sawing a black oak log # 487 

Thanks for the effort on the extra videos Mark! I appreciate them!

Hey Mark and the boys; watching your videos is like therapy for me. The pleasure of opening up a log and seeing what’s inside….it never ceases to amaze me. I do some chainsaw milling but have my eye on an Edmiston Automatic #20087 that I’ve seen for sale. I’m just in the process of setting up my own wood yard right next to my home. You guys are just living the dream; keep making the videos and know that you are making people happy all over the world😊😊

Another good video Mark. I noticed something, and i have been watching a good while now, you are very aware of your surroundings, and you watch out for the guys. There are hazards in any job really, but you have a good common sense base and are always watching out for the safety of others... Hats off to you sir from SE Texas Bear :)

Five o’clock in the morning had breakfast and I’m on takahuchi loading gravel for a friend his operator walked of yesterday , asked him what the pay was like I’ll buy you fish and chips for dinner your generosity ceases to amaze me some days , themselves nice oak boards coming off the mill you guys have nice day

Always waiting for the next video, it's relaxing.

Your videos are good because you are real. When you had eye surgery Im certain a lot of us were concerned.

Benke Heed is growing on me. Would be the perfect music on car stereo on long overland drive.

Good evening from Lincolnshire UK.

I enjoy watching the videos that y'all make. Back in 1991 after graduating from High School, the first real job I had was as a Lumber Stacker for Curt Russell Lumber Company. The mill was a 2 story mill. The head saw was had two blades, upper and lower. There was a bull edger, and a large bandsaw. Lots of the FAS Lumber came from that bandsaw. We cut a lot of 6X6 crib blocks, and header boards for the coal mines. Thank you for bringing back some awesome memories. Watching y'all even brings back the smells.

Excellent I love see senior people doing so good work GOD bless you guys

nice sawing guys ty

It's amazing how relaxing your videos are. They help me unwind from a long day . Thanks

Thanks team. And it was good to see Sammy keeping a watchful eye on things

Nice looking oak boards. Team work makes the job easier and much more gets done.

I retired 2 years ago and found out the week changed now its 6 Saturdays and Sunday, youll like your retirement when that day comes, love your videos

Very nice music, guys❤❤❤

Thank you guys thank you for so much for making these Thursday night Friday video I came home and I live in an area where there's a bunch of cars and apartment with a bunch of cars that surround us someone dented the door on my 1964 Studebaker on purpose and I let's say politely was very upset and you guys just call me completely down and made me come back to my senses thank you guys

So, have you ever worked on Douglas Fir, or Oregon white oak? being a west coaster, I really appreciate your videos, I have family that have done logging, and I work in nature and I like seeing stuff like this start as a raw material and become something new and useful, makes me wonder what will be the next step in its journey.

It looks like a bee hive with all those worker bees. Good to see you. Stay warm.

Thanks for the video Mr. Mark. Tell the rest of the gang hi .May GOD bless.

Good evening all

Mark, Those are some fantastic looking stall boards my friend. Ppl that don't have livestock or horse's don't understand how valuable hardwood of this quality is. The stuff last for a long time, Even with horse's that tend to get board and chew on it. However we've found that mixing up a solution of Tabasco Sauce mixed in with Red Chilly Pepper powder and brush it on the boards. That takes all the enjoyment out of the chewing. We recently turned a old foaling stall into the Goat and Sheep pen. We replaced all the stall walls and had 10/4 x 14' Boards cut to replace the floor boards also. We got 11 yrs out of the last floor boards we put down. And just the center 6 or 7 boards where the worst and worn out. The typical wear out from the top faster than they rot from the bottom up due to them being wet all the time. We found putting 4"-5" of crushed 304 lime stone down. And then putting the boards on top of that, Keeps things from smelling to terrible, and makes the boards last longer. And those board make cleaning a breeze. Run your fork with the boards and you would swear it doesn't make cleaning stalls a hassle at all. And the goats and sheep are pretty clean compared to Horse's and Pony's anyway. Everyone does there business in 1 of the 2 corners. So stripping a stall only has to happen about every 2 weeks. Which definitely save of saw dust.

Love the music choice Mark !! Very excellent video Thanks for sharing. Sid

Thanks!

very nice sawing .Looks like you all have a smoothe tailing set up going. thanks for the "just right" BOOMS!

You had a full crew working on the line today. Guess you had to buy the beers.

It is always interesting to see the sawiing techniques from a section of the country with lots of trees. Living in San Diego, there are NO INDIGENOUS trees. Teaching high school I tell my students that if you see a tree in San Diego it was planted by someone. They have a hard time comprehending that thought. I like your program for its unique aspect that is common to you.

When I worked in a sawmill, 1972, we cut a lot of white fir AKA pi*s fir. As the offbearer, I was first in line for the smell. I feel Eddies pain.

I did a lot of oak with an 084 on Alaskan sawmill. I can still smell it. lol Recently found your channel and have been steadily working through all the videos. Thanks for all, and looking forward to many more.

Started working at 10… and continued ever since. Opened a family business and did well (not rich). In Jan at 65yo I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now I work to make sure the family has enough. I say… enjoy while you can!

I love Benke Heed's music. Very groovy ❤

Smelly but great yield, enjoy the edger, thanks as always.

Seems like we called them PEE oaks. Burned good though. Good sawing and God Bless you and yall's weekend!

Great music during the board trimmer ops !!!!

Black oak typically has yellow color under the bark. The stink is usually from bacterial infection in the tree and is just as likely in red oak too.

Yes sir, i think that edger is much better than the old one. ZZ Mark looks like hes got a handel on the edger operation as well!

No stink through the video...LOL! BTW, T.H.E. "Eddie Nome" across from the saw...new or have I missed this for a long time? Is really😎😎

That’s a beautiful Black Oak log

robert milton ; HOBBY HARDWOOD ALABAMA saws for grade all the time , very helpful tips too

Good evening from Limpopo South Africa. 🕘🏏😭😞

Hi Mark, I'm a new subscriber, though I've been watching your videos for a couple of years. I use my brother's Timber Harvester band mill from time to time, and I sawed some black oak for my trailer deck, and also recovered some 4/4 boards, which I used for stair treads. Black oak can be very pretty. It looks similar to red oak, the biggest difference is the medullary rays are much larger in the black oak.

Good video Bus Motor Productions

hi there not to bad , got some good boards , john

Down here in GA we call that Cat #$%^ Oak because it smell like a litter box that was over full LOL stuff burns good and long when it is dry ...have to slide it in heater when Wife isn't looking have be told I need to go wipe on occasions, poor dog got blamed too! John Toccoa GA

I wondered what ZZ Top was doing these days, nice work guys!

I am 69 and I run my band mill alone I turn up the best faces cut tamarack and spruce some big poplar when I can find big enough ones

_Some_ of the band mill sawyers couldn't give a crap about grade or grain, though some do. Nathan over at Out of the Woods is one who does. Having a fully outfitted LT70 probably helps since you nearly never see him touch a cant hook.

Greetings from Australia, love your videos. in a future video can you show us how you adjust the edger to suit the boards that you have.

Another lovely day of sawing.

I see Sammy Safety is on the job. Hi Guys from Oregon.

Good evening guys Time difference…….. I couldn’t tell weather is red or black oak For sure one thing I’ve enjoyed the show Timber looks beautiful Regards to all at the mill Gn buddy Tony from Malta 🇲🇹

😉 “Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars Oak tree you're in my way There's too much coke and too much smoke Look what's going on inside you Ooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooh that smell” 😂

I see that your safetyman is on the job today. Just outside your cab and inside the saw blade.

Thanks for the video Marc, beautiful looking lumber. Would you mind showing a quick pic of your final cut pile in the future? Just nice to see what you’re left with. Cheers from Michigan

Great video mark

💜💚 THANKS 💙❤️

hello mark & eddies & zz mark it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

You said you needed to get your hydraulic oil warmed up. I'm in New Brunswick, Canada, and run a 20yr old Arctic snowplow on my 1990 Toyota Truck. The manufacturer recommended Univis 15, used to be ESSO product but now it's sold under the Mobil brand. In -25°C, my plow angles so fast it shakes the truck! I have tried many other brands over the years and the plow was so sluggish and hard on my battery, I had to take a jump pack with me. It's full synthetic and designed for aircraft use. I have only had to replace 4 valves in 20yrs! It is great in all temperatures, I used my plow lift in summer to rip out root balls without issue. Keep up the good content! Maybe make a video with a little "smoke in a can" (used to test smoke detectors) for all those people who can't see Mr. Lazer! Lol

At least you have good cross ventilation to dissipate the odor. Just imagine what it would be like in a closed building.

Black oak tends to twist as it dries. At least the ones that grow around here do. South Central Louisiana.

Are you considering adding Stank-O-Vision to your videos? I like that new edger camera angle from the loader bucket. With everyone wearing their toques, it looks like a gnome convention. I still think you could add a shorter (6-8') flatter angled (30 degree) trap awning, on the edger end of the building, but with no posts. Tubular metal partial frame held up by 45 degree knee bracing off your existing vertical wood posts on each end with a central inverted triangle above, coming down from the ridge peak. String up tarp to your gable sheathing and to the knee brace supported horizontal pole parallel to the building. More shade and protection, no posts, only raised/high loader bucket worries.

Have you seen Wallace farm and sawmill? They are pretty cool 😎 I love you guys ❤❤❤

Hey Mark your lack of beard has you out of dress code with everyone else! lol

Nice log. I would have sworn that was a red oak.

nothing like swamp oak lol good old skunkie smell when burning better burnng to ya later

The shaft that holds the blade does it have roller bearings or needle bearings? Excellent job guys thank you.👍

8:20+.... Beauty Boards

smells like whaaaat? we call that country air!

Mark you are always picking on me as a band miller . I flip as often as you when grade sawing . Lets just play nice .

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Safety Gnome watching over everyone's fingers. Another fine video even if it is stinky black oak. Any video starring the Edmiston and the bus not bus motor is a good video though. Hey Mark, have you ever shown us where Mr. Laser lives? I'm trying to picture in my mind where it's mounted.

I didn't smell a thing from that log, Mark. Also, I retired 7 years ago and I still wonder how I made it through 45 years of employment. Bill

Do you have a video that shows how the board splitter works? Love you videos

Dang guys almost up to 75K 😀

Bouquet !!

Horse poopy wood is Black oak, black Locust and Green Walnut!

Every black oak I've cut seems to be half full of water and the rest full of carpenter ants. Great video tho

I can tell it doesn't take long for the metal stain to get on the oak

Which smells worse when it’s sawed? Elm or Black Oak? White Elm smells like a barn yard to me.

Funny, I couldn't smell anything nasty from here. ;-)

i allways wonder, how long are the logs you cut? do you have some standardized lenghts? etc.

I thought the guys on the line would be holding their noses but they weren’t so it couldn’t have been too bad. 💩 ✅❗️

Is the pithe quality different in oak, poplar and pine? I know pine to pine it can be different.

I used to say “red oak smells like panther p*$$” until someone asked how did I know what THAT smelled like? Then I realized red oak smells like when you inadvertently mix mortar with sand that cats been in! had to throw away a whole mix; the brick layers would not use it!😂‼️ The Old Retired Laborer

A lot of folks around here call it stinky oak

Piss oak. We have tons around here.

more education more subscribers. how many oaks are there? anything about oak or other woods helps.

Yup, retire as soon as you can to get away from a toxic work environment. That was the best thing I ever did for myself.

I noticed the hole in that piece and I got to wondering if you ever sawed a stick and an animal came running out of it (like a mouse or some such critter)?

is that "Safety Gnome" under the hydraulic lines on the saw table checking out the blades performance or is he critiquing your use of the sled and dogs ???

Shag bark hickory smells like manure when you cut it if it has black stain in the wood.

Hey Mark where can I get one of those Gomes does the guy that made it have a web site?

Mark, when are you going to beard up like the rest of the crew?

can we see what is going on at the other end i wouid like to see that

BTW, did ZZ see the turtle that fricknjeep made in his likeness?

Bring forth the foul-smelling victim. 💀

Before all the Elm trees died off there was a sub-species "piss elm" thus named as when you burned - yep you guessed it smelled just like pee

i've noticed when cutting red oak for firewood it smells like dog poop

Continuity error. Eddie was wearing a different sweater in the sawing portion of the video then what he was wearing in the intro. No big deal.