Milling Wild Cherry, I Wasn't Expecting It To Do This!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Milling a stressed out cherry log.
This log was grown on a slight hill. I did not expect to find tension in it. It will be difficult to get the boards to dry straight. Tension like this usually happens when trees grow on hills. Mill is a Wood Mizer LT15 GO. Tractor is a Kubota L4701 with a Construction Attachments root grapple on it.
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Reading through it now.... great story.
Let's say you a 10-12' Cherry tree, about x 13" and you got 8 boards from it... how much could that be sold for?
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those boards would make a pretty table top. great video.
Thanks for the videos. I am waiting for my mill to arrive and I'll get started...EB
I love seeing the grain that is awesome to work with for projects!!
Beautiful grain even though a disappointing yield. You still have some nice boards. Good video.
That thing cuts amazingly fast!
I had my WM15 for 8 years, before the farm was sold. What my «mentor» (he was 90 years old, worked the woods in Norway all his life) told me was that those logs, which has such tremendous warp built in - was never cut to boards. They were cut to use as biggest possible construction beams, and when installed correctly - they made sure the building would never sag. Just a tip. I can still smell the wood watching your vids. Keep up the posting. It is like porn to me. Greetings from NOrway.
I have learned more about logging and building from old, woodwise Norwegians than anyone else. One look at the stave churches tells you that these people mastered the art of building with wood. Excellent information!
@@LogHewer Wood has many disciplines or rather used to have. Carpentry is one of them. Many others have been lost, like barrel maker, cobbler, or big wooden spoon maker. Then there's all the wood used for horse carriages, sedan cars, farming tools and of course the lost art of wooden interior moldings, stairs and tools handle.
Looking at the cross-section of the cut tree, it is quite hard and beautiful.
Wow you sure do go for the best shots with your cameras! Good job. And such a young guy who appreciates the beauty of wood. It usually take almost a lifetime to do such. Keep the vids coming!
Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana.
Hello!
Cherry is a beautiful wood but very hard to find - and very expensive if you choose to buy it... Nice Job!
Beautiful Cherry Wood
You should drop the back blade down to the ground and run the chain over the top so you are dragging only about a foot on the ground.
If you back up to that log and drop the box blade on ground against the log, then hook it over the top ov blade you can get it off ground and out of the dirt!
As a professional sawyer my experience is that most if not all fruit woods tend to develop heart rot of some sort....and are better quarter sawn than flat sawn....but this in turn provides narrower boards and more waste....
On the side your scrap makes excellent BBQ smoke wood. I've used wild cherry before and it makes tasty BBQ.
I have used it to smoke turkey and pork shoulders. I use both the wood and the sawdust.
Me also, today I am smoking catfish.
I have a 55 gallon drum with a sealable lid and a 4” chimney, load it with chunks, throw it on a campfire and turn the chunks into lump charcoal. It’s really amazing and good excuse to drink beer by a fire all night.
Not a problem with the tractor, you just didn't make the trail wide enough. Just kidding. Great video. Good looking lumber.
Haha, good point!
Good video, awesome looking grain in that timber. Be good for kitchen bench top. Nice work!
Nice wood!
On your log chain, put a slip hook on one end and grab hook on other The slip will make easy "choker" on your log and allow you to do a 'rolling hitch"
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ive milled wild cherry here in Va and im not a fan, it does not dry very strait, the grain usually goes both ways in the board, making it hard to plane. best for smoking or heat in the wood stove.
Either side of that heart there appears to be some quality rail and style material. I would love to make a Cherry cabinet. No Cherry Wood up here in the Pines.
2 questions Kimo Sabe: 1 Why didn't you orient the rot section parallel to the blade? and Are you planning to salvage anything from the lower section of that log? Thanks.
Just didn't think about it. I haven't decided on that lower section yet.
Somebody won the draft lottery?
I think the nice folks at "stone coat countertops" might be able to use some of the work that isn't so nice.
The ones with rot, you could dry them out and make some small epoxy river looking items
Been missing you sawing.
Gorgeous logs. They may be excellent for building a nice piece of furniture!
Great video once again Wes. Loved the colour and grain of that cherry. As you only managed to get a few usable boards from this tree, do you dry them and keep them in store until you have more cherry to make a usable amount for use on a project? Best wishes to you and your family. Take care and Stay Safe! Stan
I'll probably just mix them with other species. We are planning on a multi species wood floor for the living room.
While I was watching thought of your little one and you could make him a sand box but use saw dust, then you can replenish really easy and it cleaner than sand. Most definitely a nice tree!
You know, I have some very pretty boards of different species, but they are crooked, cupped and twisted. With that, I usually save them for smaller projects and just cut out the best sections. After cross cutting and milling to nominal dimension, I still let them acclimate to my shop before investing them into a project.
In particular, I purchased a nice load of poplar from a mill at a very good price that was custom cut for a client that didn't need it all. It's been drying for some time under a shed at the mill. When I ran the first piece through my planer, I was shocked just how beautiful the poplar was! I was used to a greenish tint to every poplar variation in color I had seen. This purchase had black, pink, the typical green and even streaks of light red. Several boards looked just like walnut when "dark walnut" Danish Oil was applied . So you never know.....
Pure poplar sapwood (white) was used as flooring for years. Try cherry stain, it already has grain similar to the ripples of cherry.
The warping slabwood was probably *mostly* due to it drying on the outside more than the inside. If the tree was leaning when growing, that will cause it to have a bit of inner stresses.
Love working with cherry. Did a mantle over the fireplace. Beautiful color.
Fall Line Ridge it certainly was not a waste of time you got beautiful boards from the log. I love the woodgrain . Thank for sharing God bless.
Good afternoon from St John Parish, Louisiana 28 Sep 20.
Weld a couple of grab hooks on top of your box blade to hook your chain in this will let you left the logs higher off the ground
Not sure how I ended up here but enjoyed your video. We have lots of cherry here on my property in PA.
The largest I have cut and had milled was 38 inches across the stump end. It is beautiful lumber,and use it for furniture building for my home. Thanks for the content.
That's a nice setup.
I'm sitting here imagining the smell of cherry on a campfire. I had some apple branches one time, made me crave some apple pie when I burned them.
I been using Lacquer instead of polyurethane. No yellowing affect. Especially on interior pine.
Last thing I made, a small cabinet, I used poly on the horizontal surface for protection, and lacquer for the vertical. I do like working with lacquer better than poly.
I love working with cherry unfortunately once you find a wind fall cherry you have to jump on it quick because it soaks up a lot of moisture.
The drying process should stop the rot. You can use some epoxy to cover the bad spot and strengthen the wood. It would add some character to your floors
Beautiful boards!
I haven't tuned in for a long time. Looks like I've missed a lot! New tractor and a new mill! You ever use the old blue Ford anymore? Great looking cherry, man.
well done mate! thank you for sharing!
I love working with cherry, looks awesome as well.
Love your projects and your adventures and what ever you can get in free cherry wood it’s a blessing and those boards look good to me and thanks again for sharing your videos and God Bless
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Wow you sure do go for the best shots with your cameras! Good job. And such a young guy who appreciates the beauty of wood. It usually take almost a lifetime to do such. Keep the vids coming!
I can't stop watching and yet i don't know why. This looks like healthy and noble work.
Outstanding book, very well written. Thanks for putting me onto this book. Thank your father-in -law for his service.
Much appreciated!
Lovely wood cherry, I have a couple of pieces of furniture that's made of cherry wood. Lovely colour.
Regarding your father in law's time serving in Vietnam, first of all THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR, but second, as far back as I remember, I ALWAYS thought it was right to treat the soldiers WELL regardless of what I thought of the war itself. They're either drafted or thought they were doing their best. And that's good enough for me. In recent years I've gotten several to bring out their scrapbook and spend hours talking with me about it when even their wives had never heard this story (by their own admission). I know these soldiers know of my love and respect for them no matter what, so I'm pretty sure this was cathartic to tell a civvie this story when they KNEW they were just gonna get acceptance from me. Ain't nothin' special about it. It's just what I would always do.
Interesting video. Something I’ve never seen before. Next time I buy wood for a project I’ll know how it got there. Thanks for posting this.
Let he boards with heart rot dry a bit and then get some west penetrating epoxy. Cherry is worth it. Lots of character.
Thank you for stating true. Vietnam CONFLICT
How thick were the boards cut?
Everyone makes mistakes, learning to correct or hide your mistakes is what makes you a great craftsman. This can apply to most any craft
Learning to minimize your mistakes is key.
Love watching you mill! It looks like it some gratifying work! So much so I just put my Order in for the wood Mizer lx 25! Thanks for the inspiration! GOD Bless you and your family from your neighbors in North Ga
Awesome! You'll have a blast!
Keep walking around downfall logs , your going to get snake bite.
You flat sawed the whole log without looking at your boards. Suggest you grade saw to get the most usable lumber. Grade sawing is sawing to the best face. Keep rotating after each cut to find the nicest face. Sometimes a defect will run all the way through on one face.
I bought the book and you said in your introduction that your father in law won the lottery he must have had a low lottery date of birth number...I was eligible for the draft lottery the same year he was...my number was 316 and I think they went up to about 230 that first year so I did not get drafted. I sometimes regret not going to Viet Nam and at 68 years old now if I could go back in time I would have just enlisted. I is something I regret not doing. I am glad your father in law made it home and I am embarrassed about what happened when those guys came home. I lost 6 life long friends that went and 2 of my best friends came back home pretty messed up they both died very young. Great book so far thanks for your recommendation.
I think his number was 96.
@@falllineridge Yes that is why he was drafted 96 was a low number they went up to 250 something that year ..my friend I was working a summer job together and he with had number 15 and he was in boot camp 6 weeks later...he did not make it and I often think back to that day he found out his lottery number...I still think of that day. Like I said my number was 316 I was not called. I am just getting started on your father in law's book I look forward to finishing the book. Thank you for your channel you remind me of my son who lives in Alabama a hard worker and good person like you.
Wes, thanks for the tip on your father in law’s book!
He was a good soldier and sounds like a fine man, you are lucky to have him as your father in law.
I enjoyed the book and appreciate his service during the service of all who served in Vietnam.
I managed to avoid Vietnam by serving in the Army Reserve for 6 years.
Thank you. Very much appreciate it.
throwing water over those boards is a sure way to warp them.
That was my thought too, but maybe green wood isn't likely to absorb much. A little solvent, denatured alcohol or such, will give the same effect without risking putting moisture into the wood.
oaks are a bitch too! especially if they are fresh! my chainsaw is having a hard time cutting the oak limbs I am cleaning up the half broken ones after a premature ice storm.
I have cut a lot of cherry trees down in my day mostly for firewood and in my later years for smoking meats my son and I prefer it over anything else
Dig out the rot and use colored epoxy. Hall tables and end tables.
God Bless
I was going to suggest the same thing. It’s becoming very popular with woodworkers
I think that's a trend that will become dated pretty quickly. Epoxy to stabilize with a tint that looks more natural will probably stand the test of time. But the electric blue, neon red, etc will not be fashionable for long.
Everyone has their own way, but being a former grade sawyer I never understand leaving the boards stacked while sawing when there are known issues with a log. When you take them off you can see where the lumber is going. There is a lot of difference sawing for grade versus sawing for character. The only logs we would square and saw through the heart like that were walnut, due to the NHLA rules being different for that species.
Open the best face, take a few boards, turn 90 take a couple, turn 180 take the rest, the grade would of been better, just would of been random width and a bit narrower.
Like I said everyone has their own ways.
Usually with hardwood you cut around the Heart of the tree and end up with a cant. This way you try to eliminate pith in your lumber. I am a NHLA Inspector at Baillie Lumber Yard
Thanks. Always enjoy and learn a lot each time. You make a good presentation and don't attempt to tell us things you don't know. That's very commendable of any man in the public view.
Thanks!
1st... I really enjoy your videos..Keep up the good work..:)
Awesome! Thank you!
Fill the void with epoxy. I thank it would look great on your floors
here I am trying to forget Vietnam and you trying to make money by selling your dad's book about Vietnam {SICK}
He "won" the draft lottery? By winning do you mean he was drafted? Bet it you ask him he won't think he won anything except nightmares for the rest of his life.
Beautiful cherry wood! I'm new to this and was wondering how long you let it dry before use and how do you stack it? Thanks for the video.
wood needs to be dried a minimum of 2 years if you're a professional furniture maker. Most people with access to wood lumber usually are not high grade furniture maker and they waste expensive wood into primitive projects. Like, let's make a bench with that hickory wood. They usually don't care much about drying it, maybe they'll use it after 1 year.
Usually, a year per inch of thickness.
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I think it's better to have the pith horizontal or vertical. Otherwise, the diagonal split breaks up a larger part of the wood going through the boatds.
That is quite some how in that first cut, which got me thinking. If you wanted to play Robin Hood and his merry men, you have just the right piece of wood to make the bows from with all that tension lololol.
Joking aside, the rest cut pretty flat and you have done lovely timber to use once its dried, cracking wind fall, better than firewood.
Ha! It might make a decent toy bow, no kidding.
Yep,wild cherry is pretty stuff. Cut that rot out and use the good part for trim. I have a wild cherry on my trailer waiting to cut. Cut one couple of years ago..ready to work up. Can hardly wait to get on both projects. Good stuff again...keep it up!
Thanks!
When you pull a log on the ground with a chain isn't there a risk for the chain to break and come slashing a you forward like a giant whip ?
Where is your safety equipment when using the chainsaw and the bandsaw mill?
I wonder how much of that tension was caused by the soggy wood in the center.
Good stuff. I cut up a cheery tree in the spring that had fallen in the back yard last year. Now i have cherry wood for the smoker.
I also see you have new uses for the grapple😝. Greatest attachment ever
I don't think there's a tree called wild cherry. Do you mean black cherry ?
Wild cherry makes beautiful gun stocks but it needs to be 3" thick to start.
Thats some pretty wood still. Wood make some killerr planks fir a log cabin porch steps
Good morning from Yukon. I really enjoy your video’s. So relaxing. You’ll be able to use the good pieces to make something out of the scraps, maybe a birdhouse. Have a great weekend. Keep up the great work. God bless you and your family.
@griff50ify , I do watch him also.
a birdhouse ?! are you kidding, there's enough wood to make furniture. You may want to visit an antique furniture store.
Please express my thanks to your father in law for his service.
Three suggestions.
Use a chain with a slip hook on one end and a grab hook on the other.
Add a hook on the top/back of the box scraper so you can pick up one end of the log to keep in cleaner (saves dulling the band blade)
Or, use a log arch on the tractor. Like this:
pbase.com/jimthode/logarch
I also just got my 1st book "Eyes of the snake" (Marine Cobra pilot ) published on Amazon- hope you enjoy it as well
The tension you have here is called Timber Bound. I see this in Hickory more than any other any other species. Keep up the good work !!
Can you cut wood as thin as cardstock paper.
Pretty close.
Man that saw dust would make an excellent soil fertilizer.
Thanks to your father in law for his service. Semper Fi
Good idea to wear a dust mask
do you get peiole that just watch this and want to buy that wood you are cutting?
greeting from Sweden, you have nice machines old ford in the background sawmill and everyonce a while you probably will destroy the sawblade because theres a piece off nail metallic object. But no metal detector get one inspect each log and you will now how to saw the part wheres the nail is and sonon.
You had it right the first time. Varnish.
Poly is evil.
Polyurethane tends to make things yellow. I use polycrylic since it stays clear.
Tung Oil
@@brucewelty7684 hands down the best wood finish, more cats the better.
Don’t quit your day job, boxing the heart would have yielded more and better lumber that would have dried flat. Sawing a softwood stack on a small hardwood log was disappointing. Any particular reason for the wasteful slabbing when you knew the heart was compromised by an old wound?
Ugly tree. Pretty boards pretty name. Bet they smelt good too. Dont you think for a second I missed that damn pun LMAO.