this video shows a log being sawed into boards that get turned into shiplap decking boards, hope you enjoy! We have a online store at markgaliciccha...
Your shop is amazing. Like a metal working shop with everything needed. And till not too lo0ng ago I just knew locust made good fence and shed/barn supports and good firewood. Beautiful grain. Thanks, Mark and happy weekend! GBWYall!
Just an idea for a video. Take a not too quality log and let a lucky u tuber call the shots while you open it up and cut it into boards. When to roll it, where to start, etc. He (or she) could be live on a phone or maybe even a video link. It would really make us average joes appreciate the skill it takes to be a sawyer. Love your channel!
Kind of a perfect wood. Won't rot when put in the ground as fence posts, lasts longer than cedar and burns like oak. I have them all around my house and in 18 years, not one has broken in the wind. We've had 85MPH here before and they bend with it but never snap.
Love black locust. They say that if you find a bunch of black locust pins while walking in the woods, there used to be a timber frame barn there. Everything but the pins rotted away.
I’ve done plenty of walkways in my time, never used shiplap, seems it would trap water and dirt in between the boards, I’ve always left a gap for drainage, and used roof felting with stone surface as the non slip. Hope it works out for ya.
Yeah I do t understand why he'd use ship lap on a deck, it's just going to trap water in there somewhere. A bit like using horizontal tongue and groove on a exterior which seemed to be a fad here in New Zealand in the 60s ad 70s. It always rots bad.. Saying all this I don't want to question Marks excellent videos, his work on machines or anything. Just why he's putting it on a deck floor
@@lastguy8613 there’s some that say, if the boards are 100% sealed on all four sides there’s no worries about moisture getting in the wood, that may work in some areas, but this is a walk way with foot traffic and shovels eventually the finish wears off or gets beat up. But hey when you make your own boards to replace them materials aren’t a factor.
On your ramp I put water seal on mine when it was dry I tapped off the middle and did it again and put sand blasting sand in it when it was wet just lightly for traction worked pretty good. I used black sand.
Hey Mark. Nice work. And good material choice for that deck. How often do you get black locust? I have a project for which black locust would be perfect.
Mark, my friend I am jealous of some of your shop tools! You really need to be wearing hearing protection! I have 2 sets of over the ear muffs that help a lot when planing or jointing. damned sight cheaper than hearing aids 🙂
Good gravy man, you have an industrial shop. I've seen some on other vides but your equipment is sweet. Old and massive and just awesome. Sixteen inch jointer? Awesome!
Remember you sawing that log but didn't pay attention what it was for. That decking will be there when you're gone. Tuff wood. Hard as nails after it seasons. Many a locust fence posts been in the ground for a lot a years.
Mark in the 1st 5 sec and more we can see a tremendous war wound top right on your forehead. How'd you acquire it? 3:47 you mention ''GROUNDMEAT''. IDK if you're aware of a channel by the title ''PERKINS BUILDING BROTHER''? A year or so ago Jaime, one of the brothers, was working on a machine, and he had lost his train of thought for a moment and the machine chewed off three fingers, I believe. They did a series, where he explains exactly how things transpired. He also shows the fitting of his prosthetics. He took it like a true ''SPARTAN'' in my humble opinion. Let me know if you've seen these guys, if not check 'em out. I think you'll enjoy them. They're out of Appalachia,(North Cackie-Lackie, I think. WHY IS IT CALLED LOCUST?
Mark, my son just finished rebuilding a seesaw that my dad built for us when we were little kids. Was made out of a piece of locust that was outdoors for the last 60 years. Don't think that you will have any trouble with the locust rotting out on you.
HI MARK I ☺😊🙂🤗😀😄 have never heard of any here where I,M at if it was it was way before my time there 😀😄😉😅🙂😳 was alot of big timber sawed well before 195O OMG 6 3 2O22
locust is long lasting wood,,,,i would say...our cabin down home has huge locust posts on each corner..the biggest on the farm...so you got 3 phase in your garage,,wow...thats nice,,,years back,,i got a Dewalt model 1,,i forget,,,but it was a rad arm saw,,5 hp...3 phase,,converted to 2 phase,, it was about a ton and a half..the shop i got it from quit using it,had it outside covered up..it took me 6 hours to take it apart to move it to my garage..everything worked on it...it was one of dewalts first models,,,,the saw motor was built in the saw that moved on the upper track,,it all weight about 400 lbs,,but was real easy to move back and forth..we had one of these saws in my trade school..so cool to use,,
Love your old machines, what a monster the thickness planer is! ...and I think your shaper is a bit more able than my $57 Ryobi plastic router table :)
Hi there, been enjoying your sawmill stuff. This video called to my mind that I now have about 6 grand in hearing aids paid for by the US Navy. Why? Years in the engine room of a submarine. Today I neglected to put them in until about 4 pm. The noise from tinnitus was driving me crazy. Please, wear hearing protection. That noise from Tinnitus is just your brain trying to turn up the volume. That doesn't work so well.
Thank you for all the safety suggestions, but if someone needs to be told to keep their fingers away from the knives on a planer, they most likely don't own or have access to a planer. Jus' sayin'.
It's good he does. I have heard before that despite all of the attention we have with table saws and shortened fingers, the jointer causes the most injuries. You have to cater to the lowest denominator.
I don't think that wood has been aged with all the bark on it so are you going to wait a bit for a bunch of moisture to dissipate before putting them down?? 🤔
...!I REALLY, REALLY DIG YOUR OLD SCHOOL EQUIPMENT... NOTHING BUILT SOLID AND DURABLE AS OLD SCHOOL SHOP EQUIPMENT...I ADMIRE THEM GREATLY TO HEART!...
Mark this is John Sellers in Warren AR and I would like to know what kind of lumber are you using on the head board in your shop. I'm going to a guess and say it's oak and pine. I have bought a HM130MAX and started milling some lumber. (red,white, and post oak logs, cypress logs and yellow Pine logs). Don't know if you have heard of a Potlatch Corp. they are a sawmill here in Warren and they have thousands of acres of timberland here around Warren. We also have a hardwood flooring plant here. Population of just over 8 thousand small town to have a sawmill and a hardwood flooring plant here. I sure do like watching ya'll milling lumber and u have taught me a lots. Me, my dad and my brother were in construction business and worked for GP plywood plants in 3 plants in AR, 3 plants in MS. and 1 in LA.
Love you videos, beautifull logs and boards, no bullshit, and dedicated people with characters. I have a question about releasing tensions during sawing, do the resulting twists recess during drying provided you stack the boards flat under some load or will the twists remain after the wood is dried? Cheers from Belgium!
Be still, my heart. Black Locust is my favorite 'exotic' wood...more so than the considered species. I love the coloration, and the way the growth rings just seem to 'pop' under a couple coats of spray lacquer. O'course...as you mentioned, it IS harder than Chinese arithmetic, but nothing good sharp tooling can't handle. You will love crafting with it!
I worked in a fireplace mantle shop where they had all those old machines. None of them had any so called safety guards, not hearing protection, no dust collection. No one ever got hurt, fortunately. Since I was only 16 I couldn't operate the power saws, shapers, planers, etc. I could use the nail guns to put things together. I cleaned up tons of sawdust.
How much did the wood move while drying it? I have always wanted to do something with black locust. I have just a few trees left in our timber that were not harvested for firewood that my aunt planted back in the late 50's that I have thought would be good for an outdoor project.
The first thing I do when I get any machine or power tool is remove the safety. I think the safety is more dangerous than good. It obstructs the view of where I need to cut.
@@markgalicic7788 that's a tough one. I was thinking about your setup the other day and wondering about a belt driven generator on the front side of the bus motor for running things in the saw shed. Might also be a plus if you had to run the blower on electricity. But wouldn't be any good for the kiln.
