Milling Spruce To DIY Tree Stakes

Join Jason in this insightful journey as he tackles the challenge of protecting his newly planted seedlings from hungry deer. Facing the high cost of tree stakes, Jason decides to take matters into his own hands by utilizing wind fallen Sitka spruce logs from his property.
Watch as Jason bucks and transports the logs to Fred's sawmill, where he mills them down to create custom-sized tree stakes. With determination and resourcefulness, Jason installs these homemade stakes around his seedlings in a bid to outsmart the deer.
Will Jason's DIY solution prove effective in nurturing a sustainable forest, or will the deer thwart his efforts, causing potential setbacks? Only time will reveal the outcome of this innovative approach to forestry management.
Don't miss out on this practical and inspiring journey toward forest conservation and wildlife management. Join us as we witness Jason's efforts to safeguard his seedlings and promote the growth of a resilient forest ecosystem.
#Forestry #DIY #TreeStakes #WildlifeManagement #ForestConservation #SitkaSpruce #DeerProtection #SustainableForestry #SeedlingProtection

[@robertmills3554]

Hey Jason, my favorite part of these videos is listening to Fred talking trash about your logs. He is hilarious. Don’t cut those parts out. I start cracking up as soon as he starts talking.

[@oldnubbins8060]

Industrial sawmill equipment designer here. As other commenters suggested, blade tension (strain) is important but rigidity is bad. When the blade encounters a knot, the strain needs to release ever so slightly and then recover or else the teeth get damaged or the blade can break. The machines I work with have 7' wheels and 14" blades, use airbags for shock absorption, but the physics are the same. The geometry of the blade will dictate how much strain you can apply. The depth of cut, tooth geometry (pitch, gullet, blade thickness), and blade speed (RPM) will determine you feed speed. Too slow and you wont clear the gullet of chips, compressive forces can increase friction and crack the gullet. Feed speed too slow and the teeth get hot and your saw generates more dust than chips. I have some calculators that can give some starting points and parameters to experiment with if interested.

[@markroper9269]

Love the video!!

[@timothyodonnell8591]

Informative video!

[@davidrowe9168]

Love your videos

[@chipsatterly4902]

Always enjoy your content and learn something of interest!! Whether it's mining or forestry!! You also have a very pleasant voice that helps make it easy to listen!! THANKS!!

[@Xtinnoker]

Hey Jason, Come fall you need some Deer and Elk harvested off your land, I’m only a few hours south.

[@drewconrad7093]

There is a channel called Tecopa Mines that could really use some big beams to rebuild a headframe and trestle at his mines.

[@BillMulholland1]

I wonder if it has to do with the speed of the feed. Let the blade do the work? Good to see ya back 🍻👍

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Hey Jason, Craig down in ut,I mill lots of Spruce here I have awesome results with the Woodmizer 10° double hards. Woodmizer recommends 3000 psi, tell Fred to keep up the tension on the mill. Google to see ya !!

[@ramjet4570]

When I cut 1x1s for stickers I found at least with soft wood that any knot or imperfection they would break, so I went to 1x2s way better a lot less breakage

[@rockman531]

Hey Jason, Been quite a while since you've been out 'mining' wood! I can just imagine some of the comments Fred made about your choice of logs...haha! Good Luck with the little trees! Thumbs up! Stay safe. Jim

[@trevorwhat]

“We did our normal grumblings…”. 😂

[@leadfarmer3698]

The Deer might not be able to reach 4 ft BUT the Elk can !!!

[@davidanalyst671]

When was Jason from mount baker mining and metals gonna tell me he does forestry stuff too? I was watching a forestry video, and here's jasons mug on the suggested videos in forestry... what??? How many other channels this guy got?

[@tomahawkmissile241]

love how he did not make a paper shredder that drop feeds with the equipmemt he has laying around.

[@tomahawkmissile241]

i guess it was note worthy to see fred try so hard at a band saw

[@davidanalyst671]

I bet it wouldn't be a bad idea to throw down some fertilizer pellets on the ground around your chosen trees. Get them started out strong

[@semiproactive9625]

I guess stakes are okay but I usually prefer a burger.

[@kaboom4679]

He needs more collector metal for that .

[@joesutherland225]

Spruce makes good building lumber kind of a shame to make garden stakes out of it.hemlock?

[@mackdickson1209]

Wavy cuts could be blade tension or dull blade. Keep up the good work

[@MikeT]

5:00 Fred: Yeah here's your crap, now leave