Crazy Rainbow Poplar Lightning Struck Log Gets a Fresh Cut at Hobby Hardwood with Wood-Mizer Sawmill

[@allenvinson]

Love the rainbow poplar . Great job making the most out of what might have been firewood

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you!

[@joewnav]

Really enjoy your videos and visiting and talking with you keep up the good work.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, will do!

[@JimG31547]

Interesting way to cut a log. Good job.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, it's always good to be flexible. Thanks for watching!

[@markmansfield7678]

Another great video! Thank you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching!

[@vanillajustin]

This was a fun watch. Thanks Mr. Rob! Hoping to come see you, Ms. Martha and Chip soon!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank You! I appreciate you watching.

[@boatrvme8478]

Waiting on my LX 55. Nice vid!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I hope your mill comes in soon.

[@secondchancesawmilloftexas]

Very nice! Wish we had popular trees in my area..

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching.

[@johnwoody4905]

nice job you are right if you are going to saw for a living you need a good high end mill like your's you can't be sawing if you are moving log's and lumber by hand. the log desides what it's going to be and a good saw miller like you can get the most out of it. take care, be safe and well

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you very much, and a good miil is essential to make good wood. Thanks for watching!

[@timothybrawley7909]

Experience has been your best teacher. I appreciate you sharing this with us. Maybe if I ever run into this situation, I'll know more of how to handle it. Thanks Tim from Yadkinville NC.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, we have the advantage in that we saw dozens of species and each log and situation is different. It's what keeps things fun, and I enjoy showing folks some of the techniques we use to produce some of the best wood in the country.

[@erickdanielsson6710]

Rob, Pretty wood. I am a fan of Rainbow Poplar, now to wait for the end result. BTW Your dust hose is almost disconnected at the mill. Doug B

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Good catch! You win the prize, you were the only person to notice and comment on the hose coming off! The good news was that the dust collector was is strong that it was able to suck the sawdust across the air gap, and I didn't want to stop in the middle of the log to fix the hose. So I just kept on keeping on until I finished the log.

[@erickdanielsson6710]

I was thinking you knew that, you are always in tune with the equipment.

[@traviskelly5480]

Very nice

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching. I try to keep them from being boring.

[@jlooseround]

nice work. Like i tell everyone, you wont know what is in the log until you open it up and see. I have an LT15Wide and love it (except the back breaking part of rolling the logs). My next thing coming is a kiln, but hay season is quickly getting here. Love the work and great to see another person salvaging something that could have ended up in the stove

[@boatrvme8478]

Roll log with loader if you have one. Save the old neck and back.

[@jlooseround]

@@boatrvme8478 I have a large grapple on the big tractor to load the mill, but sometimes there are a few heavy ones that i have to do manually.

[@boatrvme8478]

@@jlooseround yep sometimes you got to do a little manual labor but I let tractor do most🙂

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I wish I had a video of it, but I had an LT15 years ago, and was able to build a log roller on it very similar to the claw turner used on the LT40. I used a small electric winch to drive the claw and it would rotate very big logs.

[@yazooyellowcats1403]

Hoping to come visit one Saturday soon. I recently purchased my first mill after wanting to try my hand at it for 25 years

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Congratulations!

[@jamescrowley1912]

Very enjoyable - thanks for sharing.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Many thanks!

[@RICHat22]

As a hobbyist, I am about to start sawing into a lightning struck Oak tree hit 3 years ago and cut down this past Fall. I'm excited. I wanted to save this one in my yard but I guess someone else had other plans. It was a strong tree about 28" or better prior. But it blew the side out and could not recover.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Hopefully, this video will help.

[@davidcooney9731]

Thanks for another interesting video. I learn a lot from watching your channel.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad to hear that!

[@dee73]

Very nice sir again I always learn something thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I try to pass on some knowledge. I'm always trying to spread the word. Sawmilling is fun, and it can be technically challenging, also.

[@tonyqueen3160]

Thanks for all the great information I enjoy learning from you I just got my own sawmill your channel is full of good content!!!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Awesome! Thank you! Spread the word about my channel, please.

[@tonyqueen3160]

Thanks I have been !

[@TheRedhawke]

This is a good one. I have one lighting struck log in my pile right now. Great timing, still wanting to see detailed video on your air drying process.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! It's on the short list, it'll be coming soon!

[@The78bluedevils]

How offen is a log like this one is found. iz the price doubled over a normal boards. love all the colors hidden in this log.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

These are pretty rare, but I base all my prices on the cost of the logs, not the beauty.

[@cs5982-n7j]

Great video. Does the portion of the wood that was hit/damaged by lightning affect the cutting process, i.e. is it more dense, etc. affecting the sawing?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, sometimes it is hard as a rock.

[@cs5982-n7j]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Interesting. Thank you!

[@cs5982-n7j]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Hello again, do you mind if I reference your comment about the lightning-struck wood (with your name and Mill's name) for an academic paper I am submitting?

[@robertwoelk26]

Needed a 24ft 8x14 beam, it was clean on the outside nice log and 25 ft long, got it squared up and at the 10x 16 i found a lighting strike, salvaged a 6ft piece 4x6 bummer

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Unfortunately, lightning can do a lot of damage.

[@brennerheavy]

Would you do a video fully-explaining your vertical-cut technique? I think it would be interesting for us sawyers to see. I've never heard anyone mention it before. Keep up the great vids!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great suggestion! I'll give a detailed explanation in the near future. However, as I make the videos of our everyday sawing, you might notice me doing it quite a bit, as well as the half log RRQS quartersawing technique. I've modified each method to be able to switch seamlessly between them, as the log or cant dictates. One of the great advantageous of vertical grain sawing is that it puts the fiber stress of the board in the slip plane instead of the face plane so produces flatter lumber for highly stressed species such as hickory, pecan, walnut, etc. Thanks for watching.

[@brennerheavy]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama I'm looking forward too it because we tend to have problems up here with rock maple twisting pretty badly, and I'm looking for ways to eliminate that loss over the drying process👍👍👍

[@laurarosekrug777]

Thank you for posting such great content! My husband and I are new sayers, so forgive me if this is a silly question: Are your stickers custom made? They look to be spiral-cut.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for the compliments. Yes, these are custom made stickers, they improve airflow and reduce sticker stain. Thanks for watching!

[@laurarosekrug777]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thank you for the information on the stickers. Do you sell them? If so please let me know the cost and ordering process. I hope your daughter’s pregnancy goes well. She sure has a spunky personality & seems like a lot of fun to be around!😊

[@robertmurphy5573]

I have some of your Rainbow poplar that my wife is making into tables. My question is can you tell if a poplar will have the rainbow before it is cut? I have a large number of moderate to large poplar trees on my place and would love to selectively cut any with possible rain owing inside.

[@robertmurphy5573]

Rain bowing

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

No, there's really no way to tell before hand before they are cut, however, since they are formed by growing over mineral deposits, the rainbow effect will color several trees in close proximity. They like to travel in schools. Find one, there will be more, however, they are exceedingly rare.

[@andycobbcobbbroslogging7125]

you may have to give yo get. Losing a cut to gain on the log is smart. May lise a few less board ft , but make more $$. Vertical sawing can help u get that stress out and get a flat cut if the log is positioned correct. Flat boards - more $$. AC

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, the Sawyer must have an eye on the end goal, and be flexible with the sawing technique.

[@Islandwaterjet]

The 4 fingers hanging down in the front clearly are to drag the cut board back with the powerfeed. I also see there is hook at the bottom to stop the board from falling off. But still have not figured out the back dangley bits purpose.

[@RutherfordConLLC]

They help keep the piece being pulled back inline with the log vs randomly going off at an angle and falling off the side before it gets to the table.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That is correct. They trap and steer the board, and keep it coming back straight. The little hooks on the bottom are my own invention, and really bring the drawback to life. Here is a video I did on them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYutlaF_pNmiesk