Like cottonwood, it's heavy stuff...until it dries! Seems to be stable though, and it had no odor far as I could smell from down in Ohio 😉 Thanx for the content!!
@@troytreeguy Thank you for the info. I am from northern Wisconsin and balsam was an evergreen fir tree. I had logged many of them and up until today I had never heard of balsam poplar.
I have no idea what a barm o galiion is except galion used to make graders and rollers. Large David earned his keep as always. You too and there was some nice looking 2 inch stuff inside that log. Blessings 2 Yall C0old because the blower was steaming.
It cannot be kiln dried it just warps and splits gotta air dry it and even then. It’s drys fairly hard. We rip it into 1x1 stakes and but a point on the end for gardens. Basically cut it all into cants for pallets
@ Sometime our graders will try to mix the clear fas balm with the aspen fas. But once it get kiln dried the aspen comes out perfect but the balm splits all into pieces It’s awesome to sell for poplar cants because the logs are always so big saw it all into cants sell it to another sawmill. You would get a ton of over run
It’s called Bamagillia Some call it hackmatack. Or balsam poplar. We just call it Balm at our sawmill. We mix it right in with the cottonwood it’s usually stinks really bad and the heart is a dull yellow colour
@@troytreeguy when I drove skidder before I started sawing my logger buddy called it Bamagillia and I thought he was just making it up lol we just got done sawing a bunch of it it was -15 Celsius the sawsdust would freeze in the middle of the headsaw cutting it so the lumber would be a little thin just made me set a tiny bit bigger to make up for it. Our big sawdust bin holds 160 yards it would freeze into one giant block of sawdust chunks the size of trucks
its called balm of gilead here cut, a bunch for pulp once the paper mill docked the hell out of us saying it left streaks in the paper looked just like balsam or popple to us, first i heard of it oops !!!!
@troytreeguy Thanks for your reply, the dogs and the carriage looked familiar to me, I worked at a Lane #1 mill 45 years ago in Monroe Maine, thanks for bringing back good memories, I believe that mill was made before WW 2 as well 😀
That’s a great idea. However, the majority of the lumber will be seasoned outside to air dry for one to two years before it goes into you. It’s a little bit difficult to follow a log through that way, but I certainly intend to bring people back when I put wood into.
First time watching this channel. Is that smaller circular device downstream of the main saw another saw or something that functions as a riving knife? Don't beat me up, I'm new here.
@@troytreeguy Okay. I guess I'm not sure how that would work since it is in the same kerf as the main blade. Do you have videos where it's in use? Thx.
@@CarnivoreCurin Because the spring buds/ flowers can be gathered and cooked down and mixed with bees wax to make a salve or Balm for cuts and skin sores like burns. the Balm of Gilead
good job guys , we just got a nice load of poplar to start sawing.
Looked like a nice load!
Dammm! That big power comes in handy! Great work on turning it by hand too.
That’ll make two men eat and sleep good at night.
Darn right! Thanks for watching
Great sawing. Good looking lumber !
Thank you, I agree! Reminds me of tulip poplar
Like cottonwood, it's heavy stuff...until it dries! Seems to be stable though, and it had no odor far as I could smell from down in Ohio 😉 Thanx for the content!!
Very good ❤❤❤❤❤
Good job 🎉🎉🎉❤🎉
Really nice lumber. Pretty colors.
I hope it can be useful, no harm in exploring what in some interesting logs. Like tulip poplar, you must have those?
Looks like that 1st log was hard to turn. Enjoying your videos. Stay warm.
Sure was!
It was Maple 🍁 heavy
Another great sawing video with a big log. Thank you! I have a question. What is balsam poplar? Is it a type of poplar?
Yes Balsam poplar is I believe native to the Middle East been planted here for hundred of years.
@@troytreeguy Thank you for the info. I am from northern Wisconsin and balsam was an evergreen fir tree. I had logged many of them and up until today I had never heard of balsam poplar.
It's Balm of Gilead...like eastern aspen/popple.
Yes
I have no idea what a barm o galiion is except galion used to make graders and rollers. Large David earned his keep as always. You too and there was some nice looking 2 inch stuff inside that log. Blessings 2 Yall C0old because the blower was steaming.
That Balm is really wet wood and freezes up due to the blower wind!
@@troytreeguy I'd freeze too, pal! Wouldn't need a blower!
That's back breaking work!
It can be but this is my less back breaking option 😆 I run a small tree service primarily 25 years in the industry and I’m somewhat worn out.
It cannot be kiln dried it just warps and splits gotta air dry it and even then. It’s drys fairly hard. We rip it into 1x1 stakes and but a point on the end for gardens. Basically cut it all into cants for pallets
Appreciate your insight!
@ Sometime our graders will try to mix the clear fas balm with the aspen fas. But once it get kiln dried the aspen comes out perfect but the balm splits all into pieces It’s awesome to sell for poplar cants because the logs are always so big saw it all into cants sell it to another sawmill. You would get a ton of over run
It’s called Bamagillia Some call it hackmatack. Or balsam poplar. We just call it Balm at our sawmill. We mix it right in with the cottonwood it’s usually stinks really bad and the heart is a dull yellow colour
I cannot believe you’ve heard that name! Dave’s heard it called that around here.
@@troytreeguy when I drove skidder before I started sawing my logger buddy called it Bamagillia and I thought he was just making it up lol we just got done sawing a bunch of it it was -15 Celsius the sawsdust would freeze in the middle of the headsaw cutting it so the lumber would be a little thin just made me set a tiny bit bigger to make up for it. Our big sawdust bin holds 160 yards it would freeze into one giant block of sawdust chunks the size of trucks
Populous balsamifera balsam poplar, Balm-of-Gilead
its called balm of gilead here cut, a bunch for pulp once the paper mill docked the hell out of us saying it left streaks in the paper looked just like balsam or popple to us, first i heard of it oops !!!!
Different name same species
New subscriber here, may I ask what kind of mill you have and the age of it?
Lane number one, approximately 100-120 years old, made in Montpelier Vermont.
And thanks for subscribing!
@troytreeguy Thanks for your reply, the dogs and the carriage looked familiar to me, I worked at a Lane #1 mill 45 years ago in Monroe Maine, thanks for bringing back good memories, I believe that mill was made before WW 2 as well 😀
Monroe is just two towns ovah! If you knew of the sawmill in Waldo on the state route 137 below Thompsons oil, this is the same.
I know exactly where you are, I grew up in Belfast ❤@@troytreeguy
Nice looking wood
Thanks I agree reminds me of tulip poplar which i grew up with.
can you make a video of a big log from start to finish, the log you just did.
I would like to see what you do with it, thank you
That’s a great idea. However, the majority of the lumber will be seasoned outside to air dry for one to two years before it goes into you. It’s a little bit difficult to follow a log through that way, but I certainly intend to bring people back when I put wood into.
Whatever is the name of the word is is it a soft word or a hardwood. it did produce some nice looking wood ,colour wise. 🇨🇦✌️
Deciduous
First time watching this channel. Is that smaller circular device downstream of the main saw another saw or something that functions as a riving knife? Don't beat me up, I'm new here.
It is an edger
@@troytreeguy Okay. I guess I'm not sure how that would work since it is in the same kerf as the main blade. Do you have videos where it's in use? Thx.
I think he is looking at the splitter behind the blade.
@@markgalicic7788 Thanks Mark. The first response had me baffled.
Now I see, as mark said it serves to keep the board off the saw blade so the saw cannot throw the board.
I cannot identify that species of tree.
By experience and everyday seeing.
Balsam Poplar
What do they use that word for? Furniture?
@@CarnivoreCurin Because the spring buds/ flowers can be gathered and cooked down and mixed with bees wax to make a salve or Balm for cuts and skin sores like burns. the Balm of Gilead