A LOG THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR YEARS, HARVESTING AN ELEPHANT TREE ON THE SAWMILL

[@williamellis8993]

Looks like your long plane (joiner?) is rift sawn, not quarter sawn.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

not my planes, just a photo example for people to see what tools I was referring too,

[@byronservies4043]

Those are from The English Woodworker. He has free videos and plans at his web site as a teaser for his premium videos. I happen to be nearing completion of his English Workbench now.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes that is it, member here also, very good videos he makes,

[@hornetobiker]

@@OutoftheWoods0623 Are you really Yoda?

[@PaulWhitedWoodStoneIron]

Try taking off your rubber boot on saw dust chute and hang a 5 gal bucket from metal chute. Them have a wheelbarrow sitting at the back. You can dump bucket every few passes and then don’t have to clean floor. It helps some. Nice video.

[@HOODS]

I'm commenting to you as part of a community outreach. We are trying to help people or family members that may be struggling with sawmill addiction,croch figure,quartersawn lumber addiction,and fascination of medulary rays,including but not limited to walnut. Lol love the rant.

[@828enigma6]

Like your videos. You make the viewer feel like they are actually there.

[@lydiaflatt9859]

Oh my what pretty wood! I don’t know why I find a sawmill so relaxing….but I do. Thanks!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@donaldadams5342]

Heck of s good video Nathan. There was some excellent looking timber too. Cheers, Don from South Australia.

[@delduncan913]

I have never commented about content ect. of any site but, I accidentally found your site and I have to say its one I really enjoy watching. Very calming when you speak. I don't know a thing about sawing wood and do not need to learn but I thoroughly enjoy watching your channel. Thanks a bunch

[@shampyswoodworking525]

one of the most underrated of the hardwoods right there. Pretty stuff!

[@brucerowan2183]

Really like the way you explain what you are doing on the cuts.

[@carmelpule6954]

This video depicts a very intelligent man who combines real quantitative logic, rational thinking of science physics mathematics and engineering and the qualitative, virtual, irrational emotions of artistic functions emanating from the color and texture of the sawn wood, while his vociferous power and diction in using the spoken symbols of the chosen language dialect and chosen words are to be admired. Sir, my congratulations. The different engineering functions on that machine in how they perform to ease one's energy requirement, it has a beauty of its own.

[@brucethomas5065]

Beautiful log and grain. Keep up the good work and unique lumber

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks Bruce,

[@JamesWestAZ]

Amazing........... That wood was showing some great grain when you scrapped the dust of of it. But when you added the water, that's when the true beauty came out. Always a surprise how beautiful the lumber comes out.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks 👍

[@judsonr1]

When do you find time to rest? Between being a father, all the work with the sawmill and your exceptional filming and editing; there’s still just 24 hours in the day. Thank you for the videos.

[@yobryan88]

Wood and Trees are so majestic and marvellous

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

agreed

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely superb Nice sawing

[@joymcguire]

Your filming and editing are outstanding! Beautiful videos!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks, appreciate that a lot,

[@stevendeitrich6933]

I am in Northeastern Ohio & we have a lot of beech grows naturally . It gets huge ! Loggers pass it up & I never heard why . This is first I ever seen it cut . Pretty Wood . Thank You .

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for sharing!

[@richardhead8264]

_Love that smooth gray bark!_

[@gerardjohnson2106]

In the town where I grew up in South Central Kentucky, National Brush had a "brush handle" manufacturing plant. They only made wooden brush handles using BEECH exclusively. My dad was an electrical contractor and we did all of the electrical work. They made patterns for use on duplicating moulders. The moulders used high speed, high frequency motors driven by high frequency generators. All that kept us busy. Beech has very short dense grain & is super hard making it perfect for wooden brush handles. They had a on site ~10acre roofed stack yard and a dry kiln fired by scrap cuts, rejects, the dry shavings & sawdust. The factory is closed now. Brush handles are now made of PLASTIC. Over the years I witnessed ~Millions of BF of beech run through that factory. Blessed be the Beautiful Majestic BEECH. It bought a lot of groceries for our table.

[@pup734]

I like it very good looking log

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

me too, was better than expected,

[@raymondweaver8526]

Nice, straight and uniform

[@jakebob5101]

Living in Pennsylvania I have the great pleasure of visiting Cook Forest in the Allegheny Forest region. It has some of the oldest virgin growth trees in that forest. Especially hardwoods like American Beech.

[@bigredracer7848]

7.4K+👍's up thanks for sharing this great video with us all

[@chaplainand1]

I love Beech nuts. Got my initials carved in a tree 60 years ago. The tree is still there, I think. Usually, in our neck of the woods, Beech trees grow on reasonably rich soils. Lots of difficulty with rotten cores. Many Beech in our area grow as Wolf trees - alone an bushed out vs long, straight trunks. Yours is a sweet specimen. Thank you.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks for watching

[@DuranSexton]

The red tones in beech are amazing. One of my favorites.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

me too, thanks for watching,

[@hughgriffiths5837]

We use beech as fire wood - fantastic heat producer because it’s so dense. Not just full of water, it’s a dense wood like oak. Black bear love the beech nuts that the tree grows each year so it’s not uncommon to find years worth of bear claw marks “carved” into the bark of the tree. You’re not alone with the insurance calls lmao. Keep up the good work Nathan 💪🏼

[@mikewhittenberger]

Nathan! Since I discovered your channel like a year ago, I decided to start with your oldest content and work my way up while simultaneously watching new videos aa they post. This is the first video I think I’ve heard you use light profanity!!!! Those telemarketers really got to you 😂😂😂

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

lol yes they do, thanks for watching my videos

[@josephlipetzky2825]

Love the look of Beach, and yes it does look like Pine in the Grain

[@thaess9531]

I loved that center cut it'd make an awesome table

[@lizchelgren1270]

Great channel. We used straight sawn beech for wooden drawers in our cabinet shop before 2008. It machined and finished beautifully. It was kiln dried and a cheaper b.f. cost that soft maple, our previous choice. I'd love to see how they have held up over the years, they were prettier than maple drawers; so much color and character. Thanks for the great videos. JC

[@fritzschwanserhauser2266]

You've got some really nice slabs sir! Kind of a cooljob! I like learning this americana about our trees! Fascinating ! Good for fine furniture and artisan homebuilders etc! Cool accent! Good splaining southernstyle!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks 👍

[@jimkimler9460]

It seems like anything you put on the mill turns out awesome

[@melissataucer7005]

This is a beautiful piece of wood... I would love a table made out that. Thanks for sharing

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thank you very much!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Beech is a very hard wood...l have worked whit it in my shop making kitchen cabinets...That very shop that was struck by lighten and burned to the ground on a Sunday back in the 1970's....Thanks very much....Nice going...!

[@iamrichrocker]

music in this video, and all of your videos, is fantastic...

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks!

[@polycat7670]

Good looking wood!

[@kevin196255]

Beautiful wood. Thank you for showing the reward of these steps in making lumber.

[@DaveBobsMS]

Nice stuff. Looking to purchase mill. Been learning lots from you a Mike. Thanks brother 🙏

[@daveblevins3322]

That's a beautiful grain 👍🇺🇸

[@countrywoodcreationsnywv5055]

I wish I could insert a pic of a heavily spalted, yet not punky live edge beech slab. Just amazing colors. Looks like marble, and I could have sold as much as I wanted. People went crazy for it. Loved working with it also. Nothing stands out that I could think of that I would mention about how it is to work with. Sold me on beech, spalted or not. Strong, nice color and easy to work with. And yes a slow drying wood. There are beech yard trees in New England, that are ridiculously large. I got my slabs from a very generous sawmill in WV. Great video

[@WoodByWright]

I love Quarter sawn Beach! so pretty! so many posible uses!

[@johnfahey7215]

Yes! Beech tree. I’ve never heard the term “Elephant tree” at least in south east NY. I use it for firewood. The Beeches here have been suffering from root rot. Two have come down in last 5 years and another doesn’t look good 😌

[@bobmoe9221]

Never been there.🤔 But quarter sawn beech is nice.

[@andersjorgensen2674]

We're paneling our house interior with home milled beech. We have to take out a few trees where the septic is going anyway and my wife likes the look better than the other woods we have available.

[@johnhughes3963]

Gorgeous!! We have beech everywhere here in DE..and where I grew up in VA.

[@timconnell4570]

Interesting. Thnx for sharing about the grain

[@alexcarrie4526]

Looks just like English beech wood by the look of the bark, finest wood for chisel handles, screwdriver handles rulers etc. very solid wood

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

yes sir, good stuff,

[@robertafazio3449]

Beautiful wood!

[@NianticRiverWoodcraftingChrisN]

Beech is one of my favorite turning woods. Have a bunch in my truck right now! Great video...

[@richardlaymance9984]

Wow that’s beautiful wood

[@Herr_Bone]

Here in Northern Germany beech is the most popular wood. The trunk is used for high quality furniture and the branches feed our stoves in winter time. And yes, we also carve love hearts in the soft bark :-)

[@maryallen6334]

So beautiful - that beech.

[@chriswincek8672]

Your channel is pretty intriguing. Im not a woodworker by any means.i was just searching wood to use for an aquarium stand and came across one of your videos. Good stuff and makes me want to get one of those machines and start milling some wood up, lol.

[@silvergrizzly316]

Nate, you sure do know your wood and saw cuts. Love that drone footage of your farm, AWESOME!👍👍

[@ritchtaylor3831]

I love Beech. I cuts, sands, machines well. Edge grain cutting boards or workbench tops look amazing. Face grain is often pretty plain.

[@leahzeiters8905]

Beautiful wood grain.

[@craigkeller]

Old school sawyers call it ‘boxing the heart’. Smart way to produce high quality lumber.

[@mattfleming86]

Nice to see a Beech with its core. They are highly prone to being hollow and/or rotten in the middle. They can be mostly dead, and still somehow completely alive.

[@nicholasblohowiak29]

Around where I live. Which is in the upper peninsula of Michigan. I absolutely love beechwood. It’s a super hardwood and throws off a lot of heat.

[@smasica]

Dang, that's one sweet mill you got there.

[@mundlkalli4396]

I dont think I could wait 18 months or longer........maybe 4-6 months.....but no choice....darn it !!!!!!! love that wood grain, beautiful

[@kjtilka]

Oh my god what a sweet saw mill!

[@lukecamp7262]

Perfect for making cutting boards with.. Beautiful !

[@Bob_Adkins]

Pretty! Reminds me a little of quarter sawn maple. It's being used for gun stocks more and more as walnut becomes scarce. I hope Wood Mizer starts making bonsai saw mills, then maybe I can afford one.

[@jamesbraithwaite478]

Looks great for making both indoor & outdoor dining tables with.

[@Trevor_Austin]

Beech is a superb wood for runners in furniture.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes 👍👍

[@knoxtreecare3371]

Beautiful wood. Beech's are some of my very favorite to climb.

[@jlange2115]

Great work!!!

[@skydiverMN]

Video production is so well done! Love the music, details, etc. Interesting channel, keep up the excellent content!

[@oldbatwit5102]

In Britain Beech was always the wood of choice for the seats of wooden chairs, because it is not prone to splitting. British beech has a crazy zig-zag grain.

[@bldeagle10]

Beautiful cut of wood!

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

It sure is heavy stuff Nathan, even dry it ain't light. I have over hundred molding planes and most made of beech. Good tough wood and can be very pretty as well. Thanks for showing us this elephant tree. DaveyJO in Pa.

[@eileencollins8799]

Beech is mostly used for furniture here in England. They are handsome trees.

[@raymondweaver8526]

@Brad Viviviyal A waste of good wood

[@eileencollins8799]

raymond weaver I totally agree with you. (Undrinkable bilge!)

[@kenbray2948]

“I’m gonna take a hostage!” I was rolling. I’m using that one from now on.

[@crisantohafalla76]

Ll fastest gun alive by glen ford FC address

[@stevepoore2410]

Wow this is beautiful!

[@danamattern2097]

That is some beautiful wood...

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Yes it is. Thanks for watching 👍👍

[@DAYBROK3]

what ever the tree is made into they are going to be ever so pretty.

[@jackmacdonald9568]

Very interesting grain. I will say you have incredible patience to wait up to 2 years for the lumber to be able to be workable 👍

[@PilotMcbride]

SURF'S UP!! And we're on the Beech!! Nice style Nathan!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks buddy,

[@raybrensike42]

My Modern Carpentry book from the mid 70's says of Beech- heavy, hard, strong- used for flooring, furniture, brush handles, food containers, boxes and crates.

[@josephvalentjr7677]

It’s amazing what a good feeling you get when the water is pored on the final cut

[@toms641]

Wooden rulers too. Nice work.

[@daleskidmore1685]

In the UK beech was used a lot for utility furniture, like school desks etc in the 50s and later. It is very prone to shedding boughs and my father in law's car was skewered through and through by one a few years ago. There are massive specimens around where I live in SE England of 3 ft and over in diameter and very tall.

[@stanwebb2272]

Perfect for dresser, bedside table, bed bench or trunk!!!!!!!

[@terrycastor8299]

Beech here in central Indiana growing up hollowed out by the time it was 10" in diameter. We cut some for firewood. It was a real booger to split by hand, maybe even worse than Osage Orange aka Hedge Apple. That is pretty Beech!

[@wongelfski4681]

American beech is my favorite!

[@congaman100]

Just found your channel last week. I thought you sounded like you were from my area of the world. Then I found out you live I Kingsport. My ather was raised in Ford town specifically Prophet Lane. I grew up in Grundy, VA. Now I live just south of ATL. I love seeing the beautiful wood you discover in many of those logs.

[@freestonew]

I lived in Johnson city for a year or so, taking care of an estate. Nice country.

[@normamead4511]

Beautiful wood 🐶😺🌳🌲🌳🌲

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

It really is!

[@jamesratliff5164]

Good looking wood.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Thanks

[@amyharper7854]

Gorgeous grain!!

[@allensams1773]

Beech hollows out bigly. I've got a primordial American Beech I'm my front yard, my hundred year old house was built around it but it's now topped out and most of the tree sized branches it's dropped ARE hollow. Wonderful 'sunburned caucasian' coloring. My wife has me cut branches into 18" lengths n uses them for planters. . .

[@kevintaylor671]

I am enjoying the content and that intro was awesome

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks kevin,

[@chriscmoor]

Nathan, if you decide you don't want to use it for table tops, you should reach out to craftsmen who repair pianos, harpsichords, and pipe organs. Beech is one of the preferred woods for constructing the frames of these instruments and restorers are willing to pay top dollar for large straight grained (especially quarter sawn) beech lumber whether seasoned or green.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

thanks, good idea,

[@justinberwick2827]

That wood looks really good.

[@fortj3]

Beech is my favorite gunstock wood. Hell, it's one of my favorite woods, period. I'd love to see an electric guitar or bass made from that beech log.

[@johnwalker7592]

Have you ever tried sweetgum as a gunstock wood? You should! Challenging stuff really! But worth it in the end..

[@fortj3]

@@johnwalker7592 No, but I always thought it would be good, due to its interlocking grain.

[@fortj3]

@@johnwalker7592 Perhaps Gibson should make their guitar necks from sweetgum, to prevent broken headstocks.

[@chriswhitley3283]

That’s some purtty wood.

[@barrywest3758]

Ahhh, now im gonna saw some logs. I love that grain and color. Thanks

[@budkhris1]

I was surprised to see a beech that size, when I first bought my property( before I had the mill ) there were some beech well over 30" but within 5 years the blight took over , now a 10" is maximum and it won't make 11" before the blight kills it. Years ago the Marlin company used beech for their rifle stocks, I think the blight is why they don't. Excellent video

[@frankdavis313]

Love to see black walnut and slippery elm

[@ryangrimm9305]

That quarter sawn beech also makes for excellent woodworker's benches...the stability when dry and it's density can't be surpassed.

[@robreyescosme6902]

I would love some of those boards...

[@jamestboehm6450]

Very heavy and very strong. Many old barn beams are beech and sycamore.

[@himie236]

Just say I'm so glad you called, let's talk, click!

[@kmarchman1047]

Great video! I got one of those calls one day which turned into a 15 minute conversation. I wish I had recorded it. Funniest conversation ever!