Table Rock Lumber, Last log sawed at a 40+ year old sawmill
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2013
- The sawmill of Table Rock Lumber in Table Rock, Nebraska was built in 1969. In 2013, Marvin Edwards, owner of the mill, quarter sawed a cedar log, the last log. The mill is being sold and dismantled.
I have to say that I really miss the mill life. I was a millwright for many years. Four of my six sons worked at the mill. Three of them were sawyers until the mill closed down for the last time. I still run our own family mill. Its a Woodmizer LT40. We have a mill pond on our homestead but we pump water onto the log deck. I used to keep the logs in the pond but one broke loose from the dead man and blocked the spillway during a winter storm and we almost lost the dam. I breaks my heart every time a mill closes. thanks for sharing this video!
I could almost smell that cedar as he was cutting it. Love the video Sharia. Thank you for old memory's. Grinnin'.
That is the best looking cedar ive seen for awhile. ... after he was done it didn't have hardly any knotts in the boards.... he definitely knows something!
those stacks of lumber are a wood lovers dream.
Very sad to see it saw for the last time. Been in the sawmill business for over 40 years, so I know how Marvin feels. God bless.
Thanks for the memories! It's so sad to see mills like this shut down. Thanks for the video
Thanks for the comment, John. I took this video for the old friend who was selling the mill and made it public but did not share it anywhere. It's nice to know someone has enjoyed it!
U know y cuz everyone is cutting all small timber they rape the woods man don’t leave nothing then move little further down the road
God I love to watch sawmills work and this one was no exception. Also incredible that the last log was so beautiful. Highly computerized operations are taking over but it is always a treat to see any mill operate whether it be 40 years old or 100 years old. Thanks for the vid Sharia!
The cedar here is pretty special stuff, thx for noticing! My family had a mill on the other side of the RR track from this one, much much older mechanism, TR Lumber was the MODERN place. We did lots of local cottonwood and oak but also cedar. Our mill sits long abandoned, but we still prize the cedar planks we have saved from those operations.
Just watched Marvin and crew again and while it was sad it was nice to see it all again...I hope Marvin is doing ok...Your all a great crew thanks for sharing this video with us...
Marvin was planning on retiring but just can't Leave the trees alone (Interpret as you wish) Still does timber work -and climbs the Cherry Picker instead of joining the Gym.
Marvin does know what he is doing...Very gifted man...feel sad for what this last log must mean to him...Wood must have a nice smell to it...Best of health to you Marvin...
your kidding right....
No...
Ive worked as a chief engineer is a saw mill where we had a twin blade set up for milling really big timber . In 1980 we stripped the whole mill out (the building was built using enournous logs for the uprights and cross beams ) and we installed a similar type cariage and a 9 foot bandsaw headrig. Our new Breast bench saw where the cut timber is reduced to the finished sizes ,was as big as the lower blade . >looking on you tube recently i found a vid of the mill i helped build,burnt out by vandals because of the nature of cutting logs into timber like this mill you tend to get a different feeling for trees and old style sawmills.
Thanks for sharing this video with us. I love watching these ole mills working. Thanks.
From watching your video of the cedar
Log... I swear I could SMELL the aroma of the log while you were cutting it. WOW!
Absolutely make vertical grain with a clear log.
Beautifully done.
Marvin says he is embarrassed that he took so long to quarter saw this log. I should have explained in the video that he was taking his time in order to work toward getting two finely matched boards. It was also his last log to saw at the mill, and he was a bit sad about having to finish it off.
+Sharla Cerra
A Craftsman doesn't need to apologize.
We could have a lot of great conversations about the odds and evens.
He deserved to take as long as he wished on the last log 🌲😎
That mill is a solid unit
Thank You from south Ga.
At one point Marvin said he had a 3 man crew and himself working and sawed over 200 logs in an 8 hr. shift. This was without any resaw , every board was cut on the head saw and edged with the edger, then end trimmed,and stacked , at the time there was not a green chain. Small walnut would measure 12" to 16 " at 8 ft ( 16 to 32 board feet each.) Walnut saw logs are not straight and require turning more than 4 times so appreciate and realize this little cedar got a lot of extra attention considering a 16 ft long 36 in Oak (736 bd ft) would usually be through the mill in 5 to 10 minutes.depending on the order.`
I believe I met Marvin when I came thru Table Rock when I was with the Veterans Awareness Ride to Washington DC. This was in 2012, May! Stopped in the main part of the town square to see my uncle Riefards name on the plaque place visited my family grave sites!
beautiful Wood!! thanks for the Video!
That sure started as an Ugly log!!
I worked at Millard Lumber for a while, they had some Gorgeous cedar. The 8x8 timbers are some Magnificent stuff!
So Sad to see this gone!!
(Hello from LaVista, NE)
an artist at work!!
Just to note. I maybe wrong. Quarter sawn lumber is prized for strength and beauty, but the main reason it was invented was for shrinkage
plane sawn logs produce a better yield.
A 1/4 saw board shrinks in thickness so old carpenters used extensively for doors.
It also steam bends better.
Good job👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Made me sad. I can relate
I hope you don't tear the be mill down just because it's the last log future generations need the heritage so they can learn
beautiful purple heart there, love it.
Nice color on that cedar.
Maybe I'm a sap but I think its sad to see businesses like this being sold off. Moving over to modern ways, which sometimes aren't the best. Yeah I'm getting old..lol
Lynn From Scotland
+Lynn Mason I'm the same age as the mill..lol.
this is so cool I have to say
would make a nice table top even if mismatched pieces
shame someone could not come in and keep it going
Lumber is a tough business. Guess he just couldn't.... cut it...
I'll see myself out.
OLD SAWMILLERs never Die they just get BOARD,,, I will be out there too.
What no comments about how unsafe it was ? With that saw blade spinning rite out there like that , my goodness must have severd hundreds of arms and hands clean off over the years ? Sorry to see you go sir, like my uncle's lumber Co. in Montana ? Lotta good years tho. Life at its fullest, what a ride 😃
Had a smashed finger (Or2)
We always used to yell out " need help getting the ketchup outa the bottle?" when someone got too close to the saws. Squeeze bottles killed a good joke...
Old Corley 3 knee back-shaft carriage. I retired from Corley after 43 years.
awesome vid. at the sawmill i work at we are using the same type carriage and head saw shown in this video minus the overhead saw every day.
Wood like to get in touch with You Sharla Is My sister (Small print to avoid hirt feelings) Mebbe you have time for a conversation some day.
@@schattenmygirl, I worked for the computer controls division in Oregon. However, I did know many people in the Chattanooga plant, especially in the office. But don't remember Sharla.
@@cliffbeattie5395 Sharla is retired and videoed this for "Hysterical" sake. She did not have any association with Corley other than our family mill a, 1956 Left hand number 8 manual ... we were located across the tracks from This mill... `
This is hard to watch lol you can tell he enjoyed milling its a shame he has to let go such beautiful rig
Marvin is a man of few words. Typical American: not much to say but means everything he says.
Edging lumber is another art.
What to get out of the slabs.
Les Brown. Yea it was. I ran edged there many years
Amin semoga bermanfaat bagi kita semua Amin ya rabbal alamin
he works hard
sad to see it go
Table rock would have been a better video if the camera person stayed ON THE DAMN BLADE not all over the place
So so Sad, I felt so heart felt when the button was pushed to stop.
clark davis. I worked there for multiple years. Watched my dad retire from there
The first cut is just to open up the log.
It is a waste product.
It is called 'opening the face'.
Generally about 4 inches.
god bless
Bradley, no, he has sold it to an Amish fellow who is using the premises to re-saw barn lumber for sale. Marvin still has a number of aged logs to sell which must be cleared off soon.
Is this the saw mill near the Harris place close to the rail tracks? Cannot remember the road name!
MULSIPHER The road is called, "the road that goes out past the Reno Inn" or some such! LOL.
Sharla Cerra Thanks we used to when I was a kid used to stop to get soda's! And Thank You for the video's! I do not remember very many of the people because it has been so many years, names look familiar!
Is the mill still for sale. I had an old Corley from the fifties and long for a new one like that.
Scott, can you private message me on Facebook? You can find me as a member on the Table Rock Historical Society group page if you have trouble finding my individual page. Sharla Sitzman Cerra
Awww what a great thing to share
Table mountain near Oroville ??
NO
roy ramey do you know where??
@@rangerroar7433 South East Nebraska
I really thought it was gonna be broken down around that scar...Shows what I know. I haven't dealt with much Red Cedar, but I do know it tends to get nasty stump rots and worms among other things.
Ha ha! And similar things to hedge sometimes -- people always seemed to leave stuff leaning against hedge (more so) and cedar trees for some reason, or nail signs, etc. to them. Which the tree would then grow around. No fun if you're working at the mill that day.....
Te a pity he had to shut down shop,but I guess everything has to come to an end.Hope he enjoys his retirement
What is the largest log that machine can mill? It looks like there is a second blade on top with an addition motor.
Diane Langton. I worked there. Biggest I remember was like 42 wide at small end. Est. I ran the edge which is after head saw. Covered in dust many times
How was the power supplied to this mill generator or city?
480V 3ph. From public power
what kind of wood is he sawing it looks pretty awesome ?:)
Red cedar
@@larryalexander4833 Yes and Around here in my neck of the woods we call it "Eastern Red Cedar " or "Aromatic Red Cedar" It smells just a 'lil bit much moe better than White cedar .
someone has one in my country. powered by caterpillar engine. but I think is older than that...
+alicat zuma How old? My family sawmill had an even older one. The sawmill in the video came in after us and was the "new" kid with all new modern equipment. It is funny to see it finally die off, too.
How was the electricity supplied to this mill Generator or city?
what would you use cedar 2x4s for just curious???
CEDAR/HOPE Chests.. or closet Lining
rip replaced by computers
Did all of that lumber sell?
Well, Marvin sold it, but to an Amish guy who bought the place and using the place to re-saw old barn boards and other old lumber. (We have an Amish colony who settled in here a few years ago.) Malen is selling off Marvin's inventory, but there seems to be a lot left. I believe he has some pretty nice walnut left, too. I can put people in touch with him if you are interested.
Dude in forklift.
What happens to all those slabs out there drying?
I'm not sure what the purchaser did with them. Probably cut into firewood. My brother Termite is the expert on that. He might chime in.
@@sharlacerra4437 Amish bought the Mill site and then the Lumber. It was all circle sawn lumber and was sold to for the distinguishing saw kerf.
so much lumber is band sawn now days.
I want a saw mill
So how is Marvin doing, any idea?
Still Logging and enjoying retirement and Grandkids...
I feel sorry for him after doing the job for so many years but I guess he knows it's time to stop
Why last log?
EPA.
OSHA would have been all over this mill
Well I can only think that the camera operator must have got a dose of that sawdust in his head. Colin UK.
That's the truth! But I'm used to it. As a kid, from 1967-1972, I worked at the family sawmill that was on the other side of the tracks from this one. A lot of board feet of sawdust is probably still occupying my brain. I was probably better at running the edger than using a video camera....
Looks like Yale waisted more than u saved unless your cutting 6/4
Jibba Ellie today 29 January 2019 the time is good 10:26 AM
Anyone Interested in purchasing a mill like this should message me. I have access to another very similar.
Was reading through the comments and you said you know another mill for like this one for sale, my email is bonidaexpress@gmail.com
That 150 hp motor kinda sounds like a gas turbine engine spooling up.
there is lots of money in cut trees
+sharriff winnhouser Peculiar thought but I always thought it was a lot of work..
Marvin was this a corly mill .
yes this is a corly mill. the one i work at is just like this one. 100% identical
@@ralphlake8103 my grandfather built that mill . He was a machinist and master tool and dye maker for corly for over fifty years. His first job was to reset and sharpen the teath on the big circular blades. Hate to see it shut down. Would love to have one of the old blades.
veneer time
He wasted a lot of lumber
thats one shitty stick
SAD
You call it cedar.
No. Not to us.
That is cypress.
That is CEDAR not cypress!
Correct. Nebraska doesn't grow cypress [no swamps and too expensive to import] and cypress doesn't have a red heart like cedar [juniper].
you sold your hobbie
Оператора на мыло. Ракурс хреновый.
I’m
Guys hooting at . Woman
This woman really needs a course in how to make a video.
such a shaky video! You should attend a course on camera work and video editing.
The video is terrible to watch!
Yeah SHE Is all over the place , What few people know is that I called her in a last second effort to do this video and Sharla was NOT prepared or even wanted to do this video. As of this moment the credits at the top have more than 462,518 viewers with a bit of motion sickness,,,, 4 or 5 (or more) Belly Ached about the camera .. so Go get some "DOPEaMine, Drama Mine or Preparation H and enjoy the show
To much work for junk wood!!!