A Grumpy Log Gets Whupped! Pro Secrets to Sawmill Flat Wood!

[@delprice3007]

Many thanks, the chairman of the saw mill department doesn't disappoint!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@Kyndalmccaleb7635]

Robert, you are the Stress Expert and you make it look easy but I know it’s not. Thanks for the lessons.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

My pleasure.

[@michaelschnock3998]

Oh boy .. i thought that i knew something about logs, since i am a carpenter by trade , but the main difference lays obviously in „what when and hiow“ to use. I built stuff from green fresh lumber; like the old way. Today i am a Dipl Ing in IT ( 30+ years in IT) . I own lots of tools machines and i never!! Never spent a dime on the obvious things -- Thank you. Very much that you raised that „red falg“ again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and the time it took to prep this videos. There is an old sayin „ you never teach an old dog new tricks-- but you can make him remind old ones“ . . May god bless you and yours

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@JeffLewis-te8qv]

I have a manual mill i am going to be in great shape following the sawmill professor! Great video

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@jasoncottrell1976]

I always learn so much watching your videos. I wish you did in person classes.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Maybe one day!

[@b.ellison396]

Another golden nugget. Thanks Robert!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@austinrehl8545]

Thank you Professor Milton

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevincasey7931]

Very nice video. Appreciate your teaching.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

My pleasure

[@randysmith9796]

Robert great, sewing, and great knowledge

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@customsawyer2526]

Interesting log to saw. They will have some surprises in them from time to time.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, it keeps it fun.

[@gregm312]

thank you so much for explaining you thoughts and knowledge . always enjoy your vids

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

My pleasure!

[@richardgarrett4647]

Robert, lots of good information. Thank you for doing this video.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Very welcome

[@christophersmith5581]

Thank you so much for the education!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

My pleasure!

[@Will-No-Co]

Thanks professor. Fascinating.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arnoldjohnson720]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Thanks for the tips . One of your jingle bells is hanging off to the right . Hehe . My eye kept going to it .

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yeah, I had an "Oops" moment, and haven;t gotten around to fix it. Good eye.

[@KPVFarmer]

Cheers Professor 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@royramey5659]

Excellent

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks

[@SawdustandSweatNC]

This was above my pay grade. I'm going to have to watch this again. Being a carpenter I know what to do with the lumber. But as a rookie on milling, I am an avid student. Now, at present I am at the introductory level mill, pretty much total manual, but the general principles are the same, correct? Hey, thanks for the good work.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, this technique is definately used with any mill, either hydraulic or manual.

[@SawdustandSweatNC]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thanks, I'm going to conduct an experiment today with a short mess of a walnut log. Thanks again

[@gregforster5913]

Greg from northern Michigan. Wow ! That's a bunch of adjectives in a row. At work, we used to call situations like this ... ABAO. All bets are off. You usually get what you get. If you are going to buy shit, make sure it's cheap sh... Love your channel and content. Looks like you survived the solar eclipse 😎

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

This comment made me laugh! I love it, and yes, I survived the eclipse and didn't go blind,.

[@knlstam]

Thanks for the info Professor Woodyoda! I've been making my way through your videos. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have a question regarding storing kiln dried lumber in your warehouse. Do you do anything to control the humidity? You have a target EMC?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, we have dehumidifiers in the building. We generally keep the doors closed, and the most important thing for both bugs and moisture, the turnover of the lumber being sold should be fast, a couple, few weeks or month if possible, so it simply doesn't sit very long. Store the wood outside as air drying stacks with stickers, and don't kiln dry and sterilize until it is needed and inventory for that species is short. Dry it, plane its, sell it, repeat.

[@knlstam]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thanks!

[@GibClark]

Thank you👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You are welcome!

[@jlooseround]

Sweet, great video

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Thanks!

[@Kyndalmccaleb7635]

Robert, another great and interesting video. You do resemble Dave Letterman but much funnier! You talk about getting rid of the sapwood. In cutting slabs for River tables, what do you do with the sapwood? Just curious. Thanks again.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

For slabs, it's just a necessary evil to keep sapwood, so it's even more important to identify the stress direction since a slab that bows up is hard to sell and a slab that lies flat is easy to sell.

[@dalehall9909]

Being hardwood why didn't you quarter saw it? Thanks for all info you show.

[@AnthonyMigliaccioSr-fk3go]

Would that be the same with pine I cut mostly pine

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, especially if you mill structural framing lumber. Always identify the stress direction and put it in the plane where it can be eliminated or minimized. It only takes a second or two on most logs and greatly increases the usability of the lumber.

[@AnthonyMigliaccioSr-fk3go]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama thanks for the update and I've learned a lot from your videos Thanks 👍

[@stefflus08]

Yeah, but conifers are more predictable. The reaction wood had the opposite function than in deciduous trees, it pushed rather than pulled, and it is visible as a thicker dark latewood ring. Just like us the tree cannot "push on a rope", so the reaction wood is made heavily spiralled. When the fibers in a spiral swell you get longitudinal push and the tree straightens up. The first 10-15 years of growth in a conifer is also spiraled, usually leftward. This we call youth wood in my language, it was supple to protect against breaking, and it's often ended with some serious straightening out reaction wood as it transitions into adulthood. Usually wood shrinks or swells 4% tangentially, 1% radially and only 0.1% longitudinally. Spiralled wood is different, youth and reaction wood moves more than 1% lengthwise. Nothing can stop that. Back when dimensions didn't matter as much, logs with reaction wood could be used to strengthen a floor by putting the hard but brittle reaction wood on the top side of the floor beams. These days we don't use beams cleverly like that, so in Norway those of us who give a damn strive to grow Spruce or Pine with a youth portion as small as possible, 2 inches in diameter or less.

[@mikepoindexter3472]

why do some walnut logs have excessive amounts of sapwood? like 1/3 of log

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great question. Mother Nature has the final say, but it is loosely correlated to where and how fast the tree grows. Generally, an open field tree, full sun, in fast growing soil, will have a wide maybe even excessive sap wood ring while a deep woods, slow growing walnut generally has a narrower sapwood ring. That's one reason I like to buy "Woods Walnuts" and not "Yard Walnut" trees.

[@perry9492]

So you cutting 4/4 pr 5/4 ? Harder to do this sort of thing when everything is manual.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, but I had a manual mill for many years, and these techniques apply.

[@ronnielloyd4514]

Money, if you know what you are doing.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, couldn't have said it better.

[@Ruff-Cut]

Excellent video Robert, enjoy everyone of tĥem. Still learning.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks 👍