Slabbing a Big Red Oak Butt Log | Sawmill
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- My friend, Brandon, brought me this log from a removal job he was doing. The log has a diameter of 4' at the base, tapers to about 3', and flares back out to 4' at the top. The tree was removed from a front yard in Mounds View, MN.
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That's a good friend who would not just give you the log, but deliver it too
It looks like the friend was looking for an excuse to play with the log trailer
Those would make some gorgeous bar slabs, feature counter tops for an island, desk tops, etc.
The amount of quarter sawn material that came out of those slabs was almost mind boggling.
I think this shows how single-minded the big box stores are, and how much it influences the masses without us even realizing it.
Gorgeous material for a tool cabinet. Hint. Hint. :)
very true! I really need to pick something for the cabinet. I have too many choices hahaha
it is amazing that the Bandsaw Mill will make it through the successive cuts with the weight of the slabs on top of the blade.... some beautiful pieces!
Man I love watching your videos.
thank you so much!
Thank you for putting the metric stuff in the video also :)
Sweet!!! Nice to see the Cremona Slabinator 3000 is still operating at peak efficiency!
Great job Matt!..
Matt, you are far more than a woodworker! It takes an artist to see the beauty in the imperfections! There appears to be no end to your production of some the most interesting hardwood lumber out there. Thanks again for all you do and all you show us!
Those are slabs, the real stuff
Thank you!!
I love how you are excited about every log you cut up. I get excited every time as well, so it is great to have you share in the excitement :-)
I love it all :)
Very nice. I also like the character trees and the crankiest grain. Thanks
thanks!
Everytime i see you enjoying yourself like that, i feel envy. You’re livin’ the life, man!
Willem isn't he though really cool life?
I knew I wasn't the only one who had to put warm water on their wood to see it in the winter but for real fantastic slabs
hahahaha thanks!
Man, I love your enthusiasm. You keep me smiling the whole time with your chuckling. Fun stuff!
Thanks!
I too built a sawmill ( 54" X 21') to saw logs in my "spare time". Been sawing for 2 years here in ILL. I just love finding out what is inside, colors, shape, patterns etc. Every log is an adventure. Enjoy tour videos.
Wendell
PS I have a forklift ( I am old)
Whoever can afford it. Please donate your old fork lift to this guy! Love the videos
give yourself some credit need more engineers like you
Beautiful slabs.... Can't wait to see what you do with them
i like that you mentions always the cm
thnx and good work
That's a big red oak. We have a ton of red oak around here, but they are hard to find that large. Beautiful slabs. Stay warm and hope the family is doing well.
Thanks Mike! You too!
I agree Matt. That’s some beautiful red oak.
Squirrel!!! Yes, I'm easily distracted!
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous Oak, love it's character
Awesome piece of wood, and you brought it to life. Wow!
Thanks Sonya!
It cracks me up how much you crack yourself up. :) Nice work, Matt! Always enjoy watching these slabbing videos.
thanks Jake!
Man those slabs would make awesome old fashion oak dining tables.
Wood is good! Love it!
I can`t hardly believe it`s been that long, time flies for me
me too. it's scary
Wiping the saliva from my mouth! I love the slabbing videos, keep them coming.
Hi Matt, Your windows could do with a little TLC and possibly a coat of paint. That wood looks great and the grain patterns are nice.
Step one: scrape old paint. Step two: never get around to actually painting them
I love your passion for what you do. And I'd love to get my hands on some of that lumber, but I already have too many projects going.
Matthew felicidades por el gran trabajo que tienes
Very nice!
Good idea for a T shirt. Matt says "I Never Met a Log I Didn't Like" ala Will Rogers.
That little bobcat trailer looks like it was maxed out in wait .
Pretty close
A true wood worker getting excited about a bark inclusion. Something I would do, laughing with you.
Magnificent patterning in those slabs, I would love to have a slab for a table top or counter top. Matt, have you given thought to putting a tank on the side of the mill and installing a drip feed instead of spraying the blade? The slabs that broke in half would make some interesting river table tops, you could separate them and put some epoxy in between them and have a really nice wider table top. I absolutely love all the figure and colors.
Hey Matt, great video. Just an idea, but have you thought about adding a winch at the back of your Sawmill bed? By adding a pair of crab claws to a winch chain you could just pull a log off your trailer straight onto your sawmill bed without having to lift it. I know you are pretty good at getting logs onto the mill with your trailer hoist but this would be a whole lot simpler especially as you work alone most of the time. Just an idea :-). Happy woodworking.
I have one back there but it's a small one
Thank you so much very informative but I would really love to know the prices on your finished products. I would find that very interesting thank you for the entertainment and knowledge
That's not what they mean by a snow blower! @15:47 :) Some beautiful slabs! One of these days I'll come up and pick out my new dining table slab. :D Maybe closer to spring-winter though.
hahaha You got it!
Matt, have you considered hooking up a hose to a hot water line? Then you could use the hose nozzle on the shower setting and spray off snowed over logs with hot water.
Just utterly stunning, all those true brown tones... Red oak, you say?? You said it - looks like butternut, from here!
Just to quantify a wild dream of mine, what would you charge me if I wanted to buy that whole log, after it's been air-dried? I realize it needs what? three-four years to dry?
Probably a bit over 2 years. I'd have to check for sure but I'm guessing there's about $5000 worth of individual slabs. I'd do a volume discount on something like that probably 25% off.
That would've made some very pretty cookie-cuts as well.
Do you ever use dry ice blasting for cleaning cracks?
Slabber Claus is coming to town!
Next project is a bridge crane?
I was sort of set on that but I'm leaning towards a forklift instead. Should be less limiting.
I've been trying but I'm just not a fan of the blue staining. Maybe I need to see some finished item to appreciate it properly.
Do you mark the nails or even remove them before stacking the slabs? I fear I'd forget them and later run into them with a saw or planer.
That log seems like a good candidate for resin filled table tops and things like that very cool. Do you have plans for your saw mill?
The one with the blue stain above what looked like a dove in the wood.
Cremona's Slab-O-Rama !! If you don't find a slab you want here, you're not gonna find it anywhere... :)
hahahaha thanks Dave!
I think Matt should invest in a super soaker to increase the precision and accuracy of his water splashing grain reveals
gotta be the backpack tank style. I wonder if my parents still have mine from when I was a kid....
Ok Matt, how much for that third slab???
One question for Matt, Why do you cut the slaps so thick? Is it just a preference or is it something else. You are a master wood crafter and furniture maker and I've watched you for a long time and learn a bunch of stuff. I'm just an amateur at this woodworking but even at my age I'm learning a lot. Thanks for sharing and one of these days will get up to your area. I own a company based out of Deer Creek, MN. So I get back to the main office once or twice a year.
Make a river table with the middle slab that split in half and epoxy at 18:50 of video. I bet it would be beautiful
Do you put the water on for any other reason than seeing/showing us the grain? Just got an Alaskan saw mill and watch lots of your videos.. New to all this stuff..
No other reason. Enjoy the mill!
Who stole my tape measure... That's when I find it where I left it...
Question Matt and I apologize if you have answered it before. Is there a reason you mostly slab things up? Do you ever just cut traditional "lumber"?
I've been dealing with bigger logs lately which make interesting slabs. Smaller logs I'll cut into boards but that's less exciting so I don't bother with it as much anymore
Here's a video where I cut boards: Sawing Old Logs - How long can I wait before sawing logs into lumber?
ruclips.net/video/yujbs4HfCqw/видео.html
That is some eccellant grain
That log would be amazing for that new "Resin table" fad going around Instructibles these days.
Edit:
Seconds after I posted this comment Matthew said the same thing :
Mathew the one on 13.40 part with the arms at the end sorry not sure what to call it it would look like a good desk that part you could put a Pc on it
First "crotch figure," at about 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
Everybody take a drink!
Matt,those 2 slabs that split, I've got an idea.
Take the 2 pieces from one side, and bookmatch
them at the split. The 2 on the left side, and the 2
on the right side. That would give you 2 tabletops,
with a mirrored epoxy center.
That one was really incredible Matt. I love red oak. Do you have a particular log you've sawn that stands out as the most beautiful or jaw-dropping? Did you film it?
Probably the Robbinsdale Maple or one of the large maple crotches that I cut back in the beginning. Lots of cool color and figure in those
@@mcremona Thanks Matt. I just got done re-watching that video and I just cant believe all of the variation in that log. It's really going to make some incredible furniture. Have you given any thought into what you might make with it, or rather what the first thing is your going to make with it?
@@Zerostar369 I have no idea at this point but whatever it ends up being, it'll look great!
Lol I have tree service too
At 23:55 it’s the Grinch !
Hey Matt, what kind of blades are you running?
Cook's super sharps
@@mcremona 4 or 7 degree? And what size motor did you end up using? I run an older woodmizer with a 15hp electric motor. With that wide of a cut I imagine they dull quickly.
I believe they're 7 degree. I have a 10hp motor on it. I put a new blade on for every big log since it's not worth the risk of it dulling mid cut. They will still go through a few hundred bf of 4/4 in smaller logs
Thank you! I'm curious because it seems that I get about one log slabbed before its fairly dull. The woodmizer is limited on width, roughly 26-28". That's very impressive that your mill can cut so wide with just a 10hp motor.
Stuff that I like.... I like big butts and I can not lie.... lol.
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When I cut silver maple like that it always pinches the blade then I'm forced to use wedges
Had that problem with a brand of blade I was using then switched to a better blade with more set. I switched to cooks saw blade.
That would look good with some black epoxy for sure.
What is the biggest log that you have cut
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Matt, you makes me very nostalgic as many moons ago in France, I used to do just as you are doing today .
I had an old reciprocating saw, with an horizontal blade. Similar to this one: ruclips.net/video/L8ALoJE78gM/видео.html
Used to be a steam engine but it was gone by the time I got the saw.
I rebuilt it and I installed a used (and huge) electric motor.
It was slow but it cut extremely well and very smooth.
Just as you do I had plenty free lumber
I would give almost anything to be able to do it again.
I'm about to do the same thing out on my heavily timbered estate on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. Already have lathes and a 20 inch Laguna bandsaw, planer, and lots of other tools
Looks like you need a tractor with a boom hitch.............
Ho Matt, share 👍
you need a forklift to speed up the slab moving and save your back !!!
You may have been asked this question before but have you considered motorizing the sawmill (the cranking mechanism)?
I will someday. Probably after the power log handling
You need to find a used forklift or skid steer.
in time
I wish they used a different term other than “crotch figure” maybe “forked figure” or “split figure” or even “pit figure” (armpit figure”
Dude you need to get a small tractor. with some long forks to help u same time and energy.
I'm good. Just happy to be outside.
Watching it in double speed is way more fun😂
you are really stepping up your water throwing game!
Even if Matt won't invest in a forklift, maybe he could invest a few dollars in a watering can, for more even and efficient water distribution.
it the commercial grading standards, to why most mills would not touch that log, which is a shame, because when you think , most wood workers, take a commercial graded board, and reduce them to smaller pieces, to make most projects anyway , ,,, thus they end up using a much younger boring tree , which lacks the stability and caractor of older growth trees like your cutting , great recovery of a old growth tree, that would of been fire wood or chipped
“Welcome to winter....in the fall” 3 hours south of ya in Iowa. Couldn’t be more correct 😂
I believe that if one were to look up Matthews family lineage you would be able to find the engineers of the great pyramids.
Stop throwing water on it!!! YOu're just creating popsicles.
Slabsicles
"Character wood" can be the best. You have a knack for marketing!
Moving from crotch to butts. The evolution of a woodworker.
#upgrade
@@mcremona is this still unlisted? I just got to it from your website via Instagram.
Yeah, a little early release for the IG folks.
This video stars Ben and Casey’s other brother Ray Affleck quite a lot.
That is how "One's man junk is another man's treasure", man those are nice table tops epoxy will bring out to be awesome, and yes by the way we lost one season, we went from summer to winter in a hurry!!! Climate changes, they claim it's getting warmer, here in Montreal we feel the contrary!!!
You must not understand what they mean when they say its "getting warmer" doesn't mean that theres not going to be any cold weather smart guy lol
@@MrANTONE34 First ...it was meant as a joke, second, human activities are not really influencing global temperature (just as an example, in one week, Mount St-Helens generated more gases that all humanity did in the last 10,000 years), third and more important everybody here in Montreal think that the north pole is moving here (That is another joke!)
I still think someone is poking fun at all of society with this Climate Change nonsense. I hear "Climate Change", and my brain is like, "yes, the climate changes".
speaking of which... when was the last time we heard about the ozone layer?
@@RavenJCain Long time ago, I guess they milked that cow to the point that now she gives powder milk...lollll
But seriously this kid (I can say that now because I'm 62) is freaking AMAZING, builds amazing furniture and stuff, built a super saw that no company has anything that comes close for the shier size he can cut, mills superb wood out of lumber people would use for firewood, works with simple but intelligent tools he built to move such large pieces of lumber without any help, just laughs when he hits a problem with an extreme positive attitude, and there are still some jerks that put thumbs down....I would like to know who they are and what they have done in their life to be able to put a thumb down to this amazing young man!!!
I love keep on going with your bandsaw mill and cutting logos and red oak is a very good wood to work with ok from Harrison and have drink 🍺🍺
Thanks!
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Re-watching your videos before you got your skid steer and telehandler shows ingenuity at work.
I did notice how often the lack of throat depth affects your sawing. Have you considered redesigning the sawmill with the wheels 1 radius below the sawhead? That would make the throat slightly less than the wheel diameter.
The red oak is gorgeous. Matthew you live in Minnesota you can get snow from late September to late May. I grew up 60 miles south of Minneapolis. My brother's chose to live there so I do know how cold the weather you all get is that's why I moved to the southern area of the U.S.A.
Fun video.....Kind of like unwrapping presents. Never sure what you will get. Some real nice gifts this time.
Yep, most oak you see is pretty boring. We have a wood dealer in my town that does what you do except on a bigger scale. He has a tree service and mills local trees and sells them out of a warehouse. He has a big inventory but it is all rough cut (much rougher that what yours comes out as for some reason) so it is difficult to tell what you are getting a lot of times. Anyway, I joint and plan it myself and it is pretty cool the wild patterns you can find. But, because its so rough and because it is from whatever trees they happen to get, you cant tell what you are really getting so I usually end up with a lot of waste because of rot or splits or what I think is just bad logging and drying practices.
Love your videos. I teach high school woodshop and you inspired me to get a mill at the school. Loving it. Kids love to mill more then woodworking.
That would be awesome!
@@mcremona got one a few months ago ruclips.net/video/J0nznq5trZk/видео.html
Thanks for the inspiration
Why have you not invested in a forklift or small tractor such as a bobcat with forks/grapple? Seems like it would pay for itself in saved time and back injury prevention. Keep up the beautiful work!
How come you don't ever seem to shim the cuts during cutting and many other sawyers do? Hard to believe there isn't massive force on the blade when stack cutting 6 layers. Great video's. Thanks!
cremona this is bad ass
Matt my friend, here is what you need to do. Pack up Lyndsay & the kids, and move out to the country. Get a straw hat & right after that a set of forks for your tractor. You can then live a long hernia free life, fat & happy like the rest of us. Admire your tenacity and attitude.
Just a question from someone who doesn't know much about this but loves what you do. Is throwing the water on the log an important part of the milling process or more for filming the log and showing off its beauty?