Don't Ruin This Log! Sawing - Episode 2

[@dannyhughes4889]

Looks like a true Pro in action.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@jimlefor9851]

Love the way you think and work!! I wish everyone took this much pride in their work.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It just doesn't happen these days.

[@matthewhaaland4004]

You have a gift sir! Thank you for sharing it with us. I have a lot to learn.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! It just takes a desire to be better every day.

[@HowToHomeInsulation]

I'm so grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge and experience with us. I've been hacking around in the backyard for 2 years now with mixed results. Turns out I just wasn't thinking. After watching a dozen of your videos, I now see sawmilling in a whole new light. And it's gonna be a lot more fun and profitable for me in the future. Thanks again Robert!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you!

[@leaguecitysmokeshow8088]

You’re honest and straightforward. I like that. Thanks for your videos.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I appreciate that!

[@make-somedust]

I think you’ve forgotten more than I’ll ever learn about cutting a proper log. I’ll keep taking your advise and apply it to my daily cutting. Great videos! FYI hate seeing Sawyers and spandex, nothing but click bait and selling out wives or GF’s

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I'm getting so old I'm forgetting what I'm forgetting! Seriously though, unlike some "Spandex Sawmillers" we are sawing to feed our sawmill business and be recognized as the highest quality mill in Alabama, if into the country, so the techniques I show are not the same old "I just bought a sawmill and these are my first logs" these are "I do this everyday, and here's what works in real life for profit." These techniques work, some are easier than others, but they work.

[@johnbesharian9965]

Cathedral grain looks great in some applications for furniture and cabinetry. However, for rails and stiles, for example, you want quarter sawn material for straight grain stability and appearance. Also the style of furniture and cabinetry may also demand a certain "Look", if you will - the Mission, or Arts and Crafts styles use quarter sawn white oak boards extensively, for example.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, I agree!

[@danielisaiah5178]

i like your personality.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I like yours, too. Thanks for watching!

[@delprice3007]

American craftsmanship at its finest-many thanks!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@johnwoody4905]

good video and job as always really nice lumber. the weatherman would owe money at the end of the week. take care, be safe and well.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You got that right! Thanks!

[@Robnap88]

dont apologize. your material is excellent in every aspect and its appreciated. thank you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I appreciate that!

[@williamlake6151]

Quality is your specialty. Great introduction to quality is appreciated

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I appreciate that!

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Love it

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@iceboxbass]

Love watching your milling! Thank you for editing in your previous episode explanations along with the current milling process. That’s some grade A beautiful walnut lumber! When you’re finished milling a log, would you be so kind to show us the grain patterns in the end of the boards please. That’d would help atleast me and I’m sure there are others that it’d help, understand your process a little bit better. Nothing better than visual demonstration. Thank you and keep up with the great videos!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them! I will try!

[@jaywolfe6147]

good looking wood

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@JerryTip]

Thank you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching.

[@marvinstanton7838]

Thankyou for another Great video, I love watch'n and learning from your videos. Keep um coming, be safe God Bless.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Fascinating to watch your work. Thank you for verbalizing your thoughts about the details as the milling progresses. It's like you're teaching a class. In the service we called it OJT -On the Job Training. Unions call it Apprenticeship. You deserve all of your reputation.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you very much!

[@Peter-od7op]

I am so new at this doing for hobby

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Learning is fun, thanks for watching.

[@Grizzlife]

New subscriber and been sawing for only 2 years. Each log takes great care to cut properly. Thanks for the tips and tricks cause we all can learn.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

My pleasure!

[@christopherhale8405]

Mr. You do great job milling .. I'm just learning .. basically for my own use ..I do woodworking. Outside my daily job . But the grade of lumber you put out is sweet .. some really beautiful stuff .. keep up the good work .. thanks .. Christopher Hale

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks 👍

[@Z-Bart]

Talk to me about FAS. I understand it means First and Seconds. That whole log of Walnut appeared (to me) to be all firsts. Just beautiful!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@arnoldjohnson720]

Great video and beautiful wood . Thanks Robert.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@jonathanlyons1411]

Many thanks for the education. I’m here to learn. So far, just sawing for myself but it’s been a great experience.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad to help

[@Kyndalmccaleb7635]

Another excellent video.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for commenting!

[@ronnielloyd4514]

I enjoy watching your videos because you explain what you are doing. If their were 50 saw millers how many do you think would follow your way of cutting the wood, 25 or is that to high? I am with you on taking money away from meteorologist if they can’t predict better or do away with the job. You can look at your phone and tell what the weather is going to do almost as accurately as listening to the meteorologist. As far as athletes are concerned, I guess if you can do and get away with it, do it. Doctors, teachers, police officers they are the ones that should be paid athletes salaries. Crap I could go on for hours. You do a fantastic job explaining what you are doing and doing it.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

No, 10% would probably be the right number. I've learned that years ago, lots of reasons. Simply put, only a very few are willing to adapt and they are the good ones. For example, my buddy, Nathan, from Out of the Woods KZbin fame, called me the other day and said he used my Cherry Video technique to saw a cherry log (he mentioned me in his video) and it was the best cherry boards he had ever made. That says a lot, because, he has been sawing for years, and knows what he is doing, but it takes that to really get the best of any technique. Some people can't sing, some people try to sing and and some people can really sing. Same thing with a sawmill.

[@ronnielloyd4514]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama It’s funny that you mention Nathan’s name, because you are the two sawmills videos that I like to watch. I love the way he begins his videos, hello friends.

[@josephdavis556]

As usual, another great video

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@royramey5659]

Great again

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@s.michaelyohman6049]

Great videos! (Pt. 1 & 2) Really appreciate the knowledge you’re passing down. Thank you!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them!

[@s.michaelyohman6049]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama you’re right about “other” videos on KZbin. So many give wrong information or a lack of good information. I’m a woodworker, fabricator and welder; I’m getting ready to cross into sawyer. Being green, your videos are truly great. You’re detailed and easy to follow / understand. Keep making the great content

[@willcoe8419]

Great video, I saw a lot of white oak in Louisiana. I try to chase perpendicular grain. Works for me. Wish we had more walnut. Pine white oak and cypress and cedar is pretty much what we saw. Very nice operation y'all got. Knowledge is power and y'all definitely know what y'all doing. Thanks for all the tips.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks 👍

[@Splawnridgerunner]

Absolutely love the way you think. Wish there were more people like you out there. I’m old school and don’t believe in political correctness 😂. Keep up the great videos. I just found you and learned a lot.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, one thing I've never been accused of is being politicly correct so you've come to the right place. I'm generally too hot, too tired and just don't have the patience for it. I tell it like it is.

[@chrisshumaker1659]

Thanks Robert, great info.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for commenting and watching!

[@ronaldmayer8440]

Awesome video.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ecossearthur]

Very impressive 👏 Thank you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you too!

[@ecossearthur]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama I am learning a lot. Moving from the desert that is Arizona to Tennessee due north of you. Only 70 acres. but will make it work. Thank you 😊

[@erwinbrubacker7488]

Love yer vids.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching.

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Please no spandex . Great video . Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Noted!

[@falfas55bgas]

So were the boards with the pith in them , kept in the stack? What happens to those? Great vid production as usual. That's what you get from Hobby Hardwood Alabama!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

No, I had a few really bad pith split ones on this log, especially with the hollow on the other end and they went right to the burn pile. I generally have a habit of sawing all the boards, even the pith ones because every now and the pith will do odd things and I will get one board that doesn't turn out too bad and I can salvage it, kind of like a bonus board. Most times though the boards are just DOA.

[@joeblow7489]

You should try wearing spandex. Might raise your subs😂. Just keep on doing what you do. I’m subscribed 👍

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for the tip but I won't be responsible for blinding so many people. :)

[@vengervoldur6534]

In episode 1 you stated "cut lumber with as little grain change as possible across the board's width". You demonstrated this in this episode, but you clarified with walnut/hardwood. Does this milling principle also apply to softwoods, such as pine?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thats a very good question. The short answer is "yes" as grain change will always cause an imbalance during drying, and cause crook, bow and twist in the boards, no matter the species. It's the pure physics of how lumber dries, it dries at different amounts and directions based on the grain. In the real world, however, most pine and other softwood is used for relatively low grade or special purposes, so are sawn to maximize yield, not quality, or to isolate defects. However grain orientation is always forefront in the professional sawyers mind, it is just handled differently. For example, when sawing for 16 foot long baseboard, or for trim, then the sawmiller must compromise on sawing for "flatness" to insure there are no knots in the entire board, because 16 foot long baseboard can not be manufactured or sold with knots, it must be clear wood. In the case of sawing for studs or other dimensional lumber in pine or softwoods, if stress can not be addressed, then the the crook is always put into the exact 90 degree opposite plane as for high grade hardwood lumber. So boards are meant to bow, not crook, if they can't be sawn flat. This is an important and fundamental question and I will use this as the topic for a video. Thanks for commenting.

[@MapleHIllSawmill]

I would love to spend a day watching you sawing.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@roachsteve]

thx again

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@roachsteve]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thanks to you I have produced my best black walnut boards so far

[@2011griz]

Ha! Smart alecks are the most interesting people. Who wants to hang out with a dullard? Thanks for the informative videos ... as well as your fashion tips. ;) btw ... what do you figure your 'batting average' is?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Batting Average? When I played high school baseball, I was awarded the "Best Hitter" in the city award two years running, with 2.5 million people in the area and lots of school teams, that was pretty good, and got a couple college scholarships out of it. With Walnut, my batting overing is well into the high 90% rate, where I can predict what's in the log before I cut it. Not every log turns out the way I want it to, but since I have to pay for every log, any misses are unacceptable and I'll stomp to the dugout and throw my sawmill into the Gatorade jug. :)

[@James.......]

I’ll take the whole bunk

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching!

[@d6c10k4]

Do you pretty much stick to 8' logs to standardize your pallets and kiln drying loads, or do you do various lengths?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

90% is 8 foot long, which is what most furniture woodworkers want to buy. I do oak, ash and other "large table construction" wood up to 12 feet long.

[@kenashton32]

What do you do with the first /outer sapwood boards??

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

They get edged, the sapwood gets stripped off, and go on the stack.

[@gregwaters944]

Great video, If what you said was true, there would be no weathermen and attending a baseball game would be a LOT cheaper. Great wood is hard to find, next project I am coming to see you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, come on by.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

I like spandex as much as the next guy but it sire doesn’t help you be a better sawyer. Thanks for the practical content and not just the eye candy. 😆

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I agree, if spandex made people better sawyers, it would be sold as an accessory by the sawmill manufacturers.

[@Wilsonsawmill]

Did you make your stickers or buy them? I like the scallop in them

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I buy them, send me an email and I will send you to the guy who does makes them. [e-mail]

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

How thick do u cut the boards??

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

To NHLA standards, hardwood scale 4/4 is cut to 1-1/8" and 8/4 is cut to 2-3/8" thick.

[@etchediniron4249]

Where do you get the trees to mill?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

From professional loggers who feed their kids with the money I buy their logs with.

[@etchediniron4249]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama lol. Thank you, I just bought a mill and I’m cutting my own trees down. Not looking to start a business, but I’d like get some from other places.

[@nickpipe2]

Thanks for not wearing spandex

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You are welcome. I don’t want to make anybody puke!

[@beacaveman6573]

Don’t worry about offending anybody, if they’re soft they probably don’t have a sawmill😂

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Dang right!

[@JerryTip]

Lol

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep.

[@Woodruffsawmill]

Thanks again for the informative video. 🪚

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Any time!

[@erwinbrubacker7488]

I better not get a sawmill, would go broke. 🥲

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Just like farming.