Why would that be? The "2x4's" used in construction today are 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 because they've been "finished" (planned smooth). This has been the case for many decades. No home is built with full 2x4 studs. I've hung some drywall, and I've framed walls too. I worked for my two brothers-in-law building houses for 2 1/2 years in San Diego when I needed a job. What a great experience it was!
Forgot to like add comment so I came back. My favorite part of your videos is when you say “let’s get into the video”, point to the side and walk off camera.
Yep. That's how they used to be. We live in an old farmhouse in NE Ohio framed with full 2x4 oak. Found some old antique bottles inside the walls (including a coffin flask!).
This is a pretty late comment & doubt that you will respond but these types of videos are extremely interesting to me. The lumber that the big box stores (& maybe even your local lumber yard) sells is known as dimensional lumber vs what you sell which is rough cut lumber. The dimensional lumber is dried (kiln dried) & surfaced on all 4 sides. The lumber starts out as full measurement 2”x4” but after drying & surfacing that’s why they are not full sized 2”x4”. Just in case you didn’t know! Thanks for the informative video!
In 2019 I got into an argument with an Englishman over why a 2x4 at home nightmare measured up at 1 1/2" x 3 5/8" I'm Scottish so right out of the gate the outcome was looking bad lol. He said it's what we call a 2x4! And replied that's probably why you came to Canada! I was running out of coffee, so I asked him... is it not true that England shut down the patent office because they claimed everything worth inventing had been invented? He almost blew an o-ring! I b😅ought him a coffee before I finished him off! I told him that I had purchased 3 8ft 2"x4" s , cut, planed and sanded by a mill to a tolerance of 15/1000 of an inch. . They cost me $110.00 Silence from the group.. Then he asked why? I replied because I wanted to own a real 2x4.. and only a MILL could give me what I wanted without an argument. He said the Scottish are so stubborn. We have become friends since and had a coffee with him today at our coffee shop lol. This xmas I will wrap a 1ft piece and gift it to him.... keep doing what you do folks. 😊
Good looking lumber. I have a LX25. This year my cousin and I milled a bunch of real 2x4's and boards and built a 12x12 chicken coop/rabbit house. The logs were ones we sourced. It's fun to make your own stuff.
I woodworked my whole life, and just wanna say I'm glad you 2 pretty girls were not around when I did, cuz I mite have lost a finger or two. by not watching what I WAS DOING. you would have got me looking your way instead of my work, JUST SAYIN.. glad I'm retired now with all my fingers and both eyes..
I can't write something for every video, otherwise I'll never catch up on the 4 weeks. But Emerald looks really pretty again today - there has to be so much time.
Thanks for sharing, Super handy for someone who's recently started milling their own lumber. Would be nice to see more instructional vids like this that detail the reasoning behind how why where the cuts are made.
@@cicad2007 Nope! 🔪 The handmade knife does not fold and has a sheath. We speculate that this knife is a Buck 110. I am vary glad that Emerald likes to carry a knife. She also carries some tricky ones that you don't know are knives from time to time. 😀
Fascinating and informative. I always wondered how you made different decisions on product cutting and how the computer actually works and sets cuts for you. Automated/assisted machinery comes with higher prices but can increase production and help to meet demand while assuring raw materials can be put into the market as quickly as possible for the business. Thanks for another educational video!
Excellent how to video with new ending, transitions. Great camera shots as well. Around the 5:30-40 mark it started "snowing saw dust" the slow mo of it cutting and snowing may make a good #shorts clip. Thanks for video ladies stay warm. We hit 71 F today in sw ohio
So cool... I like using an Alaskan saw mill. My boss has a 3120 Husqvarna from the the 1900's , heavy too, lol... but I am still learning, and this channel is great for their use of WOOD, more thumbs up, and a fist pat to the heart!
The problem with true 2"x4", is that fasteners are much more expensive. I'm just switching over to milling 1 5/8 x 3 5/8, because I'm sick of having to pay that much more for the longer screws for projects. Plus, you can't mix in box store lumber to your projects, which can also be a PITA sometimes. I think Hemlock is becoming one of my favorite woods to mill. Mostly sticking to boards and beams though, as strapping and studs are just too damn tedious and time consuming on my little mill.
Emerald I like my local Lowe’s they’re good in a pinch when my local hardware store doesn’t have what I need when I need it, can you pick on Home Depot next time.😂
Been a bit since I've made sawdust!! Just mostly repairs n projects at the Villa,now! This episode Is/was a good info refresher for a larger project, that I have coming up!! Tight work Team!!! 👍🐺🧙♂️🦊🤙
Nice tutorial, i think its great that your able to give a breakdown of how you do it on a LT40. I run a Timberking 1620. So nice milling your own lumber. Keep up the great videos!!
I'd love to DIY my own lumber. Just don't have the time or really, the space. Actually I do have the time and the space, just hasn't floated to the top of the priority list yet. But I'll keep watching you guys so I'm ready.
I cut 2x4s on an LT 40 and I get using the Pattern feature. It's a time and brain saver. But if you go to 4 inches from the deck, isn't the top 2x4 coming out to 7 7/8ths?
@@KenBreon if you did, I could be a customer...get some of those stainless steel Kleen Kanteen with you logo on it...I would get one of those...I'm sure grandpa could run the roaster!
Makes sense what you saying, it does, but like most if not all technology, you would have to enter in the blade thickness and maybe width, or possibly it preprogrammed and there's only one blade size can use on this mill.
Depends on how it is dried ... kiln drying removes moisture and the wood shrinks accordingly. Also some dressing, planing, or light sanding also reduces the dimensions. Typically, the actual dimensions of a nominal 2 x 4 is 1½ × 3½ inches ... and these typically are what you find in lumber yards, box stores, and more.
Regarding the board drawback, the tooth offset on the blade makes the kerf bigger than the blade thickness right? That should mean no tension on the blade regardless of how many cuts you have above your current cut.
nobody appreciates a full 2x4 quite as much as the guy hanging the drywall! 🤩
Why would that be? The "2x4's" used in construction today are 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 because they've been "finished" (planned smooth). This has been the case for many decades. No home is built with full 2x4 studs. I've hung some drywall, and I've framed walls too. I worked for my two brothers-in-law building houses for 2 1/2 years in San Diego when I needed a job. What a great experience it was!
Forgot to like add comment so I came back. My favorite part of your videos is when you say “let’s get into the video”, point to the side and walk off camera.
Emerald is a great teacher watch how lumber is made from logs
True 2X4's! My house built in 1927 has true hard wood 2 x 4 lumber even in the interior walls!
Yep. That's how they used to be. We live in an old farmhouse in NE Ohio framed with full 2x4 oak. Found some old antique bottles inside the walls (including a coffin flask!).
Thanks for this - I just started making dust with a 1997 LT-40. No computer, but your approach was very helpful.
This is a pretty late comment & doubt that you will respond but these types of videos are extremely interesting to me. The lumber that the big box stores (& maybe even your local lumber yard) sells is known as dimensional lumber vs what you sell which is rough cut lumber. The dimensional lumber is dried (kiln dried) & surfaced on all 4 sides. The lumber starts out as full measurement 2”x4” but after drying & surfacing that’s why they are not full sized 2”x4”. Just in case you didn’t know!
Thanks for the informative video!
Always a pleasure to see your smiling face on a lumber tutorial. Have a great week.
In 2019 I got into an argument with an Englishman over why a 2x4 at home nightmare measured up at 1 1/2" x 3 5/8"
I'm Scottish so right out of the gate the outcome was looking bad lol. He said it's what we call a 2x4! And replied that's probably why you came to Canada! I was running out of coffee, so I asked him... is it not true that England shut down the patent office because they claimed everything worth inventing had been invented? He almost blew an o-ring! I b😅ought him a coffee before I finished him off! I told him that I had purchased 3 8ft 2"x4" s , cut, planed and sanded by a mill to a tolerance of 15/1000 of an inch. . They cost me $110.00
Silence from the group.. Then he asked why? I replied because I wanted to own a real 2x4.. and only a MILL could give me what I wanted without an argument. He said the Scottish are so stubborn. We have become friends since and had a coffee with him today at our coffee shop lol. This xmas I will wrap a 1ft piece and gift it to him.... keep doing what you do folks. 😊
Ive not looked at your channel for years, just had another look 😮 new saw but 😢nice to see your still in business
Good looking lumber. I have a LX25. This year my cousin and I milled a bunch of real 2x4's and boards and built a 12x12 chicken coop/rabbit house. The logs were ones we sourced.
It's fun to make your own stuff.
Thank You’ll for letting me watch and enjoy the lumber yard, we cut mesquite trees for fire wood in West Texas and they are small and hard wood 😊
Hi Emerald and Jade another great video from the team at LCLY 🙂🤘
It’s fun to watch the boards being cut.
I woodworked my whole life, and just wanna say I'm glad you 2 pretty girls were not around when I did, cuz I mite have lost a finger or two. by not watching what I WAS DOING. you would have got me looking your way instead of my work, JUST SAYIN.. glad I'm retired now with all my fingers and both eyes..
I can't write something for every video, otherwise I'll never catch up on the 4 weeks. But Emerald looks really pretty again today - there has to be so much time.
Thanks for sharing, Super handy for someone who's recently started milling their own lumber.
Would be nice to see more instructional vids like this that detail the reasoning behind how why where the cuts are made.
That red hair is so awesome, keep it long.
She is very pretty.
For your LT40 Wood Mizer, it would be nice to have a small conveyor to take the saw dust to a dumb trailer, and move the trailer forward as needed.
I like sawing true dimension lumber. Working on 3”x11”x20’ beams for a 20x80 pole shed.
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Perfect. Nice job ladies. Now we know. Thanks for sharing
It’s 100 x 50 where I come from. Still does the same job though. Love the channel. Especially the red meat ones !!!
Thanks for sharing 🍸.
Looks like a Buck 110 or 112 in the small pants picket. A classic USA-made knife. I have been carrying one on and off for 30 plus years.
Nope, knife was handnade by a friend of hers.
@@cicad2007 Nope! 🔪 The handmade knife does not fold and has a sheath. We speculate that this knife is a Buck 110. I am vary glad that Emerald likes to carry a knife. She also carries some tricky ones that you don't know are knives from time to time. 😀
Trees are perfectly beautiful as are you
7:14 thank you
Its good to see you cut true dimension lumber. Excellent job ladies thank you.👍♥️♥️
Nice work ladies! All construction lumber is now dressed. It’s nice to see the true dimensions produced. Thanks for the tutorial!
Fascinating and informative. I always wondered how you made different decisions on product cutting and how the computer actually works and sets cuts for you.
Automated/assisted machinery comes with higher prices but can increase production and help to meet demand while assuring raw materials can be put into the market as quickly as possible for the business.
Thanks for another educational video!
Why pay 1000’s of dollars therapy when you can watch this channel
❤😅
Very interesting video Emerald and outstanding camera work Jade .
Can I just mention your hair is awesome, great channel, very interesting stuff. Have a great tomorrow!!!
Assuming that was a 10' log, you got over 66 b/f from a log that scaled 57 b/f. Good Job!
hello lumber cation & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
Thx Em.
Interesting,sociable and so friendly.dont know wether to watch the video or you.Gorgeous
Hi, First time I've seen rough cut 2x4's right out of the mill. Thanks for the excellent video. By the way, love the music. 🙂
Y’all’s channel is doing great! Keep up the good work 👍
Nicely done!
I like hardworking women ❤️
2x4s. Your prices are unbeatable
2x4x8 pine $3.50. We are glad to provide this cost effective product for the local community…Boss Man
Oi. Amiga. Voçes tem os
Melhores. Equipamento
🎉
Excellent how to video with new ending, transitions. Great camera shots as well.
Around the 5:30-40 mark it started "snowing saw dust" the slow mo of it cutting and snowing may make a good #shorts clip.
Thanks for video ladies stay warm. We hit 71 F today in sw ohio
Great video, I would love to see a version of this for other milling methods too!
161K - Outstanding!!!
🪚🪚 Good Show! ... Bruce
So cool... I like using an Alaskan saw mill. My boss has a 3120 Husqvarna from the the 1900's , heavy too, lol... but I am still learning, and this channel is great for their use of WOOD, more thumbs up, and a fist pat to the heart!
Would love to see a US Flag on the wall next to the LT40. Made of wood by Emerald and Jade.
I loved this video emerald it was very good
You ladies do a
great job...❤
Very Interesting. There should be no additional weight on the blade as it is next to uncut wood so no additional down pressure on the blade.
Right On. Thanks for the comment…Boss Man.
Great Watch.
Does the on board computer calculate the saw kerf, or does that reduce the 2x4 by 1/8 » each way?
Outstanding thankyou
That's one of the reasons I like rough cut the measurement
Easy math…Boss Man.
Great video!
I could use about 100 those look good
Good speaker, very informative video. I buy everything I can locally.
Excellent teaching video!
Another excellent video. Enjoyed the musical selections, too.
I have no sawmill. I have trees. By the way skidders are very expensive! Rough-cut lumber is authentic like you Emerald. Your the real deal!
The problem with true 2"x4", is that fasteners are much more expensive. I'm just switching over to milling 1 5/8 x 3 5/8, because I'm sick of having to pay that much more for the longer screws for projects. Plus, you can't mix in box store lumber to your projects, which can also be a PITA sometimes.
I think Hemlock is becoming one of my favorite woods to mill. Mostly sticking to boards and beams though, as strapping and studs are just too damn tedious and time consuming on my little mill.
Thanks
LOVE THE CONTENT KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK I USED TO WORK IN A TIMBERYARD OUT HERE IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 I LOVE WORKING WITH TIMBER
Thank you for watching…Boss Man.
Full cut lumber... nice!!
Cool video too. I wish the distance was not so far... I would definitely be a customer.
Take care ladies... 👍🏼💜
Emerald I like my local Lowe’s they’re good in a pinch when my local hardware store doesn’t have what I need when I need it, can you pick on Home Depot next time.😂
Been a bit since I've made sawdust!! Just mostly repairs n projects at the Villa,now! This episode
Is/was a good info refresher for a larger project, that I have
coming up!!
Tight work
Team!!!
👍🐺🧙♂️🦊🤙
Great video young lady
Nice job, from Venice CA ✌️😎
Real 2x4's wow!
Nice tutorial, i think its great that your able to give a breakdown of how you do it on a LT40. I run a Timberking 1620. So nice milling your own lumber. Keep up the great videos!!
Great job ladies, thank you for sharing 🙏
Nice Work...
I'd love to DIY my own lumber. Just don't have the time or really, the space. Actually I do have the time and the space, just hasn't floated to the top of the priority list yet. But I'll keep watching you guys so I'm ready.
Ah ha! Now I know where those warped, twisted 2x4's come from!
Not sure why but I whistle that Caz Gear diddy every time!
finely an good one
LOVE YOUR CONTINT JADE EMERLD 😅😅😅😅❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
I cut 2x4s on an LT 40 and I get using the Pattern feature. It's a time and brain saver. But if you go to 4 inches from the deck, isn't the top 2x4 coming out to 7 7/8ths?
Emerald is such a great TEACHER, if she has children one day they will be super fantantisc!
Great vid
very interesting, thanks a lot Ladies,
Emerald & Jade
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Making the milling process look graceful almost.. should show some b-roll bloopers too. Humbling to be able to laugh at yourself on occasion
Very good Video 👍 👍
It would be amazing of you roasted and sold your own blend of coffee
We would love to…Boss Man.
@@KenBreon if you did, I could be a customer...get some of those stainless steel Kleen Kanteen with you logo on it...I would get one of those...I'm sure grandpa could run the roaster!
Glad to see you always wearing hearing protection.
This is a great video instruction wise. Emerald you could be an instructor at a tech institute. Well done girl.
impressive
question, I may have missed on one of your videos. does the computer adjust for blade thickness when you set the drop to however many inches?
I wonder this too. Since she said the cant was exactly 8" to start with, I'm assuming they end up a little less than 2".
Makes sense what you saying, it does, but like most if not all technology, you would have to enter in the blade thickness and maybe width, or possibly it preprogrammed and there's only one blade size can use on this mill.
Awesome 👌
when we mill true dimension stock we add 1/8 inch to each dimension to account for saw cuff and end up with a true dimension
Are these kiln dried by chance? I like your videos, ladies! Always something interesting to see!
No
We use the edger
I wish I could work for you guys
I've always wondered, how do you know it's 2"x 4" or what the length or width is once it's seasoned?🤔👍
Depends on how it is dried ... kiln drying removes moisture and the wood shrinks accordingly. Also some dressing, planing, or light sanding also reduces the dimensions.
Typically, the actual dimensions of a nominal 2 x 4 is 1½ × 3½ inches ... and these typically are what you find in lumber yards, box stores, and more.
Thinking about sending you guys a lumber material list to a cabin I'm building on my pond and name the cabin after y'all
Regarding the board drawback, the tooth offset on the blade makes the kerf bigger than the blade thickness right? That should mean no tension on the blade regardless of how many cuts you have above your current cut.
Hi Emerald u have such a cool name and Jade as well very nice names.You guys have a great channel never a boring moment 😊 💖 🎶🎵🎸🍻✨️
Thanks beautiful ladies
Nice video thanks ❤
What are their uses for framing and,thank you boss.