How much lumber did we get from one tree??

In this video, Kelly and I fire up the Norwood sawmill and mill the one 40 foot poplar log we cut in previous videos. We cut the log into 4 ten foot logs and got them all milled in one afternoon.
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[@carolemcconnell4651]

Thanks for shareing...

[@ramsaycountry1177]

That's pretty good for one tree. 👍👍

[@RedToolHouse]

Yeah, that was a very straight tree the first 40 feet.

[@rhondah76]

I sure like watching ya'll from the warmth of my home. Thank you so much for videoing all these things I want to learn.

[@RedToolHouse]

Glad you get to stay warm. It was a bit brisk this day!

[@smellthewooodcom942]

I couldn't stop watching. Amazing!

[@nancyfahey7518]

That first cut you made. That's what we used for the front of my greenhouse. Looks like a little log cabin. Of cedar.

[@RedToolHouse]

I have a pile of those I haven't figured out what to do with them yet.

[@ubetchya78]

they can also make good fencing

[@RedToolHouse]

Poplar rots very fast when it gets wet. These may get chipped when we bring in a commercial chipper soon.

[@mikegriffin3437]

Kelly, Troy, good team work. Nothing like almost free wood, with some firewood thrown in for good measure.

[@RedToolHouse]

Yes, a little wood goes a long way.

[@justinrobertson1590]

You had some good help.🙂 Well done everyone.

[@RedToolHouse]

Yes, they are a good team in front and behind the camera.

[@daveholmes123]

That's a nice stack of lumber, great job you two! I can see that barn growing in the near future, I'm pretty sure kelly did most of the hard work!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@RedToolHouse]

She definitely lifted more than I did that day!

[@nevets7152]

A great happy video best wishes to you all. Steve in Thailand.

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks, Steve!

[@jackie36555]

love the video and that machine was wonderful t watch

[@RedToolHouse]

I like it in time lapse. Makes me think I am faster than I am.

[@denisd4050]

Great video guys love the humour 👍

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks, Denis. Our American humor is simple - we can't afford the extra "u" 😀

[@AutoCrete]

The price of lumber has gone insane in Canada the last couple of years. 37 10ft 2x10' spruce runs just over $500 CDN so roughly $400 US. Kinda nice to save that rather than spend after tax income and drive to the lumber yard to get it. Well done, another great video without any mishaps.

[@RedToolHouse]

We have noticed that poplar boards around here are selling around $1 per linear foot. That would have been $370 US. I will take that savings!

[@rolfsrolfs]

Wife holds the worlds longest homemade selfiestick when she lifts the log with the camera on it:)

[@RedToolHouse]

Yeah! I can't get her to carry it around all the time.

[@jerrybrandt9377]

I have seen longer

[@northgeorgiasanctuary2626]

Great video, I use your videos to justify the sawmill I’m going to buy 😁

[@RedToolHouse]

Yes!! We are trying to inspire others!

[@LanceSheppard]

Subscribed! Like the mill!

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks!

[@stoneycarter5546]

Great job I'm getting me a Mill soon

[@RedToolHouse]

Good luck with it!

[@jbbrown7907]

We often referred to our LT 15 Woodmizer as our log slicer.

[@brendenhurt2841]

Your camera work is getting much better, keep up the good work

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks!

[@jerrybrandt9377]

Good way to choke that thin wall bucket !! Very smart

[@robertmalis4493]

Hello Troy and kelly

[@RedToolHouse]

Hey, Robert!

[@lessycurls]

This is so cool. Never thought to do this on the homestead. Once dried if I wanted to use for hardwood floors what would be the next step? Install?

[@RedToolHouse]

You could use it for hardwood floors. It would need to dry out for a year to get to the moisture content suitable for indoor use (less than 10%). Depending on if you didn't wanted a rustic look, you could plane it down for smoothness. Most hardwood flooring uses a tongue and groove system to lock it together and keep it uniform. If you wanted a rustic look, you could certainly use milled wood without much additional effort.

[@ubetchya78]

Is there a way to add a catcher, or gunny sack or something to catch all the sawdust spewing out? Useful for in chicken coops, or to put on mud patches, or in the garden, etc...

[@RedToolHouse]

Possibly. It piles up so fast that soon I will be able to shovel it into the tractor bucket.

[@MFKR696]

You should really clamp a piece of angle-iron onto the leading edge of your bucket to reinforce the cutting edge when you use it as a crane. All that bending back and forth with the acute edges of that chain is gonna cause that edge to split sooner rather than later, and once that starts, the whole bucket will start to degrade from that point radiating outwards unless you grind the crack out and weld it back together, and even then, that bucket will never be the same again.

[@RedToolHouse]

Looking at adding some chain hooks to the top of the bucket. I need to get better at welding first.

[@jumpoffa5011]

Now that you cut your lumber, how long will you let it sit and cure, dry out, before using it?

[@RedToolHouse]

This is barn siding so it will go up green. If it was going to be used in the wood shop, it would need to sit under cover for a year to dry out (1 year per inch thickness).

[@jumpoffa5011]

@@RedToolHouse Thank-You good to know. :-)

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

Do you have a buzz saw to cut up the slab wood with the bark to turn into firewood? If you don't have one, I see you getting one in the future.

[@RedToolHouse]

Not sure what a buzzsaw is. When we mill hardwood, we will cut the slabs for firewood. The pine and poplar no one will burn around here. I plan on chipping it.

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

@@RedToolHouse Look them up on KZbin. They look dangerous but are quite handy to have around a sawmill to process the slabs into firewood. It seems to me no sawmill is complete without a buzzsaw. Lol.

[@RedToolHouse]

I watched a couple videos with some. Pretty simple. The old hit and miss engines are awesome!

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

Yeah the hit miss motors are super cool.

[@j.l.freeman792]

good job. does poplar dry good for you? do you have a new atv? that mill sure is nice.

[@RedToolHouse]

It dries very well if I keep it out of the weather. Yes, the ATV is new. My Polaris kept breaking so I had to get rid of it.

[@pjseiber2774]

👍

[@pmessinger]

Nice work, folks. Sure is fun to watch from here, where it's warm and dry. How 'bout, while you're out with the camera, "we" just go up and have a look at how the hogs are doing with whatever changes you've made up there? I'll meet you 'round there, when I get back from fetching more nice hot coffee.

[@RedToolHouse]

We are breeding hogs this week. I will try to shoot some of that video.

[@pamelad5677]

😁🙂😃👍👍

[@David-kd5mf]

How much was the sawmill? Would you recommend Norwood or would woodmiser or another mill company be better?

[@hoffmanfamily_homestead2381]

Troy did a video detailing the features and cost here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4XbiZ-oqL1li9E

[@David-kd5mf]

@@hoffmanfamily_homestead2381 thanks

[@keithmartin7831]

Did you buy the sawmill for personal use only or do you do custom work too. Always kinda wanted my own sawmill.

[@RedToolHouse]

I bought it just for personal use. I bought one 18 years ago to do both and it wasn't very profitable due to logistics. We live very rural.

[@claytonwebb1999]

What model Kioti and do you like it?

[@RedToolHouse]

It is a 2002 DK35. It has been a great tractor.

[@claytonwebb1999]

@@RedToolHouse Thank you. I have been looking at them at a local dealer and have been on the fence about the brand. Have a small Mahindra and love it.

[@jerrybrandt9377]

Who left you all the nice land ? May I ask ??

[@RedToolHouse]

I purchased it.

[@hoffmanfamily_homestead2381]

I said 250 and there was 247! I was close! 😁

[@RedToolHouse]

NO doubt! You are the winner! Unless we were on Price is Right and you went over!!

[@hoffmanfamily_homestead2381]

@@RedToolHouseHaha, good point!

[@hoffmanfamily_homestead2381]

Great video, makes me want a lumber mill!

[@lessycurls]

Can you use that wood for hard wood flooring?

[@RedToolHouse]

This is Tulip Poplar and it is a decent hardwood once dried. Some of it will go in the barn to air dry and will eventually become base board trim in the house.

[@tagashi9]

so next question how will you resupply all those trees that you've cut? HEHE

[@RedToolHouse]

It would take me 2 life times to cut all the trees on my 100 acres. They grow back on 20 to 30 years so I will always be behind the curve.

[@adamhall5024]

Way to immature and small to cut, you need to stop cutting down small timber. Your showing your intelligence

[@RedToolHouse]

Please reread your comment and adjust any grammatical errors. Then we can talk. Would you prefer when clearing land I simply cut it and leave it to rot?

[@mikegriffin3437]

Kelly, Troy, good team work. Nothing like almost free wood, with some firewood thrown in for good measure.