You Have To See What Is Inside This Apple Log 

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As a kid i got in trouble with dad drivin a nail in a tree he said someone will find that with a mill 20 years later i found it with my mill wish he was still here to say i told u so

Love your content, particularly the fact that instead of cringe inducing rock music, you have just... Just good music. It's great.

That is one old 🍎 tree. A blessing and a pain about the "Good Ole'days". They never planned to far ahead because it wasn't promised but in turn our Papaw's didn't realize some things weren't the best. Back then though they really didn't know any different. Whatever worked mostly is what they done. Patience is a virtue and you passed. Thanks!

Great idea putting down Road bed fabric before you speed gravel. It will save you money buying gravel but you know that. I love your channel. I'm a retired contractor now making wood bowls on lathe.

That is truly beautiful wood. I wish people would support wood more because it's such a sustainable material. Fell a tree, plant a tree - it's that simple and means that wood like this available forever. Thank you for such a informative video. :)

In regards to your chainsaw, my dad always said, "if the tool ain't right, the man ain't bright". You definitely have the right tool for job there. Great video as always.

Sorry about the damaged blades but thanks for revealing some more beautiful apple wood on the sawmill. I never get tired of seeing more beautiful wood revealed every time you saw another tree. Keep up the good work.

What do you do with the sawdust from the Apple Wood? Package it, save it, use it for use it for outdoor cooking. Burgers or Steak, anything, slow cooked over Apple Wood. Very Tasty.

My ex brother in law has a mill in Mississippi that sits on an old Civil War encampment and his bane is watching for 156 year old barbwire way deep in the middle of his trees

In Australia we call the fabric they use on road's Terra Firma , they also use it on Creeks as well river banks to stop Errosion , then they use Quarry Rocks as heavy as 2 Ton to help rebuild the banks as well as to keep the fabric in place !!

LOVE the your presentation, LOVE the music, just enough of it, and very pretty. Got to be a way to set up meatle detectors that ride WITH the saw cut return as prep for the NEXT cut, or something. This is such a GREAT problem, folks must be working on it!

SO much more work than just the sawing. Kiln management and moving stuff around. AND, you have to clean up cat vomit. Busy days!

Do you keep hacksaw blades? A few years back, I dropped a 30 inch diameter tiger maple yard tree and I was sure it had metal in it. The sawyer had metal cutting blades, so he cut the tree up with a hacksaw blade. Took three times as long but I paid for the extra time it took. Sure enough, he found four piece of metal but now that tiger maple is some nice furniture.

Great quote of the week: "We'll probably hit a horseshoe."

The last black walnut I sawed into 9/4 slabs was 26”x11’ I hit 4 nails, broke one of the new 747s then I switched over to my resharpened 9 degree blades and damaged 2 more, like you said, “it’s just part of it”

Man, that tree has some color in it, a couple of book matched slabs as a table with a nice epoxy fill ... would be really nice.

That was a great video, you showed perseverance. The music you choose is just fabulous, very fitting. Thank You.

We had an apple orchard on the N side of Vegas, back some years ago. They decided to use the land for pumpkins or some other crop and had my son bulldoze them all down...probably 5 acres with trees up to 40 years old. Biggest tree was not over 8" in diameter...Chipped them and hauled to the landfill. Dang, didn't even get a few chips for the BBQ. So much for telling Dad before hand, 'eh?

Trees near houses usually get taken advantage of for a variety of things, but a great many of the were used to hang radio antennas from.

Outstanding shipmate. mother nature is the best artist i know.

Great videos! My hubby and l Love to watch at end of the day...great music too!

In my opinion, man can't outdo the beauty of nature. That wood looks incredible.

Beautiful country side makes for beautiful Lumber. It is amazing to mount a shabby looking log onto the mill and damn what is inside is awesome.

not many can appreciate the art of Mother Nature...Beautiful.

Great content. Evocative of many things. And very artistically presented. After the infamous Hurricane Andrew we found many, many trees full of nails. they were all "yard trees". One had a large metal hook that I myself had used to hang a hammock some dozen of years earlier -- fully ingrown within the tree! (Fig, ficus, banyan-type tree.)

Measured a sassafras across the stump at 36”. The smell was wonderful while cutting it up.

I just love the music you play through out your videos.

I know destroying blades is expensive and a bummer but I think the beauty of those apple wood slabs are going to be worth it at the end of kiln drying when you go to sell them. That Apple wood log is one of the biggest I have seen also and one of the most beautiful!

When my Dad cut down an apple tree for my Uncle Dave he hit something that caused an awful lot of sparks, and more than a few select German "adjectives". Dad cut in from the other side of the tree-same exact thing. It was a horseshoe, of course.

many years ago i came across a large horse shoe nailed into a large chestnut tree . was well into the trunk . Also had a large stone well into sap wood on a large beech trunk . Its just luck if you can saw an old tree without finding something metal . I even saw a metal fence stake well grown into a large tree trunk . Enjoy your videos though , love seeing quality of boards .

Don't take in yard wood unless customer agrees to pay for sharpening or new blades. I had to do that with custom planning Cheers, Billy in B.C., Can. .

Nathan, I'm totally with you on battery chainsaws. You aren't going to take down and cut up a big tree with one, but dang, they are SO convenient and pleasant to work with. Mine handles 90% of what I want to do.

One of the most interesting channels on RU-vid.

Holy cow! I think that may be some of the prettiest wood I have seen!❤🇺🇸 I was waiting to post a link for the Crescent slide handle nail puller, then I saw the handle of yours on the table. I sure love mine! Thanks for another oustanding video.

Might be the widest Apple tree I've ever seen, gorgeous patterns in the wood. Your customer is certainly getting beautiful slabs back too, great video

That will made some beautiful slabs, that is just painful to see those nails coming out not to mention they destroyed the blades that hit them, I hope your customer is understanding and will help offset the cost of the destroyed blades in custom work your performing. We feel your pain Nathan in the video, On a positive note your not busy in the yard building an ARC..!

Beautiful surroundings you have there. We have also been having similar issues in the UK with wet ground and the rain.

It’s Amazing that ALL this Great Wood is out there waiting for someone to find it. 👍

I actually hit a horseshoe cutting down a large soft (red) maple yard tree for a good friend of mine. It was in when the tree was about 12” dia. It was at least 18 inches over that shoe making that tree about 56 inches at butt and about 48-50 inches where the shoe was nailed in years ago.

Holy cow! That is some gorgeous lumber!!

The most fulfilling videos on RU-vid.

lol, lol, cats always leave us gifts! Wow that was a huge nail, and people should never put a nail into a tree...That is a beautiful slab, wow, so many nails!!! That is outstandingly beautiful!!!

I use a metal detector that will pick up a small nail under a 6x6 . It is a conventional style prospectors type . It was less than 200 from amazon . After a little practice with the settings you can tell how deep the metal is . It paid for its self the first job I used it on . Metal is tough on blades and chains .

Gorgeous wood. There was an angel in that last board!

The horseshoe joke was great. I wasn’t ready for that joke and I busted a gut laughing!

I live in the concrete jungle...love your channel, GR8 content & narrating.

I cut some nice apple on the chainsaw mill. I started planing it down to make a cheese board and found a piece of lead shot. Dug it out and ran another 2 passes and found another piece. By the 4th time repeating this process, I gave up on the cheese board.

Awesome colors. Would make a great table and benches

Sir, Could you use a metal detector like the treasure hunters at the beach do in order to detect nails and such in a log? In addition: Do you charge the customer for the broken blade?

Yup, all that rain sure gets depressing. You could always come up here for a few days and lift your spirits. We have 2-3 feet of snow with 40-45 mph winds forecast for the balance of the week.

Really nice music on these videos.I really enjoy the videos my friend. Well done Sir :)

Thank you for telling me what I should see, I wasn't sure. But there is was. All hail the algorithm!

lovely wood and piano

13:25 - the grain is amazing!

Thank you for the beautiful music and this COLORFUL "OLD" APPLE TREE 'WOOD' video. And Your voice! I feel like watching "WEST FILMS" in the old cinema, I like and emphasize *** Thank you for the video you made with "Old and colorful Apple Tree" accompanied by beautiful music. Also, with your tone and accent, I saw myself watching "WESTERN MOVIE" in an old cinema. Country Music is beautiful in its songs. I remembered AUSSIE Singer Slim Dusty and others. Thanks again. Good Luck and All The Best. From ANTALYA/ TURKEY.

lovely stuff

That Apple lumber is SO exquisite, pity so many nails were encountered. Nice video mate. Cheers, Don from South Aust.

try welding a slide hammer to a pair of vise grips for clean nail removal 👍

I had cut down a very large Hackberry in my backyard here in Arkansas and as I was cutting up the log into small logs to haul off I cut into about a foot and a half long piece of 1/4 inch angle iron that was buried in the middle of the tree. Looks like someone had a clothes line there back in the day.

That’s really nice Timber Nathan! Glad to see you nailed it in the end. 👍🏻🇦🇺

Wow. Gorgeous wood. Thanks to you…I’m now interesting in making an apple wood table.

You have the best background music on you tube.

Whenever I watch the cutting of a log I always wish for some of the scraps as i make jewelry and often the scraps have wonderful color and pattern.

My father once fell a huge birch tree on our property. About 3 meters up the trunk split into two. He cut it of about 70 centimeters below the split.. Halfway into the log sparks start flying.. A horse shoe!!! Completley inbedded into the trunk. Someone has probalby put it in the Y and then nature has done the rest..

I'd like to see the damaged blade after the contact with the nail. Do you charge extra for blade damage?

Beautiful wood after the frustration of the nails. Your aggravation and patience was rewarded finally!

So glad I had the thought that I hadn't seen any videos from you lately, figured you'd taken a break because of the cold. Stupid YT took off my notifications.

I’m 74 have been in the logging from a child with my dad and after a year off after I graduated high school went into logging for myself. So I have also been around sawmills from the Amish to the rotary veneer and the high production mills. I wrote all this to say if a mill hits hardware in a log they really shut you off on buying from that job with out you have big wood and nice wood but they really look them over close. The local mills really don’t take your logs either if they see or hit hardware. I just wondering why you kept on sawing after so much hardware and the ruining of your blades.

Even the prettiest rose has thorns. Beautiful wood.

Looks like a dragon, inside of an eggshell, inside of a tree trunk. That piece would make a killer coffee table!

This video reminds me of that one on facebook where they cut through the leg and water pours out and then suddenly part of a snake they cut through weaves it's way out. Hollow logs are often homes to creepy crawlies.. or bees. If you were to put that section of it that's really red right around the rot in a vacuum bag and impregnate it with acrylic resin it'd make for a really cool looking countertop or coffee table or something. You'd need that resin to hold it together though. Man, I need to get me some broken saw blades.. I have a throwing knife my Great Uncle Junior made out of one when he worked for Diamond Matches/Sierra Pacific Lumber and I think I need a couple more or maybe even a belt knife made out of a saw blade.. A little bit of family heritage needs paid forward. Maybe I'll even grind my nephew a little one.

Could you do a video on how you fix those blades? Why not metal detector on the “yard trees” after each pass?

I have a Stihl electric saw. It has a 14 inch blade and is AC and apparently a model larger than yours, LOVE IT.

I’m an estates manager in the north east of Scotland gaining inspiration. Thanks and slainte 🥃

OMG that apple tree was so Prity what a great table that would make Great Vlog Thanks for sharing

Great background music

LMAO, your kiln circulating blowers are the same as my paint booth exhaust blowers.

That Apple was virtually the Map of North Island of New Zealand ! :*) gorgeous timber !!!

It's a shame you lost a blade . The grain and color of the wood is fantastic. Keep up the good work and have a wonderful week.

It actually looks like 4 small trees grown together as one. The inner hole is where bark grew together and rotted away internally

Those would make gorgeous resin tables.

Beautiful apple wood

Well your attitude was pretty good considering the cost in ruined blades. No bringing them back if teeth are broken, I suppose. I'm missing a few but That doesn't stop me from eating..... That Apple definitely had some strong color and grain.

Suggestion: (though I'm sure you have thought of it) Why not install a linear metal locator about a foot in front of the blade to sweep metal as you proceed.

Sawdust from an apple tree is really fantastic for smoking.

Beautiful wood! I wonder how many bushels of apples this tree gave in its life time? And now it gives even more with that beautiful grain. And some frustration with some nails too! Thanks Kindly Nathan! Blessings in and Out Of The Woods! DaveyJO in Pa.

You always do a great job editing your videos. Thanks for sharing.

Lots of metal! My cat pukes all of the the place but it's usually inside so be grateful yours is puking outside!

That 18in board is Windsor chair gold!#

Cant wait for you to hit 100k subscribers. Growing fast.

Those colors and grain are awsome cant wait to see the rest of the log! Thanks for the water. Lol

Beautiful wood grain! Just started watching your videos - i started with the malbury golden yellow thing - wow so incredible!

Beautiful stuff there.. You nailed it :)

Heavenly! Otherworldly... Gasp!

The horseshoe comment cracked me up

beautiful

Don't have to warm up the chainsaw but you have to warm up the metal detector...lol.

Greetings. New subscriber here. I metal detect every log from the valley floor. Timber up in back where there are no houses I do not bother. I do hit bullets from timber up on the mountain. My metal detector discriminates between iron copper and lead. If I get a tone for lead I just saw anyway. If copper I will saw but stop and pick the copper off of the teeth when I hit a copper jacketed bullet. If I tone for iron I dig it out before I saw. Just pulled out a 10" 130 penny spike a couple days ago. The worst is ceramic insulators. Throw the blade away when you crash one of those lol. I am sure you have videos of weird stuff in trees. North of me a guy found a loaded 22 rifle inside a tree!

Considering that the metal detector is flat and long, it would seem like you would be able to rig up a detector that sits right in front of the blade and once it detects metal it would shut off the saw. I'm probably describing something that already exists but figured I'd post it anyway