Chainsaw Milling a Curved Beam With My Granberg Mill

Clearing space in the forrest to set up my sawmill is no easy task. Good thing I have the proper tools for the job. In this video I will be chainsaw milling a curved beam to use in building my cabin.
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[@Curlyl0x]

Just a suggestion, why don’t you get a chipper and chip a lot of that smaller dead material and spread it on top of the soil/clay so it doesn’t get as muddy?

[@monabale8263]

noice!

[@daveklein2826]

Great idea. Buy one for him instead of telling him how to spend his money

[@Curlyl0x]

@@daveklein2826 OK Ken, calm down. I don’t know whether you noticed but it was a suggestion, not a directive. I didn’t know whether this was something he had considered. I was trying to be genuinely helpful.

[@daveklein2826]

Thank you KAREN

[@titosrevenger]

​@@daveklein2826 Grow up

[@patrickmcgever2736]

Don't get bogged down with the enormity of your dreams. Miraculous transformation is a long series of incremental movements in the direction you envision. Keep stepping.

[@steveferguson1232]

Jesse, you are an extremely hard working man. You tackle any job thrown at you. What you are doing to provide a better life for your family is nothing short of remarkable. I am a 64 year old man who is a retired master cabinet and furniture maker(until I saw your work lol). I don’t have a large bucket list, but sir you are on it. I would love for my wife and I to meet you and maybe even build a project together. I truly believe you inspire people to do better.

[@rbproductions78]

Hire his boat for a weekend!

[@edkovac8978]

You should organise a wood cutting / splitting workshop. Even a small group of 10-15 eager subscribers willing to chip in with a weekends worth of labour could have a massive positive impact on your progress...

[@Needandeli]

2x benefit making charcoal.. environmental and financial.. Small jobs plus less emissions, kinda make your work not so wasteful

[@TheSamuraiCarpenter]

I tried reaching out to buckin billy ray to do a collaboration video and get a bunch of guys out for a weekend but no response yet.

[@TheGeoffmcmullin]

Beautiful axe! I love the people out there keeping up on the skills of old. Clearly someone had things figured out and we wanted machines to do us better. I believe humans with this passion will always produce higher quality.

[@dennisbeamish9058]

Love your channel Jesse. Your craftsmanship on all of your projects are absolutely next level!! Only wish your time would allow for more videos but understand the workload is prohibitive to more videos. Please post as many You tube videos as you can - I wait in eagerness for all of your videos. I wish I was a younger man - I would take on a project like your lake property in a heartbeat. Thanks for sharing. My best to you and your family. Regards Dennis

[@curtiszeitelhack981]

That axe is truly a thing of beauty and usefulness

[@ryangrissom3532]

I paused the video once you pulled out the 500i and started looking for used saws and ended up looking at boats (gotta love rabbit holes) and saw a house boat like the wave rider then came back to the video and saw your new one

[@Impractical_Engineer]

I could watch hours of this. Keep it up, Love the content.

[@brianpatrick678]

Buckin Billy would be proud of that Axe

[@masonguild1334]

Me and my wife would love to stay in the boat! Watched you for years man you’re one of the main inspirations for me becoming a carpenter. I now own my own construction and woodworking business. Cheers to you and your family brother!

[@aarondavenport9488]

Sweet Boat! Can you say Airbnb? I'd love to hear the backstory of how she was built in the Great Lakes and made it all the way out west. Probably a long train ride, but maybe some brave soul sailed her through Panama? That would be a hell of a story.

[@bertmacdonald337]

It`s the samurai navy ! Aye Aye Captain !

[@aaronoosterhoff5449]

its like buckin billy ray but with a view and you're a stud

[@johna.9742]

That sure is some nice straight grained wood you are splitting. Should make great firewood for the woodstove when it is seasoned. Love watching your progress on your lake property. Can hardly wait until you start you house. What a great experience for you and the family.

[@denverheid4604]

That background looks like it’s green screened, so awesome

[@seandunlap1743]

Jesse- thanks for sharing. You do wonderful work. I've been watching for years and years and appreciate you showing us your ways of doing things- the craftsmanship is beautiful.

[@familysaulcy6912]

That Ax is ridiculous... love it

[@aaronoosterhoff5449]

that boat is so cool! its cool to learn about boats from you I don't know much but they're interesting; the construction methods and materials, I want to visit and help build!

[@stretch668]

looking awesome jesse. i can see the vision of that beam as the center piece of the next cabin. cant wait until the next video!

[@arthurjones9580]

I love your shows! Thanks for taking the time to share. The axe is amazing!

[@mkirkland616]

Literally wearing my Offgrid Samurai shirt today and this video drops.

[@davidwhiren817]

No body splits wood like Buckin does it !!!

[@jimbojam687]

Great video. I like the new boat. Always look forward to seeing what you are up to!

[@dalevalentine1721]

4 boats for a 5 member family? Them's rookie numbers! What about the canoe, kayak, paddle boat, paddle board, sail board, sailing dinghy? So many possibilities...

[@Wrangler98JPTJ]

Love some Skookum Choocher action!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@roberthansek6732]

Love the boats and looking forward to the lake place development.

[@TomCGhost]

I might need to take some vacation and be a samurai carpenter helper for a week. Ill bring my own makita.

[@antonoat]

Great stuff, loving the new boat! 👏👍😀

[@chadbro1799]

I’m surprised you haven’t gotten a wood chipper. You’d have to burn less and you could cover your trails in it so you’re not hiking around in mud all day.

[@jimc3891]

Nice work on your boat. You seem very pleased. Good for you.

[@jahnkaplank8626]

I have an MS250 Stihl for around the yard and that thing is a beast. It's amazing what one person can do if you have the right tools, like that Hitachi machine you have there to move logs.

[@jimlong527]

What an axe, she is a beauty. Great content thanks continue on as we watch a professional educate and school us.

[@billymcintosh1349]

Awesome boat!

[@TheGeoffmcmullin]

I see why you're drawn to this spot. I grew up in the maritimes and am a bit biased but who can't agree with the beauty you get to experience!

[@De4dx3ndProductions]

Man we would love to come stay on the boat ! cant wait to see how it goes!

[@jimcooney9019]

happy for you and great video

[@Shmaffer]

Beauty of a boat! Can't wait to see more of it. Maybe one day I'll make a trip out to lend a hand however you need.

[@kenmarapese9085]

Good looking boat!

[@dilic]

Keep up the good work! Best regards from The Netherlands

[@nemobla1]

that splitting look SOO easy with that axe, very enjoyable to watch.

[@LockedenLoad]

39:14 Gravol and Kraken Black, life's true dichotomy! Love the flotilla moves brother! Why not?

[@johna.9742]

That is for sure one beautiful axe.

[@thomasdavenport8893]

Love to come stay on the boat and bring my chainsaw and help out. Keep up the great work! Pasco, WA

[@bluevabank]

Nice, good luck with a boat. And thanks for pants info few videos back.

[@president2]

Love it keep it up as always 💘

[@joshuagiller6816]

Samurai is killing it. Let's get a cabin-build time lapse with some jams!

[@Yoddeley]

Wow what an axe we can see in it like a mirror and you cut your self after all that split wow it's a competition axe too nice, it's sad oups we lost your your stuff chip it. Watching you split wood look easy!👍👍

[@TheGeoffmcmullin]

As i keep watching, i think how do you do it. I have only 2 kids and struggle keeping up. good for you, much respect.

[@craigreichert7273]

On a boat, it's not a kitchen, it's a galley. Congratulations on the chainsaw and the boat Jessie.

[@relevant.c5411]

congrats on the new boat.

[@Brett-gz7lu]

That axe is just glorious

[@Bloktarino]

Nice fleet Jesse!

[@moniquemelanson1114]

You are right about that saw being undersized for chainsaw milling. It is prone to cylinder failures under that use.

[@quarlow1215]

Are going to do a review on that new saw. Im a Husqvarna guy but that fuel injection could sway me to the dark side. Id love to see you bury that bar full length into a log and see how it does. Very cool new boat. That will make a great addition to your fleet 😂

[@GhostPrefix]

skills payz the bills

[@rbproductions78]

Hahaha I love your comment, "I hope I don't buy any more boats"🤞!!!. Another fantastic video Jesse. Ps. a Seadoo DEFINITELY doesn't count as a boat so I see no reason at all not to buy one 👍🤣

[@patrickmcgever2736]

This has me thinking about a tapered axe face with the heel of the axe thinner than the toe of the blade. Inverted distal taper and maybe some S grind. The guiding idea being the heel can cut in more easily for moves and the toe is more wedge-like for pith placement cracking splits. I suspect even after an incomplete spit, a thicker toe would allow rocking movement in the beard. Even if just a gradual change down the cutting edge from convex at the toe to hollow grind at the heel. Then make that thing heavy so it feels like it does its own work. And long in the face enough to pass through any half logs so grain won't matter. That thing looks big on screen, and it's easy to forget you're a giant with only trees for reference. When cutting cooking wood, I want the splits to land nearby. Not trying to walk a half mile to cook some ribs. But cutting cords: let it fly over there, I'll gladly stack two separate cords if I can split them all in one go.

[@patriciaharkin1571]

That portable saw mill is awesome.

[@immasurvivor]

Get the kids on splitting firewood! You got a gang of them and kids can safely split firewood with wedges and a small sledgehammer. I started with an axe when I was 6 (not the most responsible thing in hindsight, dad) But I never hurt myself, my dad was real clear with what would happen if I hit myself with the axe, so I was reeeeeeeal careful.

[@brianhackett9649]

I think four boats makes you an Admiral.

[@brianhackett9649]

Which begs the question, is your title Samurai Admiral or Admiral Samurai?

[@stephenbabine3325]

Sharp axe!

[@FuccoTheClown]

livin' the dream

[@srh579121]

You made me a little nervous splitting the kindling with your fingers holding them and that sharp axe. I'd recommend to hold those pieces on their side against the bit of the axe and then drop them onto the bigger wood log as one unit. Just my two cents. Love your videos!

[@mikiethebikie]

As a retired boatie would say “you can’t have enough boats”.

[@PerkBuilders]

Man, I would love to come up and help you build your place. You live in my dream land.

[@austinXonXfire]

Hey man just got back from deployment and it’s dope being able to watch your videos again. Also cool to see you working in boots and not sandals hahaha

[@patherron8300]

YES! Very much the good life...

[@jangrahame4891]

Been taking lessons from Buckin Billy Ray I see!

[@Alboto]

yes! id love to come and stay on the wave rider! I was hoping that youd be willing to rent out your cabin or something for visitors. keep us posted! great work Jesse!

[@robsonez]

Nice axe, I wish my timber was that soft.

[@eirvine]

Managing your time and finding that balance is something that you should take a pen to paper on. Give yourself deadlines and try to stick to them. Treat it like project management. Just winging it can feel like youve got no time. You do have time, you just have to plan it out.

[@moniquemelanson1114]

Great work samurai. All that physical work is great for the mind and soul. Remember the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.

[@samuelbonacorsi2048]

I thought I was the only guy who believes in owning no less than 10 chainsaws.

[@MRSketch09]

33:00 I don't know if it's my imagination... but that stihl 500i seems like a beast... As far as boats go... I'm shocked you'd buy another. I mean REALLY shocked.. (But I'm sure you got a plan? )

[@iamwhoiam4410]

Where I live people pour diesel fuel on their burn wood piles a few days before they start their burn. Starts and burns without going out.

[@michaelsherwin4964]

With all the dead wood you can't get to, I was wondering if a firewood cutter could come up there on a barge and cut all the wood you wouldn't use for lumber. You would get the area cleaned up faster, and they would have free firewood that you wouldn't use before it all rotted.

[@elvisdepelvis4431]

Admiral-Samurai Carpenter. Congrats on the new purchase. Will that log that you cut be part of the beams of the new house you’re about to start building?

[@LouieBanan]

Anybody else getting the stop-motion vibe during the excavator part? 😄

[@dpmeyer4867]

fun

[@Gurudesa94]

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[@mathiasnilsson789]

Finally....a new vid.....don't mess with our cardiology like this😅

[@mendepen1]

Jesse, great videos. Just wanted to mention that you don't need to remove all deadwood. It's good an important function in the forest. As an ecologist and wood worker, I understand both perspectives, but if I were you id leave it just laying there as much as possible

[@patherron8300]

How is the new boat powered? Looks like a comfortable liveaboard and good winter project...

[@Lincoln_Hawk]

Work work work

[@seekersofrhythm]

Would it be possible to hire a tree shredder? I know that there would be a cost but if it clewrs all the waste timber it has to be worth the expense. Best wishes and stay safe J.

[@travlinpartner]

Consider building your house off of the level area a bit to have the level area to enjoy as your yard/garden. Believe me, you will appreciate it when you are older. I enjoy your videos very much !

[@glendavis9663]

🤙🤙

[@JaredCzaia]

The other nice thing about Granberg is they don't call you Jeremy

[@TheSamuraiCarpenter]

😂 you mean Jerry!🤣🤣

[@negotiableaffections]

Move over Aristotle Onassis, here comes The Samurai Shipping Co.

[@oskaro1952]

Hi good video and I would like to recommend Tiltrotator for your excavator, have been driving excavators for the last 12 years with Tiltrotator and everything is much easier when you are alone.

[@calvinwillis548]

It would be awesome if you had Billy our for a video

[@Consbob]

Don't forget to recalibrate the ms500i every once in a while. (Start in ▲ Cold start position. Let it idle for 2-3 minutes without touching the throttle at all. Then switch it off again.)

[@jdavidkatz]

What species is that wood? How long will it take to season?

[@user-wc3ur7ed8b]

Отличное видео, молодец!

[@TomMalewicki]

Nice, boat, when you renovate, put some solar on top.

[@joshgonzalez8092]

What kind of wood are you splitting? That is some of the straightest grain I’ve seen. I could split wood all day if I ever found that type of wood.

[@TheSamuraiCarpenter]

Douglas fir

[@joshgonzalez8092]

@TheSamuraiCarpenter. I was told to text a number for a giveaway but when I did the number wasn’t valid. Is this scam?

[@SI-lg2vp]

4 Boats! Are you trying to match the number with all your chainsaw collection? I have one 20 ft Northriver since 2005, and up for sale.

[@Professionalzen]

Bonfire building by Ray Harryhausen.

[@ehrenfriedklemt4031]

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