The wedges that you are sending for firewood are rift sawn and have the grain approx 45 degrees. As long as they still contain heartwood these rift sawn piece are very useful as legs because they show the same grain on all faces. Hope you find this useful information. Kind regards Andrew.
Totally agree. You can increase recovery rate by 18% by pushing out 2 x 2 etc. 2 x 1 for mouldings etc. More work but the price charged more than compensates.
Absolutely do want to see everything about that kiln. Once again I loved your video , both thumbs up! Thru the years I bet the subject of quarter sawn lumber has come up a dozen times for me ,and all though I kinda understood , you cant beat how you explained and demonstrated with your sketches. Thank you so much. I hope to see more sawing after you master it a bit. Another channel I watch religiously (mark galicic) is going to show building a kiln. Btw he watches you as well, I reccomended you to him, he said too late, I already watch them. Have a great week ,I'll see you again Sunday coming.
Good video. I never ever thought about quart sawing with a horizontal mill. There is a lot of waste with most sawing of quarter sawing. Thus larger diameter logs might yield more.. The wood so much more stable cutting it into quarter sawn.. keep going..😁I Often cut live oak here in California using a vertical band saw.. most of my pieces are shorter than 30 inches.. before I start I coat both ends of the log with cheap caulking to seal and guard against checking.. after the pieces are cut I stack them into the attic of the woodshop.. The attic get over 140 degrees from spring to fall.. The old rule of thumb is for every inch of thickness it takes a year to dry out green wood.. But the attic only takes about 3 months and a very small fan circulates the air up there to.. Finding cheap heat for your kiln will be key.. Air circulation is very important too.
I was born and raised in the sawmill business. I started working at my uncle's mill as a kid then moved on to other companies in his chain of friends. I worked at a lumber company in Central Valley California that was supposed to be the first mill using computers in CA and possibly the USA. Pulling chain at that mill was so difficult I quit and joined the Army in 68. Now I miss it all and as a woodworker, I really enjoy your videos. As a side note, I purchase most of my wood directly from sawmills in my area.
Great job young lady, your father must be a proud man. He is definitely a lucky man. I think a video series on the kiln process would be a good thing. Thanks for your time making these videos and God Bless your family.
I love quarter sawn hardwood . It's the best . I see it most often when restoring antique furniture of good quality . Your music selection on this video was 👌 excellent ! Thank You so much for sharing it 😊
I love arts and crafts and mission style furniture. Most of the wood used for that style of furniture from the early part of the twentieth century is quarter sawn. Many excellent examples can be seen at Roycroft in East Aurora, New York. I hope the wood you saw is still being enjoyed a hundred years from now.
Very informative a new living in BC, I was interested in the difference between 1/4 sawn grain and vertical grain which is sought after here in BC. Thanks for showing me your technique. Yes an episode or more in building a kiln would be enjoyed by this subscriber.
Very interesting! I've had a fellow woodworker try to explain quarter sawing to me before, but it never quite made sense. But watching this video made it quite clear. Thanks. Oh, and don't forget that some woodworkers want that live edge. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for your videos, I learned so much about the sawmill operation from your videos and especially this quarter sawing now it all makes sense.
Really enjoy your videos, the script, narration, footage, editing, music. It's nature, outdoors, nostalgic, salt of the earth, hard work, honest, beautiful, you manage to elicit quite a range, well done!
Thanks for this. Delivery of our mill is still a year out but your videos are very educational and we'll be referring to much of your content as we learn.
I would love to watch your videos on making a dry kiln, I will be building one this summer. Thank you sir for teaching your daughters about outdoors things, and being a Sawyer. God bless
I love it, finally someone that understands that quarter sawn is a procedure not vertical grain although the grain will be furniture grade. If a person wants all vertical grain you need to use a rift saw mill defined as a mill where the blade is always cutting to the center of the log. Very rare in today's world. nice video.
Sawing from the bottom makes a lot of sense, and easy to understand. I have a different brand of mill, and I’m not sure that I could keep the dogs low enough, and still hold the log steady. Thx for the video!
Your cinematography and editing are mesmerizing and visually lyrical. It is as professional as it gets. If you go to college, please consider filmmaking (producer/director/cinematographer).
I’ll throw in my 2 cents. I would stop the camera aperture down 1-2 stops to get a longer depth of field. Having some defocus is useful, but I think it’s a little severe.
Great to see your quarter sawn! We don't have much in the way of local family run sawmills in lancashire uk. Would love to see an extended video on the kiln build. Love your videos, keep up the great work, thanks for sharing 👍
We liked your explanation of how logs are quarter sawn to obtain fine looking grain in the wood. Your diagrams on the end of the log were very helpful for understanding the quarter-sawn process. Yes, we would like to see videos on the building of your kiln.
Thanks for showing how ya quarter saw. That was interesting. I have close to 200 acres here in northeast Ohio with 114 acres in woods have been considering buying a wood processor and possibly a portable mill.
Congratulations on a very clear and concise explanation of the process. Success once again🏆😁. A video following the kiln build would be of great interest to many. 👍
The method of quarter sawing you're using is called Reverse Roll. It maximizes that amount of quarter sawn lumber you get from the log. There are other methods of quarter sawing lumber and there are many youtube videos that show how it's done. Larch trees (or Tamarack in North America) when quarter sawn produce what is known as lace wood.
bwillan, The method shown here is true quarter sawing. Reverse roll is totally different and involves "rolling" the partial log (usually a half log) through multiple angles in order to keep the blade close to perpendicular to the growth rings.
It's financially just not worth the effort as customers rarely want to pay extra for it. Especially on those tiny sticks. Wainscot oak and especially lacewood may be worth it but even with through and through sawing you will get enough to satisfy the demand. The lost skill these days seems to be crown cut with the correct taper set. Or mahogany curl.
Thanks for this and all your videos. I greatly admire you and your siblings great work ethic and entrepreneurship. What you already have learned about running a business is at least equivalent to an MBA from a prestigious university.
A while back I was cutting a bunch of mahogany,guitar builders always wanted to buy quarter sawn lumber.It was only when I told them to buy the log and I would cut it any way they wanted that I made any money from them...
I'm a woodworker and love quarter sawn boards. Due to cost, I don't get to use them very often. Wish I could buy them directly from a mill like yours and dry myself. I bet it would be a lot less expensive.
good looking quarter sawn! MUCH nicer lumber. And some of the outer cuts will be rift sawn, which actually are really nice. Rift is really nice for "legs" or other stuff where you can see all 4 sides of a piece. So.... when the boards are rift, maybe wider is good...? (like 8 quarters)
beautiful. I'm going to do a quarter sawn oak log on my wood-mizer tomorrow! I'm jealous, keep up the good work. Seeing the Kiln setup would be awesome.
I am a retired self employed cabinet and furniture maker and I used both quarter and rift cut white and red oak on several projects over the years. It is nice to work with. I also used a variety of different curly woods. Cherry can look like puffy clouds when curly. The strangest wood I ever worked with was called bark pocket ash. I don't know if it is a thing or a name that my friends at Cole Hardwoods made up for this ash that came through the yard to be dried. I really like this video. Keep them coming.
I have an LT40 like yours. I've been quarter sawing for years. Below somebody said to take 3 cuts before you turn the log. This is limited to how well your blade is behaving in a wide cut. Take your first cut 1 board thickness above the pith. Second through the pith, and 3rd one board thickness below the pith. These boards will have to be split down the center to get rid of the pith mess. Also I zero out the kurf and set one of the presets to zero. That way when you hit auto next cut after lifting the blade, it will come very close to the same position as the last cut....ie....1 1/4"
Now that was interesting. I hadn't thought of the grain differences before and your quarter sawing made it clear how grain runs change the strength and durability of the wood. Yes, the kiln drying will be interesting, as would be any dry storage for seasoning.
In the mill where I worked, when the saw "waved," we called it snaking. A couple of those logs looked like they had a fair amount of compression wood in them. A saw blade will definitely snake through compression wood. Great video!
Wedges could make nice sturdy hiking staffs or perhaps canes. Wonder if there any wood carvers around there? Maybe axe handles or other tools, might be more valuable than firewood. TFS
Best view of how to do 1/4 sawing on the internet. You guys did fantastic. Yes build a kiln and dry them boards. You would beat Lowe's any day. Can't wait till the next video. Great job.
This was a really good video. Can you cut the tree in half and then take a few very large cuts (the width of the tree) first and then do the quarter sawn after? You would have some really wide beautiful full grain boards.
Trick for the 1/4 saw slabs... make 3 cuts on your 1st pass; 1 center, 1 5/4 up, and one 5/4 down. That gets you 2 full live edge 1/4 sawn slabs out of the middle and saves a bit of turning. Also, the larger slabs can sell for more.
I have worked with wood for 30+ years and have been a serious woodworker for about 12 years. I've looked at illustrations of quarter-sawn logs but this is the first time I really understood the process of how it's cut and it's advantages! Thank you very much! I would love a video of the kiln build.
I really love the grain of the finished board. The extra work was worth the effort. I would love to see a video about the kiln build. I am always interested in learning more.
Quarter sawn sycamore is so beautiful. I made many pieces of furniture and cabinets with it. Probably the best looking grain in our species available in the north east.
Great video. Quarter sawn lumber is what we wood wokers love best. Love your music and the beautiful fall backdrop of the forest is not too shabby either. Keep up the good work and give your bosses a pat on the back!!
Thanks for this video, very interesting to see exactly how it's done instead of reading about it in a book. My woodworking skills are good but I don't have any experience using quarter sawn lumber I can appreciate the it's beautiful appearance I really enjoy the process of building and completing a project. I love watching logs being milled into lumber and I love taking rough sawn lumber to do my part to mill it into usable planks.
Kiln yes please. It's on my wish list as is quarter sawing. At the moment I mill for use on the farm, barn improvements, tractor shed etc but I fear the way this mad world is going I'm going to have to start selling as every penny I can earn becomes more important. Thanks from Wales, your efforts are truly appreciated by this old man.
some of my best projects were with quarter sawn oak. I made a hall mirror with cubby holes and a couple of blanket chests. I would like to see the construction of the kiln. Thanks for posting your videos!
Hi Emerald how are you? It sure is nice of you folks helping out with the family business! My kiddos are too busy doing their thing, to come help ole pops with his hobby business. Quarter sawing is wasteful but like you said it is more stable, stronger, more pleasing to the eye. I don’t cut much hard wood, but I will soon. A huge oak will be coming in for sawing so that should be nice to cut. I usually cut a lot of pine. I had a fella who wanted quarter sawn lumber. 6x6’s, 2x8’s and 2x6’s. The throat on my saw is only 8.5 inches so I cut the bark flitches off, got a square Cant 20 inches. Dropped 6 1/8 made the cut, flipped can’t over cut another 6 1/8. Pulled both off the mill boxed the pith then brought the slabs back on to cut 2x6 a off both side of the slab. This gave me 2 2x6s and a 6x6 quarter sawn. 2x6s almost riff sawn but he was ok due to grain being straight. Cutting his order was a lot of work, I learned a lot about log, slab management and about Proper procedure on how to cut and be productive. Was a good money maker, also got some good fire wood as well. Thanks for sharing take care and God bless you and yours.
Interesting to see this. I hadn’t thought about the bandsaw requiring quarter sawn wood to be cut from the bottom in all cases. In a regular circle saw mill, one side cut would be conventional, like 5/4 width from the fence to the blade. The other angle would require some work, perhaps be sawing a flat on the narrow side of a wedge and having the 5/4 be on the opposite side of the blade than for the other angle. Or swapping ends. Either type of milk would have extra steps for quarter sawn boards. Definitely labor intensive. Maybe less so for a circle saw mill, but harder than plane sawn for both types. My great grandparents had a really nice 48” split-pedestal round table with 4 leaves, all of the top made in quarter sawn white oak. We used it for many years and then passed it to my little sister. Cool to know how it is cut. Thanks!
Try on the first cut take blade to center cut, then rase blade up one or two thickness of lumber. Saw two or four boards. That will yeald wide quarter sawn boards. Split the remaining half round slabs in half and finish cutting with the flip flop style. You could send the two center cut boards on to the edger or cut 2" of the pith out depending what the boss says. Please let me know your opinion of my suggestion. I can't get enough of the beautiful smiles.
As a veteran wood floor layer all 1/4 lumber is the best you can install.and quite frankly it's prettier ..and sometimes double the price...great presentation Ladies love your channel!!!
Girls, it may seem very difficult now, but someday all of this hard work will pay back. The skills you learn doing this work will perfect your lives with the fruits of hard labor. So please carry on. Try to have fun while doing your work safely and efficiently.
Some very beautiful boards. There are some other benefits to quarter sawn and edge grain wood, one of them is flexibility. When bending a flat grain board for the hull of a boat there is a tendency for the grains to delaminate and split. Also, edge grain and quarter sawn boards still shrink and expand, but in different directions. The flat sawn board will warp due to differing expansion along the annular rings because they are different lengths, but experiencing the same rate of expansion. So, for example, on the heart side a ring might be 1" long and expand 2% of that 1", while on the other side the ring is 10" long and expands 2% of the 10", or 0.02" vs 0.2". So one side of the board is longer than the other, it either forms a cup ow crown, or splits to relieve the tension. An edge grain board just gets thicker.
Our shop uses quartersawn extensively for furniture projects. Absolutely a beautiful way to go if the customer can afford it. When you sell some of that you should ask them to send you pics of the final product created with it. It would be fun to see some of your wood go from tree to table, etc.
I don’t have any experience cutting quarter sawn lumber, but I like building furniture with it. Would love to see video of kiln build. Keep up the great job.
I try to separate the 2or 3 quarter sawn boards that come out of every log. Even if I have to cut the pith out of one I still get the best of the log. If I’m flat sawing I get nice wide 12-16 in boards too. I cut mostly oaks and It adds up pretty fast with no extra work.
That lumber makes beautiful furniture! Great video and you girls are awesome! Some good workers that (Boss/Dad) has! 👍 have a good week. From Northwestern Vermont
thanks too you I truly know what quarter saw wood is... thank you for the education... keep up the good work and stay warm... and yes show the kiln build...
The wedges that you are sending for firewood are rift sawn and have the grain approx 45 degrees. As long as they still contain heartwood these rift sawn piece are very useful as legs because they show the same grain on all faces. Hope you find this useful information.
Kind regards Andrew.
Totally agree. You can increase recovery rate by 18% by pushing out 2 x 2 etc. 2 x 1 for mouldings etc. More work but the price charged more than compensates.
@ andrewballantine Andrew. Nice to see someone that values a log.
Anyone can make fire wood, but few know how to make good lumber 😊
Absolutely do want to see everything about that kiln. Once again I loved your video , both thumbs up! Thru the years I bet the subject of quarter sawn lumber has come up a dozen times for me ,and all though I kinda understood , you cant beat how you explained and demonstrated with your sketches. Thank you so much. I hope to see more sawing after you master it a bit. Another channel I watch religiously (mark galicic) is going to show building a kiln. Btw he watches you as well, I reccomended you to him, he said too late, I already watch them. Have a great week ,I'll see you again Sunday coming.
As a woodworker, quarter sawn white oak is one of my favorites. Thanks for the video. Would also be interested in the kiln.
Good video. I never ever thought about quart sawing with a horizontal mill. There is a lot of waste with most sawing of quarter sawing. Thus larger diameter logs might yield more.. The wood so much more stable cutting it into quarter sawn.. keep going..😁I Often cut live oak here in California using a vertical band saw.. most of my pieces are shorter than 30 inches.. before I start I coat both ends of the log with cheap caulking to seal and guard against checking.. after the pieces are cut I stack them into the attic of the woodshop.. The attic get over 140 degrees from spring to fall.. The old rule of thumb is for every inch of thickness it takes a year to dry out green wood.. But the attic only takes about 3 months and a very small fan circulates the air up there to.. Finding cheap heat for your kiln will be key.. Air circulation is very important too.
I was born and raised in the sawmill business. I started working at my uncle's mill as a kid then moved on to other companies in his chain of friends. I worked at a lumber company in Central Valley California that was supposed to be the first mill using computers in CA and possibly the USA. Pulling chain at that mill was so difficult I quit and joined the Army in 68. Now I miss it all and as a woodworker, I really enjoy your videos. As a side note, I purchase most of my wood directly from sawmills in my area.
I tip my hat to you. Thank you so much for serving.
Great job young lady, your father must be a proud man. He is definitely a lucky man. I think a video series on the kiln process would be a good thing. Thanks for your time making these videos and God Bless your family.
Definite YES to the kiln building! Nice to have the young pups teach a few old dogs some new tricks! :)
I love quarter sawn hardwood . It's the best . I see it most often when restoring antique furniture of good quality . Your music selection on this video was 👌 excellent ! Thank You so much for sharing it 😊
I love arts and crafts and mission style furniture. Most of the wood used for that style of furniture from the early part of the twentieth century is quarter sawn. Many excellent examples can be seen at Roycroft in East Aurora, New York. I hope the wood you saw is still being enjoyed a hundred years from now.
Very informative a new living in BC, I was interested in the difference between 1/4 sawn grain and vertical grain which is sought after here in BC. Thanks for showing me your technique. Yes an episode or more in building a kiln would be enjoyed by this subscriber.
Very interesting! I've had a fellow woodworker try to explain quarter sawing to me before, but it never quite made sense. But watching this video made it quite clear.
Thanks.
Oh, and don't forget that some woodworkers want that live edge.
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for your videos, I learned so much about the sawmill operation from your videos and especially this quarter sawing now it all makes sense.
Really enjoy your videos, the script, narration, footage, editing, music.
It's nature, outdoors, nostalgic, salt of the earth, hard work, honest, beautiful, you manage to elicit quite a range, well done!
I found your explanation of quarter sawing really interesting. As an amateur woodworker (making saw dust in my shop) this was very informative.
Thanks for this. Delivery of our mill is still a year out but your videos are very educational and we'll be referring to much of your content as we learn.
Smile young lady you are doing great........
I would love to watch your videos on making a dry kiln, I will be building one this summer. Thank you sir for teaching your daughters about outdoors things, and being a Sawyer. God bless
I love it, finally someone that understands that quarter sawn is a procedure not vertical grain although the grain will be furniture grade. If a person wants all vertical grain you need to use a rift saw mill defined as a mill where the blade is always cutting to the center of the log. Very rare in today's world. nice video.
Sawing from the bottom makes a lot of sense, and easy to understand. I have a different brand of mill, and I’m not sure that I could keep the dogs low enough, and still hold the log steady. Thx for the video!
Your cinematography and editing are mesmerizing and visually lyrical. It is as professional as it gets. If you go to college, please consider filmmaking (producer/director/cinematographer).
I agree. The video is mesmerizing.
I’ll throw in my 2 cents. I would stop the camera aperture down 1-2 stops to get a longer depth of field. Having some defocus is useful, but I think it’s a little severe.
Great to see your quarter sawn! We don't have much in the way of local family run sawmills in lancashire uk. Would love to see an extended video on the kiln build. Love your videos, keep up the great work, thanks for sharing 👍
Delightful to watch and listen to. great explanation, you have the perfect voice for a documentary .
We liked your explanation of how logs are quarter sawn to obtain fine looking grain in the wood. Your diagrams on the end of the log were very helpful for understanding the quarter-sawn process. Yes, we would like to see videos on the building of your kiln.
Thanks for showing how ya quarter saw. That was interesting. I have close to 200 acres here in northeast Ohio with 114 acres in woods have been considering buying a wood processor and possibly a portable mill.
Congratulations on a very clear and concise explanation of the process. Success once again🏆😁. A video following the kiln build would be of great interest to many. 👍
Thanks for explaining quarter sawn wood so clearly and with so many examples. Never really understood it before seeing your video.
Best explanation of Quarter sawed I have followed.
The method of quarter sawing you're using is called Reverse Roll. It maximizes that amount of quarter sawn lumber you get from the log. There are other methods of quarter sawing lumber and there are many youtube videos that show how it's done. Larch trees (or Tamarack in North America) when quarter sawn produce what is known as lace wood.
bwillan,
The method shown here is true quarter sawing. Reverse roll is totally different and involves "rolling" the partial log (usually a half log) through multiple angles in order to keep the blade close to perpendicular to the growth rings.
@@TheOldManAndTheSaw you need the lt-50 or 70 hydraulic uprights to properly reverse roll the log.
It's financially just not worth the effort as customers rarely want to pay extra for it. Especially on those tiny sticks. Wainscot oak and especially lacewood may be worth it but even with through and through sawing you will get enough to satisfy the demand. The lost skill these days seems to be crown cut with the correct taper set. Or mahogany curl.
Quarter sawn is also used for guitar necks. Dad must be very proud of his entire family. 😊
Thanks for this and all your videos. I greatly admire you and your siblings great work ethic and entrepreneurship. What you already have learned about running a business is at least equivalent to an MBA from a prestigious university.
Enjoyed your tutorial on 1/4 sawing. Yes, by all means in providing some videos in the construction of your kiln.
A while back I was cutting a bunch of mahogany,guitar builders always wanted to buy quarter sawn lumber.It was only when I told them to buy the log and I would cut it any way they wanted that I made any money from them...
I'm a woodworker and love quarter sawn boards. Due to cost, I don't get to use them very often. Wish I could buy them directly from a mill like yours and dry myself. I bet it would be a lot less expensive.
good looking quarter sawn! MUCH nicer lumber. And some of the outer cuts will be rift sawn, which actually are really nice. Rift is really nice for "legs" or other stuff where you can see all 4 sides of a piece. So.... when the boards are rift, maybe wider is good...? (like 8 quarters)
beautiful. I'm going to do a quarter sawn oak log on my wood-mizer tomorrow! I'm jealous, keep up the good work. Seeing the Kiln setup would be awesome.
Thank you found this one most educational about the different cuts especially 1/4 sawing
just finished quarter sawing an oak for a door. can definitely see the rays you mentioned! really wish i had an amazing machine like that
I am a retired self employed cabinet and furniture maker and I used both quarter and rift cut white and red oak on several projects over the years. It is nice to work with. I also used a variety of different curly woods. Cherry can look like puffy clouds when curly. The strangest wood I ever worked with was called bark pocket ash. I don't know if it is a thing or a name that my friends at Cole Hardwoods made up for this ash that came through the yard to be dried. I really like this video. Keep them coming.
I have an LT40 like yours. I've been quarter sawing for years. Below somebody said to take 3 cuts before you turn the log. This is limited to how well your blade is behaving in a wide cut. Take your first cut 1 board thickness above the pith. Second through the pith, and 3rd one board thickness below the pith. These boards will have to be split down the center to get rid of the pith mess. Also I zero out the kurf and set one of the presets to zero. That way when you hit auto next cut after lifting the blade, it will come very close to the same position as the last cut....ie....1 1/4"
I'm a cabinet maker and 1/4 sawed hard wood my favorite especially Oak. Love your Chanel be safe and keep up the good work. 😎🌲
Now that was interesting. I hadn't thought of the grain differences before and your quarter sawing made it clear how grain runs change the strength and durability of the wood. Yes, the kiln drying will be interesting, as would be any dry storage for seasoning.
In the mill where I worked, when the saw "waved," we called it snaking. A couple of those logs looked like they had a fair amount of compression wood in them. A saw blade will definitely snake through compression wood. Great video!
Wedges could make nice sturdy hiking staffs or perhaps canes. Wonder if there any wood carvers around there? Maybe axe handles or other tools, might be more valuable than firewood.
TFS
I would love to have some small chunks, chips heck even saw dust from that cherry log for my smoker.
Best view of how to do 1/4 sawing on the internet. You guys did fantastic. Yes build a kiln and dry them boards. You would beat Lowe's any day. Can't wait till the next video. Great job.
This was a really good video. Can you cut the tree in half and then take a few very large cuts (the width of the tree) first and then do the quarter sawn after? You would have some really wide beautiful full grain boards.
Musical instrument makers like quarter sawn wood for its strength and stability. Nice video.
Great job explaining quarter sawn! Better then most of all the explanations I’ve heard and seen!
Trick for the 1/4 saw slabs... make 3 cuts on your 1st pass; 1 center, 1 5/4 up, and one 5/4 down. That gets you 2 full live edge 1/4 sawn slabs out of the middle and saves a bit of turning. Also, the larger slabs can sell for more.
That sounds like a great idea. I will definitely try that
I have worked with wood for 30+ years and have been a serious woodworker for about 12 years. I've looked at illustrations of quarter-sawn logs but this is the first time I really understood the process of how it's cut and it's advantages! Thank you very much! I would love a video of the kiln build.
I really love the grain of the finished board. The extra work was worth the effort. I would love to see a video about the kiln build. I am always interested in learning more.
Quarter sawn sycamore is so beautiful. I made many pieces of furniture and cabinets with it.
Probably the best looking grain in our species available in the north east.
Great video. Quarter sawn lumber is what we wood wokers love best. Love your music and the beautiful fall backdrop of the forest is not too shabby either.
Keep up the good work and give your bosses a pat on the back!!
Thanks for this video, very interesting to see exactly how it's done instead of reading about it in a book.
My woodworking skills are good but I don't have any experience using quarter sawn lumber I can appreciate the it's beautiful appearance I really enjoy the process of building and completing a project.
I love watching logs being milled into lumber and I love taking rough sawn lumber to do my part to mill it into usable planks.
Superb explanation. This is one of the most intelligently produced channels on utube.
Thanks! I learned something today! I sold furniture for 3 years once. Now I know how they get that pretty grain.
Quarter sawn explained by you has educated others like myself... well done with the videos....
Kiln yes please. It's on my wish list as is quarter sawing. At the moment I mill for use on the farm, barn improvements, tractor shed etc but I fear the way this mad world is going I'm going to have to start selling as every penny I can earn becomes more important. Thanks from Wales, your efforts are truly appreciated by this old man.
Another great vidja young lady. Be nice to see y'all building the kiln. Take care and have a blessed week and I'll see you on your next vidja.
When are you gonna start making vidjas?
some of my best projects were with quarter sawn oak. I made a hall mirror with cubby holes and a couple of blanket chests. I would like to see the construction of the kiln. Thanks for posting your videos!
Love your show you and your sister do a great job! Keep it up.
That was incredibly interesting. I was pretty much unaware of what quarter-sawing was and what it involved. Very well explained. Thank you.
Your videos are awesome, but I wish they were longer. Very enjoyable to watch.
Music and narration very nicely done. Kiln? Yes that is great to be seen built. Job well done.
Hi Emerald how are you? It sure is nice of you folks helping out with the family business! My kiddos are too busy doing their thing, to come help ole pops with his hobby business. Quarter sawing is wasteful but like you said it is more stable, stronger, more pleasing to the eye. I don’t cut much hard wood, but I will soon. A huge oak will be coming in for sawing so that should be nice to cut. I usually cut a lot of pine. I had a fella who wanted quarter sawn lumber. 6x6’s, 2x8’s and 2x6’s. The throat on my saw is only 8.5 inches so I cut the bark flitches off, got a square Cant 20 inches. Dropped 6 1/8 made the cut, flipped can’t over cut another 6 1/8. Pulled both off the mill boxed the pith then brought the slabs back on to cut 2x6 a off both side of the slab. This gave me 2 2x6s and a 6x6 quarter sawn. 2x6s almost riff sawn but he was ok due to grain being straight. Cutting his order was a lot of work, I learned a lot about log, slab management and about Proper procedure on how to cut and be productive. Was a good money maker, also got some good fire wood as well. Thanks for sharing take care and God bless you and yours.
Interesting to see this. I hadn’t thought about the bandsaw requiring quarter sawn wood to be cut from the bottom in all cases. In a regular circle saw mill, one side cut would be conventional, like 5/4 width from the fence to the blade. The other angle would require some work, perhaps be sawing a flat on the narrow side of a wedge and having the 5/4 be on the opposite side of the blade than for the other angle. Or swapping ends. Either type of milk would have extra steps for quarter sawn boards. Definitely labor intensive. Maybe less so for a circle saw mill, but harder than plane sawn for both types.
My great grandparents had a really nice 48” split-pedestal round table with 4 leaves, all of the top made in quarter sawn white oak. We used it for many years and then passed it to my little sister. Cool to know how it is cut. Thanks!
Would love to see the kiln being built! You guys are amazing! love your videos
Try on the first cut take blade to center cut, then rase blade up one or two thickness of lumber. Saw two or four boards. That will yeald wide quarter sawn boards. Split the remaining half round slabs in half and finish cutting with the flip flop style. You could send the two center cut boards on to the edger or cut 2" of the pith out depending what the boss says.
Please let me know your opinion of my suggestion.
I can't get enough of the beautiful smiles.
Yeah that would probably work!
I am envious of the quartersawn lumber! It's beautiful. Yes please, show us the kiln. Perhaps is stages, or just mush it all up into one.
Definitely I would love to see how a handmade kiln is made I think the show was great and your girls do the word justice
As a veteran wood floor layer all 1/4 lumber is the best you can install.and quite frankly it's prettier ..and sometimes double the price...great presentation Ladies love your channel!!!
Yes on the kiln build video. Thank you for another great video.
Young lady, You are a natural at the Quarter sawing you take your time and explain things very well. Stay safe and God Bless all of you.
It would be cool to see the kiln go up. Thanks for showing it, in advance. Good luck! 👍
Girls, it may seem very difficult now, but someday all of this hard work will pay back. The skills you learn doing this work will perfect your lives with the fruits of hard labor. So please carry on. Try to have fun while doing your work safely and efficiently.
Keep up with the great videos learning a lot about the wood business! and defiantly show us how much work it takes to build your kiln.
Some very beautiful boards.
There are some other benefits to quarter sawn and edge grain wood, one of them is flexibility.
When bending a flat grain board for the hull of a boat there is a tendency for the grains to delaminate and split.
Also, edge grain and quarter sawn boards still shrink and expand, but in different directions.
The flat sawn board will warp due to differing expansion along the annular rings because they are different lengths, but experiencing the same rate of expansion.
So, for example, on the heart side a ring might be 1" long and expand 2% of that 1", while on the other side the ring is 10" long and expands 2% of the 10", or 0.02" vs 0.2".
So one side of the board is longer than the other, it either forms a cup ow crown, or splits to relieve the tension.
An edge grain board just gets thicker.
Love this video. Thanks for the education! Cheers from Texas.
Our shop uses quartersawn extensively for furniture projects. Absolutely a beautiful way to go if the customer can afford it. When you sell some of that you should ask them to send you pics of the final product created with it. It would be fun to see some of your wood go from tree to table, etc.
I agree.
So that's what quarter sawn means, great explanation. I have heard that term but never knew what it meant, now I do thanks to your wonderful videos.
Most of my maple guitar necks I have ordered are quartersawn, great video and narration.
I don’t have any experience cutting quarter sawn lumber, but I like building furniture with it. Would love to see video of kiln build. Keep up the great job.
Thanks for explaining quarter sawing. Very well done! I would love to learn how kiln drying is done as well.
This segment has been an epiphany for me. I'll know what to look for excitedly. Thanks for all your efforts!
Quarter sawn lumber is beautiful! I would love to see kiln being built and operational video.
Thanks for the lesson, explained clearly and demonstrated well.
I try to separate the 2or 3 quarter sawn boards that come out of every log. Even if I have to cut the pith out of one I still get the best of the log. If I’m flat sawing I get nice wide 12-16 in boards too. I cut mostly oaks and It adds up pretty fast with no extra work.
I square up the log first. Then quarter the log and mill two quarters at a time but I flip them so I cut the boards off the top.
Another great educational video!! And some good looking wood!
That looks like a two thermos coffee job!!! Love your narratives!
Haha, yep that’s what I thought
You ladies are awesome!! Great job for day one! YES - for the kiln building video. Thanks for sharing. Jim in Phoenix.
Great tutorial on quarter sawn wood. Love your passion, energy and work ethic!
Yes, a video of the kiln being built, sounds interesting !!
Good job on the explanation and the vid. Thanks for sharing.
Very interested in seeing the kiln build.
A very high quality video with outstanding production, content and editing. The music is absolutely fabulous, the icing on the cake. Great job!
I knew what quarter sawn wood was but never knew the process, thanks for the information. My son recently started in the same line of business.
Love the videos. Definitely want to see the kiln build.
That lumber makes beautiful furniture! Great video and you girls are awesome! Some good workers that (Boss/Dad) has! 👍 have a good week.
From Northwestern Vermont
thanks too you I truly know what quarter saw wood is... thank you for the education... keep up the good work and stay warm... and yes show the kiln build...
Fantastic camera work. What a gem.
I believe my guitar's necks are 1/4 sawn for strength. Great vid! :)