Im a retired logger, and I am enjoying doing just what your doing with round wood logs just like you. And having some success with selling a few items, but the true value is making something out of nothing, that people love. Cool video.
One trick I found helpful, get a cheap tarp and lay it down. When you are done, carefully pick up the tarp with the chainsaw shavings, and it is like you were never there. Works great when digging holes too. Throw the dirt onto the tarp, and it protects the grass underneath. Some tarps can be slick though or trip hazards if they get bunched up. So always safety first. Also, you don't want it to set on the grass for more than a day or two because then the grass will suffer.
Here I was wondering if my 20" 42 CC gas chainsaw will be able to handle slabbing a 16" log...Now I'm confident it will. Can't believe you were able to do this with an electric saw, nice work!
Just picked up this exact chainsaw on craigslist for cheap to get firewood carving blanks and keep back but the brush but didn't think it would be able to mill some slabs. Your video allows me to push off the stihl/husqy for a little longer Thanks! 😀
Nice job. I recommend leather work boots , steel toe is good, and sawing chaps. (Even if you loan some). The comments are good and should be taken (listen to him), take your time and take short frequent breaks. But 40 yrs of running a saw, what would I know. Good job sir, notice how he looks tired at the end, it's hard work (hard on the back), especially with a heavier saw..
Thank you I see nothing wrong with using an electric saw. That's what I use. I'm working with almond wood. Every year I buy wood to heat the house with and I go threw and pick out from limbs to make crafty stuff.
Echo Timber wolf cs590 (20" bar) = $400, 28" oregon 28" bar with ripping chain = $135... Nice smooth cuts in almost anything you can handle in the field. Now...who's gonna help you carry those slabs!
I tried to rip some yellow pine boards using an electric chainsaw that I bought at Harbor Freight on special for $50. Unfortunately it has a plastic sprocket which stripped when the chain got pinched. I'm sure there are some decent electric chainsaws that can do it, but there are also some that seem to be designed to be limited to scrub brush only.
I'm going to give this a try on a 12" Cherry I took down last week in my own suburban back yard. We'll see how many batteries I go through using my Ego cordless saw! I do have an extra chain so I may file one for ripping to make it a little easier.
I've done this with an EGO electric saw on some Honey Locust. The 2.5ah battery doesn't last that long but I have a 7ah battery that came with the mower and that has some good endurance. Take small cuts otherwise the battery will overheat and you'll have to let it set a bit to reset. Sharp chain is a must too.
cutting with tip of bar puts lot less strain on saw motor and bar because you are not engaging as many teeth and that's good for electric saw, motor won't get so hot good vid and good looking boards THANX
Cottonwood is very soft. A harder wood would challenge your saw a little more probably. Good on ya for putting in the plug for safety at the end there.
Actually I found that planing these free handed slabs is not the best way to go because they often have twist or warp. I built a router sled with a flat bit which can easily flatten one side of the slab. Coincidentally I am going to use these slabs today for a river table top for a computer desk I'm building. I'll post a video of it!
I like your video. I just ripped some green black walnut yesterday . A bit tougher to cut . I used my gas chain saw and made a rip guide using a 2x4. came out decent. Not perfect .
Like I said it was a bit rough. I bolted a piece of wood onto my bar and used a 2 x 4 screwed into the top of the log as a guide. Lots of deflection. Later I made a better guide out of some scrap metal, basically like the ones they sell. haven't tried that out yet.
The wood dried real well (on the side of my house) with minimal checking. I built a jig for my router to easily flatten the planks. Since this video, I slabbed many dead fallen tries in the forest (using a gas Stihl saw), from which I built an 8' river table. I was going to use a couple of the planks for the top of a bench for the table, but chose a different slab. I still haven't used these planks, yet, though! I'm planning on making a video of the river table from "forest to table."
You should find the songs on both artists' SoundCloud pages here: LAKEY INSPIRED - soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/tracks Kronicle - soundcloud.com/the-chemist-10/tracks
This one came from a tree inmy backyard i lost in a storm. I also have friends and family on the look out. I also get a firewood permit that allows for me to harvest fallen trees in the Colorado national forests. I've also found lots of free wood on craigslist.
@@beyondtheclassroom6460 I have some footage of slabbing some trees in the forest that I used for a river table. I'll try to put it together in another video soon.
I'm giving you an 'A' for this process and how you did it, but I am giving you an 'F' for your lack of safety procedures. I guess because you are in the burbs and not out in the wild that you are exempt from putting on chainsaw chaps or safety boots? Nobody is exempt from chainsaw accidents which do occur. But hey! Not my circus, I don't own the monkeys. If this is how you operate, then that's fine. Don't think that accidents, especially a sharp chainsaw won't happen to you. Love that grain on that tree! That would make an ideal live edge table. Just an fyi, ripping trees in this fashion with your chainsaw would be easier with a 10 degree ripping blade rather than your 30 degree regular blade. You'll find it cuts way better and quicker and easier on the saw. Overall, thanks for sharing. Cheers!
@@PatPfeifer I've known some close friends that have endured chainsaw accidents, and they aren't pretty. Glad that you went out and purchased the necessary gear. Cheers!!
Actually, ripping from side to side (as opposed to from end to end) with this technique is fine with a cross-cutting/combo chain. You saw the chips. It's when one goes end to end (like most mills are set up to do) that it will be terrible.
Why bother? I cut free hand uears ago, I use a mill now. Way easier to flatten after the chainsaw mill. Electric saw? Hmmmm. I have piles of slabs. Good enough show. Oh. 6 years ago? Lol. Oops.
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Ripped my first two boards yesterday and they came out perfect. Your video is one I watched to learn how to do it. Thanks for uploading.
Thank you, after cutting one piece it now looks more reasonable, by parts, easy going! Thank you, the last tip at the end was also appreciated.
Im a retired logger, and I am enjoying doing just what your doing with round wood logs just like you. And having some success with selling a few items, but the true value is making something out of nothing, that people love. Cool video.
There is nothing better than saving a fallen tree from decay and turning the wood into something beautiful!
One trick I found helpful, get a cheap tarp and lay it down. When you are done, carefully pick up the tarp with the chainsaw shavings, and it is like you were never there. Works great when digging holes too. Throw the dirt onto the tarp, and it protects the grass underneath. Some tarps can be slick though or trip hazards if they get bunched up. So always safety first. Also, you don't want it to set on the grass for more than a day or two because then the grass will suffer.
Harbor freight is cheap tarp king! Wish they sold good chainsaws.
Man hats off to you & your hard work amazing 😻
You're the first electric chainsaw slabber in the history of mankind. Pretty nice job though.
Here I was wondering if my 20" 42 CC gas chainsaw will be able to handle slabbing a 16" log...Now I'm confident it will. Can't believe you were able to do this with an electric saw, nice work!
I now have my dad's old stihl pro which I use in the forest, but it just takes patience with smaller saws! Happy slabbing!!
Just picked up this exact chainsaw on craigslist for cheap to get firewood carving blanks and keep back but the brush but didn't think it would be able to mill some slabs. Your video allows me to push off the stihl/husqy for a little longer Thanks! 😀
It just takes patience and a sharp chain!
That's nice work bro. Some of the cleanest I've seen on here. Be cool, freezer'
Seems pretty tough to do, but you did quite well!
The boards turned out very reasonable.
Nice job. I recommend leather work boots , steel toe is good, and sawing chaps. (Even if you loan some).
The comments are good and should be taken (listen to him), take your time and take short frequent breaks. But 40 yrs of running a saw, what would I know.
Good job sir, notice how he looks tired at the end, it's hard work (hard on the back), especially with a heavier saw..
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been slabbing in the forest and the first thing I did was to buy some chaps!
Cool beat at the end.
We don’t use electric corded tools since my mum cut the cord with a hedge trimmer
That's surprisingly easy to do!!
BWAHAHAHAA... my mum did EXACTLY the same thing, and since then, I have transitioned all my tools to gas power :D
Great video!
Great video! I am making a nice desk with planks like this!
Thank you I see nothing wrong with using an electric saw. That's what I use. I'm working with almond wood. Every year I buy wood to heat the house with and I go threw and pick out from limbs to make crafty stuff.
Right on
Echo Timber wolf cs590 (20" bar) = $400, 28" oregon 28" bar with ripping chain = $135... Nice smooth cuts in almost anything you can handle in the field.
Now...who's gonna help you carry those slabs!
Hi Pat! A really nice video of cutting logs. Your family name is interesting. I am Austrian and the Name Pfeifer is very common in Austria.
Sandals, bbq ribs, electric saw freehand slabbing. Hey. Next month Ship building with a buck110. Hats off to ya.
Ya probably not too smart. Now I where boots and chaps when I'm out in the forest slabbing!
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I tried to rip some yellow pine boards using an electric chainsaw that I bought at Harbor Freight on special for $50. Unfortunately it has a plastic sprocket which stripped when the chain got pinched. I'm sure there are some decent electric chainsaws that can do it, but there are also some that seem to be designed to be limited to scrub brush only.
I'm going to give this a try on a 12" Cherry I took down last week in my own suburban back yard. We'll see how many batteries I go through using my Ego cordless saw! I do have an extra chain so I may file one for ripping to make it a little easier.
Good luck! It's alot of work but cherry wood is definitely worth it!!
I've done this with an EGO electric saw on some Honey Locust. The 2.5ah battery doesn't last that long but I have a 7ah battery that came with the mower and that has some good endurance. Take small cuts otherwise the battery will overheat and you'll have to let it set a bit to reset. Sharp chain is a must too.
I just cut down a 200 year old oak that had died last year. Looking at making some slabs from the 100 foot tree.
I wanna see
Electric chainsaw work well. I burned up 2 of them this year ripping logs in to planks.
Good for you! It might be time to upgrade to a Stihl gas saw!
cutting with tip of bar puts lot less strain on saw motor and bar because you are not engaging as many teeth and that's good for electric saw, motor won't get so hot good vid and good looking boards THANX
Great point!
Cottonwood is very soft. A harder wood would challenge your saw a little more probably.
Good on ya for putting in the plug for safety at the end there.
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I'm glad!! It's really not that hard to do. Just takes a little patience. Good luck!
Stop planks from splitting with elmer's glue on the end grain while you dry the wood.
How would it work to make one or two triangular knee braces and fasten to the right side with short screws then finish the cuts from the left side?
That's a good idea. I think it would work well!
Pat Pepper
Kewl groovin!
so, nice job. You gonna run those slabs through your planer? If so, show it. Thanks =-D
Actually I found that planing these free handed slabs is not the best way to go because they often have twist or warp. I built a router sled with a flat bit which can easily flatten one side of the slab. Coincidentally I am going to use these slabs today for a river table top for a computer desk I'm building. I'll post a video of it!
Good video mate. Wat chi
Ng from england
cool video
May be the first, won't be the last.
I like your video. I just ripped some green black walnut yesterday . A bit tougher to cut . I used my gas chain saw and made a rip guide using a 2x4. came out decent. Not perfect .
poochie49 I’m curious about your jig. I’ve got a black walnut to cut up this weekend.
Like I said it was a bit rough. I bolted a piece of wood onto my bar and used a 2 x 4 screwed into the top of the log as a guide. Lots of deflection. Later I made a better guide out of some scrap metal, basically like the ones they sell. haven't tried that out yet.
thank you
Did you use a ripping chain?
No I don't. I just use a regular chain.
Did this take place in the suburbs?
Ya, in the suburbs of Denver.
now that there slabbed your half way there... now to set them to drying and hope they dont split/warp into uselessness. also wait about 3 or 4 years.
They dried very nice without much checking.
So what did you end up doing with the wood?
The wood dried real well (on the side of my house) with minimal checking. I built a jig for my router to easily flatten the planks. Since this video, I slabbed many dead fallen tries in the forest (using a gas Stihl saw), from which I built an 8' river table. I was going to use a couple of the planks for the top of a bench for the table, but chose a different slab. I still haven't used these planks, yet, though! I'm planning on making a video of the river table from "forest to table."
I noticed your shavings. You have a good sharp chain.
Good video, but I may have to report you for the music choice.
Ya the wood was wet with a sharp chain and it produced nice shavings. The music was selected by the film student who did the editing!
What's wrong with the music?
Adovo makes?
He's definitely the OG on RUclips for this. But, this has been a very common method in South America for much longer.
Is there any way you have the links to the instrumentals used in this video?
You should find the songs on both artists' SoundCloud pages here:
LAKEY INSPIRED - soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/tracks
Kronicle - soundcloud.com/the-chemist-10/tracks
This has to be the most inefficient way of doing this, IMO. But if this is your way, more power to ya bro. Thanks for the video
unless you can afford a lumber mill
Where do you get your logs?
This one came from a tree inmy backyard i lost in a storm. I also have friends and family on the look out. I also get a firewood permit that allows for me to harvest fallen trees in the Colorado national forests. I've also found lots of free wood on craigslist.
What chainsaw are you using
In the video, I was using a Craftsman electric chain saw. It works, but now I have a Stihl gas saw with a longer bar.
@@FakeBrains okay is this a new channel
@@beyondtheclassroom6460 whoops I replied with my work account.
@@PatPfeifer okay, I would love to see more videos.
@@beyondtheclassroom6460 I have some footage of slabbing some trees in the forest that I used for a river table. I'll try to put it together in another video soon.
I'm giving you an 'A' for this process and how you did it, but I am giving you an 'F' for your lack of safety procedures. I guess because you are in the burbs and not out in the wild that you are exempt from putting on chainsaw chaps or safety boots? Nobody is exempt from chainsaw accidents which do occur. But hey! Not my circus, I don't own the monkeys. If this is how you operate, then that's fine. Don't think that accidents, especially a sharp chainsaw won't happen to you.
Love that grain on that tree! That would make an ideal live edge table. Just an fyi, ripping trees in this fashion with your chainsaw would be easier with a 10 degree ripping blade rather than your 30 degree regular blade. You'll find it cuts way better and quicker and easier on the saw. Overall, thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Thanks for the concern. Since that video I purchased and wear chaps, boots, and a safety helmet with a screen and ear protection!
@@PatPfeifer I've known some close friends that have endured chainsaw accidents, and they aren't pretty.
Glad that you went out and purchased the necessary gear. Cheers!!
Actually, ripping from side to side (as opposed to from end to end) with this technique is fine with a cross-cutting/combo chain. You saw the chips. It's when one goes end to end (like most mills are set up to do) that it will be terrible.
A 2 pack of whisky, would cut straighter.
You do ok,. But dude turn your log
How do you preserve them after you cut them? I have been using Pentacryl but I've been thinking of just trying that clear epoxy
epoxy very expensive to finish with . Fabulon is a great finish. I get it from hardwood floor guys
I use End Grain Wood Sealer from Rocklers. I put that on the ends.
Be careful with epoxy and uv light. It will go brown. There are ways of stopping the sun from affecting the epoxy though.
Wedges should have finished the splitting process.
That sure is one SLOW boat to China, Mister ...
But a pretty cheap boat. And it floats. So...yeah.
Why bother? I cut free hand uears ago, I use a mill now. Way easier to flatten after the chainsaw mill.
Electric saw? Hmmmm. I have piles of slabs.
Good enough show.
Oh. 6 years ago? Lol. Oops.
Great video (except for the music ) For that I wore earmuffs
It's simple, Just go to woodprix page - and enter the Wood World.