Very good video Em. Nice change up with being a little more technical. Really enjoyed. Great camera work Jade! And woot woot! BOSSMANS BACKYARD BBQ!!! Featuring the new McBossman triple Bacon Burger! 😀😀👍👍👍. Can’t wait.
Hi! Could you do a video showing the beginning of the firewood bundling process? Saw the short where you load and tie off, but im curious about the beginning of the process, ie how you get the netting around the form initially. Also describe how you build the rotating platform and the form itself. Thanks
The other benefit to squaring the way you just demonstrated is added saw blade life. On the 3rd pass (flat) you are into clean wood (no bark). Can't wait for the future cooking segments and tips.
Em is always a plethora of information. Looking forward to the BBQ segments. I'm a BBQ'er, grill'er and smoker. I love it all. In fact I have some beef ribs and pork ribs going on the smoker tomorrow for Sunday family dinner.
as a commercial beekeeper you should get your hands into making boxes, bottom boards, pallets, etc for that trade. it's definitely a great community of people who need quality equipment. keep up the great work!
Hello Emerald, You are spot on with the squaring info, Bet every sawmill manufacture has had these same questions called to them before. My son was having trouble when he was learning the sawmill and after watching him I realized his clamp was to tight and throwing off the log making it out of square. Ken I await the first show of your BBQ extravaganza I bet it will be a big hit. Hope Boss Mom will be in it too! 🍗🥩🍔🍕🌭🫕🤠
I don’t own a mill, so watching you guys go through the Ins and outs is really interesting to watch. Nice job. Ken, a great way to relax and I look forward to viewing in!
I like the step by step approach to todays video. Being a little bit more descriptive makes it much more interesting. And for the “Boss Guy” … you picked a great hobby. Nothing better than a nice thick smoke ring!
One of the things I always wonder about in your sawdust pile... There should be a way to hook up a conveyor belt that uses the return cycle of the sawmill to move the sawdust out of the section between your building and the mill. Would not think that it would take much to setup something like this and would have zero effect on the milling process itself!
Hi Emerald, i always love it when you stand in the sun with your hair so then you look absolutely what you are : on fire !🔥🔥 For the square problem : you are right to make 180 turn to have the parallelity first (control that if you havent already). Then when cut the third side watch that you do not overpress the four fingers on the left side so take the hydraulic clamp not to high (i think middle would be good). Control after the first cut, perhaps you have to put a little underlay a the top of the four fingers because they are worn out (maybe that could be fixed). Repeat at the fourth side. Please tell me if that was use- or helpful.
Hi Emerald. When you rotate the Log (after first cuts) use a 90 Degree Angle Set Square - Note you must put the Set Square(on opposite side to the Dogs) - against the horizontal support bar of the Mill and then check how square you have the log against your cut edge. By trying to square up a log by viewing the Dogs side alignment of the log you are not going to get a consistent square cut. (you are trying to square the cut from the wrong side). Instead, if you use a 90 Degree Set Square as described above on the other side of the Log, then you will be far more accurate and maintain a consistent quality.
One additional step would be to make sure the log bunks are free of debris on each rotation of the log. A battery powered leaf blower is a good tool for this. This is important for the second cut to ensure that it is perfectly parallel to the first cut.
Love listening and watching your tutorials. You are speaking very clearly & are easy to understand. Very entertaining & a lot of good tips and examples of milling wood. Thank you.
It may be your large square! I have had so many that seemed to be square until you flip the square! lay it down and draw a line the full length of the square then flip it over and compare where the line is to the square! you may see the square isnt square! It may be off at the end by even a width of a pencial line which will throw off everything! But Great video! I love the attention to detail and showing us what it is you were talking about! Thank you! and Boss man Ken! looking forward to seeing some of your BBQ products! Mouth is watering already!
I've seen new squares (and levels) still at the store that are not perfect. I always compare and test this type of equipment at the store and sometimes I even will leave without buying one because they are all defective.
BBQing is an excellent addition. I just made corned beef and cabbage on my grill. You can Q up something for lunches for your workers that might tide them over for a couple of days each week. Looking forward to it.
I will keep saying it, You are a good sawyer! one little thing l would do if l had an off square cant would be to turn it 180° around and resaw it square. it works, try it some time. same procedure as you cut a log.Cut top,flip 180° ,then the other two faces.if it is really out of square you will have 4 pieces of beveled siding!🤣I bet the turkeys are gobbling up in those hills now.
Have Grandpa show you how to check your carpenter's square for square and how to adjust it if it is out of square. : ) How often do you check your mill dogs to be sure that they are still square to the bed?
Good job,smart girl's,great weather,and the smells of fresh cut lumber,that's living the dream of living in the country side. Well done mate's carry on!! Devo on the block.
@Ken, no one makes smoked food better than the people that understand wood the best. My woodrack has been full of Hickory for this winter for 30 days already. As for smoking, I've switched from live oak to laurel. I find it even more pungent. 😋 Good luck and looking forward to the grill or smoking vids. 🤘😎✌️
I was a cabinetmaker for 35 years. The truth is I always assumed my rough lumber was out of square and would start the building process by squaring up my boards (and sheet goods.)
great video another way to check for square is to hold a small plistic orange speed sguare on blade and eyeballing it to flat cut against uprights then use your dog thingy to adjust cant. 180 degree rotation on second cut makes it easier to make those fine adjustments on small logs. keep up good work. looking forward to bbq videos.
Sometimes a log being sawn into beam shape will have some tension in it which is gradually or suddenly released while you saw material off, that can also lead to geometrical errors in the final beam. Drying the beam is a whole other story in relation to the tiny tolerance you had in your example beam. Looking forward to BBQ!
Hey Ken since you and I have the same hobby I was thinking we could start a club or association to promote our hobby. It would be great and maybe we could get teenagers and the younger crowd involved since they don’t seem to have much experience with it. We could go nationwide with regional and local chapters. It would be great and beneficial to communities. What’s the hobby we share? It’s called “WORK”, which seems to becoming a lost art. Glad to see that you are going to start a new hobby which doesn’t require boots. Hope the rest of the family joins you with your new hobby too since they too share your old hobby.
My 4-year old said to me one day, "That's not a square, that's a triangle!" By the way, you probably know that lumber often shrinks diagonally when it dries, so even if it was square when it was green, it may not be when it's dry. This can be really pronounced in a larger beam, or in a beam from a crooked log, or when the beam wasn't centered in the log. There's not much that can be done about it except sawing oversized and remilling after drying. I've heard that some mills that handle more expensive lumber will reduce waste by sawing out cants and let them dry for a while before resawing into boards. Even then the outer layers of the cant will be dryer than the middle.
Emerald, I have to admit I found it very difficult to concentrate on the content today because I couldn't stop staring at your gorgeous hair. It looks extra special today! Thanks.
@@dek779 It looks as though the original comment is deleted. I dont care if you are 18 or 88 years old, 500lbs and 17 feet tall. I was referring to mental growth, not physical. If you are close to her age,send her a DM and tell her how you feel. If you are closer to her mom/dads age and typing what you do, You need to work on some personal things other than your height and weight. Lady here where I'm at just read your comment and said you sound kinda cringy. Good Luck✌
That's pretty darn square! Boss , your hobby is making a living for your family. You and the wife have done an excellent job at that. Whole family is involved and from what I've seen pretty cohesive.
I could swear today is Saturday - it doesn't matter, in that case I'll go out again tomorrow. Pretty face, speaks sign language perfectly. I guess 20k of the followers are deaf and are happy to finally understand someone on RUclips. If the stops are slightly worn out, the angle cannot be correct. Maybe it needs to be readjusted. Even if there is only a little sawdust on the supports, it can no longer be in the angle - it doesn't take much for that. I would always wipe it down with a broom before turning it over, if the perfect angle is needed. I know this because I can operate machines like the milling machine. Looking forward to Boss Man's Hobby!
I recently got a Lucas Mill for hobbyist purposes and have been wondering if it is suitable to make beams that contain the pith. From everything I have read or watched it more often than not recommends removing the pith for structural and drying purposes. I would need very large diameter logs to get any quantity of pithless, stable, quarter-sawn beams out of them.
On the operators right side....in front of the blade there's a small motor(?). It appears to cut a groove before the blade passes. What's it function? Keep up the good video! My family was into the sawmill/timber business.
I'm looking forward to the live fire BBQing, I stopped using gas a few years ago and only use hardwood. I also have a pellet grill, but the hardwood grill is my go to.
I've worked with wood building garages, etc. but know nothing about milling wood. I have to say that that beam is square by what I've seen! It's wood not metal (LOL)! Great job and tutorial!
Emerald and Jade thanks for another great video on how to get the best possible cant. Also while I think it's great that the Boss is getting a hobby and will be talking BBQ/Smoking wood I hope he is prepared for every backyard BBQ dad, to have something to say.🙂👍🧡
It looks like the framing square (the large one) may be slightly out of square. There is a method to correct this. It isn't difficult, but describing it is a little complicated, but there is probably a You Tube to watch.
I see Emerald is getting cute. with the videos. Sets up a premiere for the 18th lol. Brilliant idea. Beauty,brains and a great work ethic are wonderful traits to have.
the dog is the clamp and the squaring pins are fixed you also gotta check the bed each time you turn the log or cant for bark and sawdust accumlation between the log and the beds and be carful you dont saw the top of the squaring pins off like I do
When I'm milling nice stuff, I like to pick the whole log up with the evener rollers when I put a flat side down on the bed. That way I can wipe any sawdust and bark off the rails.
as someone with only one eye, there's no way I could square up a log unless the controls were much closer to the hydraulics. Also looking forward to the new cooking content. Not how I cook, but maybe I'll give some a try.
I don’t really see how 180 can make a big difference. As she notes in the video, the key to getting it square is no daylight between the sawn face and the dogs. Whether the opposite edge is round or flat shouldn’t make any difference. The clamp might get a little better grip on a flat face but that isn’t mentioned in the video as an advantage. I almost always turn 90. Getting that second face square is the critical point for me.
Thanks!
Very good video Em. Nice change up with being a little more technical. Really enjoyed. Great camera work Jade! And woot woot! BOSSMANS BACKYARD BBQ!!! Featuring the new McBossman triple Bacon Burger! 😀😀👍👍👍. Can’t wait.
Looking forward to watching you cook Boss. Enjoy!
Great Video Emerald! Can't wait to see dad's hobby cooking videos 😋
What a Great Job Emerald.
Hi! Could you do a video showing the beginning of the firewood bundling process? Saw the short where you load and tie off, but im curious about the beginning of the process, ie how you get the netting around the form initially. Also describe how you build the rotating platform and the form itself. Thanks
Very informative Thank You for sharing, also looking forward to the Boss man's BBQ segment.
Nice job, Emerald, of explaining how you square your logs. Ken, I am looking forward to your cooking content. Take care 👍
The other benefit to squaring the way you just demonstrated is added saw blade life. On the 3rd pass (flat) you are into clean wood (no bark). Can't wait for the future cooking segments and tips.
Em is always a plethora of information. Looking forward to the BBQ segments. I'm a BBQ'er, grill'er and smoker. I love it all. In fact I have some beef ribs and pork ribs going on the smoker tomorrow for Sunday family dinner.
as a commercial beekeeper you should get your hands into making boxes, bottom boards, pallets, etc for that trade. it's definitely a great community of people who need quality equipment. keep up the great work!
Great to see the channel grow❤️❤️
Hello Emerald, You are spot on with the squaring info, Bet every sawmill manufacture has had these same questions called to them before. My son was having trouble when he was learning the sawmill and after watching him I realized his clamp was to tight and throwing off the log making it out of square. Ken I await the first show of your BBQ extravaganza I bet it will be a big hit. Hope Boss Mom will be in it too! 🍗🥩🍔🍕🌭🫕🤠
You guys should highlight the $ Thanks link and people should be able to choose the amount to send. Buy us a coffee sounds good.
I don’t own a mill, so watching you guys go through the Ins and outs is really interesting to watch. Nice job. Ken, a great way to relax and I look forward to viewing in!
You have trippled my knowledge of how a sawmill works and I still know about 1% of what you do. Thank You All. Love this channel.
Hey. Would love to see you collecting some mushrooms from the woods then use them in your cooking segments?
Great announcement, looking forward to tuning in, Thanks for sharing!
I like the step by step approach to todays video. Being a little bit more descriptive makes it much more interesting. And for the “Boss Guy” … you picked a great hobby. Nothing better than a nice thick smoke ring!
180 flip for me is the best, but I never trust the dogs to be plumb. I always use a framing sq to the bed to the log, to be accurate.
You ladies are both awesome Mill specialists. Your father has taught you both very well.😊 Zero waste..👍 You're all an awesome family.
Well, that resounding "clonk" when you 180ed that log was sure satisfying-
You have to really appreciate true American craftsmanship. From tree to beam and everything in between 🇺🇸
Picking up my new Lt 40 this weekend Been watching all your sawmill tips Thanks so much Scott in WV
One of the things I always wonder about in your sawdust pile... There should be a way to hook up a conveyor belt that uses the return cycle of the sawmill to move the sawdust out of the section between your building and the mill. Would not think that it would take much to setup something like this and would have zero effect on the milling process itself!
Hi Emerald, i always love it when you stand in the sun with your hair so then you look absolutely what you are : on fire !🔥🔥
For the square problem : you are right to make 180 turn to have the parallelity first (control that if you havent already). Then when cut the third side watch that you do not overpress the four fingers on the left side so take the hydraulic clamp not to high (i think middle would be good). Control after the first cut, perhaps you have to put a little underlay a the top of the four fingers because they are worn out (maybe that could be fixed). Repeat at the fourth side. Please tell me if that was use- or helpful.
Impressive work. 😊
Your videos are great,informative and humble rock on!!
Glad to see you picking up a hobby Ken, looking forward to the cooking content, I am sure you will make it very interesting.
That is awesome news Ken!!! I can't wait! Nice job emerald!
@Lumber Capitol Log Yard do you load the deck with the small end of the log towards the operator, or is it just random?
Watching you work is very relaxing. 7:57 - Talking about dogs with Dog in the background! SMART!
Hi Emerald. When you rotate the Log (after first cuts) use a 90 Degree Angle Set Square - Note you must put the Set Square(on opposite side to the Dogs) - against the horizontal support bar of the Mill and then check how square you have the log against your cut edge. By trying to square up a log by viewing the Dogs side alignment of the log you are not going to get a consistent square cut. (you are trying to square the cut from the wrong side). Instead, if you use a 90 Degree Set Square as described above on the other side of the Log, then you will be far more accurate and maintain a consistent quality.
My thought exactly. Use the most stable element of the mill as the basis for the calculation.
One additional step would be to make sure the log bunks are free of debris on each rotation of the log. A battery powered leaf blower is a good tool for this. This is important for the second cut to ensure that it is perfectly parallel to the first cut.
I can't wait to give this method a try, I have been over sizing my cants so there is room to square up on the finish pass
Love listening and watching your tutorials. You are speaking very clearly & are easy to understand.
Very entertaining & a lot of good tips and examples of milling wood. Thank you.
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It may be your large square! I have had so many that seemed to be square until you flip the square! lay it down and draw a line the full length of the square then flip it over and compare where the line is to the square! you may see the square isnt square! It may be off at the end by even a width of a pencial line which will throw off everything! But Great video! I love the attention to detail and showing us what it is you were talking about! Thank you! and Boss man Ken! looking forward to seeing some of your BBQ products! Mouth is watering already!
I've seen new squares (and levels) still at the store that are not perfect. I always compare and test this type of equipment at the store and sometimes I even will leave without buying one because they are all defective.
Great video, always wondered how you properly were squaring up the beams. Looking forward to the BBQ series. Keep it up
Sounds like a great hobby. Looking forward to the additional content! 👍
BBQing is an excellent addition. I just made corned beef and cabbage on my grill. You can Q up something for lunches for your workers that might tide them over for a couple of days each week. Looking forward to it.
I will keep saying it, You are a good sawyer! one little thing l would do if l had an off square cant would be to turn it 180° around and resaw it square. it works, try it some time. same procedure as you cut a log.Cut top,flip 180° ,then the other two faces.if it is really out of square you will have 4 pieces of beveled siding!🤣I bet the turkeys are gobbling up in those hills now.
Have Grandpa show you how to check your carpenter's square for square and how to adjust it if it is out of square. : ) How often do you check your mill dogs to be sure that they are still square to the bed?
Great video em.you make it so easy to understand the content.
Good job,smart girl's,great weather,and the smells of fresh cut lumber,that's living the dream of living in the country side. Well done mate's carry on!! Devo on the block.
U know what your doing...no doubt about it...🇨🇦👍
Another interesting video. Look forward to the new content from the Bossman.
@Ken, no one makes smoked food better than the people that understand wood the best. My woodrack has been full of Hickory for this winter for 30 days already. As for smoking, I've switched from live oak to laurel. I find it even more pungent. 😋 Good luck and looking forward to the grill or smoking vids.
🤘😎✌️
Sounds like an awesome hobby can't wait to see it!
Nice job
Can't wait for the grilling lessons.
I was a cabinetmaker for 35 years. The truth is I always assumed my rough lumber was out of square and would start the building process by squaring up my boards (and sheet goods.)
Nice explanation and demonstration, thanks.
great video another way to check for square is to hold a small plistic orange speed sguare on blade and eyeballing it to flat cut against uprights then use your dog thingy to adjust cant. 180 degree rotation on second cut makes it easier to make those fine adjustments on small logs. keep up good work. looking forward to bbq videos.
Sometimes a log being sawn into beam shape will have some tension in it which is gradually or suddenly released while you saw material off, that can also lead to geometrical errors in the final beam. Drying the beam is a whole other story in relation to the tiny tolerance you had in your example beam. Looking forward to BBQ!
Hey Ken since you and I have the same hobby I was thinking we could start a club or association to promote our hobby. It would be great and maybe we could get teenagers and the younger crowd involved since they don’t seem to have much experience with it. We could go nationwide with regional and local chapters. It would be great and beneficial to communities. What’s the hobby we share? It’s called “WORK”, which seems to becoming a lost art. Glad to see that you are going to start a new hobby which doesn’t require boots. Hope the rest of the family joins you with your new hobby too since they too share your old hobby.
My 4-year old said to me one day, "That's not a square, that's a triangle!" By the way, you probably know that lumber often shrinks diagonally when it dries, so even if it was square when it was green, it may not be when it's dry. This can be really pronounced in a larger beam, or in a beam from a crooked log, or when the beam wasn't centered in the log. There's not much that can be done about it except sawing oversized and remilling after drying. I've heard that some mills that handle more expensive lumber will reduce waste by sawing out cants and let them dry for a while before resawing into boards. Even then the outer layers of the cant will be dryer than the middle.
How often do you get wavy lumber due to dull blades or the guide being to far away from the log?
Emerald, I have to admit I found it very difficult to concentrate on the content today because I couldn't stop staring at your gorgeous hair. It looks extra special today! Thanks.
The hair,face and eyes are perfection
@@dek779 It looks as though the original comment is deleted. I dont care if you are 18 or 88 years old, 500lbs and 17 feet tall. I was referring to mental growth, not physical. If you are close to her age,send her a DM and tell her how you feel. If you are closer to her mom/dads age and typing what you do, You need to work on some personal things other than your height and weight. Lady here where I'm at just read your comment and said you sound kinda cringy. Good Luck✌
Love your Red hair!! Cooking is an awesome hobby!!!!!
nice work there 🙂
That's pretty darn square! Boss , your hobby is making a living for your family. You and the wife have done an excellent job at that. Whole family is involved and from what I've seen pretty cohesive.
Em is amazingly articulate. The girls have great work ethics. Good job Mom and Dad “Boss”.
Hobby videos sound cool. BTW, the square was off, your perfect Em
Double check your square. Use a 3 4 5 or 6 8 10 measure. It is possible to correct it.
Congrats on your hobby can't wait to watch.
Looking forward to the cooking . Great video.
I could swear today is Saturday - it doesn't matter, in that case I'll go out again tomorrow. Pretty face, speaks sign language perfectly. I guess 20k of the followers are deaf and are happy to finally understand someone on RUclips. If the stops are slightly worn out, the angle cannot be correct. Maybe it needs to be readjusted. Even if there is only a little sawdust on the supports, it can no longer be in the angle - it doesn't take much for that. I would always wipe it down with a broom before turning it over, if the perfect angle is needed. I know this because I can operate machines like the milling machine. Looking forward to Boss Man's Hobby!
Congratulations on your achievement of learning a highly technical skill at a young age. Also appreciate the beautifully produced videos.
Just got my LT 15 go. Took a year. I'm so excited this video was a great help. Thank you.
Good morning from Kansas. Trying to catch up found a bunch of short videos. Thanks em! ❤
Very cool. I can’t wait to see the Ned segments. I’ve been curious about live fire cooking
Hey Ken, Might want to look into building a pizza oven. It can be a fun family project, and you can use them for all kinds of things besides pizzas.
mussels roasted in a pizza oven are killer.
@@zr2dad5 Haven't tried that. I've had pizza oven steaks, lamb chops, bread, potatoes, ducks and chickens.
I recently got a Lucas Mill for hobbyist purposes and have been wondering if it is suitable to make beams that contain the pith. From everything I have read or watched it more often than not recommends removing the pith for structural and drying purposes. I would need very large diameter logs to get any quantity of pithless, stable, quarter-sawn beams out of them.
Discussing mill dogs while mill dog running around the yard. I love it.
A true sawmill pro.
On the operators right side....in front of the blade there's a small motor(?). It appears to cut a groove before the blade passes. What's it function? Keep up the good video! My family was into the sawmill/timber business.
Awesome info to turn 180 vs. 90 after 1st cut..! Great channel
Good job You showed them guys how to make a square Can't🎉
I'm looking forward to the live fire BBQing, I stopped using gas a few years ago and only use hardwood. I also have a pellet grill, but the hardwood grill is my go to.
I've worked with wood building garages, etc. but know nothing about milling wood. I have to say that that beam is square by what I've seen! It's wood not metal (LOL)! Great job and tutorial!
You have to check your square if it is square or needs to be adjusted.
Emerald and Jade thanks for another great video on how to get the best possible cant. Also while I think it's great that the Boss is getting a hobby and will be talking BBQ/Smoking wood I hope he is prepared for every backyard BBQ dad, to have something to say.🙂👍🧡
Bring on the BBQ - Great Idea!
It looks like the framing square (the large one) may be slightly out of square. There is a method to correct this. It isn't difficult, but describing it is a little complicated, but there is probably a You Tube to watch.
This is a great channel, especially, if you believe in working for a good living.
I see Emerald is getting cute. with the videos. Sets up a premiere for the 18th lol. Brilliant idea. Beauty,brains and a great work ethic are wonderful traits to have.
the dog is the clamp and the squaring pins are fixed you also gotta check the bed each time you turn the log or cant for bark and sawdust accumlation between the log and the beds and be carful you dont saw the top of the squaring pins off like I do
Simple explanation that sounds correct
Great news BossMan! looking forward to the new content...
When I'm milling nice stuff, I like to pick the whole log up with the evener rollers when I put a flat side down on the bed. That way I can wipe any sawdust and bark off the rails.
I can't think of a better hobby than cooking bbq. Can't wait to see the results of your hobby.
Emerald plays that mill like a musical instrument.
another awesome video and I look forward to the BBQ cooking. Thanks for all ya’ll do for us 👍
you are a wealth of knowledge.
been waiting to hear this. more involved than it looks.
Yeah, awesome, Ken. You deserve some fun too.😊
Are you posting on Sat now? Nice to see new video drop Emerald!
Emerald, you are simply amazing!!!!$
use a square to check the log to mill bed , when you rotate the log
Looking forward to seeing the new content.
Great job!
as someone with only one eye, there's no way I could square up a log unless the controls were much closer to the hydraulics. Also looking forward to the new cooking content. Not how I cook, but maybe I'll give some a try.
Good video, I learned some things today. I used to turn mine 90 degrees but I'll try this instead.👍
I don’t really see how 180 can make a big difference. As she notes in the video, the key to getting it square is no daylight between the sawn face and the dogs. Whether the opposite edge is round or flat shouldn’t make any difference. The clamp might get a little better grip on a flat face but that isn’t mentioned in the video as an advantage. I almost always turn 90. Getting that second face square is the critical point for me.
@@jimburnham4663 I see what your saying. The first sawn surface could be used as well, wouldn't matter as long as its square to the blade.
A hobby that makes money, the best kinda hobby!
It's funny that I work an office job and getting out to the woods and cutting trees is sort of a hobby for me.