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[@MusicMike939]

How many fans want to see Cremona face on the saw mill? Lindsay says no but maybe we can outvote her hehe.

[@lindsaycremona2459]

You can’t 😉

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

Maybe Matt on one pulley cover and Lindsay on the other one 🤔

[@LadyGecko]

You can’t outvote her. She is the reason why Matt has been able to pursue his passion.

[@DavidDavis-fishing]

Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!

[@edwardsimmons3721]

It does not matter how many times I see you cut walnut or any wood, it’s always great to watch.

[@barriesmith3489]

Matt always entertains us with his outlook on the slab he cuts these are always enjoyable

[@18robsmith]

Those first six little bits would make a interesting set of (odd shaped) side tables.

[@neilyoungfan]

Those last shots with you standing next to the slab resting up against the tree was incredible! What a gorgeous piece of wood. Thanks for taking us along!

[@dwightbauer6705]

Good MOrning Cremona Family.

[@nategehl4506]

Another new woodworking technical term I have to learn. “Walnut Stuff…” 😂

[@donwilliams3626]

What an amazing shot of Matt hugging A beautiful walnut tree slab!

[@Joostje]

Wow, Walnut wood looks really astounishing. That's one thing we miss here in The Netherlands, these beautiful Walnut trees.

[@subllibrm1]

We are watching and I commented to my wife that Matt’s videos are fun to watch because he is always having fun.

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Yet another beautiful sample of Walnut

[@Retroweld]

Great job! Editing is off the chart!! 🙌🔥🔥

[@mauricerogerson5825]

Matthew! You have a lizard forklift now! So AWESOME!

[@TWC6724]

Stunning. I’m addicted to milling up logs to see what’s inside them. This was my first summer slabbing up logs with an Alaskan mill and did about 10-12 logs. Granted, it takes a loooong time but is rewarding when that’s your only option.

[@jswoodproducts8575]

I own a bandsaw mill and I also use a chainsaw mill. The bandsaw is way easier, faster and efficient but the chainsaw mill is way more fun. Something about a big screaming chainsaw

[@TWC6724]

@@jswoodproducts8575 Yessir! It truly is fun. And a workout. I’d love to have e a bandsaw mill one day. Heck, I’d even settle for a Woodland Mills bandsaw mill. Would suit me just fine.

[@mauricerogerson5825]

As always, Matt, a great demonstration of what history might be found inside an ancient tree! Like you, I love taking a look back in time that can be shown in a simple explanation of nature. Keep ona rockin me Matt!

[@gpetters]

The last one of the first small boards, reminds me of the famous paint made by Edvard Munch, the Scream!

[@jeffweese4551]

Black walnut ... I've said it before, and I'll continue to say it, my favourite wood to cut and work with, and -- even smell. Thanks for sharing Matt.

[@paulcrusse7800]

Thank you for all of your hard work

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Matt, could you do a time lapse of walnut oxidation happening? Would anyone else be interested?

[@mcremona]

Yes, I can do that the next time I saw walnut

[@armoredsaint6639]

What the heck I got nothing else to do for the next 5 to 10 years!…lol….JK! I know I know the change can occur in 10 minutes and if you got it in the Sun, don’t even get me started!

[@tombeyer375]

Perfect positioning of that log Matt!! I'm drooling, because of the awesome figuring in those slabs! Thanks again.

[@cabman86]

I have a red oak that fell in my back yard. The trunk on this thing is over 5 feet wide. Makes me want a sawmill like yours.

[@howterson]

Wow. Say thank you to the cameraman. Good job

[@williampope3531]

Hi, Matt! Excellent placement of the log for sawing! You have a really good eye for what is going to look like inside I like to see you using a mask whenever sawing or sanding. My grandfather was a master carpenter in the '20s, '30s, 40's and into the early 50's. He was forced to retire about 1957 due to emphysema and died 5 years later from it at age 61. I was 7 years old and barely got to know him. His working days were before the days of safety guards on saws and other safety gear. He still had all his fingers and toes when he retired and spent a few years fixing mechanical clocks until he couldn't even do that because of that awful disease. You only have one body. Only YOU can do what it takes to keep it intact, functioning efficiently and as designed.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@marcbarash6045]

Great Video Matt

[@okanagansawmill]

Very nice slabs Matt.

[@dmohr02]

You knew what you were doing 🤣

[@user-sc9cn9ld6u]

Какая же это красота!!

[@ronsafreed2400]

Really nice Wood,,,,,top of the line my boy..

[@Brian-os9qj]

Great fun to see. Wood can be very pretty, who knew? Matt knows. Thx man

[@erictownsend4236]

Matt, I love your video's! Your mill is epic! I would love to accuire some wood like you produce! Impossible to find in NH. Crotch wood figure, Burl wood, curly maple, love it! But I like to make small, intricate boxes, hand cut dovetails, wooden hinges per Rob Cosman style. Turn bowls on the lathe, and your 2 inch slabs are sooooo beautiful, I almost cry cause cause they don't fit my type of woodworking! Mills in my area usually saw 5/4. That works for my boxes, as I can resaw. But Large turning stock of figured wood is non-existent!

[@MrWillBison]

WOW!!! Giant slingshots.

[@Tumpshies]

The cookie slabs look like Scottish mussels (shellfish) and the animal looks like Sid the Sloth from Ice Age. Love your videos i find them relaxing and intresting

[@cabman86]

I'd love those first cookies you cut!

[@Sawmill.skills.indonesia]

Wow,, Amazing sir. Greetings in Indonesia

[@president2]

Love it keep it up as always 💘

[@edm00se]

That was a fun log.

[@paulhedman7387]

Great stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donaldpowell7762]

Those oblong cookies would make a perfect substrate for a Matt epoxy face.

[@jamesh.maloyjr.6940]

Matthew when you made that first cut I thought why the heck is he cutting it like that? But as usual you know what your doing and man they were great. Thanks , AND that toss was olympic .

[@timmaggard8862]

Great slabs Mat... Make us something Bud!

[@saulpenilla778]

Hi Matt. love the video. Can you please do a video on "the life of the slab" after you cut it. I would love to see where a slab goes, what happens to it. you know a "Slabcumentary" 😂😂

[@Lawmanxxx]

"A little high." Not yet but working on it, my good man.

[@fransmars1645]

The ancient art of pouring water out of buckets. And some milling on the side.

[@paulbombardier8722]

There are some stunningly beautiful figure. These will make some gorgeous articles, furniture, whatever!

[@EHzNow]

Awesome tree

[@emilevoyer123]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

[@mcburcke]

Very cool! Love the SplashCam perspective, too. Technical question: What do you do with all that sawdust?

[@johnconrardy8486]

keep them comming

[@leesorenson6119]

Slab master great name 👍

[@hakamrauf1924]

Perfecto..👍👍👍

[@gordybishop2375]

Beauty

[@valeriehenschel1590]

If I lived anywhere within driving distance, I would be right over with a trailer to buy the one slab I fell in love with. Would settle for just the top section to make a curved front office desk that would be absolutely fantastic. Oh, well. Bet he decides to keep that one anyway. That whole log is a true treasure chest of walnut wood. Drool, drool. Sigh. Good water action there too.

[@garyknable1155]

Insane

[@carlosmaraviglia2513]

Love the video. Question, while I have seen you resaw slabs how is the owner of the wood going to do that on those beautiful crotch slabs to get more out them?

[@tedfrancis9811]

will you put some sort of motorized belt driven thing to saw the logs. or is it a safety thing for you. great series Matt. Thanks for sharing . Ted in British Columbia.

[@seansysig]

Matthew, gorgeous walnut slabs. What moisture content do you saw at? Cutting big slabs seem dangerous if moisture content is in a drying out.

[@douglasthomashayden2566]

5:40 -ish that 'cookie' looks like Munch's 'The Scream' ;-)

[@andygray7478]

😂😂just said that to my wife, I saw it right away too

[@cah_sawmill]

morning guys

[@LBGUKRWP]

Any plans for updates to the sawmill? Power feed or log handling I think I remember when you built it you said something about future upgrades

[@andrehak]

Nice wood.

[@andrehak]

But terrible hingewood.

[@s.simsmamasboy]

What kind of manufacturer buys these crotch slabs and what do they build other than 1 of custom pieces. Ive seen veneers that looked like these figures. Just asking...

[@MasteringTheModel]

Good looking wood with almost no sap wood.

[@mikesobba3510]

What do you do with all the saw dust you get from your tree cutting?

[@mcremona]

Dump it in the woods

[@barryirby8609]

Wonderful wood and sawing. (At about 10:27 the insert says 1 3/4" = 3 1/4" thick, I think you meant 13 quarter is 3.25". Just proving I actually paid attention.)

[@timothyball3144]

The insert says 13/4 with a bit of extra space between the 1&3. That may be the font choice.

[@fastjazz]

Did ya save it for yourself or did someone get to buy this? What is that highlighted slab worth $$$ wise generally speaking?

[@BobHoehn218]

Newb question. When you slab 13/4, is it possible to come back later and cut it into thinner slabs or use it at 3" thick?

[@mcremona]

Can always be cut smaller

[@christophernoto]

Wow, Matt, I gotta say, that’s the craziest thumbnail I have seen all morning! The forced perspective puts my shots of fish I’ve caught to shame! 🎉 “Oh, look, MC has a giant crotch!” 😂 Love what you do! All the best! ❤❤❤

[@buckeyewoodshop]

Oh, no you di'int name this video, "Long Black Walnut Crotch"!...LOL!

[@mcremona]

😁😁😁

[@TheS4ndm4n]

Whatever you do, don't google that. The "walnut" ain't gonna help.

[@michaeldoto4673]

Question: on the slab you gave measurements on, how do you translate that to board feet? The log is roughly the same width for the majority of it and then flares out? I cannot quite figure the board feet formula for slabs.

[@johnburens3395]

Yeah Matt, I am wearing a respirator myself lately since I was just told that I have permanent lung damage. I should have been wearing one years ago.

[@BTSensei]

⭐🙂👍

[@cabman86]

So, how does it not pinch down on the blade when cutting so many multiples? Seems like the weight would pinch.

[@user-oe9xe8mv6t]

How many Matt Cremona faces can you see in those cookie cuts?

[@TORAH-613]

Matt, what are you doing still cranking that handle for? Make that carriage motorized man.

[@user-bn3hf9kj5u]

My name is Kevin leger have a question of rarity I bought some black walnut slabs and after sanding I discovered a walnut somehow stayed in a crotch and tree grew around nut preserving it and many years later was milled and but luck nut was milled in half and I have 2 black walnut slabs w half looking inside of nut on each board both halves have u ever seen any like such if u would like pics let me no thanks

[@revhbateman]

What is the value of the slabs

[@toomaskotkas4467]

So, does all of this rotten/twisted wood go for creation of the executive desks?

[@twilamoore8879]

Has any boat builders ever contacted you about selling the crotch for the bow of a boat? I would think you have had trees that didn't work out for tables, or were too small for what you do, but you could make a fortune selling the small and large crotches to these guys. So if your not familiar, you could slab 2,3,4,5 crotches out of one crotch. Large trees like you do would big thicker for larger boats but you could probable cut 10 or more using just a crotch someone left for scrap probably making a lot more than you do for tables.

[@brianpeterson8908]

Did you hire a camera operator finally? You've got some different shots in there, especially the moving zoom. Not standard standard Cremona camera on a tripod! Looks good.

[@mcremona]

2 years ago 😆

[@Donnie9by5]

What is going to be done with these slabs?

[@mrcannamike5636]

Like Saturday morning Cartoons.

[@stilesevans1]

Looks like a Wood Duck from my angle

[@ungoodwoodworker]

I see what you did here.

[@reviewcrewforyou]

I bet it smelled as it good as it looked too

[@patseevers262]

What did the notes on the block say? LOL

[@dansarfert3585]

Funny the video's that pop up from typing just a few key words in...... 😲

[@vmitchinson]

How old is this tree?

[@djrichylaurence8991]

I knew a girl like that. She was lovely. 😅

[@Freddie2598]

The fifth cookie that you cut if you look at it from the side, it kind of looks like the face of a dog

[@parkercabaniss6942]

You should start growing some trees

[@sappysiggy2351]

You need a drying shed

[@raymondcollyear4773]

Matt why don't you just use a garden hose and make it easier on yourself and maybe you won't get so wet. Thanks for the videos

[@ralphgesler5110]

If you saw enough "stuff" sometimes you end up with the "right stuff".

[@cathybenson5119]

You never used to wear a mask while sawing. 😊

[@mcremona]

This stuff has been sitting around for a while. The sawdust is more like what you’d experience in the shop

[@daveklein2826]

Safety Sally has arrived😂

[@Justiceincorporated.]

You only get one set of lungs.🫁

[@lesabre1972]

your blade seems to be a bit dull.

[@robertpearson8546]

Are your blocks LVL scraps from the renovation?

[@mcremona]

Yes

[@josephbohme7917]

Matt cant you credit your camera person that they?? are even there. Unless that is purposeful,

[@garylawrence7547]

Matt, you have some very interesting videos but how about getting a haircut and shave!