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[@dbm7121]

The rain seems to be catching you all like it is us here in NC. That will look nice for flooring, looking forward to seeing once you are done putting it down. Always enjoy watching the projects you all tackle. Hope you guys have a great week! Spicey chicken ROCKS!

[@russellbowman8051]

Awesome that is sooo fasanating to see the outcome when sawing logs!!👍👊

[@billrichardsjr]

My dad bought a Foley Belsaw sawmill years ago, with a big 36 inch blade. PTO driven off of an old IH semi tractor. Had so much fun milling logs.

[@dougbower9479]

Mike, I just don't understand how you do it. Your videoing capability is amazing, you work all day, come home and do all this.... All the best to you and yours.

[@williamlipsett5772]

These small timber cutters will be the future of the lumber industry as they are an impressive new entry into the market . The strikes taking place in the industries 'ie' Vancouver areas will end their rain and these smaller groups will in their numbers fit themselves in . The small equipment presented here is an example of progress moving fast !

[@martineastburn3679]

One thing for both of you - doing great. Put the saw dust and chips in a protected spot - shade. Add coffee grounds (really) and it will become a compost in no time and make wonderful dressing for gardens and pots. Worms digest the dust and love coffee. Stumbled on to this when I was a young teenager. Now 72.

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

Martin, did the same when I was young also, coffee grounds 'n garden scraps in the compost pile, with a bushel of manure we always had abundant crops from the garden n, the BEST worms for fishin!

[@JustAFlyover]

I am so glad I found this channel or this channel found me.

[@StreetRocketJoe]

That's got to be such a cool feeling knowing you can cut your own lumber. And actually build something out of it. I'm very excited for the tower blind build.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Hey Mike Melissa and Hunter, got to see two of the three of you in action today. You all did some great work together. The saw milling will be addictive for sure. You'll see all kinds of things inside the trees you mill and you will want (NEED) to cut them out if it tickles your fancy and you can name the piece and hang it somewhere. Some things you'll see you might not want to have hanging in public view though ;-) but they are pictures inside the trees that have been drawn for some reason. You all are doing great and we are enjoying watching you all grow. Thanks for sharing.

[@RDW303]

Mike, you and I are lucky guys. My wife too is a hard worker. She is constantly going. Have time to take care of the grandkids, our house, my daughters house and doing some work around the house. It’s hard to keep up with her. Beautiful lumber also.

[@gearjammer4779]

Every man needs a good Melissa and a faithful dog. Ain’t nuthin in the world more valuable. 👍

[@magnumtreefalling6400]

which is which?

[@davidepool5884]

You’re a mighty lucky man Mike. You have a beautiful wife that helps you with whatever your doing. You have four great looking kids. btw, I can’t believe your wife had four kids! She definitely doesn’t look like she’s had that many. Farm life will keep you in shape. Especially if you do your own logging. You have a great looking family, dogs included! You are a blessed man.

[@gordonclark7632]

It must be great to have some land and your own wood mixer. I watch from Australia and I think it is terrific that your wife is so involved in what you do. Let her have a go at the machine and you lump the timber. :)

[@jacquespapillon1154]

Hello Mike and Melissa, nice job and nice vid too. In a few months Ï should complete the project often a used sawmill too. So have a nice evening and take care friends Tyrrs.

[@munched55]

Well, solid oak flooring in a hunting blind! La dee da! LOL The potential is beginning to reveal itself along with the inside of the logs. Happy milling and stay safe.

[@matthewsims359]

hahaha

[@redmist5166]

Melissa is very attractive in those Carhart's! Looks like great wood and, as the floor for a blind, will be used for a great purpose!

[@daveducharme5316]

I really enjoy your videos especially saw milling. I absolutely agree it is so satisfying and addicting to create your own lumber. On a safety note you may already be aware but just in case it is very dangerous to stand in the plane of rotation of the saw blade when it is running. I have witnessed a saw blade breaking on a similar mill and shooting out the side at a very high velocity as the shrouds did not contain the broken blade. Looked like Melissa got kind of close at one point when she was doing some recording with her phone. The bandsaw mills are fantastic machines but do have some inherent dangers and I would hate to see any of my favorite You tubers get hurt.

[@tknoerle1451]

Beautiful & amazing white oak lumber from that outwardly punky log... beautiful!!! Thanks Mike!

[@kranerwheatens]

Glad to see every ones use of mother nature. Wood has all sorts of beauty... grain, smell, heat, and of course carvings:) So much usability. Can't wait till I can get to the woods to bring back some ash to add to the stack. We have been overran with dead ash from the borer kill here in west central Ohio.

[@dmorgan28]

Mike that is the neatest machine. Really enjoyed seeing the lumber being produced. Awesome video. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️

[@ronandloriwood7847]

This is funny, I come in the house from milling logs. Now I am eating lunch watching you mill. It is so addicting. Ron

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Lol, I really really enjoy it, it's like all I want to do

[@Tomrryaniv]

Outdoors With The Morgans, I know, you got me wanting to get a saw mill for my property that we just took possession. 8 acres of very large fir.

[@ronandloriwood7847]

@@Tomrryaniv It is fun, I am presently milling white pine to build a kiln, garage and addition to my present shop. saving me lots of money on the lumber bill. Ron

[@donduerring5214]

Hi Mike...I live just north of Zelli.. Not far from the famous Bugger King. I am cutting down a number of Poplar trees. These are larger diameter ones. If your interested, you can have them. I had a woodmizer for years, and can give you some tips . Anyways if your interseted, just let me know. Maybe another video for you.! Don...

[@ritterjon]

💥 Good thing you’ve got a strong work crew. Good help is hard to find. 👍 Keep on tractoring!

[@fricknjeep]

hi there looking real good . don't mean to rain on your parade . sawing the log is the tip of the ice burg and may in fact only take up 10% of the time in board making . just think get the log , store it . put it . on the mill now saw it . now you have slab wood ,sawdust , the boards . boards need to be stickered now new building for sawmill , building for boards changing blades upkeep it just goes on and on . but for some reason when you see that perfect board come off you get a big smile on your face and it makes it all worth it . hears to many years of happy sawing . once you get sawdust in your shoes you hooked . john

[@brucedumler2712]

I see that Stanley is there supervising your saw mill operations! I have 3 supervisors at my house. Beautiful white oak. Looking forward to your next log discovery

[@karenglatz185]

Best looking bib overhauls I've seen in a long time. Nice video keep them coming

[@2299jsimon]

Some pretty good looking stock... think I might be setting that aside. Well done guys!

[@benrosenbaum2962]

That was an impressive stack of wood. Looking at the log, I never would've imagined getting all that out of it. Nice!

[@josephpilosky9447]

Good job you are sure learning fast. You are battling the rain trying to saw lumber like I am in central Pa trying to cut grass lol it's been an up hill battle sun out one minute get mower out then big cloud showed up and rains just enough to get everything wet keep the great videos coming

[@markb.1259]

What a super great tool toy to play with!!! Looks like a lot of fun being outdoors cuttin' wood!!! Sounds like something is vibrating pretty good during the cut. Don't know if it's a drive wheel cover flappin' or something else that chatters pretty good.

[@mikewatts122]

Since you are getting ready to put up a blind. For years we picked up the first bark cuts from a local mill to face our hunting blinds. Shot them against the exterior with a nail gun. Great camouflage from mother nature. Just looks like a big tree. Better than trashing the first cut.

[@johnbailey9682]

That ok Mo I am cheering you on the get the pool someday . I know its nice to get something you really want even if you need to wait. I have faith in Mike he will make it happen someday .

[@daviddeaton4250]

Good job Mike you’re learning fast! You are lucky to have such a good helper! I’ve owned a Woodmizer for 25 years and the slabs add up real quick,a suggestion that I did is get yourself a banding machine, hand held not real expensive. Band those slabs into bundles. Band in 2 places. They will stack like logs when banded. I sold mine for firewood. Leaving them banded , you can saw right down thru them like you’re sawing a log. I got 30$ a bundle and was glad to get rid of them. Stack em high

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Great idea!

[@lloydpainter1701]

Alright another Morgan video! That is some good looking lumber. In my ignorance I would probably have made firewood out of that log. Another lesson learned.....you can’t tell a log by it’s outer....or something like that!

[@rickoncordova1]

Great vid. Always enjoy them. Paul Lemiski On "Canadian Woodworking " has two mills running and I follow his channel all the time. A few weeks ago, he featured his mills on a vid, and he has started using hemp oil on the blade. Just one squirt with an oil can on the blade before each cut and ur good to go. Have seen some folks using diesel fuel the same way. That way ur not having to carry down jugs of water and fill the overhead container on the mill. And the hemp oil I've been told is not that expensive and it's biodegradable. Rick.

[@barbararatliff9063]

Sam and Barb Ratliff from Elkview WV. We are retired/Sam from USAF and State of WV. Barb is retired from State of WV. Sam makes solar porch sitters for craft shows Porch sitters are little men who sit on your porch and shine We both enjoy your show so much.

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Nice

[@brianconnelly2115]

I don't know who picks the soundtracks (I suspect Hunter) but you're knocking my sox off! Love that music, all of it!

[@joehajek5576]

Logs are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get!

[@frankcadillac9151]

Seems the doggiest logs will give you the prettiest boards. I have milled a lot of logs like this one and find the wood dense and stable.

[@billonthehill9984]

Seek and ye shall find... Good one Mike, your tower blind will be the TajMahal (sic) with those floorboards! Looking good Melissa, didn't realize how good one could look wearing work overalls! From a safety perspective I could appreciate having a stationary working panel that stays behind & have no doubts it would come with a price too! The pith looked minimal on this log considering what it looked like from the outside. Same weather up here yesterday, came & it went with more rain & lightening coming today... Bill on the Hill... :~)

[@j.f.outdoors8460]

Another great video. I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing many more videos of this mill to come. :). Looking forward to them. Thanks mike and Melissa.

[@stevemartinez6757]

That is so cool. One day I will have a saw mill of my own. I have plenty of trees to make into lumber.

[@davidhelfrich7150]

That’s a whole lot of wood in the background! Will make a fine shed. White Oak planking sure beats ext plywood for the tower blind build. 🦀

[@clifffraser5653]

In Australia we have 5 species of Eucalyptus that are very similar and are collectively known as Tasmanian Oak. When I look at that wet piece of white oak I can see how similar out Tassie oak is.

[@ARKLITE881South]

I can see it now, apprentice sawyer , future sawyer / BOSS!! Your in trouble Mike, no doubt she'll be running the saw before too long, lol. Great video

[@HeritageFarmsTexas]

Another great video, you guys ROCK. CONGRATS ON YOUR CHANNELS SUCCESS, WE ARE JUST STARTING TO GET TRACTION.

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Thanks!

[@SheepyHollowCanada]

Melissa is doing great work helping to get the pool for next summer. Any plans on what you might do to all the sawdust? Insulation for the tower blind perhaps?

[@craigsudman4556]

I don't know what it is...there's just something about seeing a log; a rough round thing turned into dimensional lumber that is so satisfying to watch. I would love to work with that lumber and build the buildings that you are going to build. Fantastic, keep it up.

[@bwillan]

Pretty soon a lumber drying shed will be in order. They were correct, saw milling is quite addictive.

[@mountainviews5025]

Mike I'm in PA myself and wow that storm hit me hard I'm on my roof replacing it and BOOM I didn't have time to clean up much LOL thumbs up my friends

[@bobfuchs3627]

Interesting video. Just like you first videos with time you get better and more confident. You look pretty comfortable with the saw mill. Really enjoy a family that works and play together. Watch them finger young man

[@davidingram353]

Making Lumber, how cool is that! And from your own logs, even way cooler.

[@mountainviews5025]

You've got a special little wifey coming out to help and always looks adorable how did you find her in Pennsylvania lol you got the only one LOL good job thumbs up my friends

[@chrisfleming5109]

This man is very clever, he has managed to get his woman very well trained to help him out when he is getting on with his work. Well done sir.

[@marcussmith8196]

Hello the Morgan's I've just subscribed after watching you for a couple of weeks. We live very similar lives, I've had a mobile Woodmizer LT40 for the last 10 years or so, sell firewood and cut about 10 acres of grass here. I worked a vertical mill from 1979 until I got the Woodmizer. For the first few months on the horizontal Woodmizer, I had to keep turning my head thru 90 degrees during milling to be able to see what I wanted out of it! Felt stupid doing it then and feel stupid telling the world now😁. When I'm milling inch board like you guys were in this episode, once I have it in a square, I mill it through and through leaving them on the mill. Then flip them all hairy side up and skim them off. Pick the lot up with the forklift, brush off sawdust and stack(I haven't glamorous help!). The downside with this method is you don't get to see inside until your done but it works well if your confident of the timber your milling. I learnt this trick milling the red cedar siding for huge barn conversion. And thank you for introducing me to Bucking Billy Ray Smiths channel, my chainsaws cut better now thanks to him. Sorry for going on too long! Marcus.

[@Z-Bart]

That White Oak will make some beautiful flooring. Job well done. 👍

[@rickcassell9613]

Nice job on running the new machine Mike , lumber looks good. 👍

[@wesleywebber9885]

Hey Mike love the music. Just wanna say getting into this whole sawmill thing.

[@dodgeman658]

Great video as always! Mike I would probably invest in a wand metal detector to scan those logs before sawing. It's just a thought because you never know if someone in the past put a nail or something to that nature in a tree in the woods. Wood save on blades! Cant wait to see that under a roof

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Great sawing video... You have a keeper there with your helper..and the music is pretty darn good to.. Your helper pick that out to?

[@vidili68]

Hi there Good job You have good firewood too Have a good day 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@Tomrryaniv]

Two questions: 1) Did Hunter come down and look? 2) What is the depth cut and what do you expect the dry depth cut to be after it has fully dried out? (I guess that was three!) Really enjoy your videos.

[@mikebrown4297]

I really love some of the background music you use in your videos. Who/what/where could I find it. Ps: you got a life I would love to have. Thanks for the great videos!

[@mariowickel456]

The more the milling bug bites you, and it seems it has LOL, remember to use sticker boards between your slabs for air circulation , my dad used 3/8" pickets he milled himself. Looks great Mike enjoy yourself

[@troyroe6021]

U the man rescuing that log most wouldn’t have , a future shed is nice, also build a building for your future KIOTI tractor.🚜

[@albertclarkson2296]

That is some good looking wood, but the real beauty here is Mrs. Morgan.

[@jeffreyrhine1956]

Enjoying your sawmill videos. You are getting some nice boards that you wpuldn't get from the home stores

[@joegalligan9596]

Mike, that is beautiful lumber for cabinets not flooring for your tower blind!!! LOL . Keep the videos coming. P>S> When are you going to teach Melissa to run the wood mizer????????????

[@gerryhoffman5667]

Mike & Molissa an idea, look for set of rollers for on loading trucks roll lumber off back, pick up with forks, hard work is good for you,but will catch to you, Grampa always said work smarter not harder,there enough hard work to do! Stay safe, hello to family.

[@wireedm1]

Hey, Mike, always enjoy your videos. Have you thought about putting a tarp under the sawdust for an easy cleanup? I bet they're not fun to clean after a good rain.

[@busenitzcustomwoodworks6768]

wireedm1 put a bolt in the dust chute and hang a 5-gallon bucket then dump in wheelbarrow etc. way easier than cleaning it up off the ground

[@wireedm1]

@@busenitzcustomwoodworks6768, that's an even better idea!

[@douglasmcwhirter9572]

Have you thought about using the collected sawdust in a smoker?

[@johnclarke6647]

I use a 50-50 mixture of ATF and 30W as my general purpose lubricant. I use it on anything that requires lubrication, including when I build a Farmertec kit saw. It gives great lubrication. I just half fill my pneumatic Oiler with 30W and fill the rest with ATF. I then shake it up before first use. On the rails for your rollers I would probably use a 50% mix of Dawn and water in a spray bottle. Oil has a tendency to attract dust and saw dust. Plus, out in the elements any excess soap will wash off. I may coat the roller guides with oil between uses, but soapy water wil make those rails slick when in use

[@timbaugh6108]

Awesome learning experience

[@tudorwynphillips6458]

Nice video, your both hard workers. Very well done. Mike is loving it.

[@garybailey618]

I just cut a bunch of hardwood down in preparation for building a house, you have me wanting a saw mill!!😂

[@seanworkman431]

Hearing protection, sound advice. Very nice timber and will look good in the blind.

[@BigUnit4570]

Great Video Mike. You might want to try returning the saw head the "starting position" immediately after cutting, that way when you are recording, you and the finished cut can be seen and not be hidden behind the machine. Keep it up with the great vids. Respectfully, Karl PS - great channel.

[@crosshairstare]

11.09 Piper isn't accustomed to loud noise or sawmill activity yet... she'll get used to it, as long as Melissa is there, she'll be there too. The sawdust would work well on the floor of the chicken house, just a thin layer on the floor will keep your shoes from getting poop covered... Hi Hunter!!

[@wayneschnare4019]

looking forward to the build !!! Hello Hunter !!!

[@jerryarcher6916]

So your wife is doing thr grunt work, good job you on those boards. It looks very good.

[@budkhris1]

Nice video new subscriber ( Nathan Elliott mentioned your channel) . When I saw (Lt 35 Hydraulic) if only flat sawing , I leave the boards on the mill until I'm done and take them all off at once with the tractor then blow the dust off as I stack and sticker each layer. Nice looking setup you have there !

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Thanks for the tip

[@thomasbrighton6159]

I think it’s great that you can cut your own lumber for your hunting blind! That old oak gets a 2nd life and stays on the Morgan homestead!

[@davidkirkman2223]

Mike just a suggestion but but when you get the mill under cover don't forget to put a rain barrel their to collect rainwater to put on the wood to see the grain . Again a renewable resource

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

Mike: Looks like you are coming along great with the mill! Did the mill come with the beautiful assistant? LOL! Great job Melissa! Body mechanics are looking better! I hope the videos I sent were helpful to you both. Mike: are you storing the wood uncovered or under a pavilion of some sort? I am storing mine under a high but dense cover of conifers, and it seems to be doing well. I have been using Matt Cremona's style of slab stacking, and so far, so good!

[@1ruralmailman]

looks great .only other thing i do is when you get the cant down to around 6 inches off the deck,i take all the other slabs stand them up in front of the cant lock the whole thing n place and edge the boards out.the edging make decent stickers,since they are the same thickness as your material.

[@dwightarnold6980]

Thank you 4 the reply on how to run the backhoe Hope it Helps

[@mbusch76]

Way too nice for the tower blind. Great video.

[@Robert-nf1di]

I'm glad when you get a building for it.

[@micham64]

Love your wood-mizer videos jealous of all the beautiful wood you get

[@bentleyrichardson4283]

NICE VIDEO MIKE AND MELISSA TOWER BLIND HERE WE GO

[@davidbarnhart6228]

That is some sweet oak lumber! Great work!

[@davedowding5883]

Beautiful stick! Nice video yet again!

[@carvinlambert6899]

A custom built side box, down along side of ya saw , will catch all that saw dust.. Then you just gotta empty it once in a while. Put cha some small lawnmower wheels on it, and roll it outta the way when ya need to Mike. I enjoy y'alls videos, and Happy New Year to yall.

[@vincentacunto6777]

Hey Mike awesome work! I was watching another channel Charlie and Sarah I believe and he had said to slow the water down it will cut down on build up everywhere esp on low sap woods! Plus it will save you leg work! Of course i am not a professional i am simply the peanut gallery with a dream to do what you are doing! Keep up the great content my friend!

[@vincentacunto6777]

Also idk if woodmizer sells one but woodland mills has a bandsaw blade sharpener that you can have going in the background while milling

[@Dagwood484]

Don't forget to put stickers in between the lumber. Helps in the dry.. Just alittle helpful hint..

[@JCrook1028]

He did say in the video he was going to do exactly that...

[@tommyordoyne7461]

Nice job. Beautiful grain. I saw Stanley watching intently. Melissa I hope you were using earplugs, even for that short time.

[@smoke09able]

Great looking grain on the White Oak.

[@benhancock1408]

I've seen other vids where guys hung a 5-gal. bucket on the dust chute to catch the sawdust. Then it could be easily dumped where you want it.

[@mauso12012]

Another great video. Awesome grain reveal. I have a question about the Woodmizer. It seems that as you are bringing it back after disenaging blade after each cut the engine or something is rather chattery. Watching other Woodmizer vids I don't hear quite that much. Maybe it's the debarker? Maybe your microphone is much more sensitive? I'm sure you made sure everything is tourqed down tight . Just curious .

[@raylosak4731]

Looking forward to the towerblind Wish I was there to help build it !

[@daveholmes123]

That really turn out nice, Beautiful lumber.