I’m so happy that someone else LOVES Poplar. In colonial times the Poplar was known as the tree of friendship. Because it grew straight wide and tall. Easy to work with. Softest of the hard woods. I have made Poplar syrup. Snowshoe frames, post and beam structures, kitchen spoon turned plates and bowls, the list can go on and on. Such beautiful wood has gorgeous grains and color. When I was teaching (41) years Industrial Arts to all my students were special education. Ages 5 to 21and every classification of needs. I carved wood bow ties and wore them to work every day. Yes I did use other woods. I told them wood is wonderful beautiful unique and useful. Just like you my students.
Very cool content... When you said " I can do better than that " knowing its a ittle more work... that some danggg good American pride right there. Not scared of a little extra work to make things better. Work is a bad 4 letter word for alot of people today.
Wes:. As we celebrate Labor Day on this holiday weekend, I want to thank you for your labor! Being a father, worker, and managing a RUclips channel, is truly a labor of love. I greatly appreciate all you do for us by sending out this content regularly. It is motivational and inspirational to me. Thank you again! 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
I love poplar. I found a sawmill that had a nice stock of 4" to 12" boards that was custom cut and the homeowner overestimated his needs. It had been air drying under a shed for 3-4 years and not had and issues with shrinkage. I got about 1400 BF at an exceptionally reasonable price...almost a steal. I have built numerous things with it and it machines like a dream. I also do not hide the range of colors found in poplar, but use finish to accentuate the different colors. I have got a lot of compliments on my projects with the range of colors and grain patterns. I have to add that I do take time to arrange the boards to not contrast with one another.
Once poplar hits air when log is opened up it'll change colors. The smaller poplar is pretty . The very old large poplar trees that grow in wet areas like the Branches around farm fields in South Ga , have a black heart on the Stump. The older the tree the more colorful. The loggers have call this first cut off the Stump Iron wood. When Sunlight shines on fresh cuts it reflects the colors. When the Poplar boards dry, you can plan them and the color will come back. Put clear lacquer or Non-yellowing polyurethane on them to keep the fresh sawn appearance.
That's weird. In Europe they only use it for the boxes for fruit or vegetables. In Britain we can't even give it away. We were offered acres of it if we just paid the haulage but no market could be found.
That turned into some beautiful Lumber if you are comfortable with such a thing we viewers would love to see that floor when it is done! Best wishes from Northwestern Wisconsin
Just found your channel and probably watched 4 episodes already. It's amazing what you can make on a little saw mill.. I have worked a lot with poplar wood. It's great for cabinets and furniture but I don't think it will make good flooring, as it's pretty soft and will pit/dent very easy. I subscribed and intend on trying to go back and try and catch up... This was a great video. Stay safe....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Poplar does make good looking lumber! Don't believe we have Poplar here in west central Ark. Cutting some wild cherry presently..pretty stuff! Keep it up.👍.Videos are enjoyable.
Please make something with this beautiful lumber. Some of your farm projects are awesome! I’d love to watch this turn into a chicken coop or tree house for the kiddos or something.
Good job on laying that log down gently with the grapple. I am very careful when doing this and want to build something to eliminate variation. I bought a toe board jack and put it at the saw end so the narrow end is always oriented toward the mill. Really like that jack.
you mean like the cube shaped watermelons they grow in Japan? just have a tight shape on it as soon as possible after it starts growing and keep adjusting the size and you would wind up with a square log.
I hope you aren't going to discard the sapwood boards just because there's no heart wood. It all can be used in cabinetry. It also makes great trim pieces and stains and paints very well. It can be made to look like cherry or walnut if stained properly. It's my favorite wood to saw. I enjoy your videos.
The author does like to from scratch, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
We cut some big Poplar around the lower end of a Cotton field on and old Farm place in near Cordele Ga. The Timber was ancient. Several Poplar was 36 inches at the Stump. I got one that was rejected bc of a double Heart. It'll turn out some pretty lumber.
We just cut down a tulip poplar last month. Going to get it milled up asap. Ours is about 24" wide at the butt and 13ft long. Hope it looks as good as these boards!
Nice looking boards. Don't you just love the word, obligatory? It's been a fun word to use since I was a kid. Leaving kind words for you has become obligatory after watching one of your vid's. :-)
Really nice job. It almost seems that it would be better work flow to have the controls on the other side of the mill so you’re not walking through the sawdust and throwing off the boards away from you. Any thoughts on this in your experience?
we just have regular poplar here and balma gilead ..the regular poplar does make pretty boards but the mills just chip it here ..the balma gilead we sneek that in with regular poplar and the mills will take a bit of it but i don't think it would ever dry out ..if you cut it in the summer it will spray at you like a garden hose almost scares ya ..i know a guy who built a beautiful camp out of squared poplar ....it only takes 20 or so to grow and you can cut a load of it in a day ..its my favorite tree accept maybe birds eye maple ..but the brokers always seem to end up stealing that and you get stove wood price for if you ever do get paid
Quarter-sawn (deffo NOT flatsawn) yellow poplar is one of my favorites. The linear grain looks quite nice, imo. Once the green oxidizes, it turns a nice, warm, honey brown. Don't forget to protect your investment with a borate product like Tim Bor or similar to keep all those nasty wood bores and powderpost beetles away!
Came across your channel today, been watching a handful of your sawmill videos. Love the way you create your content, all the angles, and just getting to work. I understand you live the homestead style life it seems, but curious if you sell your milled lumber or if you would be willing to share how you justified the cost of the sawmill itself. One day I would love to have something like that to mill my own logs, but the cost for personal use is up there I feel.
Very beautiful. I’ve been watching your videos with my wife and they’re really inspirational. She keeps bees as well and learnt a lot from you. I work with wood. Can I ask you what cameras you use? I want to make a documentation of my hunting team here in Sweden and am wondering what camera is worth the money. All the best, L
Looking good. I'm kinda surprised you are not using the water dripper for lubricating the cut. I used to help a friend with wood mizer cut, and the lubrication from the water really seemed to help. We cut up a lot of oak and pecan - so it was pretty hard wood.
@@falllineridge Sorry I didn't see it. Glad to hear you are using that drip system. it really helped us, especially when we were cutting partly dried wood. Of course (as we both know), nothing helps cut through embedded nails! Great channel !!!
If you might be interested, I noticed your clamp was missing the face as you were cutting the poplar. Josaljo Won, RUclips makes replacements where the faces don't fall off the shaft. He also makes a lift for raising the log, and a siding jig.
Hey brother that L65 Husqvarna sounded perfect. I could not tune it better They are slow by today's standards but torqy and will get the wood on the ground and blocked
That's one of the ones you sold me. It's the best one I own. All I did to it was put a new bar and chain on it. I don't think I had to do anything with the carb. It does struggle sometimes starting while very hot, but it's a wonderful saw.
@@falllineridge I went through one of those saws including rebuilding the carb. Hard starting while hot is usually the ignition module, a couple hundred feet of fine copper wire insulated by varnish in the primary coil, and over a 1000' of very fine wire in the secondary coil. heat causes a short until it cools. Try a different coil. That saw came from Black Forest, NE of Colorado Springs. Found another, it's yours if you ever want it
Watching you mill planks with your Wood Mizer Sawmill makes me ask if there is any way to catch the sawdust in a bag over the outlet nozzle to save you walking in it as you work? I would imagine that the sawdust would make good organic fertilizer to plough into arable land.
@0:29 I am pleased to see the feller walk away from the tree the moment it started to move. That is the only safe thing to do at that moment - there is no reason to remain and only bad things can happen by staying.
That log sure did have a good amount of taper in it for only 9.5' of length. Usually you only have to shim up one side of the log to cut parallel to the grain.
It’s actually not about the taper to the log in this instance. He’s centering the pith to the log deck so he can box it out evenly with one board. If you look closely, the pith is at different locations on each end of the log so raising up one end to get the pith at the same height is necessary. Have a fantastic weekend 👍🏼
I live in southwest Virginia in the mountains and I've sawed more poplar than any other wood. Poplar is the "softest" hardwood and it's great for multiple projects. Most all furniture substructure is poplar which makes it a valuable cash wood. It can be used for flooring but it needs to be dried to 6-8% moisture to avoid shrinkage after installing. Stickering and covering normally only get's 4/4 lumber down to 15-19% after which it needs to go in a kiln. Virginia Tech. Cooperative Extension has a plan for an inexpensive solar kiln as well as how to operate it. I built it and have dried many species and it works great. If interested, copy and paste this link. www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-030/420-030_pdf.pdf
As a treeman in Fla, 30yrs, just checking out this channel, l was wandering, being a trim & removal person, l never knew the spec's & usage , thanks l appreciate your info, I've always loved the different smells & colors, l had some places that wanted the good stuff, arts & crafts, anyway, have a great day👍.
@@davesilvia9711 If you look at product quality and functionality, most of the mills are fairly equal, where Woodmizer beats all the others is the local dealers and service centers. You can go to a local store and buy a woodmizer, you need to order to be delivers the other brands. You need parts, the local store has them. They all also share the same flaw in design. You want the blade to be as stable as possible as it enters the log, so the blade should enter the log from the non-movable guide and the movable guide should be on the exit side.
@@jaquigreenlees i can say im very happy with the way my 34 year old woodmizer cuts and their coustmer service is on point., even during all this covid bullshit.
@@davesilvia9711 That was my point, woodmizer is tops because of their service. The part about the guides and blade is just my opinion of all makes, not just woodmizer.
I'm pretty new to your channel and only discovered you a month or so ago. I've watched a few of your older videos as well, but I haven't watched your entire catalog. Random question, can you explain (or show) what you do with all the off-cuts that are mostly bark, as well as all the saw dust from the mill?
Most of the off cuts get burned. I just don't have a use for them. Most of what I cut is pine, so it's not good for indoor firewood. It's not worth the time to try to eek out another 1x board from a slab.
Did you put the LT15 height adjustment crank in the lower position? If so, did Woodmizer provide a gear cover that fits in that position? Thanks for sharing through your videos.
I just finished my sawmill shed. I cant wait to get the moll in there. I noticed you cut one edge then flip twice cutting top bottom side side. Is there some advantage to this instead of flipping once and cutting top side bottom side?
You have an easier time getting the cant shaped when you top, bottom, side, side since you have 2 true cuts in view when setting the sides for cutting. Depending on the shape of the log you can also reduce the waste cuts.
I used to cut top, side, bottom, side. Then I was advised by a guy at the Woodmizer shop to do top, bottom, side, side. It gives a greater chance of yielding a square cant. I feel it's a bit faster as well, and it makes handling easier.
I have been looking at a new sawmill for something to do, I am disabled, retired recently and bored, so thought if a sawmill can make enough money to pay for itself after that it would be extra money to supplement my retirement income, but, is there enough money selling slabs to make it worthwhile or with lumber prices as they are is there more to be made cutting and selling dimensional lumber.
I might could, I don't know how to make pellets though. I didn't really consider the split when I positioned the log. I was more concerned with a level log.
@@falllineridge www.wikihow.com/Make-Wood-Pellets#:~:text=%20Cutting%20and%20Drying%20the%20Wood%20%201,in%29.%20The%20hammer%20mill%20grinds%20and...%20More%20 the process is easy UNTIL the pressure part..then the$$$ inflate.
Sawdust or any material used for making pellets needs to be dried to a 10% moisture content. Most of the pellet mill makers don't tell you this major fact in the sales ad. If you watch some of the better videos from India and a few other countries, they show the drying process. It's pretty interesting to watch, but those drying systems are not cheap. It's all related to scale of the operation. Also the raw material needs to be under 1/4" , any thing bigger needs to go through a hammer mill. It's a pretty cool process. The same thing applies to the briquette and fire log presses. Again, that process is fascinating to watch. Do a search when you have some time or can't sleep.
I’m so happy that someone else LOVES Poplar. In colonial times the Poplar was known as the tree of friendship. Because it grew straight wide and tall. Easy to work with. Softest of the hard woods. I have made Poplar syrup. Snowshoe frames, post and beam structures, kitchen spoon turned plates and bowls, the list can go on and on. Such beautiful wood has gorgeous grains and color. When I was teaching (41) years Industrial Arts to all my students were special education. Ages 5 to 21and every classification of needs.
I carved wood bow ties and wore them to work every day. Yes I did use other woods. I told them wood is wonderful beautiful unique and useful. Just like you my students.
Mr. Bishop, I am currently in my 19th year teaching Industrial Arts. I applaud your 41 years, Well Done, they need us
Very cool content...
When you said " I can do better than that " knowing its a ittle more work... that some danggg good American pride right there. Not scared of a little extra work to make things better.
Work is a bad 4 letter word for alot of people today.
Wes:.
As we celebrate Labor Day on this holiday weekend, I want to thank you for your labor! Being a father, worker, and managing a RUclips channel, is truly a labor of love. I greatly appreciate all you do for us by sending out this content regularly. It is motivational and inspirational to me. Thank you again! 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
I love poplar. I found a sawmill that had a nice stock of 4" to 12" boards that was custom cut and the homeowner overestimated his needs. It had been air drying under a shed for 3-4 years and not had and issues with shrinkage. I got about 1400 BF at an exceptionally reasonable price...almost a steal. I have built numerous things with it and it machines like a dream. I also do not hide the range of colors found in poplar, but use finish to accentuate the different colors. I have got a lot of compliments on my projects with the range of colors and grain patterns. I have to add that I do take time to arrange the boards to not contrast with one another.
Once poplar hits air when log is opened up it'll change colors. The smaller poplar is pretty . The very old large poplar trees that grow in wet areas like the Branches around farm fields in South Ga , have a black heart on the Stump. The older the tree the more colorful. The loggers have call this first cut off the Stump Iron wood. When Sunlight shines on fresh cuts it reflects the colors.
When the Poplar boards dry, you can plan them and the color will come back. Put clear lacquer or Non-yellowing polyurethane on them to keep the fresh sawn appearance.
Nice job. Love the poplar.
That widow-maker tree turned out some nice slabs. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful contrast in that wood. That's good lookin' stuff!
The time and attention you extend to the multiple camera angles, perspectives and editing greatly enhances your videos. Well done. Thanks.
sure do
Thank you, MT! Those are kind words. I greatly appreciate you watching the channel!
Beautiful lumber. The contrast between the sap and heartwood is awesome.
My son built a 10 by 38 ft tiny house. The complete ceiling was popular Planed and sealed it was beautiful with some cedar also.
Can’t get lumber like that at Lowes or Home Depot. Outstanding results with leaving the property, nice.
I enjoy milling poplar, the smell is amazing. Poplar is a nice working wood. I sided my old barn with it. It has held up great for over 25 years. Ron
Ron Wood We used it as rustic siding on our house. Around where I live there are 100+ year old log cabins made with poplar trees also.
That's weird. In Europe they only use it for the boxes for fruit or vegetables. In Britain we can't even give it away. We were offered acres of it if we just paid the haulage but no market could be found.
Awesome grain in those boards, nice job. I reckon your floor will be a real eye opener when its finished.
Didn't realize I would be out in the woods at 9:00 tonight. Good job.
Beautiful wood. I am so envious.
I love sawing videos. I found it very peaceful and relaxing.beautiful wood there👍👍👍👍
Looks nice too me you ended up getting some good lumber out of that log. Thanks again for sharing your videos and God Bless
Poplar bark siding on homes to me looks absolutely beautiful as well.
Enjoyed seeing the poplar. I haven’t seen any poplar in East Texas so thanks!
Nice to see something that beautiful in nature not going to waste.
Very nice looking Tulip Popular !! Enjoyed the video!!
That turned into some beautiful Lumber if you are comfortable with such a thing we viewers would love to see that floor when it is done! Best wishes from Northwestern Wisconsin
As always great video thanks for. Entertaining an old man you do great work.
Good morning. Another great video. I really enjoy your videos and your love a sawyer. Keep up the fantastic work. God Bless.
So pretty. 😭 I love them. The branches really tickled your distance shot camera when the tree fell ahaha.
I like your shows keep up with the work
Beautiful 👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing
Just found your channel and probably watched 4 episodes already. It's amazing what you can make on a little saw mill.. I have worked a lot with poplar wood. It's great for cabinets and furniture but I don't think it will make good flooring, as it's pretty soft and will pit/dent very easy. I subscribed and intend on trying to go back and try and catch up... This was a great video. Stay safe....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I don't know much about timber but I think those boards look great. Thanks for the video as always.
Awesome video, loved it.
Excellent video!
great video, great work mate! thank you for sharing!
Poplar does make good looking lumber! Don't believe we have Poplar here in west central Ark. Cutting some wild cherry presently..pretty stuff! Keep it up.👍.Videos are enjoyable.
The wood grain is very nice I hope you use it where is can be seen and appreciated. Great Job!
Please make something with this beautiful lumber. Some of your farm projects are awesome! I’d love to watch this turn into a chicken coop or tree house for the kiddos or something.
Poplar isn't known for its beauty but it cuts and sand easily and provides a nice paint grade surface.
Tulip poplar floor boards would be great 👌🏾
I like the look of that lumber.
The beautiful cedar back wall has opened up quite a bit.
Lots of gaps there when originally installed, but I'm sure it's opened some. I intentionally wanted it loose for better airflow.
Good job on laying that log down gently with the grapple. I am very careful when doing this and want to build something to eliminate variation. I bought a toe board jack and put it at the saw end so the narrow end is always oriented toward the mill. Really like that jack.
Really pretty wood.
This would be so much easier if trees grew square instead of round.
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
you mean like the cube shaped watermelons they grow in Japan?
just have a tight shape on it as soon as possible after it starts growing and keep adjusting the size and you would wind up with a square log.
Thanks Wes, glad to see you using hydraulics to protect that back.
beautiful grain !!!
You have always had a very worthwhile channel. Very pleasant to watch
Very Christian
Nice job
Some really lovely boards, pity there is not more heart wood, but what you have is fantastic and well worth doing.
Never really liked tulip poplar but that turned out very good. Thanks. Craig. Pa.
Great looking wood
Another great video Wes - your camera angles & editing just keep getting better! The lumber from that Poplar log looks great! Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Thanks!
Well it’s 4 am and this video kept me awake. You guys are intense...in a good way. Now I have to go to Lowes and buy a piece of wood. Haha
Ha!
I hope you aren't going to discard the sapwood boards just because there's no heart wood. It all can be used in cabinetry. It also makes great trim pieces and stains and paints very well. It can be made to look like cherry or walnut if stained properly. It's my favorite wood to saw. I enjoy your videos.
No worries, I saved them.
Good looking wood dude.
I think tulip poplar is the most under rated flooring. It actually makes beautiful flooring.
That tree looks like it has a lot of straighter wood in it than you would find at Lowes!
No joke.
I built a tall cabinet out of poplar once. It turned out very well.
The author does like to from scratch, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
Beautiful
We cut some big Poplar around the lower end of a Cotton field on and old Farm place in near Cordele Ga. The Timber was ancient.
Several Poplar was 36 inches at the Stump. I got one that was rejected bc of a double Heart.
It'll turn out some pretty lumber.
It was from the watermelon juice haha
@@jasonking2943 Lol
Ah..the ol' widow maker limb showed up as sometimes they do!
I was thinking making a door, but a floor would be great too.
Hermosa madera.
Gracias!
We just cut down a tulip poplar last month. Going to get it milled up asap. Ours is about 24" wide at the butt and 13ft long. Hope it looks as good as these boards!
Oh I think it'll look better!
Хорошая у вас техника и оборудование мы только мечтаем и работаем на старой
Со старым оборудованием все в порядке. Красивые вещи сделаны на старом оборудовании. Настоящие мастера используют старые инструменты!
i cut a cottenwood it look the same and used to wrap our post on the porch and just clear coated i think i looks great
Nice looking boards. Don't you just love the word, obligatory? It's been a fun word to use since I was a kid. Leaving kind words for you has become obligatory after watching one of your vid's. :-)
Ha! Thanks!
Really nice job. It almost seems that it would be better work flow to have the controls on the other side of the mill so you’re not walking through the sawdust and throwing off the boards away from you. Any thoughts on this in your experience?
we just have regular poplar here and balma gilead ..the regular poplar does make pretty boards but the mills just chip it here ..the balma gilead we sneek that in with regular poplar and the mills will take a bit of it but i don't think it would ever dry out ..if you cut it in the summer it will spray at you like a garden hose almost scares ya ..i know a guy who built a beautiful camp out of squared poplar ....it only takes 20 or so to grow and you can cut a load of it in a day ..its my favorite tree accept maybe birds eye maple ..but the brokers always seem to end up stealing that and you get stove wood price for if you ever do get paid
awesome
Quarter-sawn (deffo NOT flatsawn) yellow poplar is one of my favorites. The linear grain looks quite nice, imo. Once the green oxidizes, it turns a nice, warm, honey brown. Don't forget to protect your investment with a borate product like Tim Bor or similar to keep all those nasty wood bores and powderpost beetles away!
Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana 5 Sep 20.
Success👍👍✊✊
Came across your channel today, been watching a handful of your sawmill videos. Love the way you create your content, all the angles, and just getting to work.
I understand you live the homestead style life it seems, but curious if you sell your milled lumber or if you would be willing to share how you justified the cost of the sawmill itself. One day I would love to have something like that to mill my own logs, but the cost for personal use is up there I feel.
Very beautiful. I’ve been watching your videos with my wife and they’re really inspirational. She keeps bees as well and learnt a lot from you. I work with wood.
Can I ask you what cameras you use? I want to make a documentation of my hunting team here in Sweden and am wondering what camera is worth the money. All the best, L
Looking good. I'm kinda surprised you are not using the water dripper for lubricating the cut. I used to help a friend with wood mizer cut, and the lubrication from the water really seemed to help. We cut up a lot of oak and pecan - so it was pretty hard wood.
Thanks for watching, Jeff! I guess the camera doesn't pick up the water very well, but I always use it.
@@falllineridge Sorry I didn't see it. Glad to hear you are using that drip system. it really helped us, especially when we were cutting partly dried wood. Of course (as we both know), nothing helps cut through embedded nails!
Great channel !!!
If you might be interested, I noticed your clamp was missing the face as you were cutting the poplar. Josaljo Won, RUclips makes replacements where the faces don't fall off the shaft. He also makes a lift for raising the log, and a siding jig.
Hey brother that L65 Husqvarna sounded perfect. I could not tune it better They are slow by today's standards but torqy and will get the wood on the ground and blocked
That's one of the ones you sold me. It's the best one I own. All I did to it was put a new bar and chain on it. I don't think I had to do anything with the carb. It does struggle sometimes starting while very hot, but it's a wonderful saw.
@@falllineridge I went through one of those saws including rebuilding the carb. Hard starting while hot is usually the ignition module, a couple hundred feet of fine copper wire insulated by varnish in the primary coil, and over a 1000' of very fine wire in the secondary coil. heat causes a short until it cools. Try a different coil. That saw came from Black Forest, NE of Colorado Springs. Found another, it's yours if you ever want it
Nice work and good job with the word obligatory....😂
Watching you mill planks with your Wood Mizer Sawmill makes me ask if there is any way to catch the sawdust in a bag over the outlet nozzle to save you walking in it as you work? I would imagine that the sawdust would make good organic fertilizer to plough into arable land.
@0:29 I am pleased to see the feller walk away from the tree the moment it started to move. That is the only safe thing to do at that moment - there is no reason to remain and only bad things can happen by staying.
I'm no pro, I like to get away from those things when they start to go.
@@falllineridge Like a _true_ pro! :)
That log sure did have a good amount of taper in it for only 9.5' of length. Usually you only have to shim up one side of the log to cut parallel to the grain.
It’s actually not about the taper to the log in this instance. He’s centering the pith to the log deck so he can box it out evenly with one board. If you look closely, the pith is at different locations on each end of the log so raising up one end to get the pith at the same height is necessary. Have a fantastic weekend 👍🏼
All that said, people often DO use toe boards or block up one end of the log when a log has heavy taper!
I live in southwest Virginia in the mountains and I've sawed more poplar than any other wood. Poplar is the "softest" hardwood and it's great for multiple projects. Most all furniture substructure is poplar which makes it a valuable cash wood. It can be used for flooring but it needs to be dried to 6-8% moisture to avoid shrinkage after installing. Stickering and covering normally only get's 4/4 lumber down to 15-19% after which it needs to go in a kiln. Virginia Tech. Cooperative Extension has a plan for an inexpensive solar kiln as well as how to operate it. I built it and have dried many species and it works great. If interested, copy and paste this link. www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-030/420-030_pdf.pdf
As a treeman in Fla, 30yrs, just checking out this channel, l was wandering, being a trim & removal person, l never knew the spec's & usage , thanks l appreciate your info, I've always loved the different smells & colors, l had some places that wanted the good stuff, arts & crafts, anyway, have a great day👍.
You've been milling a lot of wood, are you putting any of the wood in the kiln, and how is the kiln doing?
Die Maschiert aber durch wie Butter ! Ich mache Runde auch ! (Mini Sägewerk)
that's some fine looking lumber from a juvenile tree
Puuuuuuuurddddy
Nice colour. Next sawmill... get a lucas mill!
woodmizer is king. i got one from 1986 and its still sawin like a champ
@@davesilvia9711 If you look at product quality and functionality, most of the mills are fairly equal, where Woodmizer beats all the others is the local dealers and service centers. You can go to a local store and buy a woodmizer, you need to order to be delivers the other brands. You need parts, the local store has them.
They all also share the same flaw in design. You want the blade to be as stable as possible as it enters the log, so the blade should enter the log from the non-movable guide and the movable guide should be on the exit side.
@@jaquigreenlees i can say im very happy with the way my 34 year old woodmizer cuts and their coustmer service is on point., even during all this covid bullshit.
@@jaquigreenlees a surface planer does fine with a couple of passes to clean up the rough sawn lumber.
@@davesilvia9711 That was my point, woodmizer is tops because of their service.
The part about the guides and blade is just my opinion of all makes, not just woodmizer.
I really enjoy the sawmill action how about a kiln update thinking on the same idea
Go with the VA Tech design. Mine works, but is tough to use. I don't use it anymore.
@@falllineridge thanks for the info I enjoy watching your videos
Do you use water for Blade lubrication?
I'm pretty new to your channel and only discovered you a month or so ago. I've watched a few of your older videos as well, but I haven't watched your entire catalog. Random question, can you explain (or show) what you do with all the off-cuts that are mostly bark, as well as all the saw dust from the mill?
Most of the off cuts get burned. I just don't have a use for them. Most of what I cut is pine, so it's not good for indoor firewood. It's not worth the time to try to eek out another 1x board from a slab.
Did you put the LT15 height adjustment crank in the lower position? If so, did Woodmizer provide a gear cover that fits in that position? Thanks for sharing through your videos.
Yes I did. I don't know about the gear cover.
What editing software do you use
do you replant new trees for the furtcher.?
I just finished my sawmill shed. I cant wait to get the moll in there.
I noticed you cut one edge then flip twice cutting top bottom side side. Is there some advantage to this instead of flipping once and cutting top side bottom side?
You have an easier time getting the cant shaped when you top, bottom, side, side since you have 2 true cuts in view when setting the sides for cutting. Depending on the shape of the log you can also reduce the waste cuts.
I used to cut top, side, bottom, side. Then I was advised by a guy at the Woodmizer shop to do top, bottom, side, side. It gives a greater chance of yielding a square cant. I feel it's a bit faster as well, and it makes handling easier.
Have you ever tought of seting your sawmill the other way around.you will find it easier to clear the mill because you will be on the outside.
What brand or type of remote mike do you use?
It's a Rode Link. They work great.
I just got my mill in and was wondering what size is your lean too
I have been looking at a new sawmill for something to do, I am disabled, retired recently and bored, so thought if a sawmill can make enough money to pay for itself after that it would be extra money to supplement my retirement income, but, is there enough money selling slabs to make it worthwhile or with lumber prices as they are is there more to be made cutting and selling dimensional lumber.
Why did you cut perpendicular (more or less) to the split? Also, can you pelletize your sawdust for use in a wood stove?
I might could, I don't know how to make pellets though. I didn't really consider the split when I positioned the log. I was more concerned with a level log.
@@falllineridge www.wikihow.com/Make-Wood-Pellets#:~:text=%20Cutting%20and%20Drying%20the%20Wood%20%201,in%29.%20The%20hammer%20mill%20grinds%20and...%20More%20 the process is easy UNTIL the pressure part..then the$$$ inflate.
@@falllineridge might be a good source of extra income. Just thinkin'!
Sawdust or any material used for making pellets needs to be dried to a 10% moisture content. Most of the pellet mill makers don't tell you this major fact in the sales ad. If you watch some of the better videos from India and a few other countries, they show the drying process. It's pretty interesting to watch, but those drying systems are not cheap. It's all related to scale of the operation. Also the raw material needs to be under 1/4" , any thing bigger needs to go through a hammer mill. It's a pretty cool process. The same thing applies to the briquette and fire log presses. Again, that process is fascinating to watch. Do a search when you have some time or can't sleep.
i miss the days of the power-drill-driven loading winch. (but I bet you don't!!)
That winch has its place, but I love my grapple.