- Hey everyone. My name is Matt. Welcome to my backyard. Today,
my buddy Jon's back again. So we're gonna do a more cinematic version of a sawmill video. For those of you who
like that, here we go. For those usually don't, I'm sorry. But I like it 'cause it's kind of fun. I don't have to have the camera around. And it's just Jon's problem, not mine. So today Jon actually
brought by a bunch of, for me, small walnut. So we're gonna be cutting up some smaller walnut logs for Jon. His dad's here as well. He brought a 17 foot long cherry log all the way from Michigan. So, we'll get to that later too. But, Jon would like to make a table. So we've got this first one on here. This is gonna be tabletop
boards, or something like that. So we're gonna kind of run
through this guy first. And then we have the four kind
of smaller cylindrical ones over there, which we'll cut all at once. And then we have like a
smaller crotchy looking thing, which we'll do as well. And we'll get through all of that, and then we'll do this
really long cherry log. So it should be like a fun
little sawmill day kind of thing. So, let's jump into it, I guess. (machine rumbling) Nice. Very barky. (machine continues to rumble) Okay, so you want? You want
like three boards for top? Would you say a 30 inch wide top? - [Jon] Something like that. - Yeah so, you only need three boards. (equipment clanking and humming) I'm just gonna cut it and
hopefully, it works out for you. - [Jon] Great. - Now I'm talking to
the camera, who is Jon. Jon is the camera. The camera is Jon. (chuckles) (saw blade humming) There we go, so we're
just kind of into the beginning of the heartwood now. I don't know what Jon's
feelings are on sapwood. So, we'll see I guess, what
he has to say about that. But, he's got a good chunk of
heartwood there to start with. These little tiny logs. Wah. Nope, that's it. Yep. I used all my power for the flip. A lot tree in there. Okay. Well, this first board
is gonna be kind of. - [Jon] Yep, that's fine. (saw blade humming) There we go. This is pretty nice. It's heavy. Since this thing is losing so much weight, and it's kind of moving around again, just gonna throw these back on top. I'll do one, just to
help hold it in place. There. There's my clamp, a board. (machine rumbling) (saw blade humming) So we're gonna be closer to the bed now, so I'm gonna move these out of the way. 'Cause they're gonna
be in the way, unless. Do you wanna gonna cut this one again? No? - [Jon] Can you see
anything being done with it? - Nope. That's your problem, not mine. - [Jon] No. - I just cut it. I don't know. Here's a good spot for it. Out of the way, look at that. (mimic playing drums on sawmill) (saw blade humming) Normally on stuff like this,
I use my a handheld drill. But the problem with having a house, and then buying a second house,
and also having a warehouse, that's all your stuff's
all over the place. So before we are set this aside, let's take a look at
Jon's future new table. We'll lay on a few boards,
and just give him an idea of what they could possibly look like. So he's looking to do something
at least 30 inches wide so, you only need three of these wider ones, which come in around 13 or so. So even after they're edged,
you should be able to get, easily 10 inch wide boards out of them. May be I will get some water. Can't do a video with
a little bit of water. Baby slabs call for baby buckets of water. Matt's mini water toss, here we go. That's good enough. I
can spread it around. Oh man, so as we always
say with the walnut, this stuff will oxidize as it
gets exposed to air out here. So right now it's should
look very green to you. And you know about a half hour or so, it's gonna turn that more purply color like you see down in here, especially down here on the end. You can see the end
grain has been oxidizing. Air has been coming in
through the end grain, oxidizing this, you get a
nice kind of purple color. This is what the whole
thing will be like, so. These will make some really
nice, a nice little tabletop. So we got yeah, 13 and a half between the bark. And things are almost eight feet long. Yeah, seven and a half so,
there's nice little table. Don't worry, Jon. I'll move
all your boards for you. You just stay behind the camera, and just keep filming me moving stuff. All right. - [Kevin] Got to keep you in shape. - If you do it enough. - Do you do it enough? - Nope. (laughing) So shelves. So we're making shelves. Any idea on thickness of
these unbeknownst shelves? - Nope.
- Nope. (motor rumbling) Okay! Jon wants shelves, whatever that means. So we're gonna cut
these at a five quarter. And then the last one over there
that's a little bit bigger, we're gonna do some eight
quarter out of that. 'Cause Jon is super decisive today. It's gonna be, this is
probably the right order. Biggest to smallest diameter. Man, this is kind of a goofy shape though. Do you want these edged, or do you want? I didn't even ask you,
do you want those edged, or you want them live edge? Or you can make a decision.
I dunno, whatever. Whatever you want to do. I don't understand your logic here. - [Jon] I don't have any. - [Kevin] He doesn't have any logic. He's leaning on you so he can figure out what to do 'cause you're the master. - Oh yeah, but. - [Jon] Carve master. - Should we do something? I don't know. You got a fireplace? No. Okay, well. Does your friend have a fireplace? Do you parents have a fireplace you're gonna put a mantle at? I'm gonna roll it, probably. Actually, you know what?
Let's leave it like that. And we'll just tuck it in here. We'll put some crosscurrents on. That's just kind of, that's just gonna kind of slide in, yeah. It'll get down far enough to cut into it. Look at this thing. I can
actually pick this up by hand. What is this world I'm
living in? (laughing) Giddy up. There goes my car keys.
And my phone is ringing. Call you later. (saw blade humming) I got a pretty good height on that. Did you get that, Jon? (chuckles) (saw blade humming) How many shelves you need? A lot of shelves? You got a lot of stuff to hang up. I got a lot of stuff, Matt.
All right, leave me alone. (saw blade humming) Look at these shelves. (grunts) So good. All right. (saw blade humming) This is pretty cool. Not bad for a little tiny stick. Ooh, goofy stuff. Not bad. Kind of fun. See what that last one's got. Can't tell if that's
like a knot or a nail. Nope, there's just a crap. Or I just cut myself? Apparently I cut myself
on whatever that was. Nothing. What the hell
did I cut myself on? Well, there's a bloodwood. (chuckles) All right. Well that's fun. All right, Jon. Another one, or what? - [Jon] Yeah, let's do it. (saw blade humming) Lets see, I can do one more
cut without moving these stops. All right. - [Jon] That is really pretty, isn't it? - [Kevin] You know, when you
get boards you never notice. Seeing them in the raw form,
coming into a flat form. - [Matt] Oh yeah. - [Kevin] And trimming down,
it's like then it's pretty. - It takes a lot to go from
a log to a finished piece. There's a lot there. You get a much better
perspective of how they all form together, and why the
grain is the way it is, based on how the tree grew, and where you're cutting
it and everything. - Exactly.
- Yeah. (saw blade humming) Get my math going here. Two and three quarters, okay. (saw blade humming) All right. - [Kevin] That one's still pretty wet. - Yeah. This side's kind of green still. - [Kevin] Here you go. Look at this. The sun was coming through. - Oxidizing from the end
grain from previously, but yeah, we're getting there. Definitely a lot less
green than it used to be. Look at that. That's pretty cool, actually. Not that I've seen a whole
lot of wood I don't like. But this really green
coming here for this knot. Man, that's cool. That's
gonna be a nice shelf, Jon. Better hang that one up in a nice spot. Put some good stuff on
this thing. (chuckles) This is either gonna be hilarious, for the people who
actually like my videos, or obnoxious, I can't tell yet which. Here's the one from crotch figure. There we go. There we go. You got a little bit of a
crotch figure there at the top. And this is from the center of the tree. So this is the pith and this
is all gonna be quarter sawn here to the left and
the right of the pith. So, nice straight grain. Walnut doesn't really
have like huge ray flecks. So, it's not super
visible as quarter sawn, besides the fact that straight grain but, a nice little piece of wood. Yeah. (motor rumbling) That's a good log. I mean that's not bad. You want me to take the
curve out or leave it in? - [Jon] What would you do? - I don't know. What are
you gonna make out of it? - [Jon] Shelf. - Shelf. (laughing) I guess it is kind of, this right here is just kind of goofy. So what I would do is just turn it 90, and saw it in this orientation, probably. Okay, so eight? Ish? - Let's do it.
- Eight quarterish, maybe? - [Kevin] And then figure out what you're gonna make out of it later. - Yeah, but I went the other
way, I started woodworking and like seeing a deficiency
in the material I had. And then realized I can cut
my stock how I wanted it, for the project and the
styles I like to make. So that's the direction that I went. - [Kevin] Okay, so you had your head working that direction already? - Yeah, I already knew like what I wanted out of the material. But I couldn't find it
because it wasn't like, no one sawing weird stuff
that I could work with. So, that's the direction
I went. Yeah that's how. I saw that deficiency
and I fixed it myself. And here we are, several years later - [Kevin] On a beautiful day. - Knee deep in stuff. Or do you want to do half the log at eight, and half the log at six? - [Jon] Sure. - All right, Matt. I haven't
made anything out of this. It's stuck in my garage.
I need get rid of it. Can I just leave it at
your house, forever? Most sawmills are only
built to just kind of handle this as like the common thing. This is a size that most people cut. Little saws are made
to cut basically this. And the sawmill is only like this wide. This would be like a max
cut for a lot of saws. I still got all this to go. It's just weird. Just
weird to think about. Okay. You can cut little logs in a big saw mill, but it's kind of hard to go the other way. I hope you're ready for some fireworks. Okay! Let's slice it up. (saw blade humming) That first cut there moved the curve. This looked pretty
straight, but it wasn't. Now we're into the heartwood. It's still always crazy when it's green, throws you off at first. All right. (grunting) That's actually a pretty good size log. Where am I going? Okay. Would you like six quarter or
eight quarter from the side? (laughing) Like you need any more decisions to make. - [Jon] I think we should just cut it. - Cut it? - [Kevin] Cut it to your heart's content. - Well, I got to figure out the math on this on, so it works out. So you probably have two
good pieces of eight quarter, and then three, six quarters. (saw blade humming) Ooh. That's nice. Good log, Jon. Good one. All right. (motor rumbling) (saw blade humming) Ooh. That's the nice straight grained stuff. Nice. Very nice. What did I say it was?
Three and a quarter. (saw blade humming) We good? - Think so.
- On the stops? Yeah, I want to be a little. I'll bump that one down real quick. I don't really feel like
destroying this blade, in an instant. The remainder is exactly
what you want. Okay. (motor rumbling) (saw blade humming) Its a 220, single phase into this thing. And then a three phase out, yeah. And it'll brake the motor,
and slow start it too. Which is nice, otherwise
this thing would take a long time to stop spinning,
like a long time, minutes. (motor rumbling) Let's take a look and see what
the heck we're dealing with. I'm really not sure what we're gonna be dealing with here, 'cause this thing is. - [Kevin] That's kind of a
crazy pattern in it, isn't it? - Well, we got. How many
crotches are in here? This is a crazy thing. It's like a little baby
crotch here, crotch, crotch. It's a crotch over there, a crotch here. I think we'll do this face down, and then we'll slice
through this way, maybe? I think we get you at least
one guitar body out of this. From probably down here, this size that's got the
big rot hole going on. You're lucky I like weird stuff. - [Jon] That's the only reason I picked it up off the ground. - Matt would like this. Also trying to, oh yeah it's gotta be. This has to come over and
be able to touch the rail. That's okay. So we'll do this. And I'll put a piece of wood in here. Hey, remember all those off cuts? That I threw over here? Now
I gotta bring them back. There. If it moves, it'll stop. That's the theory at least. Where we going here? Somewhere around there, 18 something. We'll see. Here we go. (saw blade humming) Let's see what we got in here. Should have a pretty cool bullseye thing from this giant limb that's
sticking straight up in the air. This is, this is neat. I'm gonna grab some, I'll grab
a little bit of water here. Take a closer look. Crazy things, but this looks promising. Yeah, here we go. I got a little bit of
figure from above that limb. How's that? Is that a
guitar body enough for you? Yeah, you got one big giant
guitar body. Good luck. - [Kevin] If you plane this accurately, you can put your pickups in
that hole when you cut that out. - It's 14 wide. So that's your
standard guitar body width. 16, 18, yeah that's, that's a body. You have your curve for
the shape and everything. There you go. Boom, done. Next log. (chuckles) There, I'll come to you. There. Yeah. Yeah. This is a goofy thing. - It's cool. - This is one of the
goofiest things ever cut. - Really?
- Yeah. - I bet it's gonna be a
great grain pattern, though. It's gonna be pretty, too. - [Matt] Oh, that's guaranteed. - [Kevin] It's gonna be nuts. - It's a weird life
I've picked for myself. (saw blade humming) All right. I see you found
another body in here. By that I mean guitar
body, not a body body. Well, this size is much goofier, just like in shape. I got. Look at that, an old
limb that was pruned off. Hey, that's pretty cool. See how big this is. All right, so it's not
quite wide enough for your standard body down here, but up here you could do something around this little V thing. I can't remember what it's called. - [Kevin] The flying V. - [Matt] The flying V, there you go. I'll give you enough thickness for bodies. - [Kevin] And whatever. - And then some planing. And then whatever else
you come up with it. It should be good there. All right. (saw blade humming) Ooh. Well that's. That is bizarre. This is, this is bizarre. That's is weird. It's like removed. Did
it grow around something? And that came out? Because it's not like this tore, like this was part of
the tree that tore away. This grew around something. Like an old limb that was in here that just kind of fell out? I don't know. That's weird. Hey, check out this grain. That's pretty cool. This is cool. Look at this. Look at all this crazy thing around there. Yeah, this is. This is
gonna work out, I think. Good gamble on this one, Jon. But I like this old limb here. It's almost got like
a little bit of figure from the tree where it grew around it. This is cool. (saw blade humming) That's good, right? Yeah. Yep, inch. Okie dokie. Last cut. (saw blade humming) So because there's a lot
of crazy stuff in here, we're gonna take a look at all the slabs. On a side note, that I
haven't mentioned yet, my official water toss bucket
has suffered a very fatal end. So we're using a little tiny
anchor steel bucket today. I'll have to get a new bucket. Maybe like a custom like sweet, stainless steel one, or something. Dramatic effect. (chuckles) I might have to do like a double bucket. Oh, that is cool. Look at this stuff. Some really cool crotch
figure around this old limb. Probably one of the
coolest things about this, is this limb here which was pruned off. You can see the pruning mark. You can see the grain
actually growing around here to close up that wound
to continue growing out. So we actually have some figure lines here coming out from that area. And this is some really cool figure and stuff all over the place here. So lots of little crazy pockets
of figure in this thing. Really, really weird shape, 'cause all this is missing
in the middle here. But, some interesting, cool
figure pockets here and there. See what we got next? I'm gonna get Jon wet. There we go. Yeah, this is gonna oxidize
and darken up really nicely. You can see a lot of that happening here. This is a lot more of what the color is gonna be like in a little while. This is just some cool stuff. This one's got less figure,
and a more interesting color. And in general, I mean look how
wide these growth rings are. Look at that. There's
some figure down there. A little bit of curl around
that little knot thing there. There you go. (chuckles) Jon's like, I felt that one. Did I just pee my pants?
Or is that just Matt? (laughing) Let me get some of this
water off. There we go. So we've got some really
cool figure happening right through here, and a
little bit over there too. I'm thinking Jon's
gonna make some guitars. That's gonna be his new
project, shelves and guitars, shelves for the guitars. Oh yeah, and a table. I forgot what the table already. So, this is cool. That would make an awesome guitar top. Right through here, where this like thing comes together, you get all this figure through here, and you getting a little bit
of a sapwood peeking through. A lot of interesting color
and things going on there. That's my vote for guitar body. What's going on with this guy? The last one's gonna be a
little smaller, mostly sapwood. But that's a pretty cool
color through there. You've got a little bit of blackish tones, a lot of interesting
colors in this one here. You got more like grays and blacks kind of streaking through
there in the grain. Otherwise though, it's mostly all sapwood. There's some bark. (laughing) So that takes care of this log, I guess. Yeah, it's gonna be a cool guitar. I'm making the decision. This
is the guitar one for Jon. He has no say in it. So what are gonna do? We're
gonna get all of this. There's a lot more here
than I think either of us was kind of anticipating
of how much lumber these little logs were gonna produce. So we're gonna get all this
stuff kind of out of here. And then we're gonna get the
cherry log off that trailer. (motor rumbling) All right, okay it's like 16 and a half to the very tippy top there. 12 feet's right here, like
where the crotch starts. So, you just want a straight
grain, right, for the canoe? 'Cause otherwise like,
you get 12 feet to here, and then you got a crotch section
that'll have crotch stuff. More guitar blanks, I guess. (motor rumbling) All right, so this cherry log is 17, no, it's 16 and a half feet long, which is a little too long for the saw. So we're gonna be cutting
it right here at 12. And that'll give us a 12 foot log, for whatever boards or whatever. And we'll get some crotch wood up here. So I've got my chainsaw, and of course I've got this giant bar on it from when I was just trimming on
the sawmill the other day. So this is way too long for this, but I'm too lazy to change the bar out. So we're gonna just roll with it. (chain saw starts and rumbles) (chain saw buzzing) (saw motor stops) It's done. (motor rumbling) Thank you. (motor continues rumbling) Ha ha. It's heavy. Is it gonna fit through here? We have to move this stuff first, I think. (motor continues rumbling) That is cool. - Isn't that pretty? - I'm telling you, this is it. That's the one. - That's the guitar. - That's the guitar. - I agree with you. - Yeah, see? - That's the guitar.
That's gonna be beautiful. I'm thinking Jon aught to let the old man video tape next time. - For him, it's starting
to feel like work. (laughing) (motor rumbling) Okay. And then you want to what,
five quarter the rest of it? Is that what you said? - Yeah.
- Five. So that'll give us mostly a flat area, and I'll come down and make
one pass to make one board. And then we'll flip it. - [Jon] Okay. (saw blade humming) - I hope you got that. (saw blade continues humming) Oh. I love cherry, it's such a good smell. How's that? We haven't even got to the good stuff yet. Wait till we get to the crotch. (grunting) This is promising, very promising. So we're gonna roll this thing over now, because it's super unstable. And now they've got a flat
cut to reference off of. Should make this a lot easier. So, flip-a-roo time. (motor rumbling) Ready? - One, two, three. - There you go. Okay, so five. One,
two, three. That's four. I'm at eight quarter, okay. (saw blade humming) Oh. Here's the better side. Look at that. Eight quarter, here we go. (saw blade continues humming) Let's take a break. This
is pretty incredible stuff. You do it however you think
is the best way to do it. There's no wrong way. Oh, going for the slow approach. That's a pretty long crotch feather. I think we cut it off like almost, well, there's a little more
crotch in that other log, but we got almost all of it in there. - [Kevin] How it changes from growth. And then it gets tighter. - [Matt] Yep. It's all about where you
intersect the tree at. That was the two sections
of the tree tying together. That's some nice stuff. Good job, Michigan. (saw blade humming) That is so pretty. I think that was the prettiest one. It's still good but, I think the other one
was a little prettier. Blade's cutting pretty nicely though, even for how dirty the track is, not bad. Actually, it's not too bad. I'm gonna put a little,
a little bit of this. Maybe a little more,
now that we're into it. That's pretty good. You sure you don't want
another piece of eight quarter? - [Jon] Yeah. Do another
piece of eight quarter. That just look so nice. - [Kevin] 'Cause the thing is, if you could add the smell to the town. Smell this. - All right, I'm gonna
start like packing up. Okay, who wants to buy like
a little baggie of saw dust? So whenever you watch one of these videos, just toss in the air, and
it's like you're here. It's perfect. (laughing) (saw blade humming) That's a lot of wood. - [Kevin] That is incredible. - [Jon] Carry on with
the theme of the day. - There's a lot more than I was expecting. A very, very solid crotch. Let's see what we got here. Man that's a lot of wood. I saw that one going better in my head. There you go. Ah, yeah. Very nice guys, very nice. (motor rumbling) Sorry, wench. (motor continues rumbling) One more log. (motor continues rumbling) Who forgot to put the stops up? (motor continues rumbling) We're gonna get some interesting things going on here, that's for sure. - [Kevin] Well, as long as you don't catapult yourself into
the neighbor's yard. - That's good, right?
- It'll be okay. - It seems all loose. I was a little loose on that one, huh? Oh God. I forgot to lock. See I told
you. I'm having a day now. - [Kevin] Are you getting tired? Huh? - I forgot to put the pins in. - Yeah, you're gonna jam something underneath this end aren't you? - Yep. (both laughing) Hey now.
- It's a living experience. - Before I got too far ahead of myself. Okay. (motor rumbling) Gonna leave some in the middle, so I'll probably come down to 18, 18-ish. Where are we at? (saw blade humming) (motor rumbling) Yeah, so I think I can make
this a little bit faster for us. I'll come in, I'll take this whole chunk. We'll put that aside. We'll
set it down next to it. Make it to eight quarter,
and then we'll cut the rest of it all down to the bed. (saw blade humming) There. Well, that's a nice log. - Ain't that pretty? - Kids are watching. You know I gotta show off a little bit. This is how bad it is right now. It's so late day in the day I can't think. 12 and a quarter, minus
two and a quarter. 10. Had one of those brain
moments. There we go. (saw blade humming) This one's a little more
towards the outside, so we've got some more kind of plain sawn, cathedral grain things going on here, versus the one we just looked at, which was the more quarter sawn. But we still have a lot
of, kind of ripped and almost quarter sawn stuff
towards the outside here. That's nice. - [Kevin] Where you gonna put it? - Probably right here. Or anywhere that's not on
top of where it is right now. I'll just put it up here. There we go. Ooh, another nice one.
Surprise! (laughing) I like cherry. It's nice. I think I say that about every wood. I like insert-wood-name-here. It's nice. It will oxidize, but
it takes a lot longer. Like a, well it takes a
couple of days in the sun. It'll oxidize to a much deeper
red, like more like this. Or like after a year,
if it's been finished. There we go. That's nice. I forgot already. What'd
you want for the rest of it? - Five quarter.
- Five? Okay. Let me stop it, then. I guess we can set these
slabs on the forks for now. - [Kevin] Let the old
fat guy get down here. (Matt laughing) - [Matt] Thanks. Oh, man. (both grunting) - [Kevin] How come my end moved first? - I don't know. There you go. Good enough. - [Kevin] Do you have to line them up? - No they'll, they're gonna pull together. (saw blade humming) Yeah, I need a stop-drop down. There. That should be okay. (saw blade humming) That's not a small board. - [Kevin] No, it's not. Sheez. 20 inches wide. This log is bigger than I thought it was. All these logs are bigger
than I thought they were. That's today, is everything's
bigger than you think. Surprise. Yeah, so then the reduction
through the pulleys. Then these wheels are spinning at 595. The blade is moving at four
and a half thousand feet. Torque, I got a lot of
torque in this thing, and a lot of inertia,
which is what you need. (saw blade humming) (motor rumbling) (saw blade humming) - [Jon] That's pretty darn close. - I'm gonna get in here. What about this? (metal banging) I think that dropped, I can't tell. Okay. (saw blade humming) That is nice. That's some really nice cherry. This has ended up being a really nice log. Look how clear this is. I think that's. Is that 100% clear? There's a little tiny knot down there. Otherwise, you got some
little tiny borough kind of things going on down here. But 12 feet of pretty
much totally clear cherry. Really? - [Jon] All my time at the- - Fake motions. (laughing) All right. I'm driving around. (motor rumbling) Look at that service. Look at that. No problem. (motor rumbling) - We've been doing this for a long time, and still looks like a lot wood. - Yeah, look at all of this! - I know. - Look at like, you had like. I had some small logs on a trailer. Now I've got a trailer
full of boards, somehow. So this was a really fun day. I had a great time, out
here cutting all this stuff. When they first got here with
this trailer full of logs, I was like oh, it's just
a little bit of logs. After it's turned into boards like this, somehow it seems to have
taken up more volume than did before, which
is bizarre and crazy. But anyway, I had a fun time. I think Jon had a fun
time running the camera. I know his dad had an amazing
time today. Didn't you? - A great time, excellent. (Matt laughing) - So hopefully you enjoyed the video. It's a little bit different, it's like the other one that Jon shot. This one's probably a little
more weirder and crazier, because I'm just trying to have fun today. And I think we accomplished
that. I accomplished that. Well we, the collective three of us. I don't know about you at home, if you had fun, but I know we did. So thank you as always for watching. I greatly appreciate it. If you have any questions
or comments on the sawmill, anything back in the shop, please feel free to
leave it in the comments. As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. And until next time, happy working.
