Orange Wood! Watch us Sawmill it

[@paradear]

Love what you do, sir! Thank you for the peek at your own private little (or not-so little) heaven!

[@erikowren7894]

Very nice job and nice saw.

[@CookWoods]

Thanks 👍

[@judithfairchild8620]

The Osage orange color was fantastic. It would make a wonderful bright room.

[@genethecook2300]

I'd just like to introduce myself and say hello. My name is Harold "Cook" of Golden Leaves Tree Care. I live in Indiana, it is a real pleasure to Cyber meet you, Chris. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing more. I really enjoyed my first video with you. Hope you have a great life! GOD bless.

[@CookWoods]

Thank you so much, Harold! We really love producing these videos. Chris is passionate about wood and plans to make so many more videos in the future!

[@carlspringle9342]

Absolutely Gorgeous Wood. Looking forward to turn some of it. Thanks for sharing.

[@CookWoods]

Thank you so much for your comment, Carl! Osage Orange is such a great turning wood. Show us what you make!

[@trappenweisseguy27]

There’s a pen Osage Orange tree growing on a front lawn up the street from me. Why this is remarkable is that this is just outside of Toronto. It actually survives the winter here. I didn’t know what it was until I took one of the crazy brain like fruits to several people and one old guy was able to identify it. The correct pronunciation is Bwah D’ark.

[@derekdodson9982]

Had tons of those on our property when I was a kid in OK. Bo-dark is how we pronounced it. A huge one bigger than this about 100' from our house. The trunk was quite twisted. I dulled many chainsaw blades on those things. Thanks so much for the video.

[@CookWoods]

Derek, thanks so much for taking the time to comment! Yep, Bo-dark is definitely a name this goes by too. That's neat that you got to see a huge one right in your yard. We know all about dull chainsaw blades around here. Many of those residential trees have so many nails and metal in them from years of growth near people too! That always makes it interesting when milling and can be quite expensive for breaking blades and dulling chains. Take care!

[@lynbren]

I'm from Southern Oklahoma and we cut many of these things for fence posts when I was a kid. A 4" one can easily last over one hundred years stuck in the ground. Better get those staples in while they're still green though. LOL

[@genethecook2300]

Not to offend but "blades"? 😆 just a tree fellar observation. I enjoyed the chuckle. Thanks

[@bob_frazier]

Just ran across this: Early French explorers called it bois d'arc-French for “bow-wood”-which eventually became bodark.

[@freerx1845]

Very cool....you just earned a new subscriber.

[@CookWoods]

Thank you so much!

[@dannmohr5721]

Awesome wood……..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@CookWoods]

Thank you Dann! Have you checked it out at cookwoods.com yet?

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Really nice looking wood and at least I loved the yellowgreen (mimosas) sawdust. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

[@CookWoods]

Thank you so much. We have plans to release more great videos in the future!

[@tonyj2216]

What a great cut! I live just down the hill from you....Medford. I hope to go to your facility in the near future to see all the action in real time.

[@CookWoods]

We would love to see you. You're welcome anytime!

[@valentinvogel5843]

you can tell that you love your job. this makes watching the video so much more enjoyable than it would be anyways, nice work

[@JudithStOnge]

My father was an archery historian. His favorite Long Bow was hand made from Osage Orange! He claimed it was the best he had ever drawn!! 80 lb pull! He hunted deer with it for years! Astonishingly powerful and accurate! He had Nother made with a slight recurve that became an entry in several record bokks!!

[@CookWoods]

Yes, Osage Orange is a classic for bowyers!

[@FatherOfTheParty]

Found downed osage orange tree on my property a couple months ago. It was about 18" in diameter and had a nice 8' straight, no knot truck. It really milled up nice. Drying it now and trying to come up with something interesting to make with it.

[@jenniferwhite6089]

wow as to the waste sawdust, i would have mixed it with resin to turn a bowl farm the to or pen blanks to have a friend whose dad made mandolins would have found the word interesting too

[@CairnCreek]

Glad this popped up. That size is fantastic. I made a video cutting up a smaller one here in Ohio. I also took a short log to Out Of the Woods.

[@CookWoods]

Glad you found us! We love to be able to share our milling process with others!

[@roxannesykes415]

Lol grew up cutting hedge for firewood. Yes sawdust yellow

[@CookWoods]

That would make great firewood! Nice and dense, burns long & hot! But we think it's better for lumber and turning blanks. :)

[@lotusman1974]

I use this wood, Osage Orange laminated in my walking cane handles and it has been difficult to find boards wide enough ( only 4-5 inches needed ). This will change all that and much more cutting such a huge log. Very NICE ! I like how you obtain so many really rare, exotic woods from around the world. Makes for some real beautiful hardwoods in a plethora of colors.

[@CookWoods]

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. We really try hard to source exciting and different things so that woodworkers can have a "kid in a candy store" experience and purchase everything they can think of for amazing projects! We sure appreciate your business.

[@alejandromohamad7443]

Hola, Buen dia..maravilloso..el...video...por poder conocer..tan maravillosa máquina..de asserrar...la.madera...de Maclura..sinceramente...fantástico ...muchas.gracias ❤ 😊

[@CouncilOfDort]

I’ve made some beautiful bowls and vases out of this wood.

[@CookWoods]

That is awesome! We would love to see pictures. :)

[@RoseBud-fk4qg]

We had one and the twp. Chopped it down I was 😠 it was 12 foot off the right of way

[@roxannesykes415]

Osage orange. I grew up calling the hedge trees .

[@CookWoods]

Yep, there are several names! Same orange wood. :)

[@imaginethat9757]

osage is my favorite wood to work with. it is very common in this area of southeast PA. lots of good workable waste for smaller projects can be found just by driving around where tree crews clearing overgrown roadsides have left abandoned chunks and cut-offs. nothing beats free wood ;-) do beware of breathing that yellow dust.. it is not healthy to inhale.

[@fordboss9275]

I use to find a Jem every now and then just like that. Some were from an old “log-landing”! A couple were along roads in the Adirondacks!

[@itatane]

There is a traditional Bowyer in my area that would have been salivating over that Osage Orange wood. We use the cut fruits (Monkey Balls) as an insect repellent during autumn. The active ingredient, Elemol, is a sesquiterpene that acts kind of like DEET. But don't get the sap on your hands...

[@CookWoods]

Wow, that is so interesting about the insect repellent! Great natural alternative to DEET. 😄 There are a lot of Bowyers who love Osage Orange, for sure! It's such a great wood for many uses. Thanks again for watching our video. We really appreciate it!

[@bob_frazier]

Is this also what Midwesterners called Hedge?

[@CookWoods]

Yes, I believe so.

[@reecewatson773]

The defect would make a nice table top. Fill it with acrilic-poxy

[@CookWoods]

Yes, acrylic epoxy makes amazing tables. Some of our favorites are wood that looks like it has little to no value, but the epoxy just brings it to life.

[@KBoettcher13]

Boettcher Sawmill in Missouri has been known to find and cut large hickory and oak burls 6 footers. Need to get in touch one day.

[@CookWoods]

Huge wood is so incredible to mill and make into slabs and blanks!

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

Rare find to get a log that big. Beautiful pieces from that log. The Indians around here used the wood to make their hunting bows and arrows. The hedge apples were used to deter vermin from getting into their winter food storage.

[@armoredsaint6639]

IPE has a similar sawdust color sort of a fluorescent green!

[@CookWoods]

The things found naturally in wood are so amazing aren't they?

[@randy_magnum01]

Need to cut the scraps into turning blanks

[@CookWoods]

Mike, we absolutely do. We have lots of turning blanks at cookwoods.com and we cut our scraps all of the way down to cut off boxes and pen blanks! :)

[@1FromTheTree]

Really enjoyed the video, just before you jump in the loader at 1m.55sec are those walnut burl root sections behind you? it would be interesting to see how you cut those. I was rough turning some of your myrtle burl a few days ago, beautiful wood with great colours :-)

[@CookWoods]

George, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. You're exactly right, those are Walnut burls! You're in luck, in about a month we'll be releasing a video showing cutting these bad boys. Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to the channel so you can get a notification when the video posts. Anything else you'd like to see milled? Totally agree with you on the Myrtle burl. It's unique and always has such great patterns, colors, aroma... so easy to turn too. Take care George & have a great day!

[@hillbillymanjackson]

The French called it bois de arc, meaning wood of the bow. Native Americans used it for primitive bows. The Latin name is maclura pomifera. Thanks for the vid. I love this wood for carving. It was planted by the millions as hedges after the dustbowl in the 1930s by our government to prevent another topsoil stripping disaster. Read up on it. It is very important and interesting.

[@CookWoods]

David, thanks so much for your comment and the great info. added here!

[@judithfairchild8620]

There's a little town here in Southern Missouri called Bois de Arc. For the woods they found there.

[@fordboss9275]

Cameraman should have shown us a close up of the quarter sawn, that’s the best part of any tree!!

[@CookWoods]

Thanks for that feedback! We'll definitely pass this info. along so we can improve our videos.

[@michaelmosley254]

Wow that is some pretty wood I have never seen one of those trees that big

[@richtomlinson7090]

Osage Orange along with Black Locust and Red Mulberry are the three somewhat similar extremely rot resistant hardwoods in North America. These are more rot resistant than Redwood or Cedar.

[@CookWoods]

Thanks for adding this bit of knowledge!

[@JCox-zp1bk]

I wish someone had counted the growth rings so we would know how old the tree was. As big as it was, it must have grown for many, many years.

[@bob_frazier]

Axe handles!!!!! I read that this was tested to be the most shock resistant wood in North Ametica... I think.

[@genethecook2300]

Oh Ya? Axe handles? Hmm🤔 I'd be interested in hearing more about that. I've used it to make bows but it never occurred to me to make an axe handle with it. How strong is it? I might have to ask Buckin about this.

[@genethecook2300]

Buckin Billy Ray Smith that is. Have you heard of him?

[@CookWoods]

Axe handles are great out of this wood - so durable!

[@richtomlinson7090]

It is a preferred Bow making wood which means it isn't brittle and full of lignin, because lignin is sort of the glue that holds the cellulose together. Osage, Hickory, Ash, Yew and others are pretty flexible, so yes it could be excellent.

[@thomasnine2595]

How old was this one

[@bonniemiles7957]

That sawdust makes an effective dye for wool.

[@CookWoods]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing that.

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

Even the short pieces either end of that occlusion are worth the trouble.

[@leewatkins1610]

that is ONE BIG BANDSAW,,DID YOU BUILD IT yourself? those must be 5 foot wheels

[@Monkeysic]

We have a fair amount of them around here but none that big! Awesome mill. I thought mine was big at slabbing 65".

[@CookWoods]

We love our monstrous mill! It's great to be able to slab out such large logs.

[@VAspeed3]

That yellow color is spectacular, but unfortunately osage wood turns to a reddish brown in a few weeks if it is shaded, and in a few days in the sun.

[@leewatkins1610]

splits and cracks real bad while curing though!

[@mantaszmenskis5619]

shoulda split it straight down that check, then slabbed out the bottoms and middle. Leave the corners for turning.

[@wishicouldspel]

Where is that tree from. Cant believe the size. When we bought our ranch in nkrthern California in 95 we coukd hardly gwt in. Half mile of these trees where used as a fence line and were animals at that. We cut down and made firewood out of 90% of the trees. The oldest I counted was juat short of 70 years and not a one of them was hardly near 2 feet wide. More like 70 years for 18 inches.

[@CookWoods]

It's from Missouri! We purchased it from a log broker, but would love to know the history of this log as it's been around for quite some time to get that large! It's probably 80 to 100 years old because it was likely on its own where it got a lot of sunshine and nutrients.

[@wishicouldspel]

@@CookWoods One would think these will be increasingly hard to find in the future. Very much so. Less and less of them here in Nor Cal for sure. Also...As the price of farmland and comoddities went up a decade or so back all my farming relatives in the midwest decided to push the planitng lines all the way to the fences. As a result a very large quantity of trees and the subseguent hidng space for birds and other critters just up and disappeared with the trees. Including Osage. That log still has my jaw dropped. Rare find indeed. Keep that brokers number. He obviously knows how-to earn his keep.... And help you earn youra. Phil

[@CookWoods]

@@wishicouldspel Phil, thanks again for commenting. Yeah, whenever we see trees coming out for farming, city improvements, etc. we try to take advantage of salvaging the logs!

[@migidymarsh]

I wonder what they named the saw......

[@CookWoods]

Only because it's fun!

[@sethwarner2540]

?Few people know; the sawdust is used/can be used to stain cloth yellow. It will stain you, as well!

[@CookWoods]

Love these interesting facts!

[@DaSoleMan]

how can we see what you are pointing at when the camera is on you not it.

[@CookWoods]

Thanks so much for the feedback! We'll absolutely work on this for our future videos.

[@rogerhodges7656]

It is beautiful when fresh cut. Unfortunately, it oxidises to a drab brown regardless of the finish the you put on it.

[@CookWoods]

Have you tried putting on a UV inhibitor when you finish it? It's true that it does oxidize, but it's possible to slow the process.

[@rogerhodges7656]

@@CookWoods I tried finishes with UV inhibitors by General Finishes and Sherwin Williams. Within three years the color was bland. Within five it was an uninteresting brown. A turned piece that was in a cabinet in a dark office held its color longer but I never again use Osage Orange for its color. The portions that were in an inlaid floor were especially frustrating.

[@CookWoods]

@@rogerhodges7656 yeah, that is the tricky thing with vibrant woods for sure. The UV inhibitor works well to a point. Sunlight definitely makes a huge impact in speeding the process of oxidization to a darker color. That's also true of Redheart, although we have had some boxes that we made from Redheart 20 years ago and they've been out of the sun... their color is not the same neon red that it was at the beginning, but they still have a lovely red color. Wood is so unique!

[@leewatkins1610]

there seems to be a different species of Hedge tht is redder,not quite that bright lemon yellow,,probably some botanist knows this,at a university somewhere

[@buffyarx]

The problem is it won’t stay yellow, it will turn a dark brownish color especially in the sun or exposed to sunlight and as it ages

[@CookWoods]

Yes, this is true and is very typical with colored woods. But using a UV inhibitor and keeping the wood out of direct sunlight helps a lot!

[@richardbadish6990]

The Cameraman had my anxiety up! Lol. Not trying to bash anyone. But it'd definitely benefit him and the channel, if he/she? Took a few lessons from a professional. There's quite a few times when you were pointing out defects or spots in the log as you were talking. And the camera was stuck on you entirely, so we couldn't see what you were looking at or trying to show us. There's also a few times where you were either zoomed in too much or not enough. You got to think of the camera as your eyes. If someone is talking to you, do you stare directly into their soul? Lol or do you kind of observe things as their talking. I'm definitely not a professional! But ijs, there's some area's for improvement. I may not be a pro a making KZbin videos, but I'd consider myself a Pro at watching them! Lol I will say all in all not horrible, I liked the content. It was cool seeing the heavy machinary work. That's also something that would have been cool to see. Is to watch the operator working the controls in the cab. If u can't fit two people, maybe strap a gopro to yourself or the window etc etc. Hopefully you see these critiques as a positive and not me just trying to rip on ya! Because I like your content, ijs that there's a few things that I noticed. That your channel could greatly benefit from. Along with your viewers would benefit the most. All in all good video! Nice beautiful wood!

[@CookWoods]

This is such valuable feedback! We really appreciate you letting us know. We'll pass this along to our cameraman so that we can improve.

[@bob_frazier]

I've read that the monkey balls were the fodder for some of our megafauna such as mastodons, but that we have nothing in the America's now that can eat these (thus spreading the seeds).

[@CookWoods]

That's interesting!

[@FatherOfTheParty]

Deer and squirrels will eat them in a pinch. Squirrels just dig out the seeds but it's a lot of work for little return. We leave them in a bucket over the winter and they rot down by spring, then mash them up, add some water, and spread them where we want to start new ones. Come back in a couple years and thin them and spread them out further. The Edible Acres channel also shows how to start saplings from seed using air prune beds.

[@leewatkins1610]

75 years old?? try 175 yeras!these are super slow growing,,hedge rows planted in 1880 around here in missouri are only 36 INCHES IN diameter

[@leewatkins1610]

second only to hickory for weight in the United States

[@mkbman45]

Monkey ball tree!

[@patrickjohnson5106]

“Bow-Dark”

[@CookWoods]

Yep, that's another common name for this species! You're absolutely right.

[@jimbauer6822]

It doesn't stay that color it turns brown after it oxidizes

[@paulbriggs3072]

Kind of a shame to cut it into such short lengths. Seems like a good teak substitute.

[@jodymayo687]

Myrtle wood

[@CookWoods]

Hi Jody, thanks for your comment. What is it that you'd like to see with Myrtlewood? We'll be happy to help.

[@nattydreadlocks1973]

Camara person needs to widen out the shot when the man is explaining things with his hands. Other then that, 👍👍👍.

[@williamhoward8319]

bow wood

[@CookWoods]

It's wonderful for bows!

[@lesleyboeder1798]

You need to talk to your camera person and get them to show we’re you are pointing and what you are speaking on. We already know what you look like

[@eduarddvorecky3731]

There is no way it's wood is so yellow

[@CookWoods]

Thanks for your comments. A few of the shots are a bit bright, but the wood is actually bright, bright yellow!

[@smigletat9634]

You need to fire your camera person... Watched to the last 2:30 & quit.. 🤦🏻‍♂️ -0- footage of any of this beautiful wood you spoke of during the whole vid😡👎🏻

[@1Thirty1]

Skip the first 8 minutes of talking… 😂😂

[@watchthe1369]

Halfway thru reapeated himself 3 times, no wood cutting, not subscribing to yet another history channel baiting show.