Look What I Did With This Log! (Vertical Grain Sawing Secrets - Sawmills in Action)

[@jcamo356]

Got some large popular to saw. Now I know how I want to saw it. Great video.

[@markturbitt8807]

Beautiful poplar!

[@bwwilson777]

Thank you so much for the videos you're making. I bought an LT15 about a year ago and I've been trying to learn as much as I can about sawmilling. Your channel is a must watch for me.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad I could help!

[@_Ethann_]

Every time I finish one of your videos I’m left wishing I had a sawmill more than any other time

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@b.ellison396]

Outstanding Robert! Very interesting. I appreciate you posting.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@allenvinson]

Mr. Robert that is some beautiful wood. Thanks for the video. I just got me an old growth pecan to cut up in super excited to see what it looks like

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Pecan is beautiful!

[@anthonyboudreaux3675]

This is the method I use mostly. I get rift, quartered, and balanced face grain. Dries really flat. Been my go-to for a couple of years. Enjoyed, and thanks for sharing.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great! I appreciate it.

[@Mccalebsanding]

Beautiful wood Professor!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@rogerhodges7656]

Chip wanted fries with that. Great video!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

He's a ham.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Beautiful wood sir, Your turkey guys are going to be back. Do you mill 8' logs mostly ? Thanks for your time!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, for high grade furniture lumber, 8 foot long is the standard. I will cut some 10' and 12' but it's easier to get a zero knot, zero defect, 8 foot board than the same in a 12 footer.

[@jasonhopson7280]

The colors inside of poplar are pretty amazing. My 1st log had different shades of gray , blue , green , brown , and the almost white of the bulk of the log.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, it's crazy how much variation there is.

[@jasonhopson7280]

@HobbyHardwoodAlabama are the different colors from different minerals it's exposed to as its growing, or just natural to the tree ?

[@shawnfurrer1799]

Great video! What material do you use for your stickers???

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Pretty much any good hardwood works.

[@TwoGuysTimberframing]

Love That Intro! 😂. Love your content Professor!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@dannydrake7348]

I cut some poplar and stacked it without the stickers, let it brew for a few weeks and it created some great colors, put it in kiln dried it, ran it thru the planner and dang lots of purple and cool colors

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Excellent!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

After each visit I sit and ponder on what I was given by your video. I always marvel at the experience in achieving the maximum of the log. In this video I was curious as to the 8/4 slabs. The striking grain pattern you cut for I would assume would be best sold at 4/4 or 5/4. Not having a marketing background what makes 8/4 the best yield, Professor?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

There is a huge market for 8/4 straight edge mineralized poplar for conventional table tops. Although we saw and sell a lot of live edge 8/4, many customers don't want to deal with the whole live edge thing, and since with live edge sawing techniques, I am limited both on quality and appearance, if I can do vertical grain sawing on highly figured wood, the customers will snap it up. Good question.

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Excellent answer.. This is one of the many reasons your disciples love to visit, Professor.

[@lastplacetrophy3821]

Man I wish I had some of that to run my saw across. Not a whole lot of (or any) up here in zone 4 though.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It is rare here too, I have my loggers looking out for it.

[@mikewilcox8866]

I like both grains Robert. What is ultimately gonna happen to that mantle? I'm sure it will crack in some way but will the stress make it bow really bad one way or the other. If so, how do you prevent that?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You are correct, they will move a lot during the drying process, but I will flatten the salvageable ones in either our big planer or even using the mill if a customer wants a rough sawn finish. I can't do anything about the cracks, and they will crack...but most people don't mind cracks in the mantles. However, some of the mantles will just blow apart when they dry, and they will go into the old burn pile...

[@hakamrauf1924]

What the name log wood ?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Mineralized or Rainbow Poplar