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(#1 Secret of the Pros) Quit Losing Money With a Sawmill 

Hobby Hardwood Alabama Sawmill
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Quit Giving Away Sawmill MONEY! Do you know how much your logs are worth?? Learn how to scale logs and estimate their value for a professional. I'm Robert Milton, a professional sawmiller and business owner and teach sawmill tip and tricks to make your lumber as good as ours at Hobby Hardwood Alabama - ranked as producing the highest quality wood in Alabama, if not the country. / @hobbyhardwoodalabama . I am a retired aerospace engineer, my wife is a retired engineer at NASA, and we are a multimillion dollar, Dunn and Bradstreet listed, A+ rated BBB business. We used to build very high end houses and furniture using our lumber, but now sell it retail all over the country, and teach others to do the same.
We started with a chainsaw mill, upgraded to a portable manaul sawmill, then a production bandsaw mill. We are not a video company, but we are a real lumber company, and want to show others some of our money making and business sawmill techniques. This video is another example of sawmilling for our business, Hobby Hardwood, Alabama. We show how we mill logs, dry them and other things on our outdoor farm.
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Joe Maine (229) 563-1172 makes my bands for me, using WM Turbo Silvertip stock, 0.055" x 1.5". He is in Georgia but can ship anywhere. The best I have used.
Go check us out on our other pages! Mail Address: 237 Shady Trail, New Market, Al, 35761 Email for Business Inquires: HobbyHardwoodAlabama@gmail.com OUR WEBSITE: www.hobbyhardwoodalabama.com PRODUCTS WE USE: www.hobbyhardwoodalabama.com/st FACEBOOK:

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@SheratonParkFarms
@SheratonParkFarms 4 месяца назад
Very valuable info for a new saw mill owner! Thanks Professor.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
You are welcome
@MakerBoyOldBoy
@MakerBoyOldBoy 9 дней назад
Amazing info, as usual. My middle name is Doyle - a very popular Irish name. My great grandpa, an Oklahoma dirt farmer loved the weekly Police Gazette pulp magazine featuring crime articles and serialized stories. A popular weekly chapter was of the latest Sherlock Holmes character adventure written by the Irish author Arthur Conan Doyle. My Grandpa's name was Conan Doyle. His son, my father gave me the middle name of Doyle. I doubt that the Doyle reference stick has any connection to Sherlock Holmes. But, your casual explanation is the first most of us have heard of this mysterious tool. Thank you, Professor.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 9 дней назад
Hey that is cool!
@stevek5988
@stevek5988 4 месяца назад
Professor Milton, next video, could you show what a defect in a log before sawn would look like , cat face, lightening strike, etc.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Great suggestion!
@KPVFarmer
@KPVFarmer 3 месяца назад
That’s a great suggestion, I’ll look in a few minutes if the professor already has that one (original comment is 3 weeks old)
@michaelohalloran7381
@michaelohalloran7381 4 месяца назад
Nice video-very informative. Perhaps Part II could get into how to decrement board feet from that initial scaling based on sweep, cracks, knots, and other imperfections.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Sounds good!
@austinrehl8545
@austinrehl8545 4 месяца назад
Thank you professor. Until class is in session again I’ll get to work using what you’ve taught me.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@robertpowell2735
@robertpowell2735 4 месяца назад
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your skills, very much appreciated. 👍
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
My pleasure!
@Woodruffsawmill
@Woodruffsawmill 4 месяца назад
A log scale is a must have if you are purchasing logs. You wouldn’t buy a good steak by guessing at its weight. Good video as always.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks 👍
@SeansWoodBarn
@SeansWoodBarn 29 дней назад
Great info!! Thanks Robert!!!
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 28 дней назад
Any time!
@johnwoody4905
@johnwoody4905 3 месяца назад
good video i get spam calls all day i wish i could get rid of it. just got one now. take care, be safe a nd well.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 3 месяца назад
Good to hear for you. Spam calls suck.
@KPVFarmer
@KPVFarmer 3 месяца назад
Thanks again professor
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 3 месяца назад
Thanks for watching
@chrislangdell117
@chrislangdell117 4 месяца назад
So you have shown how to use a scale stick. Very informative. You also made the comment that this isn't a 5 dollar a board foot log. Some are this one isn't. What is it that causes that determination. Is it because it's a small or common log diameter. Say a 36 inch log would have a higher green board foot value then an 18 inch log. I didn't see any obvious defects in the log but I'm a novice so that doesn't mean much. Looking at green board foot prices all up and down the east coast and the independent Sawyers are all over the place in their pricing. Sometimes 200 to 300% for sawn green lumber select grade. More common grade. Looking at the way some of it is sawn I think alot of them don't have a clue. Just by judging where the grain patern lies inside each piece of sawn lumber. Some of the stuff is so messed up when cut that it instantly twists right off the mill. Pretty crazy I guess. Not everyone is a skilled sawyer
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Learning to grade logs is a necessary skill to be profitable, and it exactly equates to how the wood will grade to NHLA standards. A log that will only produce No 1 common lumber and lower is a No 1 common log and prices as such, and a log that will produce FAS is graded and priced appropriately. Once a log goes over 30”, its price per bdft will drop, and so will logs typically under 16”. What you are describing as sawmills charging all different numbers is what I’m talking about in the video. A pro lumber buyer can spot that a mile away, like stink on a skunk, recognizes the sawyer or mill as not aligned with the true lumber commodity market, not sawing to NHLA grade rules, may not even know the grade rules, and simply won’t do business with them. I did a video on that very thing as I get these calls all the time and I ask what kind of wood the mill produces and I get the answer back “Real good.”. What the heck does that mean? Nothing. So sawmills like that will only sell to the unprofessional, Craigslist style market and will never sell to the big boys so will not make the big time. Basically, it’s the story of Pros deal with Pros and Joes deal with Joes. That is also why their lumber is so bad, they don’t know NHLA grade rules and so don’t know how to grade saw. A Pro lumber buyer will never buy from a Joe sawmill simply because there is too large a knowledge and skill gap. However, a Joe sawmill can bring his game up and become knowledgeable and educated and then a whole new world will open up for them.
@wranther
@wranther 4 месяца назад
Not only is this an enjoyable video, but this video is information packed on the small scale of great importance behind the scale stick! Have only viewed a couple of your videos, and after this one, with its information, its humor, and your good nature, you have earned another subscriber!! -Bob...
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@lornesteed2417
@lornesteed2417 4 месяца назад
I have a hobby sawmill on Vancouver Island and saw softwoods ( cedar, fir , spruce ) for myself. I still love watching your videos and have learned a lot. I just wanted to again thank you for taking the time to video these tips.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Cool, thanks
@lotsapots2pn
@lotsapots2pn 4 месяца назад
Good one! You learned me something.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Glad to hear it!
@SawMillJunky-
@SawMillJunky- 4 месяца назад
A must have tool when buying logs. I agree 💯%. I hate when the seller tries to throw a large number at you to get rich lol. Great video Robert.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Yes, I agree.
@antibureaucrat
@antibureaucrat 4 месяца назад
This will help me when I buy sawed lumber too. Love your dry humor too
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks 👍
@MrMrkody100
@MrMrkody100 4 месяца назад
Always enjoy watching; learn something new every time. Nice to see your techniques with the fancy hardwoods. Would like to see any special treatment for structural lumber, if you do.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
I do but I have so much grade sawing to do, that't pretty much why my videos reflect it.
@R.L.woodbaron
@R.L.woodbaron 2 месяца назад
Great information for a new hobby sawyer that hopes to make some money with my mill. How do I know what the BF price of a given species log should be? Secondly how much do I sell the sawn log/lumber for? In other words how much does the BF price change from log to lumber?
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 2 месяца назад
Here is a good start on the answer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G69WJOv8854.html
@R.L.woodbaron
@R.L.woodbaron 2 месяца назад
Awesome! Exactly what a newbie like me needed. Love all the useful info in your videos!
@user-pu9ks7fk3x
@user-pu9ks7fk3x 4 месяца назад
I see this question asked below but I too am curious how you stay on top of the price per board foot in our area?
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
I will cover it in the next video, I believe.
@ronnielloyd4514
@ronnielloyd4514 4 месяца назад
I don’t have a sawmill but I might buy me a scale stick anyway
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Sure, Why not?
@attechoutdoors5893
@attechoutdoors5893 4 месяца назад
You do mean 8 ft X 18 inches… I just subbed you and like your videos.. If I could ever meet you I would buy you a can of spam….😂 Keep up the good work and you are helping me a lot. Thanks and God bless you and family.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
I’ll take you up on it! I just saw a Spam commercial the other day!
@kitb9948
@kitb9948 4 месяца назад
Excellent video! Super helpful as always.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@gregwitkamp5583
@gregwitkamp5583 4 месяца назад
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks for watching!
@willcoe8419
@willcoe8419 4 месяца назад
Good stuff professor. Way easier than using a tape.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Sure is
@gslope1
@gslope1 4 месяца назад
Is there a site or somewhere that says what the price per bdf is currently running (if I'm asking that right)?
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Yes, I will discuss it next video.
@royramey5659
@royramey5659 3 месяца назад
What do you sell walnut for? If your buying logs at $5 a BF then are selling them $ 10 a BF.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 3 месяца назад
It depends on grade, width and how many secondary process we send it through. The better the resulting boards from a log, any log, the more secondary finishing process we send it through, so the the highest grade boards from a log go through the most process, and gain the most value and the lower grade boards from a log will stall out in value after a certain number of processes. Each process increases its value, all the way up to ready to use, kiln dried, planed, surfaced four sides (S4S) zero bow, which is FAR in excess of NHLA standards. Thats why it's so important to get the best wood out of every log.
@royramey5659
@royramey5659 3 месяца назад
@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama So here we sell between $4 and $24 a BF so i can't see paying $5 a BF if it ends up only worth $4 a BF and you and i know we don't know what it's worth till we open it up.
@throngcleaver
@throngcleaver 4 месяца назад
Great stuff, Robert!
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@tennesseebuck1604
@tennesseebuck1604 4 месяца назад
Hi Robert. I found the video to be very informative. Being new to milling lumber I have not yet established a working relationship with loggers in my area. My plan is to selectively harvest trees from my property to gain experience with the mill and its operation. I'm sure I will want to purchase logs at some point to streamline my operation. Logs being a commodity that has board foot prices often changing concerns me. Is there a reliable established resource that lists green log prices? Thanks
@andrewupson2987
@andrewupson2987 4 месяца назад
Depends on your state but many that have a large timber economy, the DNR will publish lumber prices. This is for Washington state. www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/product-sales-and-leasing/timber-sales/timber-sale-querylog-prices
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Yes, I will discuss it in my next video or two.
@andrewupson2987
@andrewupson2987 4 месяца назад
RU-vid must have deleted my comment because it had a link. At least some states DNR publish timber prices. Washington does. Replace spaces with a . when you paste into your browser. I added a couple other spaces to keep it from being deleted as a link. https :// www dnr wa gov/programs-and-services/product-sales-and-leasing/timber-sales/timber-sale-querylog-prices
@TheOldManAndTheSaw
@TheOldManAndTheSaw 4 месяца назад
Good video. Thanks.
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@Will-No-Co
@Will-No-Co 4 месяца назад
Nice.👍
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@b.ellison396
@b.ellison396 4 месяца назад
Hey Robert! I primarily saw pine, fir, and a little larch. Since these are mostly softwoods...except maybe the larch, what scale would you recommend?
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Depends on the size, Scribner is popular here of softwoods, especially cedar and smaller pine.
@TheWildWestMill
@TheWildWestMill 23 дня назад
Larch or tamarack is a softwood also
@codypinkham349
@codypinkham349 4 месяца назад
Hey Robert, do you pay $5 for walnut green? I was thinking it was less than that. What is a good way to figure out pricing in my area. Thanks
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
I paid a range of $3.50 to $5.25 for walnut on the log just this week. I will cover pricing in the next video or two.
@jacksonbaer9814
@jacksonbaer9814 4 месяца назад
How do you tell how much per board foot a log is worth?
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Video is coming next.
@jacksonbaer9814
@jacksonbaer9814 4 месяца назад
Thanks!
@dxhhhped
@dxhhhped 4 месяца назад
"A Doyle scale must you have." - Wood Yoda
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Correct you are!
@stevewesley8187
@stevewesley8187 4 месяца назад
Figures don't lie but liars can figure .............
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Dang right.
@BissellMapleFarm
@BissellMapleFarm 4 месяца назад
(O)Doyle Rules!
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Yes it does!
@user-mh2nw9bs6s
@user-mh2nw9bs6s 4 месяца назад
I’m thinking with all the engineering skills in your family y’all should develop an app that calculates that stuff from simply taking a picture of the log. If you see a snake you throw the phone at it!!😅😅
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
I can pretty much do it blindfolded by now, but I hate to not have my snake stick handy.
@ronnielloyd4514
@ronnielloyd4514 4 месяца назад
Guess work never works
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama
@HobbyHardwoodAlabama 4 месяца назад
Yep,
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