Milling Rough Lumber: Surface 4 Sides S4S 

That's one hell of a machine for joining and planing!

Dude, this is a great vid on how to square stock, I appreciate you taking the time to do this to help us novices. Thanks for the vid.

Wow this is a great video. So many people have covered this topic but you managed to explain the process in great detail while still keeping it simple and understandable. Thanks for making this!

Congratulations on your new baby. I laughed when you said things are more stable now. You are going to experience new levels of love, of wonder, of fear, and of uncertainty. That is parenting. Thanks for the tips and for explaining your rationale for your milling process. The Hammer looks like an awesome machine. It is far beyond my needs, my space, and my budget.

Welcome back! And congrats on the new born! You just secured another full time gig (and then some) for the next 20 yrs or so. :)

Dear Sir, Heartfelt congratulations on the birth of your baby daughter. I am sure she'll give you both many years of joy & happiness. Your demonstration is very informative & educational too. Keep up the good work & great to see you back in the swing of things. Kind regards.

As someone who just bought rough lumber for the first time this video was very helpful! Learned a lot. Especially the part about planing both sides equal amounts for moisture concerns. Thanks!

New subscriber here. Parenthood is beautiful! Congrats!! Thank you for showing and focusing on safety! Love that you showed your planer was disconnected.

You have a gift for explaining things. Well done! Thank you. Beautiful shop by the way.

Hello Alabama!!!! Glad to see your working your way back into the shop!

Seriously man you need to teach people for a living. Thats the best video i have ever watched (and iv watched some real crappy ones). Amazing, elequent clear speech and easy to follow explanations that made perfect sense.. Iv followed you on IG and now RU-vid. Cant say enough good things about you.

Thank you for the great video and explanations. I just purchased my first batch of rough lumber for a project. Until now I have always purchased S4S lumber and your video explained the how and why perfectly.

That was by far the best board dimensioning video out there, I never thought of removing an equal amount from each side while thicknessing, but makes total sense. Thank you.

Great information. Probably will refer back to this video from time to time. You're a great instructer/teacher. Look forward to future videos. Keep up the good work. Roger

Congrats on the new family member hope mother and child are well.Good to see you back

Congrats to you and your wife. And welcome back.

First time I've come across you and I gotta say - WOW. SO much information. So much wisdom. I'm sure after many hours and many lost boards/projects I could have arrived at the same info, but it's awesome to hear/learn it from someone who's been there. For instance, NEVER would have thought to plain the other side to induce symmetrical moisture exposure/reduce chance of future bowing. That kind of info was EVERYWHERE in this vid. Even though this vid is a few months old, I've subbed and can't wait to watch more.

Congratulation to the both of you on your new baby girl and welcome back!

Nice to see that your back and congratulations on the new addition to your family!!!

Congratulations and welcome back.

Glad to see you back fellow Huntsvillian. Congrats on the newborn. She is adorable. Looking forward to your videos.

Congratulations! Glad you are back.

Thank you. Please do more of these videos. Oh and congratulations on the new family member.

So glad your back. Love your videos

Great to have you back and congrats on the new addition to the family my friend

A lot of very interesting thinking points regarding milling. Thanks and welcome back to YT!

Congratulations on the beautiful baby and that Joiner planer combination is amazing I definitely need one of those it would definitely free up some room...

Great video. Congrats on new member of your family! Hope to see more of videos.

What a machine! And Congratulations on your new arrival 👍🏻👍🏻

Good to see you making videos again. Dust collection with your jointer/planer looks to be about perfect. And congrats on the baby!

Great video. Really helped me get the concept of flattening and squaring a rough cut piece.

On Father’s Day, congratulations on your baby girl!

Welcome Back, and Congratulation on having a new daughter. Looking forward for more of your video.

Glad to see you are making videos again and congrats on the new member of the family!

congrats on the child truly a blessing..Same with that Hammer machine, truly a blessing. wow!

I was wondering what happened. Glad to see you back and congratulations to you and your wife.

Excellent information here, especially describing how you are holding down the wood. I'm still trying to wrap my head around why a jointer works.

It finally makes sense to me! It clicked at 8:26! Thank you!

Welcome back. Congratulations on the new baby!

Congratulations on the newborn!

Welcome back, looking forward to more great videos, and hope you include some pics of the new family member too!

Congrat's man on the birth of Eleanor! Can't wait to see that Hammer A3 in action..

Dude, I clicked on this video because I wanted to brush up on dimensioning boards since it's been a while for me. I saw the "Alabama Woodworker" intro and thought: "Oh, boy! Wonder what kind of backwoods hilarity I'm about to see." Then the intro fades to you and I was like: "What?! That's Huy!" I made Lori watch the intro and we both just laughed. Seriously, you have to be the most talented and well rounded guy we know! Great video and belated congrats on that sweet baby girl!

Congratulations my friend, you're baby girl is absolutely gorgeous! May God bless you and your family!!! Thank you for the video I really love that jointer! I have never seen o e like it.

Man youve got great machines

Such a satisfying video 😴

Very well produced video! Congrats on your baby too!

congrats on your new family member, good to see you back, love your vids

Welcome back and congratulations. Great video.very informative.

Welcome back and congratulations on the new addition to your family. I like the way you explained the way to do this, also great machine. wish I had the space to have one.

Dude, love the workshop

Glad you're back man and congratulations.

I just came across your video. Very Informative. Like Crockadile Dundee said in the Movie "You call that a knife and brandished his. That's just what you did with the beautiful machine !!

The Jointer.... Is a plainer????!!! What is this madness! How is this 5 years old and the 1st time I have seen this!???? GENIUS!!!! My brain just broke!!! 🧠

Super vid. Thank from Japan. will see more of your video to not enjoy only but acquire knowledge of skill in woodworking by watching your VIDEO. LoVe & CreaTe !

Great explanation of the jointing and planing process and sequence, excellent diction, and what a machine! Cute tiny person! This is my first viewing of you on RU-vid, and find you to be one of the best at explaining woodworking. Thanks

missed you. welcome back and congratulations

awesome stuff, thank you sir

You have the safest setup ever seen

Welcome back

I've been looking forward to your return. Congrats.

Outstanding presentation

Happy Birthday Eleanor! I just discovered your channel by accident. I am just setting up shop- also in Alabama. I thought you did a very nice job on the video. I am subscribing to see what wisdom I can gain from you. I am certainly not a master craftsman, but I enjoy milling my own lumber and designing and building projects with my limited knowlege and tool collection.

Alright!! Good to see you posting again!!

Big congrats on your baby girl!

Great video!!! Keep them coming. Just bought my first jointer and your tips will be used for sure!!!! I love following your Instagram page as well. Great work my friend!!!

"I like to use a jigsaw." = A phrase I thought I would never hear uttered aloud. I have one, but I HATE using it. Congrats on the new future shop assistant, btw.

Welcome Back! and congratulations for your new baby.

I learned a few things. Thank you!

A must watch. Well explained vid. Thnx

Congratulations on the little one. Just discovered your site and thank you. You did an excellent job of explaining s4s. Please keep the quality of the videos coming.

Nice to see you. Good Lucky to you, your wife and Eleonor... big hug from Brasil Said Choucair

Sweet video Huy, thank you! Welcome back to YT and congrats on your bundle of joy :)

Congratulations!

Congrats! Great video! Keep em comin!

I really enjoy your videos. Thumbs up!

I think you are the only person on youtube to suggest getting 2 sides flat before edge jointing. Thank you for that.

Now missing u again. Congrats on the nee family

Glad you're back! Congrats on the special addition to the family!

Great explanations. Hope to see other videos from you; this was my first.

Very nice explanation Huy. I know you mentioned the length of the video being a possible concern. It was timed right with the well thought out information I expect from you. :)

Hey, your back - great. Hope your new born is well.

Welcome back, and “Congrats”!

Glad your back

Thanks for posting. Lots of good information here

Nice. I’ve been following you on Instagram for a short while now and didn’t realise you had a RU-vid channel. I’ve seen a few videos relating to this videos subject, but I like your pragmatic and clear approach to the task. You’re a great teacher. As a random thing, I thought for a split second that your eye protection was actually some vintage fighter pilot goggles.

Welcome back! And congratulations... I wondered why I haven't seen any new videos and now we know. See, you were missed...

Congratulations... Super nice setup you have. New viewer and just subscribed to your channel. I enjoyed the video.

Thank you for being very informative keep up the good work!!!

Very good video, thanks and subscribed

Welcome back,

I actually went to school with a dude named Huy Nguyen 😃 Glad you decided to come back, subscribed ✅

Excellent nice and simple thanks

Good tips! Thanks for sharing!

this is nice board

Great video

Adorable baby there (over 2 now lol) That hammer machine looks great. And negatives? Kinda want a wider planet but my little 12” has suited me fine so far. This was explained great! New sub! Thanks brother! :)

Nice video. Love the flag.

Can you imagine they did building in Japan with just hand tools back in the day and the buildings are standing still amazing craftsmen.

I was about to skip the video, thinking I knew everything there is to know about milling. I was wrong! I always jointer face and side first then go to the planer but your strategy make sense. I am not sure how much of a difference it makes to alternate planing sides, I never did, but it makes sense too and I may just start to do it!