Milling a Birdseye Log 

Thanks Todd, we seem to have our share of Woodworking Snowflakes. Shocked at how many "Oh my!" comments, voiced by those with little to no experience.

@@RobCosmanWoodworking i found it therapeutic for my OCD to watch you measure, decide, cut, and move along. no time to dawdle and second-guess. also, just the process of discovery that a log is (no guarantees, just wishes). thanks for this vid.

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That was a big waste of wood i thought ! I love all the tools you have though. I would of been cutting guitar necks out of all that nice thick wood.

Andrew Carmichael I hope you learn enough to justify it then!

Alex Taylor nice copy and paste

But afterward you wonder, why did I do this?

my heart stopped when he reached over the table saw - sticking up 3.5".

He has been doing it a long time, and as evidenced by his full complement of significant scar free fingers, appears to have the situational awareness to not stick them in a saw blade. Also, it is a Sawstop.

@@markbeiser In my opinion, a Sawstop is just an invitation to be careless.

a lot of this was cracked and/or no figure or not enough for what I wanted. firewood it was!

It happens to everyone on occasion, especially when starting out with a roughly split log.

Hahahahahahaaha

His son and son-in-law both work for him.

I know absolutely nothing about the subject of the video - I’m a data analyst- but what he did and how he did it seemed messed up!

Robs a big boy and doesn't need me to fight his battles. I'm also not 100% sure of his reasons for doing anything. So at best I can make some guesses. It seemed more than a little obvious he was rushed and I'm also more than sure these videos eat up a lot of expense in shop time and wages. His isn't a hobby shop, it's a working commercial shop. Anyone else ever operated equipment under rushed situations? I've knowingly mistreated multi million dollar equipment at times following orders and where the conditions and situation justified it. And anyone doubting Robs craftsmanship and abilities you might want to go back and review his multi part video series on building that workbench of his. Without a doubt it's the finest bench of it's type I've ever seen. So any craftsman with that much experience knows more than well how far things can be pushed. And while it's certainly not a safety issue, but speaking of that NOT following general accepted rules Alex. I'd point out that typing almost your whole post in caps is pretty much frowned upon as being rather impolite. I also learned a long time ago it's never a good idea to start harshly judging people and how they do any job when it was fairly plain they had far more experience than I do.

Alex Taylor Wow, all that time spent writing paragraph after paragraph of text that no one will read because it's in all caps.

Alex Taylor Well, it should be obvious that I *can* read. The pertinent question is the "want to" portion of your response. In writing, especially persuasive writing, one is best served by making good points toward the position being argued, AND trying to gain and keep others on your side. Part of that is writing in a clear and concise way which includes not only building a logical flow to your argument, but also making it relatable and readable. Eliminating distractions and stumbling blocks in the form of sentence structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and even font choice (including all caps), will aid greatly in getting the message you desire into the minds of the readers most easily. I, personally, don't think you're trying to yell at everyone by using caps, but I (and likely most people) simply find it less pleasing to read, and choose to skip it, altogether.

Alex Taylor I didn't read whatever you just said.

HI Kren, thanks for the positive comments, refreshing however i must admit I get a kick out of ready the comments made by mere idiots! I have fun with them and see what kind of reaction I can get. Like reeling in fish on a line.

@@RobCosmanWoodworking - well Rob, the internet has no shortage of idiots, that's for sure.

what you missed are all the checks, defects and cracks. I only want the premium birdsseye for my saw handles. i dont care if I waste 3/4 of the log to get what I want. my log, my call. Dont watch if you cant handle it ya cheapskate!

I never said anything about your crafting. I said,.. it reminded me of another wasteful video. So do whatever you want to with your wood

@@RobCosmanWoodworking You should put this comment first. No question you are a master. Best to fill the vacuum of what you were going for, had to search through a lot of "lack of faith" comments till I got to this one. I'm Irish and backyard mill lots of logs getting to the best piece is worth it, but still have the guilt of waste.

Another former New Brunswicker here, from the Plaster Rock area

+Douglas McCarty Why do you have a Union Jack as your phone but yer have a Irish name. traitor?

Billy Proctor if you know how to sharpen up quickly there is no reason to worry about that. Should take less than two minutes to bring it back to proper sharp. I think shop teachers made students believe they were committing a cardinal sin because they didn’t feel like sharpening any more than they had to... haha. I’ve actually found placing a plane on its side , if you accidentally set it down too quickly /firmly, can knock the iron out of square pretty easily.

@@daviskane7904 Setting the plane on its sole is not going to hurt the blade. It get banged a lot harder whenever you hit a knot in your work piece.

Can’t get that back!

@@RobCosmanWoodworking You got that right! That's why I cut my losses and turned it off after about 10 mins. Once he went to the joiner it was clear he had no idea what he was doing.

where were you when I needed an expert?

moving into a new 4500 sq ft shop the end of the month, more space to put stuff, more stuff!!

You should see the one I’ve replaced it with, a 16” General! Small jets can land on the in-feed table.

that's not the usual way it's done...

Mike Gerling OMG, I just spit all over my screen laughing at this comment, lol

I'm worried about you getting hurt with all that new equipment you have. Don't be mad aT me. Watch your own video. Your probably gonna cringe

I would also use a rip blade on the bandsaw when resawing, it will wander far less than the usual combination or crosscut blade.

Someone else that gets it!

@@markbeiser Yep. A hobby of mine is faceting gemstones. Even with a well shaped piece of rough, you are lucky to get 25% recovery. More usual is 15% - 20%. With some poorly shaped rough, the recovery might be 10% or less.

Jewel cutting is a pretty good analogy.

Thank you Matthew for serving your country! I consider it a privilege to do what we do.

thank you Richard

on the fly, dried out and badly checks birdseye log is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you got till you open it up.