Milling Spalted Logs with a Bandsaw Mill Jig

[@mikekernjr5121]

I really enjoy your channel Colin. You’ve taught me a lot. I’m 75 and only started woodworking less than 2 yrs ago. You’ve got me pumped to do more bandsaw milling going forward.

[@Hengry-hn7rb]

Mike Kern Jr its never too late to start something you have a passion for. Hope to see some of your woodwork in the future. Colin is a great teacher👍🏻

[@danhartman9087]

@@Hengry-hn7rb Agree on all counts! Im 62 and just started woodworking 5 years ago after 55 years of giving up "mechanicing" for hobby and passion. I've gotten a lot from Colin and a few other really sharp woodworkers. Thanks to all. It's pretty bad when you dig through firewood to see if there is a treasure in there before it goes in the fireplace!

[@christianhviid2167]

Hey old timer, you still kickin and working wood?

[@mikekernjr5121]

@@christianhviid2167 Sure am and going strong. Now 79 1/2. If my grandson can say 1/2, I can too. :-)

[@christianhviid2167]

@@mikekernjr5121 I’d say youre both in the area where halves are acceptably counted, haha. Glad to hear that, i wish you good health and many good projects to come!

[@roberthalaska3030]

It is wonderful to watch you explore 😀 plenty of joy to spread around. Time to look a little closer at my firewood here in Wisconsin as I chain saw. Your great Colin

[@hgohlke]

You are such a friendly character! Like to listen to you espcially during the corona crisis. Thank you

[@Metalbass10000]

I have resaw book matched pieces of maple fence posts that are at least 80 years old, and the combination of grain, figuring, and spalt, is just amazing! They will make extremely beautiful and unique guitar and bass tops!

[@rickduncan2929]

Wow, some of these folk's are a bit rough for a fella trying to share his experience with everyone. I personally enjoy your honesty and enthusiasm for woodworking. You bring a lot to the table in many ways that are enjoyable to watch. Ignore these ladies.. lol

[@rjtumble]

Feels like these needed a bucket of water splashed on them ala Matt Cremona. :) Kind of a fun little adventure, I'm now looking forward to trying something like this myself.

[@daveknecht5252]

I’ve cut a number of spalted logs as well and love that surprise you find inside sometimes! I would want others to know you will really want your dust collection on and even wear a mask when you are cutting, as the dust and spores that get airborne during the cutting process can be really irritating to your throat and lungs.

[@shawnmanuel9817]

Spalted wood makes absolutely beautiful guitars.

[@SilverBack.]

All nice looking wood Colin, thank you for showing us. You and the family stay safe and keep well

[@davepruitt2739]

Enjoying this group of posts following to see what you will do with them can hardly wait

[@tonypattison7971]

I love opening new wood,especially when you don,t know what it is.It,s like being a kid at Christmas.

[@christophergallagher531]

Exactly! Christmas, I have been trying to describe opening a log as anticipation builds. I cobbed together a chainsaw mill a few years ago and that wood is as air dried as it gets here. I had the temptation to close up a log, as you mention. Even with paper, that dreaded black mold set in. Take care Chris

[@AutotechWoodworking]

When we moved into our new house in 1989, there were two pieces of 6/4 cedar in the garage that were leftover pieces of what was used for the fascia. I kept them because I figured one day I would find a use for them, and now that I'm retired for medical reasons and have been trying to build my woodworking shop, I can finally do something with them. That is when, or if I ever clean out my garage of stuff collected from 40+ years of marriage, and 35+ years of automotive repair and finally get all the equipment I want/need.

[@DesjardinsValier]

I also love to mill some lumber on my band saw, as you say, it's like Christmas, what you get is a surprise. I do mostly wood turning, wood jewelry and cutting boards with some of the interesting wood I get.

[@terry3974]

That was fun. Milling is my favorite part of woodworking. I'm guessing the mystery wood is Hackberry. It looks a lot like some that I have.

[@stephenemerson9890]

Thanks I enjoyed. I have the acquisition of a of a band saw on my tool list as I have access to recent logging activity and can procure chucks of wood that look interesting easily..

[@Bramsshed1913]

Love spalted wood and what you have there Colin would make some nice wood turning blanks

[@seanlandsman7516]

That was a lot of fun watching this series of videos from the forest to the bandsaw. I'd say you owe your brother-in-law a beer! That spalted alder was beautiful!

[@LeosTueftelei]

Interesting nice video! 👍 🙋‍♂️

[@DavesShed]

Thanks for the video Colin. I am doing the same thing at the moment with some Australian species. I will need to make a similar jig to yours.

[@SMee67]

They all look pretty interesting. 👌🏽 No matter what you make with them, they'll all be neat. 👍🏽

[@cobberpete1]

I'm with you Colin, I love spalted wood, and use it when I can

[@אוריאברהם-ס6ת]

Great video

[@EliasMakes]

Milling logs is the new unboxing 😂

[@TomsLife9]

the mystery wood looks similar to the tulip logs we split a few years back. wild guess! lol

[@woodlandburl6648]

I don’t know about it but sawing logs makes me sleepy 💤😂😂😂😂

[@TheJcdm327]

I've turned some spalted firewood. I have a vase that I turned...I hate the shape of it but the color is amazing.

[@spencerbass7142]

Good video.

[@danlopretto7222]

90% sure the mystery wood is Magnolia. GREAT FIND!

[@ForestWoodworks]

Colin, I always love when I have the time in the morning to watch your adventures! Your personality and enthusiasm REALY inspirers me to press on and learn the woodworking craft. I've been following your spalting videos. Did you have an outcome to the one you posted in the spring-ish time where you were trying to reproduce the spalting you found in some fire wood? Thanks so much!

[@jlarts]

You can normally tell cedar from its smell but perhaps not all species of cedar have this distinctive smell. Either way it does look good. I'd love to have the equipment to mill my own lumber but that may be something to think about for the future.

[@Blue_Collar_Colonizer_1776]

That's what I was thinking too. Also the cedar here, in Florida, has a bright red heart wood. Sometimes purple when it's freshly cut. It's undeniable it's cedar.

[@ShorelooksniceRV]

Thank you

[@rosshemmings9384]

I was thinking there would be something about your jig but not so much. It looks like one I tried but I think my eyes were bigger than my band saw, it was 4' long! It worked, sort of, in that I could slab a long but the weight made it hard to hold up getting started and then to finish the cut I had to pull the jig thru. I had a slightly longer than sled runner and an adjustable right angle piece I could advance at whatever angle I needed for my cut. Due to total weight of jig and log I gave up on it.

[@I-Love-Taylor-Swift]

150 degrees C for a few hours? Colin is ruthless to those worms and bugs in the wood!

[@dwightl5863]

PETA will be on his case!

[@muhammadyounis3818]

Great job sar

[@ibrahimaldossri9125]

Man I like you 👍keep it up

[@Orxenhorf]

6:09 - Chest or box lid right there - worm tracks included. I'll look like someone took ages to carve.

[@notny411]

very cool!

[@JWimpy]

Like opening up a gift and being totally surprised. I have a hickory log laying outside my shop that is spalted. It's about 20 feet long and 18 inches across. But I know my old Craftsman bandsaw will never be able to cut through it. It's driving me crazy to open it up.

[@BurnsFilm]

Man i want to be like him with those logs at his age

[@craash420]

I'd prefer it at my age instead but that isn't an option, we have goals!

[@russhillis]

I have a 14" Craftsman that can use 1" blades, do you have a video for building the jig in this video!

[@keithscrafts]

Neat. I know where there are some larger bits of logs that have been down a good while. Most definitely spalted in some way but I'd need to find out who the landowner is to ask about them.

[@Djinns2009]

Love your videos! Would it be possible for you to give me the brand of your bad saw please. Thank you so much!

[@kariolar3158]

Is the 3rd mystery wood log hickory? It looks like my hickory cabinets. I envy where you live! Looks like fun.

[@jimjersey2345]

How can i purchase some figured wood from you ? I build guitars so im interested in spalted and curly and quilted woods. And any other figured woods that are book matched for veneers

[@197mspence]

What size bandsaw do you use?

[@MrGr8golf]

Beautiful wood. It's nice to have access to such treasures. I meant to ask about your bike from when you gathered the wood. Can you tell me what kind it is? Thank you as always. Really love your videos.

[@peterjames2580]

Fun!

[@jameshinde]

Here is a tip. When using double sided tape, to make it easier to remove the backing try lightly scoring the backer with a utility knife and peel the backing from the middle instead of the edges. Like your vids feel free to use this tip. MC JIM

[@hansdegroot8549]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Could you please tell me the specs of the band saw (how much kW or HP) and the blade (width an TPI)?

[@Mike-pn2si]

It's a Ricon, I think the 10-326, 1 3/4 HP. Dont know the blade that he used

[@inspectorsteve2287]

You said you treated the ends? How do you do that?

[@trsd2009]

Cedar? It looks very yellow like Osage. But my monitor is not colour calibrated. What does it smell like? Like the video.

[@hammerstoneartifacts4986]

What manufacturer made your bandsaw?

[@ztej]

Nice

[@whaumbatt]

I didn't catch why Spalted wood is desired. I've cut down a lot of trees in my treeline. Some already dead and lying on the ground. I've split a lot of that wood for heat and I've seen a lot of those markings. It's mostly Box Elder which, as I understand that, it's not a desirable wood to work with. So which would be more important. a far as value; The Spalting or the wood species?

[@strykervalkyrion]

Would it be better to make boards out of the logs first and then let them dry by stacking them with spacer in between like you would big slabs?

[@BillHartCooks.]

cool.

[@rodneybosch7290]

Don't forget that when dry it will lighten up alot.

[@scottlouis7785]

I think it`s giving you some good wood

[@lestergrayson3049]

Mystery wood looks like ukaliptes?

[@robertsantos4128]

what moisture meter would you recommend

[@michaelsavage4414]

What you call alder to me looks like beech, the mystery wood looks like spruce to me. It's hard to tell from the video, but that is the impression I get from watching.

[@williamkolesar2790]

I second the beech theory

[@cesarhernandez4210]

What side is you blade

[@newlife3682]

How about trying to make a lamp from wormholes log? It can look really cool.. for my taste any way))

[@terrancejoycespence4899]

how do you makle the jig

[@jeghedderhenrik]

about wood with only little difference in pattern, - i suggest a fast heating / burn on the surface with a gas torch,,, it will give a lot of contrast,,,- if you dont set it on fire...LOL

[@WilliamTGM]

It sounds really weird how the german Family Name Knecht is spoken in englisch 😂

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Spalting affects the quality of the wood. Could you explain what you can use it for and the cases to avoid it in a future video?

[@hdwoodshop]

Bake those logs. Make sure you don’t set free an encased bug or worm. Lol.

[@randystyborski5983]

I have similar spalted logs from maple. I just cant decide what to do with the small slabs. Can you go over some ideas of how to highlight this lumber?

[@donniegaskill1836]

At 5:14..it looks like hedge wood.

[@PowerScissor]

What region is this accent from?

[@wetrock2766]

The cedar has a specific odor.

[@robertdietz4656]

How did he know I scored some logs? Is he stalking me again?

[@joeblow3939]

⭕⭕ As a kid I remember going to Ilion NY in the summer with my mom and dad. My father was a world class skeet shooter as well as President of NY skeet shooting association. Anyway, Remington Arms had a gun club on top of a hill where they would hold state shoots each year. One year I remember my father being so excited over two pieces of wood. Not just any wood but hand picked wood for his stock and four arm better known as furniture for his Remington 1100. Wow was that wood pretty. It would change like 3D when you moved it and the grain in it I have never seen anything like it since. I have been to a lot of wood working shows and have yet to see wood like I did back in the 60's.

[@marchalverson4756]

Are you collecting wood from Crown land, be careful! Recently while picnicking at a MN state park we had Picked a few interesting mushrooms to dry, park staff Came by and took the mushrooms, nothing was to be Removed from the state park.

[@v10moped]

Oh God! do NOT do that soy-grin on your thumbnail again?

[@JoelWetzel]

Out of principle I don't watch anything with an open-mouth pose in the thumbnail. Sorry, but I'll gladly view any that don't. Peace.

[@arliebox4404]

As with the video before, where you went out and found your log, This video is way below the standard you had set with your previous videos. Very disappointing. it was more like "I have nothing really to show you, but I feel I must make a video".