Thanks for the opportunity to watch and hear you work. I'm 83+ and first in my family to go to college! Worked two summers in the factory my dad did and learned a lot while building farm machinery. Worked in summers putting up hay at surrounding farms. Made me a better man and student to know more than one life style. Appreciate you all as I await the light before me, dang cancer!
This is the best sawmill on RU-vid. Others use a band saw blade which takes forever. Other use a lot of physical labor, a lot of lifting and pushing. You are #1
I always like seeing the guys take a tree trunk and turn it into useful lumber. 8x8 “timber framing” wood is a special treat. You don’t get to see wood that size being cut every day.
I can well imagine all the different smells from the wood. I love that. Takes me back to my youth on the farm and the small tractor powered sawmill we had.
Another fun video, Mark. Let's enjoy this warm weather while it lasts. I was working outside and couldn't get to this video until late in the day. Bill
I love the first cut. There is something about taking a log with a sway and making it square. Most of the snow has melted here. It is always good to see you and Eddy. I wish that I was there to help.
I had no idea hardwood logs are hewn into beams used to build barns. A good way to use logs that otherwise might have gone to waste, or the firewood pile.
We could tell how heavy those beams are by how high the roller table jumped when receiving it. Don’t work Eddie too hard. Nice sawing guys. Spring has sprung.
got my sawill fix thanks to you guys, still muddy so cant get to my mill or ill tear my field all up and we dont want that cause i use the hay on it 79 here today so wont be long thanks guys
Man, Mark, I wish I lived closer to you. I'm retired and live in Texas. I would love to fill in for ZZ Mark and help Eddie out on the chop saw. Maybe one day I could make the trip out. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Yall did really good on the beams. Get them squared up as best as they will and THEN start getting technical AND I hear that Bus Motor EVERY time you crack the doghouse door! Such a comforting sound! And a saw and bus motor have a certain pitch that everybody at the mill gets used to, especially the sawyer and when the saw pitch changes, EVERYBODY knows something bad might be happening. 2nd nature to the crew. Happy weekend and also happy 66.2 subs! God Bless!
@@davidvandyk466 Hi David. Loadshedding #@! We've has 2 hours today already, at 12 we start a 4 hour cut, then 2 hours again at 22h00! Tomorrow is even worse! Two 4 hour sessions and a 2 hour session!
Man I'll tell you what. You don't get enough praise. For running that machine. Cause I don't think people understand just how good you have to be an keep your head on a swivel.
I'm half listening, not really even paying attention but I always have RU-vid open in the background. That being said, Mark you caught my attention with "...that ignorant hickory..." and I had to go back and watch the whole thing. I have a love-hate relationship with hickory, so I feel that statement! Thanks for sharing Mark and Eddie
Hey, Mark, That Detroit is really loud! I had a couple of 671s on pumps and found if you installed side panels on them and directed the exhaust up 8 feet or so, the engine noise was at least tolerable. I think Eddie would appreciate it too! by the way, I really enjoy your videos. You never know what is "inside" those logs until you make a few cuts. Sometime it's a real surprise! Keep the videos coming -----
Around my neck of the wood (Wisconsin) we have a saying that “you can always tell when you cut hickory because it warps so much it walks back into the forest on it’s own.” Of course, ours is shag bark hickory.
Fridays aint Fridays without dropping in on Mark and Eddie milling away on an exotic tree trunk. Hickory for the smoke meat people and 8" by 8" Post and beams for the post barn raising.
@@markgalicic7788 Thanks Mark. I've somewhat got my mill back up and runnin again and I want to invest in a metal detector to help keep me from cutting through nails, bolt's etc. Have a wonderful
Time making mistakes = experience and knowing what not to do... Sometimes falling down and even on your face is the hardest but best remembered education...
Mark, have you ever considered making up bee hive kits? Bee keeping is fast becoming very popular, there should be a very good market for them and you're already perfectly set up to produce them. Could be a very good money maker for retirement.
