Thank you so much for uploading this! I am a woodshop instructor and I tell my students about this problem regularly, but I love having such a perfectly filmed, but thankfully non-gory, example of exactly what can happen. I'm glad you ended up safe as well, but thank you for being willing to post your mistakes like this.
Thank you for showing this. Nature favors the hidden flaw!!! How many amatures could have anticipated this??? However this was precisely executed by this band saw, without any instruction!!! There are two teams, LIFE and DEATH!!! And death is fully prepared to TAKE YOU OUT!!! Your video reminds us to ALWAYS FOCUS!!! The instant you're SOMEWHERE ELSE, .... EVEN FOR AN INSTANT .... Is the "seed of the accident" and you didn't see it coming..... Unfortunately some folks don't even know to be looking for it. THEY JUST BLIND!!! This video, and this particular comment, might save lives and limbs!!!
Remember to cut the logs at least 6" longer than what you want. (Sawyer) And in 2-3 weeks, you will be able to hear the pine Beatles munching on your logs. I cut pine for projects, it can be nice
Considering where you are in the country, are you worried about bugs getting under the bark and into the wood if you stockpile the pine logs. Might want to consider debarking them or selling them if it’s a concern.
Love your updates. And yes, you’ve done more good for that land in 40 days than the many years it’s been neglected. Guys like me can only wish to do what you’re doing.
Yep, distraction is a big factor in accidents. Years ago I was drilling stainless steel stock on a drill press and didn't clamp one piece down because I had my mind on another job. The bit grabbed the stock, spun and drilled right through my middle finger. Luckily it was a brand new bit, super sharp. LOL
12:43 that all happened in 4/25ths of a second. Your life could've been forever changed in 16 milliseconds because you were slightly distracted for one cut. Stay vigilant guys and gals. Very happy to hear you've gotten away with it lightly!
Hey Jay! Get some chaps. Be safe! You're a two person operation? Safety first so you can live the dream. Knew a professional arborist who cut an artery in is leg. Crawled to an ER. Lots of wood...LOL!
I’m enjoying watching you clear this trail more than I thought I would. It’s just so amazing. I love the idea of the little “oasis” for family when they come. You have so many possibilities.
Only annoying thing in Jays videos is that everything is in imperial units: Inches, feeds, yards, foods, quarter of something, half of this, and so on. Hard to follow what actual sizes are. You should also note, that many of your followers are not using imperial units.
I love using essential oils. For so many things. You are probably wondering… what the heck does that have to do with anything??? Well… the brand I use is doTerra. And the absolute best thing I’ve found to keep bugs away is a product they have. There’s actually two. One is just Tea Tree oil. But now they have a blend. It’s called Terra Shield. It comes in an oil or a spray. It’s the best thing I’ve ever used. And it’s natural so great for kids as well. My best friend went to a jungle and took the tea tree with her. Her boyfriend didn’t believe in “all that hocus pocus” and used traditional bug spray. He got ate up all over. She had like two bites. Their guide actually asked her for some and ended up using it. Try it!!!
Jay, I have not had fun milling pine. You will find that it gums up pretty badly and makes a mess. Maybe other sawyers will have other views on this, but I now avoid all pine on my mill.
I'm familiar with the pitch and resin. I've been parking with yellow pine for 15 years. It gums up every cutting edge. Just more maintenance time cleaning it off.
Poison ivy sucks!!! SOOOO BAD!!! My son is highly allergic. But almost only gets it on his face. Which is horrible. We have to get on top of it as soon as we see it. If we don’t get it under control within hours we end up at dr office or immediate care center. He has to get steroids and an ointment that is prescription. Otherwise he gets in his eyes, hears and nose. Everywhere on his face. One of his eyes were so swelled up he couldn’t see out of it. Just remember something. The oils from poison ivy actually can live and survive for a very long time. My son and I got it from a weed eater that had been used the summer before. We had a system til we could get rid of the poison ivy. I had shoes that I would wear and longer socks. I would remove them at the door and put them in a bag using gloves. Then when I used them again I would use gloves to put them on. Those gloves were ONLY for that. I would also immediately shower and immediately wash the clothes I was wearing. I was very purposeful about what I touched in the mean time.
Those logs are also excellent building materials, as logs. Even if you don't want to build a log home, some of the large ones could be excellent conversation pieces as ridge beams.
Keeping a spare bar and chain with me in case it get stuck. I just take off the chainsaw and with the spare set I can finish the cut and get the original bar and chain out.
Have you started thinking about what kind of sawmill you're going to get? You seem like a practical guy, so I imagine you're leaning toward something like a used Wood-Mizer. But you're also a woodworking RU-vidr, and a Cremona-style monster bandsaw could be an entertaining option. 😀
Thanks for sharing, Jay!! You are living the dream many of us have!! So fun to see the progress so close! But........ Please do wear some protective gear when handling tha chainsaw on the rooted trees.... at least a face shield and some chaps. Best regards from Norway!!
Great progress and a good update video. If you haven't already, make sure that you are cutting the trunk around 10'-6" per section. Having the extra 6" will allow you to square the rough sawn boards and/or beams into actual 10' sections. So, if you really need a 10' piece, you don't end up with something 9'-7" or something.
Regarding that giant brush pile, you should just drop some coin on say, a Vermeer (not an affiliate) tub grinder. They're a small fortune, but ya know, save up. ;-). Morbark makes some too. Lots looking better and better.
No offence, but it's a ridiculous suggestion for a small private forest owner. I looked them up - it's a 50,000 lbs 500 hp monster and costs more than some houses
A fair bit of those 'waste' skinny tops could be saved and stacked to make the beams for the rough roof that you said you were going to hang off your shipping container. But you would also need a bunch of concrete blocks (or rocks, but you don't seem to have rocks, decent plough land) to keep everything off the ground, away from rot and termites until you are ready to use them. One day you could have a side line in selling bags of pine bark & wood chips to City folks for their gardens 🙂
Loving these videos Jay. I’m going through the same process right now. Don’t worry about the haters that are criticizing you, they probably live in a subdivision that clear cut hundreds of acres to build and now want to judge everyone else!
Hearing you saying you’re going to burn wood make me angry. If you’re going to leave in the nature sure you should respect it... that wood should be the best to teach your kids to cut it for chimney wood and warm your house in winter. Also mowing all you Can with your machine and return it to the ground.... But it your life and the way you make it is your responsibility.
What other people do on their property, probably a thousand miles away, makes you angry? With no knowledge of the ecosystem around here and with no knowledge of the amount of trash and pollution we are hauling out of here. With no knowledge of our future plans to plant new. Do you live in a house? What was that land like before the ecosystem was destroyed for your house?
Jay, you’re not “chopping” up logs, your “bucking” logs. Please use the correct terminology! 😂 We have 46 acres up in North Georgia that we’re developing along with my son’s and daughter’s families including 5 grandkiddos. We have loblolly pines everywhere that were planted about 35 years ago and they make beautiful lumber with my WM LT35. We’re working on the wood yard right now. It’s on a slope so having to move lots of dirt to make 2 levels. Upper for an equipment shed and the lower for the mill, logs and lumber storage. The burn pile is to the left of the mill where offcuts will be thrown. It’s a whole different world there and we love going there whenever we can, so I understand why you are so excited! You made the right decision for you and your family.
I was going to say the same thing. But on second thought, if he needs 20-foot (or longer!) boards for ridge beams, joists, or whatever, he can always cut down a few more trees and saw them at whatever lengths are required. It does not look like Jay is going to experience a tree shortage anytime soon!
