Saw-Milling A Historic Log And Finding Black Gold Hidden Under Its Bark 

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I am learning just how MUCH thought has to go into trying to get the best yield of Lumber from a log. Thanks for the education Nathan. Cheers, Don from South Australia.

When the music starts I get a little melancholy knowing that the video is soon going to be over. Beautiful, Beautiful grain and colors. It's your joy of finding the beauty of the Wood that makes me watch! Thank you for sharing this with us.

I can’t get enough of your channel! I really appreciate you taking the time to teach the art of running a mill. Nice haircut too! -Ben

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to get out and visit two favorite antique and craft shops. In one, an artist had made cutting boards from odd shapes, odd sizes, and likely different woods. He suspended them in a closet-sized space in the shop, as beautiful artwork as well as functional in a kitchen. The one that caught and held my attention was the large one with a defect that had been filled with a vibrant blue, instead of the black I've seen in many examples. So, I would say that your current boards would still find lots of uses to many crafty types!

Nathan, there are craftsmen who would buy that cut-off with the wind shake crack. Many people would use it for turning fountain pen barrels or other small projects. Though it may not fetch the price of those 18" beauties, it can be sold for something. ...Cat food cost money!

Purty as a fluffy kitten and worth good money in the right market. Knife scales, carving stock, presentation plaques, high end chef's cutting board, etc.

oh that is beautiful wood. I could look at it all day!!!

I wish I lived a little closer!! I would love to plunder through your scrap pile!!

Just found your channel this evening. I have watched 4 or 5 videos so far. I too was originally from South Knoxville, Tn. My Papaw was a carpenter for the TVA HQ downtown Knoxville. Both parents worked and Mamaw kept me. So in the late 50's early 60's I was in the basement with my Papaw watching and helping when I could. He built desks, furniture and cabinets for certain customers on the side in his basement. He used solid wood back then, no veneers. 2 things I did learn, #1 was moving blade safety and drill press or router safety. I have all of my fingers and toes unlike a Papaw. He lost down to the first knuckle of his pointer finger left hand to a jointer blade. #2 was the beauty of real wood. I helped build things that went to very well to do homes and some were TVA Execs. In the mid 40's his military service was doing carpentry work building Oak Ridge Natl Lab buildings. End of WWII he moved to TVA and worked on Dam Construction. Later he moved to TVA HQ remodeling a building into offices for the EXEC's. He was Supervisor on the 3-11/4-12 shift. I saw you are in NE TN, The Tri Cities. Dad moved us to Texas in 1966. I love my Lonestar State, but Tennessee is love of my heart. Wife loved East Tn so much she wanted to get married there. Married in Sevierville at a Feed Mill & Store downtown. Not there anymore. My best friend in Tenn growing up has a sister who got into the B&B business in Gatlinburg. She and her husband lost some of their properties to the fires. I wish I could have spent more time learning the trade from my grandfather who learned from his father. I would never allow myself to touch that beautiful with a saw, hammer and chisel or drive a screw or nail into it. I am a wood butcher at best. Beautiful work on cutting/slabbing the logs you acquire.

Such a great chunk of wood! You’re a magician when it comes to turning that log the right rotation to get such beautiful cuts. Another great episode from that log with such a great story. Thank you.

I always like the bucket of water scene. It's the first glimpse of what's in store for the finished slab. I have in my future, if covid virus allows, a series of live edge walnut planks Danish oil party. I have wetted them down with denatured alcohol in front of a few people, but the first application of Danish oil would be quite a sight, and I have come to realize that it should be a shared event. All bought at auction for nickel on the dollar. Always buy lottery tickets on my birthday, but in reality, those walnut slabs are my fateful winnings.

Walnut never gets old!

We had narrow boards in my school wood shop, we learned how to glue them together to make wider stock.

I would LOVE to go through your “fire wood “ pile. There’s so much you can do with that. Toss some bow ties down the split, you can run glue down the spilt and run a shop vac on the back side to pull the glue in, clamp it and good as new... so many options.

In todays world of epoxy, I would think those "scrap" boards would make an incredible table or desk. Just beautiful grain in that board.

I dont expect a reply or a like/love etc . My dad always talked about logging. My great grandpa was a logger in Fentress Co Tn and my dad spent many a day on the opposite end of a cross cut saw from his grandma. My uncle in Vietnam was an accomplished logger because no one else knew how to cut timber or use a cross cut. Dad would always look at a tree and say there is X amount of board feet. He cut a HUGE poplar one time and it was falling on him and i pushed him out of the way and he punched me because my pushing split the bottom of that log by 3 feet. Thanks for doing this. I was a MArine Recruiter in Kingsport and that area so . Semper Fi

Those boards with the cracks are still great boards. I've installed planks in bar and other places where we sanded them down and fill the cracks with colored acrylic and then finished them.

If I could go back a few years and still had my shop ... a visit to your firewood pile would have been an awesome day for me

What great cuts from what didn't look so good for an instant. You're amazing Nathan. Have a great weekend! Thank you for this.

I was at the grocery store shopping, before I left I found six black walnut pallets in the dumpster........ I was so happy 😂😊☺️

11 months into covid and I am staring at wood 1500 miles away.

Gets me every time, he throws that water on that wood. Lol.

You really got folks boxers in a bundle taking about burning that walnut. ; )

You're crazy that's the best part of that plank gouge it out and put acrylic in there it looked beautiful

Wow! Very entertaining watching you cut up timbers and the kinds of grain these logs have, it beautiful...thanks!

*Plank has a long wind shake crack. Nathan: "This one's going to the fire wood pile". *Me, an avid scale modeler and occasional woodworker: "Lots of high quality wooden bases in there!".

As a woodworker; don't EVER let me catch you saying waste or fire in reference to a log that beautiful!!! HEH. There is always a way to get around a defect in grain that gorgeous. Keep up the good work young man. You have a dedicated viewer.

What gorgeous wood! The best things in life are worth waiting for.

your welcome i worked at a saw mill in Tennessee Adams vile love wood sawing the grains are just so new in every log am also a wood worker making things all the time so again thank you for you putting then out there

You can always grind out the cracks and put epoxy in it looks beautiful.

Nathan - you were born to this. Such artistry!

Beautiful wood. Now a days folks are obsessed with weird grain and stuff we used to consider “defects” It’s cool to see such “perfect” wood

I was thinking you were going to turn it on its side with that last bit of log. Would have been some nice leg blanks to go with a table/desk top out of one of those wide boards, I think.

Walnut is so awesome to work with. Even using all hand tools. It’s just an all around perfect species of hardwood! Enjoy your videos Nathan!

"Wood such a blessing to humanity" David Lynch.

Seems like those castoffs would make gun stocks or grips. Can I come over to go thru your burn pile?😀

I have seen best beech bought up by scholl shoe maker. They are not going to worry aboug a shake split. Sell everything, your old log finds are beautiful.

Beautiful.

This just amazing. You are definitely knowledgeable. I have seen guys pick up split wood and tie them with a bow inserts and some are made of steel or stainless bows and some pour epoxy and comes out to be amazing counter or table tops. I don’t know much about woods but enjoy watching the process. Thank you for sharing the video.

Man that log made some beautiful stuff. Appreciate your knowledge

There are some board you secret into a private stash area for retirement so you have a secret cash crop of boards for your family so you have gold hidden for that rainy day wish you luck and happy sawing. :)

Wow I love that grain pattern what a beautiful slab of wood

This wood is Beautiful! I'd say it was a prize in spite of the check! Thanks Kindly Nathan! Blessings! DaveyJO in Pa.

One of the most beautiful hardwoods in North America!

My my what an exquisite looking walnut boards....Thanks very much my friend..!

Narrower boards are great, if they hold up for trim and picture frames.

My thinking is run that wind shake out on your jointer, and donate the wood to a school with a wood shop. The kids can make knick knack shelves etc. out of it....just a thought. Please don't burn it.

Great video as always Nathan. Love the music you choose, so relaxing. Can't wait to start sawmilling on my property in Michigan!

With the wind shake board, it would be great for knife scales. 3" board would give four sets of scales per linear foot. Walnut scale sell on Ebay for 5$ and up plus shipping. The half inch waste board would work well too.

I recently found some beautiful green heart exotic wood pallets.

No not the burn pile! Man, if you weren't a thousand miles away I'd take any walnut you've got in the pile for butcher block tops.

Man Nathan that Black Gold just popped! The variety of so many different trees in TN vs what I have here in S.Texas is quite different!!!!

Gorgeous wood.

Such beautiful wood

I just realized how much you sound like ProjectFarm haha! Great vids, own small sawmill myself and I love watching your videos and learning tips!

Thx

You can build some beautiful projects using exotic wood from pallets if you know anything about wood working.

That last board was beautiful even with the little bit of sap wood. Nice job Nathan.

Looks like some beautiful worm defects popping in that last board when you poured the water on it. I love seeing the defects in the wood rather than a clear piece of wood but that whole log turned out a variety of beautiful wood.

I've noticed that chocolate syrup and ice cream kind of looks like Walnut. Coincidence? I think not. 😎

This type of wood, with a certificate of authenticity (Nicely printed, made by you that tells the logs story) would sell for a very healthy return in the pen blank, knife scale and call blank world.

Worked out well. Good job Nathan

Great video! Good stuff to know!

jeez some that clear section make some nice acoustic guitar let me tell you, solid bookend back, solid sides

Your waste would be my GOLD Wish I lived near to you. I could really enjoy myself with that waste. Great Log 👍🏻

watching this is so soothing!

So glad you shared these videos!!!

Beautiful!

Great job dealing with natural problems with some beautiful timber!

You have an excellent eye as a sawyer and in video production.

Nice work figuring that out 🙂. Got some beautiful boards.

That is some beautiful wood all of it is wonderful including the first two coats of that log that you did I would keep it all don’t throw any of it into the fire it’s all sellable creative leaders many things you could do with it or somebody can I know I would be able to use them

man-o-man how I'd love to make a decked out 'twitchin Bureau with roll top or a grandfather clock case with that gorgeous piece of Gods' creation!!!!!!!

So glad I found a guy with his own mill who knows wood

Love those faults he talks about, they're great design opportunities, especially with epoxy with color.

i like watching these videos.

I will never ever buy or use a saw mill to make my own lumber, yet I religiously watch these videos, and marvel at the lumber you produce. Weird

That’s awesome. Love the camera shots when putting water on it

Cut the slabs so close next to the wind check and save the slabs if not for sale then you can use them on the new buildings!!!!!!!! Great Wood comes many shapes and sizes!!!

Really interesting to see how you tackled that👍

You can find all kinds of exotic woods from Pallets........ Remember. Pallets come from all over the world..........I have found Zebra wood, Cocobolo, black walnut, tiger wood, honduras rose and the list goes on forever........ Pallets

I get worried about a fire with all the sawdust and the gas cans nearby. Hope you clean up the dust often. Love your work.

WOW brother thats pure ole dee prudy. Lovely walnut!!!!

Right at 6:12 Oh ! Oh ! That is pretty. Look at the colours ! If the wind shake is stable,, and where the wind shake is still quarter sawn... Keep it. Cut the pith out,, sure. But the wind shakje is actually pretty.

Wow nice log

Got to love that black walnut

Beautiful looking wood

wind shake or not, that was one heck of a beautiful log and the wood you did get out of it was fantastic. Some loss, but still one heck of a log.

Great job. Awesome wood. You didn't have much to burn but I'd love to visit your burn pile.

I see the black walnut is drying nicely in the background.

Three inch wide, quarter-sawn, straight grain walnut on the burn pile? Really?

That's one beautiful lawg.

Hint: never ever say “I just had a thought!” Like it was an EVENT! Lol. Another great segment at the sawmill!

There are woodturners who could work around the pith and wind shake. Me being one of them.

That water help you identify your wood type, ...... You can see your wood grain.

As a wildland firefighter, I remember that fire, it was nasty and devasting! I would be willing to buy the first cut end piece you made on the piece of walnut! Nothing fancy but to just place on a book shelf as a memory! Please let me know how to contract you!

Was there the year before and after the fires. Awesome place. Would love something made from the fire wood.

I can think of no better use for those plaks but stairs and floor planking, but I don't know..

Beautiful wood!