When I was 14 I worked in a sawmill very much like this one; a two man operation. I was paid $1 an hour after school to clean up after the days cutting was done. I'd clean out under the saw and then haul the bark in an old dump truck and dump it into a gully at the back of the property. I loved it. I managed to buy some groceries every week and still save enough to buy my first guitar. I'm 75 and I can smell the fresh pine as clear as if it was yesterday. Thank you for posting this video.
I enjoy seeing you starting with a large log, explaining what you are doing and working slowly and carefully making it smaller and more manageable while always making sure everyone is safe. I have lots of respect for you and how you make your videos. I'm glad I found you and not someone else. 😎🇨🇦🇺🇲🙏
Good job Mark. I've watched all your video's and this is the first I ever commented. I'll date myself, I learned to saw when I was a kid on an old Frick Double-Aught Hand Set. I'm an old man now. I still cut big timber, and saw lumber for my own farm use. Forty years ago, I had twenty men working in the woods cutting timber for me. It is great to see so many people interested in your video's. Keep up the good work!
Mark, I don't understand why it's so interesting to watch a sawmill at work but your videos have caught my attention and as a woodworker, I wouldn't mind saying I'd love to do volunteer work there even to shovel sawdust. Unfortunately, I live in the coastal area of NC. I'm originally from Erie but the Marine Corps transplanted me here 30 years ago and we stayed mostly to get away from the snow.....but we now live in "HURRICANE ALLEY" LOL! Maybe not so much LOL! Keep the great videos coming, I really appreciate them!
Hello Mark and Eddie that was a big log I need to do that cracking problems I did not realize how big it was thank you y'all have a great day and I got to watch this on the Early Edition on Thursday it on the carriage
Mark, thanks for this great video, i feel that all pieces of wood, no matter how small, or ugly, they all have a Use for something I would like a Guitar Body made from this wood , ,Keep the great video's coming, Cousin Figel
@@andrewriches506 Thanks Andrew , I am OK except for my 20 health issues . I have a funeral to go to early next week . My Step-Dad got killed monday . A accident at the farm . He was 78 and had a good life . I am going to make the trip up to be there for my 80 year old mom
I was in USMC engineers. All our equipment had 3-71, 4-71 or 6-71 Detroit diesels. We got a brand new P&H crane with a 6-71 in the bottom and a 4-71 in the top. We got a new Case dozer fitted with a 4-71 Detroit. Years later I built a trucking company up and my first diesel was a cab over GMC with a 6-71 in it.
When your like me you think the turning as you cut seems waist. But as I learn why. I start understanding. As I want to make something out of every scrap. That was another time long gone in my life. I enjoy every video and am so thankful. The other channel were the water wheel does work is so interesting also. If there a will there is a way.
I enjoyed that big old ugly. You did the best you could with it. Not much useful but, maybe with judicious edging and some cutting off ends where the cracks are, maybe something useful might have emerged. That's part of the fun of watching these. You NEVER know what's going to come into view with the next cut. Sap pockets, anyone???
The TWO of you will Tackle it with ease.; Been watching also previous videos and LOVING IT. Best form of therapy, from ALL THE HOOPLA GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. We American Citizens must stay strong and UNITED.
This is soo simple..I worked at Klawock Timber on Prince of Wales SW of Ketchican Ak. I operated a Albany quad saws as a break down equipment. There was 8' by 24' Sitka spruce logs. I got slabs 8.5" and 6.25" thick. I had moments to set saws to produce the highest grade cants. I enjoyed working at Klawock Timber. Still operating under a new ownership.
@@markgalicic7788 I might need professional help :-) I can blame it in the brain damage I received in the military , or blame it on the large tumor I had removed from my brain cavity in 2009 . Brain doesn't work properly anymore :-)
Never sawed. Helped weld sawmills together & learned to swage, shape, & file circle saws on a Crossley saw filing machine , then hammer tension into them. Once I learned to file saws, never had time to learn how to dull them.
HI MARK that's a monster log 😀😄😆🤣🙂 it would 12 uncle June's working 💪👷 at the sawmill 2 turn that log by hand ✋ that's where U get your lumber at from the big logs U can saw some lumber in a days time like 👍 that OMG 6 9 2O22
Nice log. 490 bf on the Doyle log scale. I just happen to have my log rule on the desk by my computer lol.I enjoy your videos. I could watch a circle mill cut all day long. I have a Hud-son 36 pro portable mill and enjoy seeing useable lumber produced.
Hi Mark and Eddie could you explain to a layman why you cut where you do on this 32 inch pine,and in general how you layout the cuts for the lumber,thankyou keep up the great work.
Interesting video watching you manage that bad boy. It’s a pity the cracks and checks went so deep. Probably a slightly disappointing yield from the inside material. Have a great w/e.
I've been watching some of your earlier posts and the changes you have made to the mill are magnificent I have often wondered how you recruited ZZ Mark, Buzz Saw Buzzy, plus others did they buy timber from you initially or what,If you cant say thats ok but the extra hands make life easier for Eddie
Some "fine & fancy whittlin' " going on there. I find myself understanding a little more of the madness to the method on each of those huge logs. Matt Cremona just posted on bringing home logs from a massive cherry, probably one of the record sizes in Iowa. That is going to make an interesting sawing video ... or three. I think even master dog would find it difficult to get a bite on that one.
Matt measured that one at 12'4" in circumference at 4.5' off the ground. Which would make it 47" in diameter. Rather easy to saw with his extra wide bandsaw mill.
GOOD sawing, Buddy and don't the Bus Motor even wiggled an eyebrow if it has any. John would stroke out on that log. He worries me around that blade. We were all taught to avoid that thing at ALL costs, ALL the time. Didn't catch anybody even thinking about getting close. One slip and split personality but not me or any of the old crew. GBWYall!
I used to work on saws like yours (electrical) they had problems with the wires braking on the swing arm from the back and forth motion do you guys ever have to replace wiring on your saw?
I understand that on this log it's just a matter of finding a place to start but on a smaller log I would like to know how you determine your first cut because all the cuts fall into place after that one but what do you look for for your first
With such a large check running through the heart, I wonder if it would have made sense to start there, first cutting through it on one side, then turning the log to do the other. With two halves, you might have had better options to avoid serious checking and access a better grade of wood. Once the log is open like that, the view from the inside is invaluable.
When I was 14 I worked in a sawmill very much like this one; a two man operation. I was paid $1 an hour after school to clean up after the days cutting was done. I'd clean out under the saw and then haul the bark in an old dump truck and dump it into a gully at the back of the property. I loved it. I managed to buy some groceries every week and still save enough to buy my first guitar. I'm 75 and I can smell the fresh pine as clear as if it was yesterday. Thank you for posting this video.
Wow that was 61 years ago in 1960 thank you for your hard work! Also 1 dollar in 1960 in worth 9.18 dollars today.
@@davidcox7815 And the fellow was just telling his story don't be a old misery and spoil it for him, l liked it.
@@jimsmith4610 Don't be too hard on David; he's just another dip shit who has probably never done a real days work in his life.
@@brianhenson2395 Well said Brian.
I enjoy seeing you starting with a large log, explaining what you are doing and working slowly and carefully making it smaller and more manageable while always making sure everyone is safe. I have lots of respect for you and how you make your videos. I'm glad I found you and not someone else.
😎🇨🇦🇺🇲🙏
I DO love the sound of that bus motor, thanks for the great videos!
Laying in bed with covid over Christmas I found you wonderful posts. The strength and precision of your use of the machine is wonderful.
I appreciate Mark explaining what he's doing and why he does it , his precise commentary is a great enhancement to the video
Can’t believe how relaxing it is seeing you work those logs, not for you guys l know but can’t stop watching your videos here in UK.
Lovely superb Nice sawing of such huge log.
Good job Mark. I've watched all your video's and this is the first I ever commented. I'll date myself, I learned to saw when I was a kid on an old Frick Double-Aught Hand Set. I'm an old man now. I still cut big timber, and saw lumber for my own farm use. Forty years ago, I had twenty men working in the woods cutting timber for me. It is great to see so many people interested in your video's. Keep up the good work!
I had great pleasure watching this video, thanks from England.
Lovely superb Nice sawing
The story were these men found each other. I bet is real sweet story. Our world needs people that work like these men !!
The ole master dog is mighty handy with the stop sign cuts. Well done sir!
You are definitely one hell of a Sawyer
Mark, I don't understand why it's so interesting to watch a sawmill at work but your videos have caught my attention and as a woodworker, I wouldn't mind saying I'd love to do volunteer work there even to shovel sawdust. Unfortunately, I live in the coastal area of NC. I'm originally from Erie but the Marine Corps transplanted me here 30 years ago and we stayed mostly to get away from the snow.....but we now live in "HURRICANE ALLEY" LOL! Maybe not so much LOL! Keep the great videos coming, I really appreciate them!
The play by play commentary is very helpful and entertaining
Hello Mark and Eddie that was a big log I need to do that cracking problems I did not realize how big it was thank you y'all have a great day and I got to watch this on the Early Edition on Thursday it on the carriage
yes it was a big one but fun to see what we can get out of it.
sometimes a challenge is a good thing keeps it from being boring
Thanks Both great video you both never fail to please
Cool beans that was fun !🤗🌎🌞👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
U dun good. Enjoyed listening and watching.
Nice job of turning sawmill into lathe work
Good morning guys
What a monster and a challenge
Mesmerized with the work
Mark this is the kind of clips people like to watch
Keep well guys
Tony
big stop sign nice log ty guys
Mark, thanks for this great video, i feel that all pieces of wood, no matter how small, or ugly, they all have a Use for something I would like a Guitar Body made from this wood , ,Keep the great video's coming, Cousin Figel
Really cool how you took patience and surgicly operated the patient to rid the cancer of its disease and sent it to out-patient.
that's a good way to look at that.
Hello from the Bayou State... Louisiana...
so glad to see the subs are climbing, you deserve it....
thanks Jakob.
Frighten awesome machine. Thanks for sharing
Looks like you need a top saw for some of those big logs!
Good Evening from Lincolnshire UK.
good evening Andrew.
Good Evening Andrew
@@jerrywestaway9316 Good Evening Jerry, Hope you are keeping well.
@@andrewriches506 Thanks Andrew , I am OK except for my 20 health issues . I have a funeral to go to early next week . My Step-Dad got killed monday . A accident at the farm . He was 78 and had a good life . I am going to make the trip up to be there for my 80 year old mom
I was in USMC engineers. All our equipment had 3-71, 4-71 or 6-71 Detroit diesels. We got a brand new P&H crane with a 6-71 in the bottom and a 4-71 in the top. We got a new Case dozer fitted with a 4-71 Detroit. Years later I built a trucking company up and my first diesel was a cab over GMC with a 6-71 in it.
Another great job of showing a huge log who the boss really is, Mark! Eddie is amazing at what he does, too. Take care.
Bill
thanks Bill
Great video guys!! I love all the automated stuff on that carriage. John Clark needs one of those!!
Good afternoon from SE Louisiana 24 Jun 21.
good afternoon Bill.
When your like me you think the turning as you cut seems waist. But as I learn why. I start understanding. As I want to make something out of every scrap. That was another time long gone in my life. I enjoy every video and am so thankful. The other channel were the water wheel does work is so interesting also. If there a will there is a way.
Thank you for the video.
Nice coloring to the wood.
BTW... evening comes before day, so... that would be Friday night, Saturday evening time frame.
I enjoyed that big old ugly. You did the best you could with it. Not much useful but, maybe with judicious edging and some cutting off ends where the cracks are, maybe something useful might have emerged. That's part of the fun of watching these. You NEVER know what's going to come into view with the next cut. Sap pockets, anyone???
The TWO of you will Tackle it with ease.; Been watching also previous videos and LOVING IT. Best form of therapy, from ALL THE HOOPLA GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. We American Citizens must stay strong and UNITED.
thanks Joseph.
This is soo simple..I worked at Klawock Timber on Prince of Wales SW of Ketchican Ak.
I operated a Albany quad saws as a break down equipment. There was 8' by 24' Sitka spruce logs. I got slabs 8.5" and 6.25" thick.
I had moments to set saws to produce the highest grade cants. I enjoyed working at Klawock Timber.
Still operating under a new ownership.
Great Friday Eve video Mark and Eddie. Another beast of a log on the sawmill. Take care.
thanks Adrian.
It would be cool to see Eddie's point of view for a video. Keep up the good work!
I really like that idea.
I work in a sawmill in New brunswick Canada. We saw red pine and hemlock.
I was thinking that Ed and you had bitten of more that you could chew . But no ! Well done .
thanks Bob.
Parabéns pela grande tora de madeira que serrou . Por isso que gosto de ver seus vídeos. Vc é ótimo. Abraços
I've watched a lot of Sawmills on TV but yours is fantastic man
Always enjoy y’all’s videos!!!
Big, small, rotten or solid I always enjoy your sawing videos. More please!!!
HELLO MARK AND EDDY ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL MARK THANKS FRIENDS RANDY
Enjoy your videos
this is the way we peel the log,late in a Friday eve.I like the way ya'll work
The blade is a mechanical marvel.
That was a lot of AWSOMENESS
Does the top of the laser corresponds to the top of the saw blade?
Fascinating!
Man the more I watch these videos I don’t get bored at all these guys are cool dudes how do I e-mail ya’ll
MASTER DOG Needs To Take It Easy After All Of That Overtime And Kick Back In A Lawn Chair With Some Sweet Tea :-)
yes sir.
@@markgalicic7788 :-)
Eddie is the master dog!!
SIR MASTER DOG , KNIGHT OF THE SAWMILL SAW TABLE :-)
yes sir Jerry!
@@markgalicic7788 I might need professional help :-) I can blame it in the brain damage I received in the military , or blame it on the large tumor I had removed from my brain cavity in 2009 . Brain doesn't work properly anymore :-)
Never sawed. Helped weld sawmills together & learned to swage, shape, & file circle saws on a Crossley saw filing machine , then hammer tension into them. Once I learned to file saws, never had time to learn how to dull them.
Please explain to me why sawmills let logs lay around until they are nearly half of them are rotten???
HI MARK that's a monster log 😀😄😆🤣🙂 it would 12 uncle June's working 💪👷 at the sawmill 2 turn that log by hand ✋ that's where U get your lumber at from the big logs U can saw some lumber in a days time like 👍 that OMG 6 9 2O22
Nice log. 490 bf on the Doyle log scale. I just happen to have my log rule on the desk by my computer lol.I enjoy your videos. I could watch a circle mill cut all day long. I have a Hud-son 36 pro portable mill and enjoy seeing useable lumber produced.
Master dog got some good work in today.
Can you turn the camera please , we want see Eddie working thank you Mark. Good video!
will do.
Turned out good boards.
Hi Mark and Eddie could you explain to a layman why you cut where you do on this 32 inch pine,and in general how you layout the cuts for the lumber,thankyou keep up the great work.
Interesting video watching you manage that bad boy. It’s a pity the cracks and checks went so deep. Probably a slightly disappointing yield from the inside material. Have a great w/e.
Just checking if youre ok you dont seem to be your usual people person today. Some good sawing today, shame the ole big log was so nasty.
I just now watched the video again and did hear "people" as never the first comment. Love white pine good stuff.
I've been watching some of your earlier posts and the changes you have made to the mill are magnificent I have often wondered how you recruited ZZ Mark, Buzz Saw Buzzy, plus others did they buy timber from you initially or what,If you cant say thats ok but the extra hands make life easier for Eddie
Good video Mark and nearly at 41k subs 👌
thanks Tommy , a few more.
Mark, on the average what do you get per boardfoot of nice red oak? Curious?
MASTER DOG Is Sure Putting In Some Overtime Today :-)
had to check, see you got 41,000 so congratulations.
Just love these Friday Eve videos, Though I should be out working LOL
glad you like them.
It’s Thursday :)
@@elizabethlenning8723 😵Thursday is Friday eve mam
Huge log That's a good workout!
"SARERDEE" is not a word.
Some "fine & fancy whittlin' " going on there. I find myself understanding a little more of the madness to the method on each of those huge logs.
Matt Cremona just posted on bringing home logs from a massive cherry, probably one of the record sizes in Iowa. That is going to make an interesting sawing video ... or three. I think even master dog would find it difficult to get a bite on that one.
Matt measured that one at 12'4" in circumference at 4.5' off the ground. Which would make it 47" in diameter. Rather easy to saw with his extra wide bandsaw mill.
@@bwillan It should still be interesting.
Good video Mark
Us the gerry's unite...we 💗 the master dog!.....Great to come back! Take care everyone! ( Kaptain Kangaroo) ✔🦘🦘🦘✔
T.H.E. Eddie Is Sure Doing A Good Job Of Pulling Off The Pieces That Get Sawn Completely Through . He Must Have The G.I. Joe Kung Fu Grip Hands :-)
I Need To Proofread Better . Pieces That Did Not Get Sawn Completely Through :-)
@@jerrywestaway9316 I certainly would not like to challenge Eddie to an arm wrestle.
@@andrewriches506 Me either :-) . I am a couple of years older that T.H.E. Eddie So He Has Youth On His Side :-)
he does the work of two men.
@@markgalicic7788 He sure does
Those big ones!
I work a good part of my life with lumber. Which I was young again, just to work with this men
That is a monster!
The best therapy is milling lumber I believe, keep it up guys.
How are you connected to South Australia?
Just found this ch. Is that a Detroit bus engine pulling your mill in the intro?
GOOD sawing, Buddy and don't the Bus Motor even wiggled an eyebrow if it has any. John would stroke out on that log. He worries me around that blade. We were all taught to avoid that thing at ALL costs, ALL the time. Didn't catch anybody even thinking about getting close. One slip and split personality but not me or any of the old crew. GBWYall!
I used to work on saws like yours (electrical) they had problems with the wires braking on the swing arm from the back and forth motion do you guys ever have to replace wiring on your saw?
Good job Eddy.
That's a log.alot of wood.to bad it's not all good.log turner only turns can't think.good stuff bud.
I understand that on this log it's just a matter of finding a place to start but on a smaller log I would like to know how you determine your first cut because all the cuts fall into place after that one but what do you look for for your first
after sawing for 28 years you just know where to start.
What is the largest diameter log that is practical to saw on your mill before you have to start playing the rotate and whittle game?
28" to 30".
Would it be worthwhile to invest in a bigger blade so when you’re cutting big logs there won’t be a lot of waste. Great vids
At $3,500.00 a pop, Mark would need to cut a lot of big logs to justify it.
can you show close up of blade how is it sharpened do you do it also take us inside the cab to see what you do
Hi Bob , I have done a few videos on saw sharpening and cab tour just look back at my older videos.
Mike when you get the kiln up and working what will you use for heat can you burn some of the scrap wood?
It is going to be electric.
@@ronmccabe7164 Thank you.
Would the bus motor have to power to turn a bigger blade? I guess more importantly, would a bigger blade fit on the mill?
Two thumbs up.
Friday eve? Thursday??
With such a large check running through the heart, I wonder if it would have made sense to start there, first cutting through it on one side, then turning the log to do the other. With two halves, you might have had better options to avoid serious checking and access a better grade of wood. Once the log is open like that, the view from the inside is invaluable.
What RPM does the saw run At ????
Very entertaining for me to watch Thanks for sharing
550 RPM if I remember correctly.
My 3 year old grandson likes these videos, just keeps saying he's cutting the tree Poppy! 😊 THANKS GUYS! ✌🏻