When I was 14 I worked in a sawmill very much like this one; a two man operation. I was paid $1 an hour after school to clean up after the days cutting was done. I'd clean out under the saw and then haul the bark in an old dump truck and dump it into a gully at the back of the property. I loved it. I managed to buy some groceries every week and still save enough to buy my first guitar. I'm 75 and I can smell the fresh pine as clear as if it was yesterday. Thank you for posting this video.
I enjoy seeing you starting with a large log, explaining what you are doing and working slowly and carefully making it smaller and more manageable while always making sure everyone is safe. I have lots of respect for you and how you make your videos. I'm glad I found you and not someone else. 😎🇨🇦🇺🇲🙏
Good job Mark. I've watched all your video's and this is the first I ever commented. I'll date myself, I learned to saw when I was a kid on an old Frick Double-Aught Hand Set. I'm an old man now. I still cut big timber, and saw lumber for my own farm use. Forty years ago, I had twenty men working in the woods cutting timber for me. It is great to see so many people interested in your video's. Keep up the good work!
Nice log. 490 bf on the Doyle log scale. I just happen to have my log rule on the desk by my computer lol.I enjoy your videos. I could watch a circle mill cut all day long. I have a Hud-son 36 pro portable mill and enjoy seeing useable lumber produced.
Mark, thanks for this great video, i feel that all pieces of wood, no matter how small, or ugly, they all have a Use for something I would like a Guitar Body made from this wood , ,Keep the great video's coming, Cousin Figel
I enjoyed that big old ugly. You did the best you could with it. Not much useful but, maybe with judicious edging and some cutting off ends where the cracks are, maybe something useful might have emerged. That's part of the fun of watching these. You NEVER know what's going to come into view with the next cut. Sap pockets, anyone???
Mark, I don't understand why it's so interesting to watch a sawmill at work but your videos have caught my attention and as a woodworker, I wouldn't mind saying I'd love to do volunteer work there even to shovel sawdust. Unfortunately, I live in the coastal area of NC. I'm originally from Erie but the Marine Corps transplanted me here 30 years ago and we stayed mostly to get away from the snow.....but we now live in "HURRICANE ALLEY" LOL! Maybe not so much LOL! Keep the great videos coming, I really appreciate them!
The TWO of you will Tackle it with ease.; Been watching also previous videos and LOVING IT. Best form of therapy, from ALL THE HOOPLA GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. We American Citizens must stay strong and UNITED.
@@andrewriches506 Thanks Andrew , I am OK except for my 20 health issues . I have a funeral to go to early next week . My Step-Dad got killed monday . A accident at the farm . He was 78 and had a good life . I am going to make the trip up to be there for my 80 year old mom
When your like me you think the turning as you cut seems waist. But as I learn why. I start understanding. As I want to make something out of every scrap. That was another time long gone in my life. I enjoy every video and am so thankful. The other channel were the water wheel does work is so interesting also. If there a will there is a way.
I was in USMC engineers. All our equipment had 3-71, 4-71 or 6-71 Detroit diesels. We got a brand new P&H crane with a 6-71 in the bottom and a 4-71 in the top. We got a new Case dozer fitted with a 4-71 Detroit. Years later I built a trucking company up and my first diesel was a cab over GMC with a 6-71 in it.
This is soo simple..I worked at Klawock Timber on Prince of Wales SW of Ketchican Ak. I operated a Albany quad saws as a break down equipment. There was 8' by 24' Sitka spruce logs. I got slabs 8.5" and 6.25" thick. I had moments to set saws to produce the highest grade cants. I enjoyed working at Klawock Timber. Still operating under a new ownership.
Never sawed. Helped weld sawmills together & learned to swage, shape, & file circle saws on a Crossley saw filing machine , then hammer tension into them. Once I learned to file saws, never had time to learn how to dull them.
HI MARK that's a monster log 😀😄😆🤣🙂 it would 12 uncle June's working 💪👷 at the sawmill 2 turn that log by hand ✋ that's where U get your lumber at from the big logs U can saw some lumber in a days time like 👍 that OMG 6 9 2O22
@@markgalicic7788 I might need professional help :-) I can blame it in the brain damage I received in the military , or blame it on the large tumor I had removed from my brain cavity in 2009 . Brain doesn't work properly anymore :-)
Hello Mark and Eddie that was a big log I need to do that cracking problems I did not realize how big it was thank you y'all have a great day and I got to watch this on the Early Edition on Thursday it on the carriage
With such a large check running through the heart, I wonder if it would have made sense to start there, first cutting through it on one side, then turning the log to do the other. With two halves, you might have had better options to avoid serious checking and access a better grade of wood. Once the log is open like that, the view from the inside is invaluable.
Great old log! I see you have a cutoff saw now. Be very careful with it. They have mamed and killed people over the years. The shed it looking good too!
Interesting video watching you manage that bad boy. It’s a pity the cracks and checks went so deep. Probably a slightly disappointing yield from the inside material. Have a great w/e.
I've been watching some of your earlier posts and the changes you have made to the mill are magnificent I have often wondered how you recruited ZZ Mark, Buzz Saw Buzzy, plus others did they buy timber from you initially or what,If you cant say thats ok but the extra hands make life easier for Eddie
Hi Mark and Eddie could you explain to a layman why you cut where you do on this 32 inch pine,and in general how you layout the cuts for the lumber,thankyou keep up the great work.
It was a good move putting that chop saw at the end of the line but it slows down production overall. You need a third guy to make it work, it's too much for just Eddie alone. Still a nice video.
They sometimes have a 3rd guy running the swing saw for the regular Monday video. With just Eddie, sometimes you have slow production a little bit to cut up the slabs to keep things clean and organized around the mill.
I could be wrong but it looks like there’s an edger right next to where they pile the boards with wane on them, j was also wondering to but then I seen what kinda looks like the rollers and the lever to move blades in or out, if that is an edger they should make a video of them pushing boards through it
I used to work on saws like yours (electrical) they had problems with the wires braking on the swing arm from the back and forth motion do you guys ever have to replace wiring on your saw?
Some "fine & fancy whittlin' " going on there. I find myself understanding a little more of the madness to the method on each of those huge logs. Matt Cremona just posted on bringing home logs from a massive cherry, probably one of the record sizes in Iowa. That is going to make an interesting sawing video ... or three. I think even master dog would find it difficult to get a bite on that one.
Matt measured that one at 12'4" in circumference at 4.5' off the ground. Which would make it 47" in diameter. Rather easy to saw with his extra wide bandsaw mill.
Friday eve on a Wednesday I guess any day is Friday eve unless it's Friday LOL. any day is fine with me! OPS it's Thursday! man Covid has my days mixed up!!!
GOOD sawing, Buddy and don't the Bus Motor even wiggled an eyebrow if it has any. John would stroke out on that log. He worries me around that blade. We were all taught to avoid that thing at ALL costs, ALL the time. Didn't catch anybody even thinking about getting close. One slip and split personality but not me or any of the old crew. GBWYall!
Guys you're killing me "what have we wasted nothing" "we'll probably get a 6" board" "we'll see if he puts it in pile" "Eddie is assessing it now" "there's always reverse" "keep peeling this old carrot" "looks like a coffin lid" . Thanks for the videos your humor between the two of you it cracks me up and brings lots of smiles.
