I'm fascinated by the lumber mill. Whether it be modern tech , old fashioned, manual , steam powered, or water powered. The lumber mill has got to be one of the most influential creations for construction ever
We had a 10' Birdseye maple on time that scaled over 900 board feet. It was a pain because we had to keep turning it to narrow it down but it made incredible flooring in the end.
I appreciate your talking about what's going on. Please continue to do so. Anything interesting to you is interesting to us. Even boring stuff to you will probably be interesting to us. Those who like silence can hit the mute button.
No you’re 100% correct. Honestly that’s been a thing I’ve been getting passed to make the talking better😅 A lot of easy stuff is just second nature that I don’t think to talk about. The more I do though, the talking will get better:)
@@Helmsburgsawmill Althought it is usually very difficult to see the carriage and log when you are rotating it, if it can be seen better, one suggestion I have is to tell us how you select the first cut. Your logs are usually of high quality and very straight but if odd ones come along, it would be interesting to know how you start and select a rotation for the first cut. Thanks. I know that talking in public (even just for a recording) is difficult for some. When I started radio, I was fairly quiet but after a year or so, I found I was far more chatty in public and on the air. It is a learned skill and not one that comes naturally. Thanks for your posts. I really like watching you position the edger saws so quickly and accurately.
Beauiful sawing, a lot of high grade stairs, doors, cabinetry and other fine designed architectural detailed lumber was produced! Thanks for the video.
Do you use any of the lumber for your own projects or does it all go to market ? I guess I'm asking if you're a sawyer only or are you a wood worker as well ? great looking oak by the way 👍
A lot of it goes to market, we sell a lot in house, and yes some personal project:) survey my surroundings when I give my intro on the video I’m about to upload
Caveat! The Point Of View provided in the footage may not be a true reflection of their proximity to the unguarded rotating equipment. But it sure makes me uncomfortable…
@@Helmsburgsawmill It looks like your using longs for your sawbits on the headsaw any reason for that? I use Simmons’s carbide on our headsaw just cuz I cut a lot of old dirty pallet logs and I use longs on our verticals edger
Beautiful boards! I don't mind at all if you do some chatting. Wonder what kind of market you have for the boards. I'll take oak over popular any day except it's way too heavy for making bee hives. Made a bunch of them with popular and sycamore. Guess it doesn't matter what it is when the bears get into it. Then, you have dead bees and firewood.😊😊
I'll start by saying I don't know the terminology so I hope I can write it in a clear manner. After squaring up the first two sides I notice you go straight to size and don't have to take a skim cut, for example if you're cutting two 8x4 out of the center of the log, you want to the third face to 8" and the fourth face to be 8" plus a saw width, have you memorized all the cuts you take or do you work from a chart or do mental arithmetic?
You must put a guard over the saw drive train if the camera person is going to get that close to it. I get shivers when I see the footage they get by getting closer to it. Don’t dismiss these observations please!
Dunno about when it needs hammering, but if you look closely and watch a number of the previous videos you can tell the top sawblade does sit a bit forward of the main blade and down slightly as well so there is some 'overlap' of the blades to insure there's no cutting gap between the blades. You definitely don't want there to be a gap in the sawing when working through those massive logs that need the top blade.
