How to Turn Low Grade Logs Into Valuable Lumber, Saw-Milling for Grade

In this video I show how we saw for grade here at the sawmill. This method produces the highest grade possible out of most logs by minimizing the defects found in the timber.
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[@OutoftheWoods0623]

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[@Chevelle_addict]

Been trying to give you logs.

[@donnabowen9116]

Where do you buy your $18.00 blades from? Please send link

[@justmeva]

I think you're a very good instructor. The more that I watch your videos the more I learn. FYI I like knots (some not a lot), I think that it adds character to the wood.

[@alanatolstad4824]

DITTO!!!

[@GotItMade]

I liked seeing the entire process. I take for granted how much effort it takes to turn that log into treasure. A lot of work!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes sir, maybe I need to charge more$ 😀

[@johnblaney8055]

Hey.its big John from 2nd chance sawmill in Ontario Canada.ive been following you for a few years now and just wanted to thankyou for the great support you give to encourage others through your knowledge hard learned.ive just retired and was the first in Ontario to get the lx 25.woodmiser. I've been a stone mason for 45 years and have fazed off to this new adventure .can't tell you how enjoyable it is to take arborist waist collected over te last 4 years.about 2 acres of it and sort it to get wat ever I can to make a craft product to live on for years to come in someone's house.firewood of course is the last product.but even that can be a bowl blank.beter to be lookin at it then for it .thanks so much for the personal joy you give. Keep on .

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Awesome 👍👍👍👍

[@flintrichards945]

I think I could actually smell that wonderful aroma of pine being milled into boards. Great video.

[@brian31501]

I actually took a sawmill and kiln drying class in college. One thing I learned when it came to stacking the lumber for air drying or into the kiln. All the stacking piers and stickers should be lined up from bottom to top to cancel out compression and tension forces caused by the weight of the lumber and the heat stress that will be applied for the drying.

[@keithhill9138]

Excellant explation on the pine log!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@UncleGo67]

I do Appreciate your Tutorial of a Log turned into Wood, many Thanks

[@barrywest3758]

Good to see the Sawyer Foreman busy. Nice lumber.👍👍

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks buddy

[@mauriceryton]

I think it is wonderful that you cut these burn pile logs. It just drives me crazy when l see perfectly good lumber being burnt because it is an odd size.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

me too, happens often,

[@iosilver9920]

Have you considered making a shallow drip tray to capture the blade coolant that appears to just fall on the floor? You could route a pipe to a 5 gallon drum with a cone filter in to a funnel. Great videos BTW.

[@alcrook6662]

good eye - excellent harvest!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thank you kindly

[@floydbrennan9300]

Awesome videos Sir that will make some nice cabinets for your shop

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thank you Floyd,

[@mickrose9633]

That was very nice Nate, the pine got clear the more you cut. Sweet! Cabinets should look great with this stock after you dress them out. Aloha

[@robertfoote3255]

It's sucks to be...behind all the time...but I sure are glad you took the TIME to share your knowledge...... I rate this video at 😃😃😃😃😃 Five Smiles!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thank you,

[@bobm5500]

Nathan ,.That's as good as it gets with pine . very hard to predict well done .

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Bob,

[@davidjohnson00001]

Nathan, good stuff as always. Please do not doubt that you are a good teacher. I am learning a lot about wood from you, unlike some of the clowns on KZbin.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks David, appreciate it,

[@russsherwood5978]

this is the first time yer video showed up with-out huntin it,, thats some nice white pine make rustic lookin projects from,, defects are good sometimes ,,, thanks fer the mornin show

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Russ,

[@wesleyhayley3657]

great video Nathan. tommy loved the intro where you showed his heart throb momma cat. those cabinet's are gonna turn out great. say hey to everyone for us.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

will do,

[@davidnielsen4490]

You did a very good job cutting for grade. Beautiful 5/4 boards.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks David,

[@davidnielsen4490]

You're welcome Nathan. Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for.

[@peternicholsonu6090]

Love it when you drop that “bring it back to me” attachment

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes very handy,

[@alanatolstad4824]

I think of it as the 'come hither' paddle!

[@peternicholsonu6090]

Alana Tolstad Alana I’m a Bible Student using a 1962 version which suited me fine....they updated it last year cos present generation didn’t understand “hither and thither” and “strength becomes scanty” etc etc I’m definitely with you.

[@thebeard32]

I’d like to see them cabinets when all done!

[@dwbrasfieldful]

Fantastic job Nathan...

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks!

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Very nice looking pine

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks buddy,

[@practicallyIndependent]

I like pine wood. Good to see you my friend.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

you too man, always watching your progress from down here,

[@evankibbe590]

Good looking pine .😊👍👍👍👍

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks buddy

[@ghostarcher1663]

I couldn't help but laugh while watching this because of the woodwork I was doing an hour ago I smell like pine

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

love the smell of White Pine, yellow not so much,

[@ghostarcher1663]

@@OutoftheWoods0623 my personal favorite is redgum, but all timber smells good to me when it's being worked

[@dradawg07]

Your the man! Do you dry boards standing?

[@lindacsmith13]

I wish I could smell you cutting wood. Wait, smell the cut wood. : - )

[@johnlong4987]

I see what you did there. Lol.

[@johnkenney7217]

Did those sticker boards at the end of the video have bar code tags on them, like they were purchased??!?

[@sc0tte1-416]

I noticed that too, I was like why would he buy those lol

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yep I buy my stickers, I have talked about that in videos in the past, no share there, appreciate you watching,

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Hi, I have not spoken up much on this channel but today I would like to share a little info. I have done a fair amount of forestry work. All of it in Western US. I like to know what things mean. And if possible their names. As you walk around in the woods you will see some trees that grow their branches mostly out of certain spots. Like the groups of knots on the log in this video. Those levels are called WHORLS. What happens as the tree grows upward, is every year it sprouts a new group of branches mostly from one new level. A whorl is formed. These usually number from 2 to 5 branches. Sometimes more. When a tree is younger it is easier to see a clear whorl pattern. Later on some hidden buds in the cambium under the bark will sprout. These just grow anywhere. I don't like them because they interrupt the orderly look the Lord gave that tree. And knots. Some folks like knots in their boards. I like knotty pine walls myself. But you have to be sure the knots are tight. Because when they fall out you get a knothole. You have to judge whether knotholes are ok in the thing you are building or making. In Eastern US a lot of things are made out of smaller wood pieces glued together. So the clear wood in this log (between the whorls) may be just right for the way things are often made in the East.

[@doak4886]

Good explanation.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks buddy,

[@matthewday7565]

That machine would make a great "goodbye, Mr. Bond"

[@slabsoffreedomsawmill9721]

Hey bud. Once my sawmill arrives, I’m planning on immediately building from it. How long would you let your material dry before building a shed roof off the side of the house and a gable roof for the mill ? Thanks 👍🏼

[@jaysonmailloux435]

Hey! Have you ever thought of putting a type of roller table on your board return? Might make for short work. Just saying. I'm learning so much from your videos. Please keep them coming.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes in the future,

[@johnlong4987]

Nothing cuts faster than a hot #7 blade through pine.

[@woodlandburl6648]

Very good.

[@deanwilliams93]

it's 3:15am 11/21. the sound is completely off. just woke up for a minute, apparently forgot to turn the computer off. and now i am once again watching someone cutting wood. darn trees look the same inside but different outside. go figure

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

nice, appreciate it,

[@deanwilliams93]

@@OutoftheWoods0623 you are a very good person

[@InArcadiaSum]

Fascinating, as are all your videos. Out of interest, what do you do with the sawdust?

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

compost,

[@johnkenney7217]

@@OutoftheWoods0623 Yes!, I go to a local lumber yard every few months for a trash bag of sawdust. The best carbon input for compost, cooks fast.

[@fishguts4247]

Great Info!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks for watching!

[@troystaten5633]

Looks like you got some nice lumber, if it is 5/4x12x 7' I get 70 board feet. Either way nice work.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yeah I always figure 5/4 as 4/4 since that will be the finished size,

[@ktcd1172]

What do you think about Knotty-Pine? Or is that just not an appropriate type of board for your desired application? Years ago here in Michigan knotty-pine was moderately expensive, at least in terms of what was sold as tongue and groove paneling.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

I like pine, this mill saws it better than the last one,

[@alanatolstad4824]

Knotty pine was also big in North Dakota, where I grew up!

[@jesusgonzalez84]

Have you ever had occaision to cut any round (against the grain) slabs? For small table or stool tops?

[@nathanelliott9013]

Jesus Gonzalez ever done that before

[@jesusgonzalez84]

@@nathanelliott9013 ? ? ?

[@FlyboyUS]

Hi Nathan the board that had the pithe in it will you keep that one.

[@stanwebb3480]

Did you finish the outside cover boards for the Kiln yet???? These boards are they long enough to do this job or to short????? Just thinking out loud !!!!!!!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

working on that now,

[@davidhensley76]

That lumber would make pretty coffins.

[@RangieNZ]

What's the black electric motor - some sort of bark pre-cutter?

[@robertfoote3255]

Yes......it removes the bark on the entrance side of the cut.....if there is any sand or debris.....it is removed with a cheeper blade first......... 🤠

[@robertevans6481]

I have smell o vision...watch your videos then go outside.....have a sawmill next door and 90 percent of what he mills is pine...have a great weekend...

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

nice, thanks for stopping by Robert,

[@alanatolstad4824]

Lucky you!!!

[@LouJustlou]

I have to set my bandsaw fence for drift, the tendency to pull left or right. Do you have similar issues with your sawmill?

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

my blade guide arm does pull to the left as I saw down the track often,

[@steveshoemaker6347]

l think that is some pretty lumber.....Don't you ?? Thanks so much..!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Steve for watching,

[@williamlindquist7921]

Were you a omish at one time?

[@andynichols3464]

Open YT, click OTW at the top. "Musta been a good day"

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

what I like to hear,