ( even if it was at your expense ) Ugh ! But, we are in the process of building our own portable mill, and have been concerned about the outcome of exactly having happen what happened to you in that case ! Guess I would have to agree about the leather gloves though ! Thanks for the "oops" ! Helped us with our design process ! Gorgeous piece of lumber by the way !
Hi I’ve been watching your videos for a while now, sending them to a family I know. They have been a great teaching tool, helping beginners. You are an inspiration & mentor to all those interested in this wonderful journey. Especially this video, you could have edited out your error, but instead you taught rookies what not to do. I love the fact that you are taking the life of a tree, as important. You are maximizing the extent of the contribution the life of that tree made on this world, that it is not only a living thing, but it’s life mattered, it made a contribution to making something beautiful even in its death. Thank you, and everyone going into the craft of milling these forgotten beauties.
Gloves are expensive, but your hands are priceless. Use proper PPE. I know gloves around moving equipment? I'm not the one reaching for the blade with the other shieve spinning either. I like my fingers and hands the way they are. Broken and scarred.
Love the views of the work showing different angles it made for great visuals. Any moving machinery will get you some time. Have everything stopped before using your hands.. If it can cut that size of wood then cutting you is easy. Go home the same way as you left.
Nice Job over all, Thank God the blade didn't grab the wheel while you were holding it, I was screaming at the screen. "LET GO OF THAT BLADE!!!" Man my heart was in my stomach. Safety First Brother.
I remember as a young boy cutting up sweet gum for firewood and thinking then what beautiful colors in side that log!!! Now as a hobby wood worker I think how that sweetgum would look milled and and turned into a dining table, or coffee table.... Man-o-man wouldn't that be gorgeous!!! great vid's by the way... and your helper is adorable!!
That’s a nice mill , I used to make log siding out of all the slats ripped off from our local mills , it certainly was time consuming to draw the bark off sometimes, but the nicest log siding you can get , that’s for sure , surprised not to see anyone else doing it , some homes we built my Father and I 25 years ago still are like the day we did them just with that age behind them , nice log patina ,
For skidding issue, get a cheap draw bar from tractor store. The one with all the holes that attaches to your three point hitch arms. Use bolts rather than clip pins to attach. You will lose pins easily . Lower all the way to the ground and back the bar under the log. Pick it up and wrap a chain around it slightly loose with a grab hook. This allows you to get the tree safely off the ground and raise it high to keep mud off.
I'll have to admit, when I watched the replay I cringed a bit myself. I definitely should have let the wheel spool down before I touched the blade. Thanks to all who pointed that out. Don't do it at home. Having said that, this is a family channel. All comments that are overly negative and unhelpful, or have profanity will be deleted. Thank you to everyone who watches the channel. FLR
I'm short 1/2 of my left pinky finger, a testimony to what a "rookie mistake" can do to a guy. I've always said, "if I only had that second of not thinking, back!"
I was thinking to my self when you were touching that blade when the wheel was still spinning that if it grabs it's going to hurt.
@Alan d'Eon I like that plan!
soiled myself a little bit. You should change your name to Lucky
We all have bad days and can learn quite a lot from it. Enjoyed watching, stay safe and god luck to you.
I very much appreciate the versatile filmography of this episode! Especially in the beginning where the camera takes beautifully your scenery, forest, vegetation and your friendly tractor!
As he said a rookie mistake but he was man enough to still show it and admit to it. Respect .
Really appreciate that you didn't edit the mistake out. You're helping all of us learn. Great looking slabs of wood, BTW.
It's not a mistake if you learn from it. It's a lesson. Good video. Like your new mill.
That is the dumbest thing I ever heard..eg. 22:00 IF he lost his hand/fingers.......
@@jesusgonzalez84 whatever
No mistakes just learning curves while enjoying that new awesome mill you have so just enjoy doing what you like and keep making your videos that everyone enjoys watching!
Beautiful wood! Sorry you had a snag...we all have to learn. Keep up the great work and videos!
It takes a man to admit me made a mistake, and even bigger one to show it to others so that they can learn. Great video as always.. Keep them coming..
he was open and honest, guess how many people just learned something by his mistake and probably saved a digit or 5... I respect his approach and honesty., we all learn.
Hey I’m glad you still have all your digits so you can keep on milling up different types of logs that’s what your viewers enjoy and just watching you work around your property so just another life lesson learned. I know I have been taught a few myself and so has everyone else at some point. Great videos keep on making them!
Thank for sharing this. We appreciate your candor. Great lesson for everyone. Good looking wood.
Love the music when your getting the mill ready.
These are the people that makes America Great. So inspiring hard work.
For those getting started, this is a great video showing the basics of sawing a log. We all make mistakes and learn. Hopefully, we keep most of our fingers regardless. Good job! Thank you for taking the time to do great edits and appropriate comments. Don't let the haters discourage you.
Beautiful Lumber,what a satisfying day that must’ve been. Thanks for making the video.
There’s some great video shots here. 👏
Love how you started with Scavenger cuts to maximise productive lumber. Great Stuff
The best videos are ones that show mistakes. That's how we learn. Thanks.
Great job enjoyed that!!!!! Great looking lumber!!!
👍For admitting and showing one of those "Hold My Beer" moments . Nice looking lumber .
Just saw this channel and I never knew what it took to turn a log into lumber. I've learned a lot here. It's also nice to see you learn as well, remember your cutting wood and being a video producer at the same time. Watching you change the blade one word kept screaming in my head "Gloves!!" You have a new subscriber. Keep broadcasting!!
Great video. Super cool camera angle about halfway through of the offloading of the slab to your off cut pile.
Great video! thanks for posting this. I'be been looking at buying one of these. Great to see somebody experiencing this early on!
Thanks for being real and posting the mistakes you make. You just have to respect that. It helps everyone learn from them to.
YOU DID GREAT BROTHER...VERY NICE WORK
Im glad he mentioned that using the tractor with that skidder was a good tip, not to do it. When I saw it, the first thing I thought was I going to try it ! Thanks for the heads up.
This was really interesting! Beautiful wood!
Everybody makes mistakes, everybody. All is well that ends well and that's a beautiful sawmill. Thanks for posting.
No doubt , you will get it . I was wondering what I would build with that Sweet Gum . Looks like you have a good garden growing .
It's Great to see that you are MAN enough to admit to and show your mistakes and not just edit them out of the video
thank you so much for sharing... I try to learn from others mistakes. It takes a lot of effort and focus to get things right, it doesn't take any effort to screw things up. Something I have personal experience with after 64 yrs of living on this planet.
If you never do anything you'll never make a mistake or break anything. Your a doer, be proud!
Beautiful lumber !! And as far as you being human... well TG for that, we can all be very thankful that we are human, and in a common group of silly humans !!! I for 1 am very happy to have you as a member!!!! Welcome
Just watched this episode today, July 11, 2020. You sawed some really pretty wood right there. No matter your mistake, you’ve come a long way since then!
Love this mill set up its awesome
Beautiful wood. The church I went to for many years was paneled in sweet gum on the stage, choir loft and all the way to the very high ceiling. I always thought it was extraordinarily beautiful.
Not many people are willing to show mistakes happen. Enjoying your videos
Good learning Tool, Great Video...
Nice looking wood. We all make mistakes, comes with the learning.
My compliments on the quality of your video and camera work. You obviously put a lot of time into it, and it makes your videos very enjoyable to watch.
Thanks! Just got a used LT15.
I wish TH-cam had existed when I was young. This looks like fun, work yes but oh so creative and fun
We have made the same mistake so welcome to the Club. BTW very very nice mill !
For anyone that says they've not done anything like that, they aren't doers, or they are lairs. You'll not do that again, you've learned. Experience is the best teacher. Hard to believe the blade didn't break.
Love the video, many thanks from the UK
Mistakes are how people learn,..... great video and lots of great comment's.
A little tip for you, change the blade with the mill at the end so that you do not have to climb over the frame of the mill to handle the blade.
Nicholas Cote I hadn’t thought of that yet. Thanks for mentioning hat tip
I really hate to say this but the Rookie Mistake was messing with that blade when the drive wheel was still spinning! You are a lucky young man that the Spinning Wheel did not grab the blade when you were moving the blade around. I was cringing when I saw you doing that.
All else was a learning experience.
Scared me even though I knew nothing was going to happen. Damn good way to lose a finger or two?
yup, you couldn't have paid me any amount to touch that blade with the wheel moving so closeby... odds are that it wouldn't just jump back on the wheel but with my luck, blood would flow...
@ADJ30168 How about that grinding noise it made. But it didn't even seem to slow a bit from the contact, that is what made me pucker good, not a mouth pucker, the other pucker!
>when the drive wheel was still spinning!
it wasn't drive wheel, as far as I can tell, so as lifting the head and stuff like direction of rotation, direction of teeth etc
so as cringy as it looks, if one gives some minute to think about, not so much real danger, it could be a different way, so it does not stop to be cringy(hm, actually it does, surprise, hm) and stupid, you have a piece of wood laying next to your feet, take it, stop the thing and do evaluation if you need actions right now(flight-fight response).
And even if it is stopped asses the situation a little bit before grabbing the blade, the thing is springy and it is under tension anyway, not saying he didn't but yeah, all combined leaves not the best impression in that regard.
It's the thing nightmares are made of. How the camera is setup make it look like that wheel is spinning very fast. When he first opened the cover the sound of the spinning gave me the impression of 10 revs per second. If it were me, I would have used a tool/stick to apply drag to the edge of the wheel and stop it before messing with the blade.
Great video my friend. Haste makes waste. Slow down and be safe..
love the holster for the saw!!!
Got the idea from Marcell Ledbetter ........hehehe
better footage than discovery channel... outstanding
we just ordered ours today!! I cant wait to have it in my shop :)
thanks for all these videos ;)
A man admits his mistakes and shares them.. You are a Wise Man... Peace
That saw mill looks good and works well.
Just keep at it... interesting wood with the color change
I am so jazzed about what you do!! To be in such a place with such beauty,and millin old deadwood. its a thrill to watch, the smell of wood the, character of the wood, just jaw droppin for me. make lots of money.
Overhead shots are great!
I've made mistakes like this, and thankfully didn't hurt myself or anyone else. Thanks for having the backbone to share your mistakes publicly for the learning of others. You may have have saved some poor soul a finger, or more.
I find that as soon as the camera is rolling, I do things I wouldn't normally do, so don't beat yourself up about it. You were not afraid to post and admit your mistakes. That shows humility and maturity.. Cheers.
I like your little beagle buddy!
Easy to make that mistake but excellent recovery...........the timber looks alot like a certain tree in tasmania called "Black hearted Sassafrass" really pretty grain in both trees.............the mill seems to handle the trees with ease..............great video by the way.
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You did us all very well son! If you can't make a mistake once in awhile among friends, well then they should just leave! Lol Great video, nice machine and you are friendly laid back.
I can't believe you still have a hand. I'm glad you do and I hope to see you saw a lot more lumber. I didn't know what the others were complaining about until I got that part. No need to say more.
The best intro ever.
Just another comment to mention how much I dig your attention to cinematography. You put a lot of effort into that and it shows. Drone shots!
Best camera-work i've ever seen! Greetings from Austria!!
I have a small Cook’s Sawmill mp32? I have another full time job and this is just a hobby. I have done so many silly things like what you did, so often, you just have to go slow and think. But the mills are very forgiving, and what you obtain from even the simplest mill is so amazing! Such beauty, such useful material....every day wonderful logs are tossed into the dump in virtually ever town , every city. I have one tree cutter that will call me potential logs headed for the dump....30” red oak 10 feet in length, straight as an arrow.... beautiful boards resulting.
Wow, beautiful lumber.
YOUR VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS TIME WELL SPENT ! KEEP FILMING, I WILL KEEP WATCHING.
Robert N Thank you!
Anyway it is what it is, we are human and to err is human! Great video and demo! Close up shots perfect!. Some great looking boards there, good stuff all round!..............cheers bud
Nice grained wood, fun to watch. And yah, ya freaked out a lot of folks grabbing that blade. Lucky,lucky.
Just found your channel. Love your channel and all the cool camera angles.
Actually really glad that happened,
( even if it was at your expense )
Ugh !
But, we are in the process of building our own portable mill, and have been concerned about the outcome of exactly having happen what happened to you in that case !
Guess I would have to agree about the leather gloves though !
Thanks for the "oops" !
Helped us with our design process !
Gorgeous piece of lumber by the way !
Love the music!
Hi I’ve been watching your videos for a while now, sending them to a family I know. They have been a great teaching tool, helping beginners. You are an inspiration & mentor to all those interested in this wonderful journey. Especially this video, you could have edited out your error, but instead you taught rookies what not to do.
I love the fact that you are taking the life of a tree, as important. You are maximizing the extent of the contribution the life of that tree made on this world, that it is not only a living thing, but it’s life mattered, it made a contribution to making something beautiful even in its death. Thank you, and everyone going into the craft of milling these forgotten beauties.
Great video even with mistake.
You are a humble men.
That is beautiful wood!
I must admit that the video was quite satisfying, glad that you didn't get hurt
Really liked your video and I just ordered some merchandise from you big thanks keep up the hard work!
Gloves are expensive, but your hands are priceless. Use proper PPE. I know gloves around moving equipment? I'm not the one reaching for the blade with the other shieve spinning either. I like my fingers and hands the way they are. Broken and scarred.
@floatpool Pulley was turning with his hand touching pulling on blade. Snag/slice/rip.
Always keep gloves, rings, watches, loose clothing, long hair away from moving machinery
Love that little Beagle!
great video you made a mistake you learn from mistakes and get better doing your job again great video keep up the good work
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 17 Jan 22.
Love the views of the work showing different angles it made for great visuals. Any moving machinery will get you some time. Have everything stopped before using your hands.. If it can cut that size of wood then cutting you is easy. Go home the same way as you left.
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Really cool equipment you have there and great camera work. For anyone that is wondering, the nervous part happens at 22:00 ish
Got to learn somehow, at least you are not afraid to show reality vs edited up fake perfection lol love that machine... i need one.
Outstanding video editing.
Great camera work
When it happen I thought you hit a nail or bullet and the blade broke!!!! You are luckier than the beagle you live with!!!!!! Great Job!!!!!!!!
Hey Wess not to worry, maybe build yourself a small toolbox for tractor front.Haul oil,gas tape measure, extra chain, saw tool....
Thanks Buddy V Good Video. Cheers (From New Zealand)
IT HAPPENS, YOU IMPROVISED AND THUMBS UP TO THAT MAN. 👍
Nice Job over all, Thank God the blade didn't grab the wheel while you were holding it, I was screaming at the screen. "LET GO OF THAT BLADE!!!" Man my heart was in my stomach. Safety First Brother.
I remember as a young boy cutting up sweet gum for firewood and thinking then what beautiful colors in side that log!!! Now as a hobby wood worker I think how that sweetgum would look milled and and turned into a dining table, or coffee table.... Man-o-man wouldn't that be gorgeous!!! great vid's by the way... and your helper is adorable!!
But, how to keep it from warping?
Excellent!!
That’s a nice mill , I used to make log siding out of all the slats ripped off from our local mills , it certainly was time consuming to draw the bark off sometimes, but the nicest log siding you can get , that’s for sure , surprised not to see anyone else doing it , some homes we built my Father and I 25 years ago still are like the day we did them just with that age behind them , nice log patina ,
Is this a TL-15 mill ?
# 1. Head down
Good job kid
GOD BLESS YOU ALL 😇 ✌
For skidding issue, get a cheap draw bar from tractor store. The one with all the holes that attaches to your three point hitch arms. Use bolts rather than clip pins to attach. You will lose pins easily . Lower all the way to the ground and back the bar under the log. Pick it up and wrap a chain around it slightly loose with a grab hook. This allows you to get the tree safely off the ground and raise it high to keep mud off.
You've just earned more respect by actually showing your mistake. Not many people would admit needless to say show their mistake.
your honesty is appriciated , you may have safed some fingers