MILLING A RARE CHESTNUT LOG ON THE SAWMILL, AMAZING LIVE EDGE SLABS

First video on how I harvested an amazing Chinese Chestnut log on my Sawmill.
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[@country4lyfe365]

I cant Express enough ,how I love thee fact you give these majestic trees ,that were enjoyed by us ,in a yard for years and years a whole new purpose and life. Makeing it able to be enjoyed for even longer . A second life. Thank you. Awsome video.

[@ruthfrantz8205]

I'm a single senior in the suburbs of Detroit. I stumbled upon you and love to watch you work. Your instructions are easy to follow and a good timber (pun intended) for listening. Your choice of background music is calming. Thanks for sharing your life.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thank you appreciate you watching,

[@harrythewoollyman]

My dad and I planted three Chinese Chestnuts in 1959. I milled one myself with a chainsaw and made a mountain dulcimer out of it. The other two I gave a local guy with a mill. I traded one log and several white oaks for one of the other logs milled. I have a bunch of lumber I don't know what I will do with, but it is precious to me.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

That chestnut is Beautiful Nathan! My grandfather born in 1892, talked about taking pillow cases and gathering chestnuts for roasting. Here in southeast Pa. The American Chestnut made up about 60% of the forests here. I always have a few on my 8acres but they never get more than an inch or two before the blight takes them out. The American Chestnut Foundation has been working on developing a blight resistant tree for years. Chestnut was often used as a base to be covered with veneer since there was so much of it. Barns, chicken houses and houses were built from it since it was so plentiful and had to be used after the blight hit. I've work with chestnut quite a few times and it's great wood to use. It reminds me a lot of sassafras in the grain but has a unique color of it own and ages down to a lovely brown color. Thanks Kindly Nathan. Every log you saw is like opening a Christmas present. These slabs should go over really big I'd say. How many times do you run into a log and slabs like that? And music wise, check out "Red Tail Wing". They make great music. Peace and Saw dust! DaveyJO in Pa.

[@kge420]

Daveyjo Weaver My house is circa 1928 and all the millwork and interior doors are American chestnut. You say what I’ve heard before. The trees were dying quickly and there was an abundance of lumber as a result. None of our woodwork is painted and it is truly beautiful wood.

[@WaverlyBees]

Wow, I never knew Chinese chestnut could look that beautiful. I hope you find more and share with us. Can’t wait to see the rest of that log. I have a feeling what’s left looks even better.

[@brianmikus6023]

My home was built back in the 19teens. All of the doors and trim are American Chestnut. I baby all of it and have fought off 20 years of my wife wanting to paint some pieces.

[@retiredarthritic2083]

Such a gorgeous piece of wood deserves to be placed in featured pieces such as mantles, tables of all types, desks, as well as wood veneer for dressers and highboys and so much more. LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FIGURED GRAIN!!!!!!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks appreciate it,

[@retiredarthritic2083]

@@OutoftheWoods0623 I come from a long line of Master Craftsmen and learned about the trade I developed a love of woodworking and have always been fascinated with the grain and experience the joy of how to best use such beautiful grain to give the best display of the natural beauty of such woods.

[@josephmartin8160]

Wow, that Chinese Chestnut is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@pault1964]

I am in the uk love watching shows about RV s now I am addicted to your channel

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks, appreciate you watching,

[@stanleyclark7758]

Some amazing slabs of chestnut there Nathan. So good to see you saving this wonderful wood from being used as firewood. It will have a long life as a treasured object bringing joy to people as it did when a live tree!

[@locustbay7594]

This guy's accent rocks!

[@raymondweaver8526]

Just a good ole boy, never meaning no harm

[@peggylecount4264]

It's awesome dry, and the beauty after you put water on it is so beautiful

[@diceportz7107]

That is some beautiful wood. I just wish these videos came with smell. I love the way fresh sawn wood smells.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@gradeseven9188]

I don't understand why so many people watch your films and don't press the like button. not hard to do and shows appreciation for your efforts. cheers Thor from Tasmania

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thank you

[@TheGardenerNorth]

You sawing into a log is like opening up a pirates treasure chest. You don't really know if your going to find empty bottles of rum or jewels and gold. This one truly speaks for itself.

[@kevinzeigler7415]

The crotch

[@bigrich6750]

I’ve been interested in the history of the American chestnut since I went to college at a small school in Bristol, Tennessee in the ‘70s. While day hiking on the Appalachian Trail, I saw these massive stumps, many of them 10 feet in diameter. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but later read a book on the history of the area, and learned of the chestnut blight. It actually started in the 1800s, but by the 1930s was pervasive, and eventually wiped out the chestnuts, which were the dominant species in Eastern forests.

[@josephmartin8160]

That would make a beautiful table or bar top. You really hit gold today!

[@flintrichards945]

That is some beautiful chestnut ,glad to be back sawing with you good stuff.

[@troystaten5633]

Very nice lumber, much prettier than I would have thought.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Me2

[@zackbostick5790]

Well Nathan from all the comments it looks like you were missed,,, We are all happy you have the saw mill you have talked about for awhile Congratulations!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks buddy. appreciate it

[@evankibbe590]

Wow . Black walnut has been my favorite wood for over 50 years. But that's giving it a run for first place. Absolutely gorgeous. I bet it would finish in toung oil even better. That's my favorite finish for walnut. 😊

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

indeed, hard to decide which is best,

[@paulmurphy612]

That’s a treasure. I like it.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes sir 👍

[@billquillin1952]

NICE!!!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Bill,

[@olerocker3470]

Almost heaven, Northeastern Tennessee.

[@mikel2558]

Home sweet home

[@OlWolf1011]

When American chestnut started succumbing to the blight, folks started planting Chinese chestnut for the nuts. Have seen them planted as ornamentals, specimens, and as screens between board-fence and the roadside. Those two and Chinquapin are all related as one family. Butternut, Heartnut, and the walnuts are a second family. The Hickories and Pecans are a third family of temperate nut-trees. Beautiful grain on that tree - really nice deep tawny color.

[@brucegarrett7232]

First cut reveal is nice. Second even better. The 2nd slab is great. That's gonna be good money.

[@Gladtobeleaving]

Our house was built in 1927 and has chestnut crown molding, window trim, baseboard, and banaster in the living room. That slab would be perfect for a coffee table. Beautiful. Shame that we lost so much American Chestnut.

[@richdiddens4059]

One of these days could you show us some slabs that have been air and/or kiln dried? It would be neat to see before and after.

[@raymondweaver8526]

I would be interested if there was any shrinkage and how much. Would would even be better if the before and after moisture content was measured. Sorry I'm a chemist

[@briangriffith8712]

Glad that the LT40 lets you get the most out of these logs. That chestnut looks amazing.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes, should have upgraded years ago,

[@OBIOsim]

I was in a thrift store one day some years back and came across a homemade picture frame that had been made from wormy Chestnut. It was beautifully crafted, tight corners, very nice hand chiseled detailing. 24 by 36 inches. I happened to have an original oil painting in that size....a nice pasture and barn scene done by a local individual. That picture and frame went together like a duck and a pond.

[@kentbullard6917]

Beautiful slabs. Thanks for your channel, without you I would never get to see this. I love beautiful wood and am grateful for all of you independent processors who take the time to get the best out of quality logs.

[@barbaralewis4919]

My great grandfather would cut and mill american and horse chestnut which I think was what you have there and build furniture church pews and such,he would have been happy to have such a mill as yours ours was a blade and carriage with a top saw blade he also liked to saw white oak which he sold to boat builders and of course black walnut and butternut.Thank you for your show its very calming T-Man/Ct

[@crlawrence6359]

Never thought that watching a sawmill would be this cool. That is some beautiful wood

[@l.horseman5704]

Hi Nathan at present I am building a bedroom tv cabinet verses clothes storage WORMY CHESTNUT totally awesome beautiful wood. I have been a cabinet maker / stair builder of radius custom stairs, since I was 16 I am now 74. I have worked on some really beautiful lumber. As well as wormy white oak. That tree that you are working on is worth a lot of $$$$$$. Do not let it go too cheap. Thanks for the video you know what you have.

[@jacquiemouton9053]

For me this is easily the most beautiful wood I have ever seen. It is magnificent.

[@janeplatt8254]

That slab is beautiful best yet I wish I lived in the USA , you are so lucky

[@williamlewis6328]

MY MY MY WHAT BEAUTIFUL WOOD YOU HAVE!! GLAD TO HAVE OTW BACK! SURE HAVE MISSED YOU AND TENNESSEE. BEAUTIFUL DRONE VIDEOS!

[@everlastinggrass]

What the hay hay?!

[@johnwattdotca]

@@everlastinggrass: It's easy to see he got a woody.

[@justicefall1917]

I could watch this all night long!! Thank you for all the fantastic videos!!

[@donaldadams5342]

These first 2 slabs shown together would have made a delightful table for an average sized home with perhaps black epoxy through the middle. Again, I would like to have seen at least one more slab, or two, cut. Fantastic wood. Cheers, Don from South Aust.

[@gastoncannon4710]

You called it Nathan, amazing wood! And I agree, that will give walnut a run for the money. The only downside I see is having to wait for it to dry. ❤️💛🧡💙💜

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes sir. Stack it and forget about it

[@karaDee2363]

That's a beautiful looking slab, it sure would make a great table top

[@jimmcgraw6376]

That's some beautiful lumber

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

agreed, thanks for watching,

[@barrywest3758]

Oh yeah! Bring it on! Beautiful deep grain. When you poured water over it, you could look down into it. Wow. Thanks for sharing!

[@davidnielsen4490]

This is the first time I have seen Chinese Chestnut in all the years I was in the millwork business. Yes, as you said Nathan, similar to butternut. Absolutely beautiful. I hope you get more Chestnut logs. That would make beautiful paneling, trim, cabinets, etc.

[@gaijininja]

I have no idea how I came to click on one of your videos, but I bet it’s because I’ve been watching August Hunicke’s tree felling videos for some reason. Also have no idea how I came to click on his. Anyway, glad I did, because your Tennessee accent, your beautiful drone footage of your ranch, awesome music choice, and unhurried video style just makes watching feel like relaxation therapy. So, from and Australian fan, keep the awesome content coming.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

appreciate it, thanks for stopping by,

[@maryallen6334]

I love seeing the water going on and the colour showing..ever get tired of that..this one is a beauty

[@tonynorthwest9696]

I am actually getting into this aspect of the Timber/Lumber Industry myself. I smashed that like button, and punched the SUBSCRIBE button! Very beautiful, and intricate pieces of Lumber my friend!!! I love the Heart Rings, very clean, and detailed. I'm glad you didn't hit any nails!!! I look forward to seeing more of your videos like this. Thank you for the awesome tutorial. ~Timber Miner Tony T.

[@dwbrasfieldful]

Nathan, You are the master at slabbing some beautiful crotch figured wood. I hope you never stop posting videos...

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Don’t plan on it 👍👍

[@raymondweaver8526]

I don't do woodworking but I do appreciate he explained what was going on with the equipment

[@donnellsmith9056]

Omg! Those slabs are just gorgeous!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes better than expected,

[@SMichaelDeHart]

Chestnut is such a gorgeous wood. Great find.

[@phillipsofthedriver]

What? this vid is about chestnut (Chinese type).

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@phillipsofthedriver lol, I mis-typed...sorry. Glad you caught that cause I missed it.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you

[@jgriff3218]

That first cut I thought wood make a beautiful coffee table. Love to see it finished.

[@timothycormier3494]

I only stop by to your channel every once in a while. Just to see what your cutting up and man you never fail to amaze. That’s some beautiful slabs. Thanks for sharing

[@irongoatrocky2343]

nice looking wood! seems like your learning how to cut pretty good with the new mill!...slow and steady wins the race!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Indeed it does 👍👍👍

[@rongamache6402]

That has some awesome lines and coloring

[@johnallison4904]

That is some of the best slabs I've seen. not just on your channel but on several others, such as Northwestsawyer and MattCremona's channels. Beautiful wood, better than a LOT of Walnut.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks buddy. I agree

[@jaiffee]

That is one GIANT Chinese Chestnut! I didn't know they got that big!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Me either. Thanks for watching

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

Beautiful grain. Well worth sawing the log. I read that chestnut lumber is indistinguishable from oak, save that chestnut does not display medullary rays the way oak does when quartersawn.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes. It is a part of the oak family

[@AndrewCalhoun]

That is spectacular. Thank you so much for sharing. I love your drone shots with music. Very inspirational.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks. Appreciate it

[@jamesdickman7291]

Wow that would make a nice coffee table.

[@Samalyzer45]

The Chestnut blight was first seen in the states in 1904, and especially in eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and western North Carolina, contributed to the hardships of the Great Depression because so many men were employed in the chestnut timber industry. The American Chestnut Foundation was founded in the middle '80s to attempt to backcross chestnut species to obtain a blight-resistant strain and the foundation maintains two major breeding farms in Meadowview, VA. American chestnut trees were enormous, some as large as fourteen feet in diameter at the base, and a famous picture exists of a T-Model Ford parked with all four wheels on the stump of a newly cut chestnut tree.

[@snidelywhiplash]

Gorgeous stuff. Wish there was still some saw-worthy American Chestnut around.

[@StellarFella]

Phantasmagorical.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

some hand made brass legs with lion paw ball feet ! now i am dreaming ! i was a brass worker and silver soldering factory !

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks for watching

[@ramonblanco9200]

Can't get any better, awesome

[@guymcelwee334]

Nice looking wood. Thanks for sharing Nathan.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Guy,

[@bbcustomoutdoors]

I read an article several years ago that said foresters had bread a chestnut that was 99% American chestnut, but retained resistance to blight. I’ve never seen American chestnut, but I’d love it if this were true and we were able to bring them back. They were called the redwoods of the east, because they could grow to some truly amazing sizes.

[@l.r.norris6519]

I know there is a big movement to bring back the chestnut tree. I see why now What gorgeous wood

[@boydgraafmeyer6081]

I must say I found this very interesting! Very unique. Looks alive. My first thought was a guitar body. Really like how you explain the complexity of cuts and wood grains.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks appreciate you watching,

[@Dave-hc6pp]

We had Chinese Chestnut trees my grandfather planted in the ‘50’s. They were bearing in the early ‘60’s. The nuts are in a prickly husk and have 2-4 nuts in a husk. We would peel them with a pocket knife and eat them or roast them and eat. I always wondered what the wood looked like.

[@chriscmoor]

Nice stuff, Nathan. Very, very nice. I make the occasional cigar humidor and that chestnut would make some seriously beautiful boxes.

[@bradleyrussell1973]

Saw up a walnut stump. Gorgeous!

[@redeagle6842]

That tree will make some amazing bar tops or table tops. Simply beautiful!

[@vincentthomas495]

Beautiful wood, sir. I grow Hybrid American Chestnut and Chinese Chestnut in my TN nursery, but I had no idea the Chinese Chestnut would look that nice.Thanks for sawing this for us.Keep up the good work on your channel.

[@bobm5500]

Well --------- That is amazing , carn't wait to see the rest of it , You have had a win there .

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks buddy

[@robertrogish1038]

Absolutely beautiful !! In the 60's, as a little boy, our family mill as a )) Frick with a 48 inch blade that my Dad could actually tune/temper with a hammer. It was powered by a vertical 4 cylinder Waukesha engine. On a high production day, it would drink 50 gallons of fuel. Your Woodmizer is an excellent mill.

[@kathyclark3376]

Such beautiful works of art. Nature is so amazing!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@steveadkisson2921]

Sir that is just gorgeous....... take my money now!!!!!!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

lol done,

[@Assorted12]

Gorgeous slabs. I've never seen chestnut like that. Thank you.

[@kam70111]

Enjoy your videos, the wood grains (figures) and it is a special joy to listen to you.

[@mauriceryton]

Absolutely beautiful grain patterns, just amazing. I know l keep saying this, it never gets old does it!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

never,

[@christopherscarpino8994]

So beautiful. Good seeing a craftsman at work.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks

[@debdottir]

Gorgeous. The grain looks swirlier than walnut. I'll take it!

[@jus4funtim]

Whomever you sell these slabs to should be required to send you at least a photo or at best post a video of the finished product. Absolutely beautiful looking wood and I know this video can't do it justice.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks. Agreed 👍👍

[@fossilsfabe4304]

That is stunning colour and grain in that log. What would it have looked like if it had been quarter-sawn I wonder? Keep these beautiful videos coming please.

[@carolineb3527]

That video just sent me on a tour round Wikipedia and now it has made me hungry - the American chestnut is related to the European sweet chestnut the nuts from which get roasted in wintertime and sold by street vendors across Europe. Now of course it's not winter but I want some! There are sweet chestnuts in the UK that are known to be hundreds of years old and which have survived despite the blight which also killed a lot of them off in Europe. The Chinese chestnut, it says in Wiki, is more resistant to the blight and is in fact the tree that brought the blight to the USA. So what you have on your mill, Nathan, is a killer! :) When we Brits think of chestnuts we mostly think of Horse Chestnuts, which actually aren't chestnuts at all but who cares about the detail. We call the nuts from those trees "conkers" and they're used in a popular children's game. There's even a world championship in conkers. That log looks fantastic and the wood, oh my, I'd love some of that. Any rich people out there feel like shipping some over the pond? And that mill... you sure are going to make something out of that, it's so good watching you able to cut slabs without having to cut the wood down to size first. Great video too, I love Tennessee now and I've never been there. Part of the scenery reminds me of England but we don't have sharp pointed mountains in the background, got to go to Wales or Scotland for that.

[@Z-Bart]

Man that is beautiful. No pine pitch either. ;) Just high dollar slabs. I like the intro and exit music too.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks. Appreciate it

[@libertyauto]

This was quite beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching 👍👍

[@lewiscisle4649]

Really super Nathan,thanks for taking me along for the ride. Makes my day !

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@phil.paulastocks2276]

That log would make a beautiful dining table.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes sir it would

[@robertcooper8973]

Your shop looks really good my friend

[@drawlele]

Dang that's a wonderful grain pattern all the way around. I'm not sure I would make a coffee table with it, but I would make a headboard with it, mainly so that every morning I wake up and see that grain. So happy this was my first video today, think I'm to find a way to open up this spalted oak crotch I've got sitting in the shop

[@delwhylie4748]

Wow, that log is breath taking I, I, I say, breath taking... Need to go take a pith break after that one... Its funny just when you think you seen it all. You can bet you aint seen nothing yet! He just seems to come up with another real pither. Love watchin your video's Thanks so much for sharing. Nothing can compare to Gods beautiful creations in nature.

[@TheGuitologist]

You need a shirt that says “Pith on It”.

[@christopherjbowers659]

very creative! might sell in tennessee

[@johnwattdotca]

How about "Pith on Earth".

[@jamiemckenzie8516]

Beautiful slab of timber I can see tables and office desk tops in that !

[@sharpsvilleBill]

It seems that nut trees in general make for beautiful wood. That Chestnut is magnificent!

[@derekwood91]

I love to watch these videos. I live in the UK and I've always had a thing about timber, and wood grain. I love the fact that every board is unique, even when they come from the same tree. I'd like to know more about that song at the end, it's beautiful too.

[@johnballantyne6853]

I see you`re back to using the water bucket ! Great looking boards and something different again, Thanks.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@johnballantyne6853]

We haven’t had anything for about a week now, I hope you haven’t put your back out again ? ☹️

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

I’m good. Vacation in Florida

[@johnballantyne6853]

Good man, I haven’t been to Florida for 5 Years now and I love it ! have a good holiday, hear from you soon😎

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

😁👍

[@jimjett9996]

Wow amazing grain features !

[@jamesl.winter5552]

Great video completely!!! Gods creations in a log. What an artist!! The country artistry also. Be safe!