You're bloody awesome Nathon. Your blood is worth bottling. Your music choice seems to always fit your vids. You have no idea how much influence you had on "I go Blind". That track was taken down by YT for this country, but was imeadiatly reposted by someone else. would love to hear you play sometime. cheers
bird's eye maple is the best for wood curls .. it is what is used most often and grows well ... just have to plant it is all where you are ... very dominant in Canada
tose horizontal bulges are weight curls .. the weight of the tree actually compresses the lower cells because it is a soft wood ... the compression then stiffens the base making it easier for the tree to withstand the elements ...
Guys who operate these cranes can literally open beer bottles with the claws. I know it sounds ridiculous but I've seen it done and it made me respect the job in a whole new way.
Tim Timm ... I drove a block/brick grab lorry loader for years.. We used to have competition between drivers how high we could stack single bricks on top of each other.. It’s amazing how high we’d get them before they toppled over👍🏻👍🏻
An arborist once told me that the curl is caused by the tree growing in a location that subjects the tree to a great deal of wind. The curl is caused by the constant swaying of the tree.
I could show you a piece of silver maple that affirms this!! It is the most unique piece of wood I have ever seen. It is a huge cookie slice ..and the removed bark left incredible wrinkles that resemble elephant or rhino skin! Such an incredible piece all from which way the tree grew and faced the wind over the years:) The arborest was correct! Pay him well:)
Beauty hides in many unexpected places. It takes an artist to find it and release it. You are an artist with a sawmill, releasing the beauty trapped in the wood for all to see.
Very lovely slabs that you had time to show us Nathan. As always , a very informative & eye catching video, so easy to watch. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Most of it isnt even separated into its own grade because there isnt an actual “grade” for it. It can be marked however, for modern sorter lines to drop it in its own grade by length. But few have the capacity for another grade. (grade x 6 lengths + wide premiums in each length = 12 extra bays per line when sawing single species. It almost has to be pulled and hand stacked from storage lines and green chains.
when you dumped the water on it , it did bring a smile to my face. Along time ago I was walking through some old growth hard woods. I saw a big old tree with knots and switches all over it. I thought "that is the ugliest tree that I have ever seen". I found out later that it was probably the most valuable tree that I had ever really looked at.
Perfect end to the weekend out here in Amsterdam. You're a welcome oasis of sanity in this crazy world. Thank you for your efforts and extra work to get these videos filmed and edited. No doubt it would be much easier to chuck the whole RUclips enterprise (and I wouldn't blame you for a minute if you chose to do that), but, for selfish reasons, I sincerely hope you continue to make these amazing vidoes!
I'm a city guy who does termite inspection. I love inspecting hundred year old house, just to see the wood in the sub area and attic. It just amazias me the beauty of nature. But that last board at 18:31, was one of the most beautiful things ever.
Been watching you for months now & this is my first comment. I'm a disabled Marine veteran & I get a special joy & peace watching you work & explaining so many things. God bless you brother. I'm looking to move north from FL & your videos have helped me narrow my area of preference. Love the vids & especially the music. Could you please consider posting the title & artists of the music? Love bluegrass & old school country music. Best2U Always
hey thanks appreciate you watching, my brother is a marine, however the music is usually just free stuff youtube provides us, I have no idea usually on who the artist is,
@@OutoftheWoods0623 That's some of the best blue bluegrass I've heard in a while. It's great you get it for free. It's wonderful to read the comments & see how your videos have touched & blessed so many! Peace, love & grace to you for all your days
Beautiful log. My grandfather was a timber cruiser here in Michigan, back in the day. He said that curly, birdseye and tiger maple were very valuable. Part of his job was to mark them for the loggers who would follow. He passed away in 1950.
I’m a 30+ year Cabinetmaker, I’ve been making a lot of paint grade cabinets for the last few years. We use soft maple for the hardwood. We get a few nice curly maple boards from time to time. I save them for a hobby woodworker He loves that curly and Birdseye maple.
Cabinetmaker here as well. Almost all my jobs for the past 3 years have all been paint grade. Did a rift oak kitchen for a fella last year. Everyone wants a white or grey kitchen.
@@07negative56 That will change with fashion. I remember when everybody wanted pine kitchens and the more defects in the wood the better they liked it. A few years before that you couldn't barely give away pine kitchen furniture, nobody wanted it.
Great video, love the section that looks like a giant nail sticking in wood but is grain, like the music as well. Keep up the excellent work, so very interesting, what a great way of life. Thanks for this..
Beautiful lumber. Curly maple or tiger maple is found in both hard (sugar maple) and soft (red maple). My understanding is, it is caused by stress. The more curl the more money it is worth. Its used a lot for making instruments like guitars and violins. A method of dyeing the wood instead of staining brings out the rays better. Since I live in the northeast, many home lumber mills cut maple. I built my whole kitchen using tiger maple. Keep up the good work.
Been watching you for a while now, finally subscribed today. The "water" is always just about the best part. When I cut into a new piece, I always get excited about what I'll find in it! Sometimes, it looks "so-so" but, when I run it through my planer, , , , , Wow! Always looking for "abnormalities" to show off. I would die just to be able to have your "scraps". I collect pieces of various woods, cut it up, glue it up, and make special surfboard fins for people all over. Not a business, just my hobby in my garage.
Nathan, the best hypothesis I have heard on the origin of the curly grain, is that the tree grows in an area with predictable, but seasonal wind patterns. This is what creates that tension and compression.
Just found you fella. Brings back a lot of memories of woodshop WAY back in the 80's. Was a custom cabinet maker for over 25 years. $60k plus kitchens were common. Also a lot of custom furniture. Never had the chance to work with curly maple, but I did work with a lot of birdseye maple. I guess many people would not realize how hard it is to find unique grained wood or even a sawmill that will cut logs properly to accentuate the grain. Lately I see "live edge" stuff becoming more popular which I do see some nice pieces here and there. Anyway, nice looking stuff. Keep up the good work! I wish schools were not doing away with industrial arts. There are so many things kids are missing.
I work at a sawmill we primarily cut maple I love watching the logs get cut you never know what you'll see inside. Soft maple has a very high chance of curly its beautiful. Not sure if you have ever got the chance to cut bark pocket maple it's my favorite.
I,too appreciate the tips,bits of information. Been sawing several years..had an episode of prostate cancer last Oct...thought I might not be able to do all I wanted to..you have been an absolute encouragement to this old retired meat cutter! Back cutting again & back in my woodshop,too. Cancer free!!!
I find it amazing that you can just look at a piece of wood like that and say what you can get out of it. I also find your enthusiasm amazing too. I’ve never watched videos like this before so it’s a great thing to see.
It's kinda like riding a bike or learning a new skill. Once you have done it for a while, it becomes second nature. I have friends and I'm sure Nathan is the same way, that can look at the bark of a log and tell exactly what it is. Do it enough times and you just know.
FYI. Not everyone who watches your channel / video's is a wood-worker. I'm a 20 plus yr's CAD-Designer, metal fabricator, welder (50 yr's plus and still welding). I don't play with dead tree carcasses. And no desire to play with dead trees. But you always keep me interested, can't tell you why, but you do. Thanks for sharing. Now, if I could weld wood (don't insult me and say you can glue it) like steel, maybe I'd start to play with those dead trees. Stay safe, and don't forget to feed the kitties. Hello from the pacific northwest, 50 miles north of the SAN-FRAN-FREAK-O, (formerly known as Seattle,) of the north.
I had a beautiful curly maple dropped off in my load of firewood this past fall! Unfortunately I only found it when I started splitting up the stove length pieces!! I saved them for making knife handles and file and chisel handles. I just can't bring myself to burn them!
It’s always a great surprise to find curly wood for a project. I did a project of making a wooden box several years ago and ended up with tiger stripes in the wood grain that didn’t show up until staining and clear coats. It looks awesome.
I recently worked for the local sawmill in my little town here in the upper peninsula of Michigan. And we actually have quite a bit of curly maple harvested here in our woods up here. Also a bit of Birdseye maple. And omg. That’s Birdseye maple is such beautiful wood.
I audibly gasped when you showed the second slab. You found a tree within another tree, the figure alone is a work of art. Congrats, you found a $20,000 log.
beautiful. i just got some small sections of heavily curly ambrosia maple cut and drying. I have a small turkey call business. gorgeous stuff. the stripes are kind of holographic with the direction of light.
@@darrelllogan1274 go to "Wynnco Turkey Calls" on Facebook to see my work. I have a beautiful curly ambrosia maple slate call that hasnt sold yet. Message me on there and I'll send you some photos of call and possibly make a deal. All hand made not cnc. I'm very reasonable too. 100% satisfaction rate on Ebay on over 200 sold throughout 49 states. Ha. Hit me up. Thx
Beautiful! Nothin like the curly! And when it gets a bit of age, it will be even more breath taking! Thanks Kindly Nathan! Blessings, Health and Joy to You and your Family! DaveyJO in Pa.
I was told that curl happens in large, older trees that have so much so much weight in the crown that it causes the trunk to buckle. As you said, this was soft maple with a lot of water in it. I wonder if you can get similar curl in willow for example.
crepe myrtle is almost always curly. Its a nice off white/yellowish and lustrous, fine grained wood with loads of curl. Only a few varieties get big enough to make lumber, and not real big. Smells funny when green sawn, like weeds being mowed. IF you can find an arborist cutting a big one down here in the South, you can get some nice lumber. The lavender colored flower variety is the one that gets big.
According to the Internet, Curl is also refereed to as compression grain. A large limb will be curly on the bottom and straight grained (tension grain) on the top. Growing on the side of a hill or in consistent winds can cause compression grain on one side of a tree. It has been said that Stradivari, the violin maker, owned the side of a mountain where he would pick which tree to cut and specify how it was to be cut to get the best curl on the maple and the straightest grain for the top wood. Great video.
Out here in Oregon, there will be soft maple with curl and birdseye in the same log....especially the wood that comes from the bottom of steep shady slopes near creeks...and the trees that overhang the creek. Sometimes we find magnificent spalting in such logs that are standing dead...and also find such logs washed upon the beaches after big floods... Great video..Thanks..!!
That was one piece of beautiful timber I wish we could get that here in Australia I really enjoy watching your videos and you do try and teach people how to mill timber Keep doing what you’re doing mate well done
Thinking about you on Friday... driving between Marion and Kokomo Indiana... they were clearing timber between two farm fields and stacking large logs. As we passed I saw they loading a few on a trailer like yours.. take care sir.
I am surprised there are no nails in this big maple... It looks like this tree is from some ones house/ yard or fence line where the tied it down with straps to make grow certain way!!!!!!!! But boy oh boy, it looks fantastic in side!!!!!!!!!!! Great Log for You!!!!!!! Stay Healthy and I will catch ya on the next cut/log!!!!!!!!! # "Health Before Wealth!!!"
When you put the chips in the garden be sure to add lots of nitrogen. The decomposition of the wood pulls nitrogen out of the soil more aggressively than the plants. Fabulous log. Thanks for sharing.
That would make a fantastic bar counter. Throw some resin in the spaces then a good sanding and some quality varnish and wow! Looking at the center of the log kind of looks like a tree inside of a tree. With the dark oak branching out through the light oak it is really cool
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I watch these videos to calm myself. My great grandfather ran a sawmill in South Carolina. I remember seeing the old sawdust pile that seemed to be 50 feet tall behind my grandparents' house on the same property as the sawmill. Keep up the videos. Clearly, I'm gravedigging old ones.
WOW, are those slabs beautiful! Nathan, the music in this video is great. You did a great job explaining what you were going to do in the beginning. Too bad that white oak log had rot. Normally, you don't see that in white oak, more times in Red oak. Have a tremendous week.
Brother I have to say that is one very beautiful slabs of maple you got out of that log. That last one looked like shadow of another tree in it. By the way I really love your channel. So brother thank you for all that you do and God bless you and your family.
They would kill for that log at the cabinetry place I worked at - I matched a lot of maple Soft and Hard and always amazed people how I could tell the difference between the two - it's in the eye 😁
I work for a landscaper and one of my branches is a tree division. We bid in disposal of the trees we cut down. Our tree manager has all the sawmills on his phone so we can give away all the trees we cut down. Saves a bundle in disposal fees. Lots of firewood guys too. We cut down a lot of redwoods and sycamores
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You're bloody awesome Nathon. Your blood is worth bottling. Your music choice seems to always fit your vids. You have no idea how much influence you had on "I go Blind". That track was taken down by YT for this country, but was imeadiatly reposted by someone else. would love to hear you play sometime. cheers
A.Porter ..my evening always goes well with your videos!! Thanks
Well Done Nathan, good choice in tune, more rain in Tennessee, good for your garden,
bird's eye maple is the best for wood curls .. it is what is used most often and grows well ... just have to plant it is all where you are ... very dominant in Canada
tose horizontal bulges are weight curls .. the weight of the tree actually compresses the lower cells because it is a soft wood ... the compression then stiffens the base making it easier for the tree to withstand the elements ...
This channel is addictive!
Seems like every log has a story to tell!!
I'm amazed at how gently and precisely the guy with the grapple fingers lay logs on your trailer. What an artist.
yes good guy there,
Anyone who is an equipment operator worth their salt should know their machine inside and out.
Guys who operate these cranes can literally open beer bottles with the claws. I know it sounds ridiculous but I've seen it done and it made me respect the job in a whole new way.
Tim Timm ... I drove a block/brick grab lorry loader for years..
We used to have competition between drivers how high we could stack single bricks on top of each other..
It’s amazing how high we’d get them before they toppled over👍🏻👍🏻
And I’m just thinking he has more faith in that trailer than I would
Why do I find these log cutting videos so freaking satisfying ?
Great looking timber, Please keep the video's coming 😉👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
An arborist once told me that the curl is caused by the tree growing in a location that subjects the tree to a great deal of wind. The curl is caused by the constant swaying of the tree.
An old logger/sawyer told me the same thing years ago.
Yes and is more prevalent in trees from ridgetops!
I could show you a piece of silver maple that affirms this!! It is the most unique piece of wood I have ever seen. It is a huge cookie slice ..and the removed bark left incredible wrinkles that resemble elephant or rhino skin! Such an incredible piece all from which way the tree grew and faced the wind over the years:) The arborest was correct! Pay him well:)
Is that the same as wind shook?
Beauty hides in many unexpected places.
It takes an artist to find it and release it.
You are an artist with a sawmill, releasing the beauty trapped in the wood for all to see.
thank you,
Very lovely slabs that you had time to show us Nathan. As always , a very informative & eye catching video, so easy to watch. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Damn. The wood. The sawyer. And the music. Sings to my old Irish ☘️ soul !
Thx.
Thanks for watching
Wow - just wow - I worked for a major cabinetry company in Pa and we fought hard to find curly soft and hard maple - BRAVO to you for getting it 😃❤❤
Most of it isnt even separated into its own grade because there isnt an actual “grade” for it. It can be marked however, for modern sorter lines to drop it in its own grade by length. But few have the capacity for another grade. (grade x 6 lengths + wide premiums in each length = 12 extra bays per line when sawing single species. It almost has to be pulled and hand stacked from storage lines and green chains.
@@bradleyrussell1973 💞
Curl birdseye all that stuff is a defect. So none of with make grade and what he was cutting there is just regular soft maple There was no curl at all
when you dumped the water on it , it did bring a smile to my face.
Along time ago I was walking through some old growth hard woods. I saw a big old tree with knots and switches all over it. I thought "that is the ugliest tree that I have ever seen". I found out later that it was probably the most valuable tree that I had ever really looked at.
Perfect end to the weekend out here in Amsterdam. You're a welcome oasis of sanity in this crazy world. Thank you for your efforts and extra work to get these videos filmed and edited. No doubt it would be much easier to chuck the whole RUclips enterprise (and I wouldn't blame you for a minute if you chose to do that), but, for selfish reasons, I sincerely hope you continue to make these amazing vidoes!
Thanks buddy appreciate you
I too... These are great... I never tire of seeing the planks exposed for the first time
I'm a city guy who does termite inspection. I love inspecting hundred year old house, just to see the wood in the sub area and attic. It just amazias me the beauty of nature. But that last board at 18:31, was one of the most beautiful things ever.
Been watching you for months now & this is my first comment. I'm a disabled Marine veteran & I get a special joy & peace watching you work & explaining so many things.
God bless you brother. I'm looking to move north from FL & your videos have helped me narrow my area of preference. Love the vids & especially the music. Could you please consider posting the title & artists of the music? Love bluegrass & old school country music.
Best2U Always
hey thanks appreciate you watching, my brother is a marine,
however the music is usually just free stuff youtube provides us, I have no idea usually on who the artist is,
@@OutoftheWoods0623 That's some of the best blue bluegrass I've heard in a while. It's great you get it for free.
It's wonderful to read the comments & see how your videos have touched & blessed so many! Peace, love & grace to you for all your days
It’s almost like you can see the younger version of the tree on the inside
I could watch these videos all day. So knowledgeable and so obviously love your work. Nothing is better than the smell of fresh sawdust
Glad you like them!
Beautiful log. My grandfather was a timber cruiser here in Michigan, back in the day. He said that curly, birdseye and tiger maple were very valuable. Part of his job was to mark them for the loggers who would follow. He passed away in 1950.
Lucky to see a handful of logs like that in a miller's life beautiful
I’m a 30+ year Cabinetmaker, I’ve been making a lot of paint grade cabinets for the last few years. We use soft maple for the hardwood. We get a few nice curly maple boards from time to time. I save them for a hobby woodworker He loves that curly and Birdseye maple.
Cabinetmaker here as well. Almost all my jobs for the past 3 years have all been paint grade. Did a rift oak kitchen for a fella last year. Everyone wants a white or grey kitchen.
@@07negative56 That will change with fashion. I remember when everybody wanted pine kitchens and the more defects in the wood the better they liked it. A few years before that you couldn't barely give away pine kitchen furniture, nobody wanted it.
Beautiful slabs! I appreciated your description of curl and its cause.
Thanks for watching 👍
Appreciate your support
He is absolutely correct Nathan! You take great care and cause to educate and enlighten us with Your experience!
We greatly appreciate that effort!
Great video, love the section that looks like a giant nail sticking in wood but is grain, like the music as well.
Keep up the excellent work, so very interesting, what a great way of life. Thanks for this..
OMG!!! It looked like a ghost tree within a tree. Very cool looking
Beautiful lumber. Curly maple or tiger maple is found in both hard (sugar maple) and soft (red maple). My understanding is, it is caused by stress. The more curl the more money it is worth. Its used a lot for making instruments like guitars and violins. A method of dyeing the wood instead of staining brings out the rays better. Since I live in the northeast, many home lumber mills cut maple. I built my whole kitchen using tiger maple. Keep up the good work.
Thanks buddy
You do a really nice job of actually explaining what and why you are doing...Thanks
That is some beautiful wood. Thank you for sharing this video with us..
Thanks buddy
Once again, finding a new video on your channel has made my day. Now I can head out for a walk.
Glad to hear it!
Looks like some perfect Maplewood for a Luthier!!!
WOWZERS! What a secret that was. This log yielded some beautifully figured boards!
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Simply speaking, I like the wood, I like the music. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Been watching you for a while now, finally subscribed today. The "water" is always just about the best part. When I cut into a new piece, I always get excited about what I'll find in it! Sometimes, it looks "so-so" but, when I run it through my planer, , , , , Wow! Always looking for "abnormalities" to show off. I would die just to be able to have your "scraps". I collect pieces of various woods, cut it up, glue it up, and make special surfboard fins for people all over. Not a business, just my hobby in my garage.
This is my favorite channel! Amazing information and beauty!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Holy cow! An instrument makers and furniture makers dream!
Agreed
Nathan, the best hypothesis I have heard on the origin of the curly grain, is that the tree grows in an area with predictable, but seasonal wind patterns. This is what creates that tension and compression.
yes I could see that,
Just found you fella. Brings back a lot of memories of woodshop WAY back in the 80's. Was a custom cabinet maker for over 25 years. $60k plus kitchens were common. Also a lot of custom furniture. Never had the chance to work with curly maple, but I did work with a lot of birdseye maple. I guess many people would not realize how hard it is to find unique grained wood or even a sawmill that will cut logs properly to accentuate the grain. Lately I see "live edge" stuff becoming more popular which I do see some nice pieces here and there. Anyway, nice looking stuff. Keep up the good work! I wish schools were not doing away with industrial arts. There are so many things kids are missing.
thanks Chuck, appreciate you watching,
stand that up at 18:14 that's a piece of art right there :-) nice.
Yes 👍👍
Great looking boards
Thanks buddy
Psycadillic Druid ? 🤪🤔🤯
Man I really enjoy your videos...the music is just perfect..ty
what a wonderful slab that just showed the heartwood. Very beautiful
Love your videos. I know it's a ton of work to run your mill and do the videos, but ,an, you are living the dream.
I work at a sawmill we primarily cut maple I love watching the logs get cut you never know what you'll see inside. Soft maple has a very high chance of curly its beautiful. Not sure if you have ever got the chance to cut bark pocket maple it's my favorite.
Really learning a lot! I hope to be sawing logs like this some day. Really appreciate all the great education and explanations you provide. Cheers!!
Awesome 👍👍
I,too appreciate the tips,bits of information. Been sawing several years..had an episode of prostate cancer last Oct...thought I might not be able to do all I wanted to..you have been an absolute encouragement to this old retired meat cutter! Back cutting again & back in my woodshop,too. Cancer free!!!
Informative, well produced and great music. Thanks
Thanks for watching
Amazing video,what you do is a work of art,labour of love,bringing out the beauty hidden underneath.Thankyou.
I find it amazing that you can just look at a piece of wood like that and say what you can get out of it. I also find your enthusiasm amazing too. I’ve never watched videos like this before so it’s a great thing to see.
It's kinda like riding a bike or learning a new skill. Once you have done it for a while, it becomes second nature. I have friends and I'm sure Nathan is the same way, that can look at the bark of a log and tell exactly what it is. Do it enough times and you just know.
Man, I'd dial up your videos just to listen to intro music like this! Way cool! Can you tell I used to play in a country rock band?
That is some nice maple. Omg like art every slab is different. A master piece. I like to see rest of the slabs from this log. :~)
Glad you enjoyed it
After a shot through a planer those should be heart stoppers. Nathan you are doin good my man
Great way to end the weekend, thanks for another wonderful video.
Glad you enjoyed it
FYI. Not everyone who watches your channel / video's is a wood-worker. I'm a 20 plus yr's CAD-Designer, metal fabricator, welder (50 yr's plus and still welding). I don't play with dead tree carcasses. And no desire to play with dead trees. But you always keep me interested, can't tell you why, but you do. Thanks for sharing. Now, if I could weld wood (don't insult me and say you can glue it) like steel, maybe I'd start to play with those dead trees. Stay safe, and don't forget to feed the kitties. Hello from the pacific northwest, 50 miles north of the SAN-FRAN-FREAK-O, (formerly known as Seattle,) of the north.
Great looking log - don't see them very often. Thank you for the video - stay safe and I'll be looking for the next video. 'Spin'
Thanks buddy
I had a beautiful curly maple dropped off in my load of firewood this past fall! Unfortunately I only found it when I started splitting up the stove length pieces!! I saved them for making knife handles and file and chisel handles. I just can't bring myself to burn them!
Wow that second slab is amazing ..... like the smile on your face nice job!
Yes sir
Outstanding! Beautiful log!
Thank you very much!
It’s always a great surprise to find curly wood for a project. I did a project of making a wooden box several years ago and ended up with tiger stripes in the wood grain that didn’t show up until staining and clear coats. It looks awesome.
That's a great idea!
I cut up a Bradford pear tree this year. There is a lot of curl inside one. I highly recommend it. Very beautiful wood inside
Thanks 👍👍👍
The 2nd slab would make a FANTASTIC table!
yes sir,
I recently worked for the local sawmill in my little town here in the upper peninsula of Michigan. And we actually have quite a bit of curly maple harvested here in our woods up here. Also a bit of Birdseye maple. And omg. That’s Birdseye maple is such beautiful wood.
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I audibly gasped when you showed the second slab. You found a tree within another tree, the figure alone is a work of art. Congrats, you found a $20,000 log.
thank you,
That last slab is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks 👍
beautiful. i just got some small sections of heavily curly ambrosia maple cut and drying. I have a small turkey call business. gorgeous stuff. the stripes are kind of holographic with the direction of light.
Sounds great!
Curly maple turkey call? You just peaked my interest. How can I get more info?
@@darrelllogan1274 go to "Wynnco Turkey Calls" on Facebook to see my work. I have a beautiful curly ambrosia maple slate call that hasnt sold yet. Message me on there and I'll send you some photos of call and possibly make a deal. All hand made not cnc. I'm very reasonable too. 100% satisfaction rate on Ebay on over 200 sold throughout 49 states. Ha. Hit me up. Thx
Nice maple was a joy watching you cut it up into slabs
thank you sir,
Beautiful! Nothin like the curly! And when it gets a bit of age, it will be even more breath taking! Thanks Kindly Nathan! Blessings, Health and Joy to You and your Family! DaveyJO in Pa.
thanks buddy,
THANKS NATHAN I FIND YOUR VIDEO VERY EDUCATIONAL.
NOT LIKE THE OTHER WOODMISER VIDEO WITH EYE CANDIE AND
PROMOS.
Absolutely beautiful wood!
Very nice! I love curly maple
Thanks buddy
when you ran the water down it and the color appeared that was beautiful man!!!
I was told that curl happens in large, older trees that have so much so much weight in the crown that it causes the trunk to buckle. As you said, this was soft maple with a lot of water in it. I wonder if you can get similar curl in willow for example.
interesting that sounds like a good theory, thanks for sharing,
crepe myrtle is almost always curly. Its a nice off white/yellowish and lustrous, fine grained wood with loads of curl. Only a few varieties get big enough to make lumber, and not real big. Smells funny when green sawn, like weeds being mowed. IF you can find an arborist cutting a big one down here in the South, you can get some nice lumber. The lavender colored flower variety is the one that gets big.
According to the Internet, Curl is also refereed to as compression grain. A large limb will be curly on the bottom and straight grained (tension grain) on the top. Growing on the side of a hill or in consistent winds can cause compression grain on one side of a tree. It has been said that Stradivari, the violin maker, owned the side of a mountain where he would pick which tree to cut and specify how it was to be cut to get the best curl on the maple and the straightest grain for the top wood. Great video.
In my opinion there's really nice looking wood and then there's maple. Thanks for the great videos for us to watch and learn from
Thanks 👍
Love your videos man.
Thanks
Out here in Oregon, there will be soft maple with curl and birdseye in the same log....especially the wood that comes from the bottom of steep shady slopes near creeks...and the trees that overhang the creek. Sometimes we find magnificent spalting in such logs that are standing dead...and also find such logs washed upon the beaches after big floods... Great video..Thanks..!!
Wonderful colours grains and I make out some of the curl wonderful
thanks, appreciate you watching,
That was one piece of beautiful timber I wish we could get that here in Australia I really enjoy watching your videos and you do try and teach people how to mill timber Keep doing what you’re doing mate well done
Amazing work, and amazing music you set your videos to! Really appreciate all your videos, knowledge and what you do!
I appreciate that!
Out of the Woods we appreciate you!
I couldn't help but think I was looking at x-rays of bones when you wet those slabs. What a gorgeous piece of timber that is!
Always great intros. Always solid music. Keep it up man.
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This tree reminded me of the song "The Soldier and the Oak', worthy of a listen if you've never heard it.
nice will have to check it out
Very nice log, glad you got it and shared, Thanks
Thanks. Appreciate you watching
You showed that tree log Honor Loved the way you did the log and omg those slabs are out of this world
Thinking about you on Friday... driving between Marion and Kokomo Indiana... they were clearing timber between two farm fields and stacking large logs. As we passed I saw they loading a few on a trailer like yours.. take care sir.
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I am surprised there are no nails in this big maple... It looks like this tree is from some ones house/ yard or fence line where the tied it down with straps to make grow certain way!!!!!!!! But boy oh boy, it looks fantastic in side!!!!!!!!!!! Great Log for You!!!!!!! Stay Healthy and I will catch ya on the next cut/log!!!!!!!!! # "Health Before Wealth!!!"
thanks Stan!
When you put the chips in the garden be sure to add lots of nitrogen. The decomposition of the wood pulls nitrogen out of the soil more aggressively than the plants. Fabulous log. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tips!
Maple is a Beautiful Wood. Nice 👍🏻 Presentation!!! Thank you.
Pray for what you want.
Work for what you need.
That would make a fantastic bar counter. Throw some resin in the spaces then a good sanding and some quality varnish and wow! Looking at the center of the log kind of looks like a tree inside of a tree. With the dark oak branching out through the light oak it is really cool
man I would love to see that all sanded down. Very pretty log Id keep that one for myself!
Thanks for watching
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I watch these videos to calm myself. My great grandfather ran a sawmill in South Carolina. I remember seeing the old sawdust pile that seemed to be 50 feet tall behind my grandparents' house on the same property as the sawmill. Keep up the videos. Clearly, I'm gravedigging old ones.
WOW, are those slabs beautiful! Nathan, the music in this video is great. You did a great job explaining what you were going to do in the beginning. Too bad that white oak log had rot. Normally, you don't see that in white oak, more times in Red oak. Have a tremendous week.
Thanks, you too!
Beautiful piece!!!!
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Love working with maple, great video.
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That would have to be one of the nicest Maples i have seen , I can see it now in a butterfly grand table , it would be awesome ,
Yes sir !
That last shot clearly shows the history of the tree it is like a sketch of the adolescence of it
yes sir, my thoughts also,
So soothing during this stressful time !
Your the best Nathan
thanks James,
Brother I have to say that is one very beautiful slabs of maple you got out of that log. That last one looked like shadow of another tree in it. By the way I really love your channel. So brother thank you for all that you do and God bless you and your family.
They would kill for that log at the cabinetry place I worked at - I matched a lot of maple Soft and Hard and always amazed people how I could tell the difference between the two - it's in the eye 😁
I work for a landscaper and one of my branches is a tree division. We bid in disposal of the trees we cut down. Our tree manager has all the sawmills on his phone so we can give away all the trees we cut down. Saves a bundle in disposal fees. Lots of firewood guys too. We cut down a lot of redwoods and sycamores
That's a beautiful tree!!! I wish I was closer I would love to get a slab.
I used to cut stone.
But I absolutely love this stuff right here!
I will work with you anyday!!!!
Thanks ,friend!