Amazing how much you have done to the mill. I am watching this today, your three years ago video, and it makes what you've done to the mill so impressive. I've watched some other videos, and I enjoy yours the most, you seem to keep us engaged without under/over explaining. Natural talent!!
here it is Jan. 23, 2023 I just see that would taken this video and I must say Now that is a beam that would take care to produce. Job well done Mark and T.H.E. Eddie H.
I like watching old videos to see the changes in the mill,just after this video I started watching your channel because I don't remember this log I do remember you guys just had the bare bones of the structure...
Its fun to see the sawdust shooting out the blower. Family friends just a couple miles down the road owned a saw mill very similar to yours but without the cab. They cut mostly white pine and the smell of the sawdust coming out the blower was wonderful.
Skill of a great craftsman managing the motor from bus and a beautiful oak log from the forest taking a dance to create a beautiful beam to last a lifetime. Congratulations
been around sawmills my whole life. could watch it all day. way better than tv, lol. tough log, but job done. who else has a 23' oak beam in their saw shed? it'll be worth big cash when someone tears it down 200 or 300 years from now. autograph it & put a time capsule in it somewhere. hell man you are creating history rather than just passing through it. leave some answers for the future questions. well done sir.
Phenomenal work! Another conversation beam to go with the walnut beam. I'm really enjoying y'alls work ethic and attention to detail. Great job. Many more safe work hours to y'all!
Mark Although I'm from Massachusetts I've allways had a fascination with sawmills. The sounds and the aroma of fresh cut wood, I could sit there and watch you saw logs all day
Enjoyed the video Mark. That is one nice long oak beam. It was something seeing you cut that long of a log. That oak made the Detroit groan a little. Y'all take care and God bless.
I started watching your channel because I like watching saw mills in action. But now I have a new appreciation for bus motors also. I watch the Bus Grease Monkey on you tube. He works on old buses with that motor. Great content, thanks for sharing.
When I was sawing, I used to saw 7x9x23 for switch ties. We would saw all day on those to get a trailer load of ties. 24' was all the debarker could do, so that was the longest log I ever sawed. I had a 16' carriage and I centered the log on the carriage so there wasn't too much overhang. I still had problems with spring. I had a friend that had 2 16' carriages bolted together. He sawed a few 40' barn beams.
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Now that was the one we were waiting for. Your mill handled that length very nicely. I thought you’d be finishing each cut with the chainsaw but it’s good that wasn’t necessary. Y’all do good work. I’d come show you how to do it faster, straighter with 30% less waste but I got this old sports injury so, ... 😎👍👏🇺🇸
Hi Mark , I just subscribed , first time seeing your channel . I worked at a circular saw mill in 1972 . North Carver Pine in Massachusetts . I really liked working there , but the mill burnt ,
hi mr galicic , i live in tennessee and i love your sawing videos , i also have a band mill and i love to learn new and better ways to saw , i glean from your vids to learn better short cuts to sawing and just love the way you take care to get the best out of your logs , would love to spend a day sawing with you and T.H.E. Eddie Horvath lol , love to travel so , if your free anytime let me know i can travel if my schedule is free
Love the video more quality lumber cutting and the interaction of you and Eddie is great to see plus your commentary is great down to earth and couldn't be better,does Eddie get a speaking part.
I have been making custom wood rifle stocks for over 50 years. I am always amazed when I find out some one can to do that for $50. including the PRESENTATION or EXHIBITION GRADE walnut. Oh well it is always fun to share others fantasy. At least if gives a good laugh at the end of a hard day. Great video!
Nice work . I was reading an old saying earlier today that went something like this . The person that says it can"t be done , shouldn't interrupt the person doing it . And I would like to add they should help off load the 1x12 oak boards .
You could'a had a crate of eggs on that log when he sat'r down on your mill. Wood'nt have cracked a one..."Good Job Mr." Thank's for sharing your day guys. Take Care....
I get the same comments about sawing faster. That's not us. We focus on milling the best product we can, rather than shoving stuff through the saw. There's always folks out there that want to brag about how much they can cut an hour. Good for them Keep doing what you're doin.
every saw blade has it rpm's and every saw has different number of teeth and different woods have a different feed speed (ft per min.) so who is right feed to fast and it rips to slow nice finish but burns up time so every move is a compromise. what finish do those speed merchants also buckle the blade it then runs and pinches end of blade.
The price of that beam is greater then 1/3 of my monthly house payment. That 1X12 is about $95.00, likely more based on it length. Nice sawing. Thank for sharing.
Just found u and like the way the equipment runs. Really interesting watching how a saw mill works. Would like to get some of those CUT OFFs. Like the way u VENEER off the wood, really cool.
I saw you cutting four 4x4 in a recent video. I noticed how you cut it and wanted to suggest a small change that my Dad used saving a little time. He would not cut all the way through the cant on the first division. He would bring the carriage back an turn the cant 90 degrees and the make the second cut. The cut-off saw would cut a few inches off the end to separate the 4x4. Hope you can use the suggestion. Eric S. Duck
another great job mark im just wondering if there is market for those thin pieces you cut off ,,using them as a veneer for walls/cover /anything, inside tiny homes any nice wood , if you kept them to close to the same thick ness and then let age
Mark, I was wrong. I thought he pine was a beam. That Oak is the B E A M and as close to an oak pole as there is! Stuff like this gives sawyers gray hair and bald places and when confronted with a deal like this, you have to do like a machinist does and sneak up on it. I didn't care if it took 2 hours as long as it turned out as good as it did! A-PLUS, EVERYBODY! And Eddie sure looked like one of the Wallendas with that 23 foot slab. All he needed was a rope to walk!!!
That was some incredible log balancing act... not sure why you didn't three side it unless you were going to lay it sideways and then it don't matter. I think I would add one more log leg before trying that again in free arm position.LOL Great save of a long timber for interior work I am to assume.... right???
What method of sawing is that ? Its a lot different than the way we saw . Where you squaring it up on the flippers instead of the headblock knee's? Maybe I didn't catch something. I'm a retired saw Miller and not good with computers lol but I love to watch videos of old circle Mills .I still love them!
Thank you for the video.Happy Thanksgiving!How accurate is your mill with this 23 footer? Would you please estimate the size of the small end of the log? I appreciate that you had to worry with the camera while you were trying to concentrate on sawing-I'dve slung it!
