How 2x4s are made; learn how to mill them yourself! 

nobody appreciates a full 2x4 quite as much as the guy hanging the drywall! 🤩

Forgot to like add comment so I came back. My favorite part of your videos is when you say “let’s get into the video”, point to the side and walk off camera.

True 2X4's! My house built in 1927 has true hard wood 2 x 4 lumber even in the interior walls!

It’s fun to watch the boards being cut.

Always a pleasure to see your smiling face on a lumber tutorial. Have a great week.

Thanks for this - I just started making dust with a 1997 LT-40. No computer, but your approach was very helpful.

Thank You’ll for letting me watch and enjoy the lumber yard, we cut mesquite trees for fire wood in West Texas and they are small and hard wood 😊

Good looking lumber. I have a LX25. This year my cousin and I milled a bunch of real 2x4's and boards and built a 12x12 chicken coop/rabbit house. The logs were ones we sourced. It's fun to make your own stuff.

Thanks for sharing, Super handy for someone who's recently started milling their own lumber. Would be nice to see more instructional vids like this that detail the reasoning behind how why where the cuts are made.

Emerald is a great teacher watch how lumber is made from logs

Ive not looked at your channel for years, just had another look 😮 new saw but 😢nice to see your still in business

For your LT40 Wood Mizer, it would be nice to have a small conveyor to take the saw dust to a dumb trailer, and move the trailer forward as needed.

I woodworked my whole life, and just wanna say I'm glad you 2 pretty girls were not around when I did, cuz I mite have lost a finger or two. by not watching what I WAS DOING. you would have got me looking your way instead of my work, JUST SAYIN.. glad I'm retired now with all my fingers and both eyes..

I like sawing true dimension lumber. Working on 3”x11”x20’ beams for a 20x80 pole shed.

Fascinating and informative. I always wondered how you made different decisions on product cutting and how the computer actually works and sets cuts for you. Automated/assisted machinery comes with higher prices but can increase production and help to meet demand while assuring raw materials can be put into the market as quickly as possible for the business. Thanks for another educational video!

In 2019 I got into an argument with an Englishman over why a 2x4 at home nightmare measured up at 1 1/2" x 3 5/8" I'm Scottish so right out of the gate the outcome was looking bad lol. He said it's what we call a 2x4! And replied that's probably why you came to Canada! I was running out of coffee, so I asked him... is it not true that England shut down the patent office because they claimed everything worth inventing had been invented? He almost blew an o-ring! I b😅ought him a coffee before I finished him off! I told him that I had purchased 3 8ft 2"x4" s , cut, planed and sanded by a mill to a tolerance of 15/1000 of an inch. . They cost me $110.00 Silence from the group.. Then he asked why? I replied because I wanted to own a real 2x4.. and only a MILL could give me what I wanted without an argument. He said the Scottish are so stubborn. We have become friends since and had a coffee with him today at our coffee shop lol. This xmas I will wrap a 1ft piece and gift it to him.... keep doing what you do folks. 😊

It’s 100 x 50 where I come from. Still does the same job though. Love the channel. Especially the red meat ones !!!

That red hair is so awesome, keep it long.

Its good to see you cut true dimension lumber. Excellent job ladies thank you.👍♥️♥️

Hi Emerald and Jade another great video from the team at LCLY 🙂🤘

Excellent how to video with new ending, transitions. Great camera shots as well. Around the 5:30-40 mark it started "snowing saw dust" the slow mo of it cutting and snowing may make a good #shorts clip. Thanks for video ladies stay warm. We hit 71 F today in sw ohio

I can't write something for every video, otherwise I'll never catch up on the 4 weeks. But Emerald looks really pretty again today - there has to be so much time.

Y’all’s channel is doing great! Keep up the good work 👍

Great video, I would love to see a version of this for other milling methods too!

Trees are perfectly beautiful as are you

Nice work ladies! All construction lumber is now dressed. It’s nice to see the true dimensions produced. Thanks for the tutorial!

Hi, First time I've seen rough cut 2x4's right out of the mill. Thanks for the excellent video. By the way, love the music. 🙂

Looks like a Buck 110 or 112 in the small pants picket. A classic USA-made knife. I have been carrying one on and off for 30 plus years.

Thanks for sharing 🍸.

Why pay 1000’s of dollars therapy when you can watch this channel ❤😅

Perfect. Nice job ladies. Now we know. Thanks for sharing

So cool... I like using an Alaskan saw mill. My boss has a 3120 Husqvarna from the the 1900's , heavy too, lol... but I am still learning, and this channel is great for their use of WOOD, more thumbs up, and a fist pat to the heart!

Very interesting video Emerald and outstanding camera work Jade .

Would love to see a US Flag on the wall next to the LT40. Made of wood by Emerald and Jade.

Assuming that was a 10' log, you got over 66 b/f from a log that scaled 57 b/f. Good Job!

Oi. Amiga. Voçes tem os Melhores. Equipamento 🎉

Ah ha! Now I know where those warped, twisted 2x4's come from!

Does the on board computer calculate the saw kerf, or does that reduce the 2x4 by 1/8 » each way?

I like hardworking women ❤️

Can I just mention your hair is awesome, great channel, very interesting stuff. Have a great tomorrow!!!

Another excellent video. Enjoyed the musical selections, too.

You ladies do a great job...❤

I could use about 100 those look good

Great job ladies, thank you for sharing 🙏

2x4s. Your prices are unbeatable

Excellent teaching video!

7:14 thank you

Interesting,sociable and so friendly.dont know wether to watch the video or you.Gorgeous

Great video!

hello lumber cation & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

I'd love to DIY my own lumber. Just don't have the time or really, the space. Actually I do have the time and the space, just hasn't floated to the top of the priority list yet. But I'll keep watching you guys so I'm ready.

Full cut lumber... nice!! Cool video too. I wish the distance was not so far... I would definitely be a customer. Take care ladies... 👍🏼💜

Been a bit since I've made sawdust!! Just mostly repairs n projects at the Villa,now! This episode Is/was a good info refresher for a larger project, that I have coming up!! Tight work Team!!! 👍🐺🧙‍♂️🦊🤙

Thx Em.

Very Interesting. There should be no additional weight on the blade as it is next to uncut wood so no additional down pressure on the blade.

Nicely done!

LOVE THE CONTENT KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK I USED TO WORK IN A TIMBERYARD OUT HERE IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 I LOVE WORKING WITH TIMBER

The problem with true 2"x4", is that fasteners are much more expensive. I'm just switching over to milling 1 5/8 x 3 5/8, because I'm sick of having to pay that much more for the longer screws for projects. Plus, you can't mix in box store lumber to your projects, which can also be a PITA sometimes. I think Hemlock is becoming one of my favorite woods to mill. Mostly sticking to boards and beams though, as strapping and studs are just too damn tedious and time consuming on my little mill.

That's one of the reasons I like rough cut the measurement

Great video young lady

Outstanding thankyou

Good speaker, very informative video. I buy everything I can locally.

Not sure why but I whistle that Caz Gear diddy every time!

Nice Work...

Emerald I like my local Lowe’s they’re good in a pinch when my local hardware store doesn’t have what I need when I need it, can you pick on Home Depot next time.😂

question, I may have missed on one of your videos. does the computer adjust for blade thickness when you set the drop to however many inches?

I have no sawmill. I have trees. By the way skidders are very expensive! Rough-cut lumber is authentic like you Emerald. Your the real deal!

I loved this video emerald it was very good

🪚🪚 Good Show! ... Bruce

I cut 2x4s on an LT 40 and I get using the Pattern feature. It's a time and brain saver. But if you go to 4 inches from the deck, isn't the top 2x4 coming out to 7 7/8ths?

I wish I could work for you guys

Nice tutorial, i think its great that your able to give a breakdown of how you do it on a LT40. I run a Timberking 1620. So nice milling your own lumber. Keep up the great videos!!

Great Watch.

Glad to see you always wearing hearing protection.

Thanks

Making the milling process look graceful almost.. should show some b-roll bloopers too. Humbling to be able to laugh at yourself on occasion

Nice job, from Venice CA ✌️😎

Nice video thanks ❤

Very good Video 👍 👍

Great vid

I've always wondered, how do you know it's 2"x 4" or what the length or width is once it's seasoned?🤔👍

161K - Outstanding!!!

very interesting, thanks a lot Ladies, Emerald & Jade 👸👸🏻👏👏👏👏😍👌❤❤❤❤❤❤

LOVE YOUR CONTINT JADE EMERLD 😅😅😅😅❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Real 2x4's wow!

It would be amazing of you roasted and sold your own blend of coffee

Emerald is such a great TEACHER, if she has children one day they will be super fantantisc!

This is a great video instruction wise. Emerald you could be an instructor at a tech institute. Well done girl.

Very very very nice!!!🇨🇦😁👍

Great video girls well done

Regarding the board drawback, the tooth offset on the blade makes the kerf bigger than the blade thickness right? That should mean no tension on the blade regardless of how many cuts you have above your current cut.

Awesome 👌

impressive

Good morning ‘Em I was just curious if you guys have ever taken the time to calculate how much the wood shrinks after being cut and dried? Just a question based on curiosity.

finely an good one

Are these kiln dried by chance? I like your videos, ladies! Always something interesting to see!

Em, on the last cut, do you have to take in consideration the width of the saw blade?

when we mill true dimension stock we add 1/8 inch to each dimension to account for saw cuff and end up with a true dimension

I have a question about Lumber watching this video you cut a bowed log and I was wondering after you cut it into two by fours and the 2 * 4 dry out do they have a tendency to bow? I see a lot bad lumber at some of the big box stores and I wonder if that was the reason, that they cut it out of a warped log?

What are their uses for framing and,thank you boss.