This Walnut Log Split Apart when it Hit the Ground. Let's Slab it | Sawmill

Austin is building one of my saws and has been wanting to stop out to see mine in person. I told him to bring something interesting to cut while he's here. This log definitely qualifies as interesting.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:21 - Putting the log back together
6:24 - initial cuts
11:11 - slabbing the main section
36:02 - cutting cookies
39:35 - slabbing the remains
42:01 - outro
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[@carolynjordan4826]

I love this type of lumber made into tables with Lucite" rivers" ,I call it "a river runs thru it"!

[@rualert1602]

Following Matt is a winner.

[@rogerdudra178]

Mr. Natural always said have the right tool for the job.

[@HazItMade]

Welcome to the Ant Hotel, Minnesota! Such a lovely place. (Such a lovely place). Such a gnarly face - of wood Plenty of room at the Ant Hotel Minnesota After 80 years (After years) You can find it here New blade on the sawmill, Things are looking nice And he said "Just be glad it's Carpenter Ants, and not a den of mice" When you're with Matt Cremona, Things are looking well. They cut it with their steely Stihls, But things still can go to hell! Yeah, creative license got the better of me. The shadow you're casting at 25:20 looks like the Ant King has returned!

[@douglassiemens4245]

This is an incredibly enjoyable video. Great to see the saw in action in it's new location.

[@patriciamay638]

Beautiful wood. It will make a beautiful resin hybrid table.

[@billyshipman2199]

Love the new place, and the log got lots of possibilities.

[@jimmowers7675]

That is some great and beautiful looking walnut. Thanks for sharing Matt. God Bless.

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks to both of you. I live less than 30 miles from St. Charles during the summer.

[@tomsommer54]

Thanks for sharing Matt. I have 40 acres of hard wood trees. A lot of my black walnut trees look like that one. I like the new fork lift.

[@duanelundgren7985]

If Brute Force doesn't Work, you're not using ENOUGH!! Love it!!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great job Matt, great learning vacation for your friend and what a haul of walnut!! Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the good work. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👋👋👏🏻👏🏻

[@mcremona]

thanks Fred!

[@mauriceryton]

Man the possibilities with those slabs is enough to make a guy drool. It sure would be nice to see what some of those slabs become.

[@lesabre1972]

I love how that big machine tips and moves just about anywhere you need it to go. It must make that soo handy to use.

[@straubdavid9]

With all this resin stuff now, he's going to get some beautiful tables etc out of that tree. Wish we could see the end products of some of this stuff. Very nice Matt ... take care.

[@marlenemeinhard8956]

These are incredible slabs from this Walnut. This tree has so much character. Love how you go through all the areas in the cuts. Limbs. Just an added idea, have the helpers wear eye gear at least, when sawing these magnificent logs. Look forward to many more videos, they are amazing.

[@garyknable1155]

I'm in awe over those slabs WOW great vid guys

[@MrWaldorfian]

Great to see your mill up and running again.

[@catgynt9148]

Looking forward to seeing what is made with these slabs. Thanks for sharing this insightful video. Wishing you and your team a great week. Cheers.

[@Northtide]

I could see lots of rivers, creeks leading to lakes and ponds. One even had a wide river emptying into a lake then to a dam. Active imagination of an old gunstock maker. :-)) Great post. You gotta love walnut.

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Awesome beautiful wood! So good to see you milling up wood again especially for the first time at your new location!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@martin_mue]

Next Time on this channel: Sawing reclaimed I-beams with Matt Cremona. :-)

[@alexanderbordeau7417]

It's great to see you sawing again. Looking forward to more.

[@vaughnmaurt5013]

The saw looks smaller than in its location at the old house

[@patriciasears4209]

Loved watching.

[@billhatcher2984]

I'm glad you are back to sawing

[@haroldsprenkle4173]

Hey Matt, you are one of my heroes. Said many years ago that I wanted a mill that would saw short stuff that regular mills wouldn't touch. Maybe someday I will. Getting old I don't have an off bearer, but I have a good bandsaw, need to mill some knife scales. Walnut and osage orange. Quick tip, Osage orange always checks and cracks, super glue. Leaves a black steak. Works.

[@daveklein2826]

Now that's creativity... Great job

[@philipdiehl9849]

Great project . you have an awsome eye and ability to problem solve. That turned out fantastically. Grandpa Jack

[@scotpettengill7801]

wow MATT, WHAT A GREAT NEW PLACE YOU HAVE. The aerial shot you did with the drone was awesome. Can't wat to see how you develop your new spot. As a residential tree company for the past 40 plus years, I have given away so many beautiful logs and now look long and hard to find stuff to cut on my woodland mills saw rig. Now I'm 61 years old, 5 spine surgeries a new hip, and widow maker heart attack survivor, I really appreciate and enjoy the work and cutting that you do. Keep up the good work, and thanks again for all that you do. Your skills are really amazing. Scot , from Hollis New Hampshire

[@TimothyBowles-tq5ve]

Looks like a lot of fun

[@williamdawson3353]

Nice equipment handling. Went pretty smoothly.

[@David-oe1xj]

Good 2 see u back

[@nielmadsen9806]

You cannot beat those carbide blades !

[@brucejohnson411]

I first time watching a really nice slab keep up the good work

[@RatelLaw]

Thank you for sharing your work

[@strat0caster63]

I for one would love to see a table made from that log-assemblage where one slab was turned into The World’s Hugest Bow Ties, tying together those ginormous gaps. That would be all kinds of awesome. And seriously, apply for the Guinness World Record for largest bow ties! Also, I can’t imagine a more fun day than slabbing up a weird log like that. Another great video!

[@scottsears6440]

Great to see some sawing videos

[@peggsargent7192]

Wow I am really enjoying your videos ty

[@mrharcore]

You nailed the Camarata-esque drone shot. Beautiful area!

[@billyhinton9155]

Hay guys this was a very fun video thank you...

[@pmchamlee]

Matthew, you are a true "Go Getter!" I admire your grit!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@karencary3312]

Love watching whatever you do. You are a really nice guy.

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@brianjoyce9040]

That was some real man fun right there. Only the cold ones missing.

[@alanr745]

Those slab would make legit river tables, but leave the epoxy clear. So cool! Nice work by both of y'all in finding, salvaging, slabbing, and stickering that gorgeous ugly tree. I'd take those slabs any day over all the pine around here.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Beautiful country and great timber

[@keithhill9138]

Great arieal shot of your area. Like what your doing, very creative.

[@carolbessent6239]

That is awesome

[@lindasnow3960]

I just found your channel! Been watching you and your friends working! Wow! Love it! Such beautiful stuff!

[@teddickert3902]

Thanks Matt

[@messybench]

That was really fun to watch. That saw is a beast. Thanks for torture testing that blade. That ad should get you a sponsor.

[@gayle4804]

You're awesome and you have a new friend also and the woodworking

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Great looking lumber

[@meleader]

Wow, nice spread you have there!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

i bin around a few mills , i really like this one,matt,, watchin' ya for years. great project,, love to yer family

[@boa9535]

There was a wind sheer or a microburst or a small tornado that went through Zion Illinois back in maybe 2014. Trees were downed all over the city. Lots of huge oaks. I keep thinking about many were hauled off to the dump. A guy at a mill in another Chicago suburb said they don’t use downed trees. I’ve been screaming inside ever since.

[@geoffreykail9129]

Great sawing video and saw partner. Good job as usual.

[@evloftis4143]

Matt its getting more better lol those are goin to make some really nice tables

[@jimbecker5675]

That was a major challenge and job, but totally worth it, IMHO.

[@normolson1]

As always, outstanding job Matt, thank you

[@ronnie100393]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[@garysoykin2783]

Cool thanks

[@edwardsimmons3721]

Great project

[@davidburns9580]

A few months short of 80, I am now your latest fan. Maybe you are my new idol ... OK, lets not go that far, but I really appreciate what you are doing. Give me back thirty years and I would TRY to do the same, or as close as possible. Carry on and keep 'em coming!!

[@mcremona]

Thanks David!

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Wow! Well done, guys! What a lovely stack of beautiful wood! I showed my family, and they were so thankful that these logs are now being rescued and used. Thanks!

[@kevinlogiudice5458]

Great video! I❤️how you panned out with the drone too!

[@danlindey7368]

I have a log stop that looks exactly like yours. It's amazing how far into a piece of steel a wood blade will cut before it stops.

[@cwalkerize]

Beautiful farm

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Nice collab, and nice slab. 😀

[@labrandons]

wish I had a friend like this...

[@valeriehenschel1590]

That little top cut belongs on my lathe! 12:50- Wolf’s head in the wood grain!!!

[@johnking8679]

Morgan's Off The Leash

[@bobjoncas2814]

...lookin' great, keep safe...

[@shawnharriman3433]

Great video that last cut would be great with the structural problem edges facing each other and do a jet black epoxy center!! Again great watching !!

[@cindyharris3731]

Very cool.

[@ozdatman]

That's a good add for carbide blades.

[@gerry343]

Nice British JCB !

[@dennissheridan1550]

The bucket toss is an art in its self, but for pure efficiency I think a garden hose is the best, just aim and shoot. Just out of curiosity have you watched videos done by the Japanese sawmill owner yoshihiro sasada, he cuts some pretty exotic logs.

[@rasheedhanbali1262]

🇺🇸👍👍👍OK

[@kurtc6372]

Damn that drone shot was cool.

[@dennismacwilliams196]

Good video

[@karlharrison6544]

JCB World HQ is just down the road from my home, great machines

[@slhasebroock]

That guy just went Full Cremona!!!!

[@johnconrardy8486]

like this one

[@seanparchim9165]

I've never seen anyone other than you propel your mill forward Matt,fun video indeed Sir...

[@mcremona]

Every guest gets to take a run at it. usually it's only a cut or two though

[@marcferrero3309]

I like the idea of a hand cranked mill.....for hard woods.....affords you hundred % control over the speed of your cut.....

[@timothyball3144]

Thanks, Matt. A couple things I noticed was an echo and the dappled shadows on the cut wood makes it difficult to see the grain.

[@anthonyappleyard5688]

Seeing your videos, got me to make a posable (i.e. its side-arm can move) CGI model of a peavey.

[@RussellLea-rp1ts]

Ove your post and great watching, I like the tally handler but you haven't said when you got it.😊😊

[@TexasUrbanSawmillLLC]

Looks like the world we live in! What's the most unique thing you've found in a log? We have a 5 gallon pail full of fun artifacts at this point. Keep up the good work.

[@rogerdudra178]

Nice cutting, Matt. Throwing water is like batters in the MLB when they hit, they hit.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@anthonybowes9273]

A very interesting video to see how get useful cuts from a riven walnut log. With me coming from the UK, where land is very pricey and in short supply, what size property do you own and on that high long shot what is yours, just as a matter of interest. We are looking to get a woodland around 6 to 10 acres or land to establish a memorial wood, but they are like hens teeth and when you find one they want silly money. We own a JCB535-95 so able to move the tree trunks once we have them. Thank you for the time you take to put these videos together.

[@charliemckay6402]

On the way back to the shop that tree definitely has to grow through a carwash!

[@PeterWMeek]

You could make a nice set of live-edge, two-top bar tables from those stump slices.

[@bobpowers9862]

Oh, look! It's an Ikea Sawmill Log. :)

[@pup734]

Matt now your log stop matches mine LOL

[@will11m]

Sounds like it's time for some urban steel harvesting.

[@jayt9882]

omg... nearly freaked out from 25:14 - thought that was one of the ants come out to get his own back on ya both!!!

[@davidwhiren817]

My friend in woodworking , You have just put the capital C in " Custom Log Sawing Done " !!!

[@raymondelmore8903]

Just a side note; keep us informed on the tree transplants, as time goes on, I'll be watching.

[@cathybenson5119]

I'd love to see a table made from one of these slabs. 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@the_Texas_Bandit]

That "dirt" you were pulling out by hand..... ya might wanna think about all those squirrels that were fat from acorns.....perfect squirrel love shack.

[@martineastburn3679]

Now to have the wide slabs into Resin rivers and pools. Make a big table top.

[@woodbutcher864]

Fascinating "antfrastructure" within the tree, I'm curious to know if it made it to the end product!