Producing the Second Batch of Roubo Workbench Kits [Part 2]

[@palestrina3646]

You’re an inspiration, Matt. It warms my heart to know that there are still upper Midwesterners (I’m in Wisconsin) who don’t let little things like snow, cold, and short days get in the way of our fun!

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@robertmabry4172]

You are one of the hardest working and skillful content creators on KZbin. I know your family greatly appreciates your effort.

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@MrPossumeyes]

As the snow falls and the sun sinks in the west Matt says "Huh" and keeps going. Thanks, man!

[@weibullguy]

Yeah, but it's probably only 5 in the afternoon. Lol

[@judithfairchild8620]

Those Minnesota and Northern Iowa winters are why I went to California in 1963. I had had my fill of shoveling snow.

[@elainedegoede6276]

Love watching you milling the wood. The old stumps comes to life again. Beautiful.💕

[@louisarmstrong8863]

i remember when you first started youtube with timber, proud of you buddy you have come a long way all the best .

[@jameswest685]

Winter in Minnesota, it is my pleasure to enjoy, thanks.

[@ericcorse]

"In the interest of procrastination" LOL I resemble that remark. Those are some magnificent chunks of wood.

[@Edward_John]

How do you turn a giant twisty log into seven benchtops? Just cut away everything that doesn't look like a benchtop. Nice!

[@mcremona]

Simple!

[@Flowergurl2000]

Like Michelangelo said “ just take away what isn’t the statue”, that was impressive carving, my man!!!

[@garyknable1155]

@@mcremona LOL

[@NeilBlanchard]

Wow - quarter sawing large slabs is one heckofa challenge!

[@joeybox0rox649]

Therapy. That's how I describe watching you saw logs. Now, I'm ready to face the day and prepare for whatever insanity this country spits out. Thanks Matt.

[@z06doc86]

Matt’s work ethic is inspiring. More young people should observe and emulate. Their chances of success would be greatly enhanced. After watching this video, I better understand the concept of quarter sawn. Thanks Matthew.

[@jamesemanuel3037]

Thank You for these videos I've been hooked after the first one that I watched quite some time ago. A big thumbs up.

[@fastjazz]

Ka-ching ka-ching, nothing drives determination in the snow like ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching! Just call me Shakespeare…nice work!!

[@seansysig]

Excellent math problem solving! These are beautiful workbench slabs. What an amazing Robu could evolve out of these slabs.

[@GoodTimeCatchers]

Ordered a sawmill myself about 4 days ago!! Omg I’m excited! I know I’ll have some of your videos playing in my head phones while I saw some of the Timbers from my property! Can’t wait!

[@mcremona]

Awesome!!!

[@Wordsnwood]

That's a whole lot of problem solving in this, to get the quarter sawn slabs that you want...

[@peterwhite7428]

You have a great name for a woodworker.

[@Nphen]

I love to see how the log gets slabbed down to so many usable pieces. Slabs a bit wider front-to-back and a bit thinner top-to-bottom would make great bar or counter tops. I'd love a hardwood slab bar in my home if I had space. I see people build custom Lego tables with plywood. I wonder if you'd be able to make a laser-etched pattern of Lego baseplates into the surface of a hardwood slab and then epoxy finish them into usable Lego studs. Have Lego buildings come right out of the tabletop! Impractical for sure, but I bet it would get a ton of views and love as a convention piece!

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Excellent production with what you had Matt. Good to see you using the mill during the snowy months.

[@cripplecreeksawmill]

It's a huge log, but seeing you step in front of it at 11:05 REALLY puts it into perspective. Keep up the good work!

[@quocvanhthn90]

*Great product **MyBest.Tools** and 🥳🤔💓price.😍😂😓😀😉💯😍*

[@williamwalters3796]

2:23 that box’s life flashed before it’s eyes 😂

[@bavondale]

People ask me why I don't have cable. I got Matthew Cremona entertainment. Always surprises me that I watch beginning to end. Well done

[@ohasis8331]

When I saw you working in the snow, I thought your kids must think you're crazy. When I saw the night falling, I realised they must be right. That said, there's nothing like getting a job finished.

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

Matt, this one was enormously satisfying to watch. Great cut planning, sir!

[@gayle4804]

You are amazing the way you cut wood

[@mattpeterson7074]

I didn't realize how big that log really was until you took those two chunks of 12/4 off the top and it didn't even really change the overall size. That's a huge log. Also, I like how you keep inventing tools in your videos. Last video with Donovan was the "Drill Hammer". Now I see the "Chainsaw Hammer" at 13:58.

[@mcremona]

Everything’s a hammer

[@peterlittlejohn8933]

I wonder what Mat would use a hammer for. Driving in screws maybe?

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

Put all the sawdust in a composting pile then into black dirt . I get tree services chips grass clippings and leafs to make black compost for gardening and potting mix . At fifth teen dollars a scoop well worth it if you have extra space to decompose it usually takes three to five years to decompose

[@robertbennett4150]

I could just picture one of your beautiful slabs used for a head board

[@billhatcher2984]

As always I enjoy the sawing it looked rough in the weather

[@karaDee2363]

Love your drive for hard work.. just not enough hours in a day. That was one mighty large chunk of wood do you had there, and milled it perfectly. Great job Matt, as usual👍

[@possumjenkins1893]

As a FL man who lived in MN for 2 years. That sunup was prob 10am and sunset was like 4p. That was the only thing I hated about living in the cities.

[@mcremona]

Dec 7 2021; sun up around 7:30 and sunset around 4:30

[@rogeranderson8763]

I built my Roubo a few years ago after I retired....but it is sure tempting to obtain a 'kit' from Matt....I've been very satisfied with my bench from reclaimed Fir....but one in Maple....Whew!! By the by....if you are considering building a Roubo bench, I found it a great experience and the absolute heart of my shop. I had to put mine in a left hand corner, so the vise is on the right as one faces the bench....but I have found this non-traditional location has not been any sort of a problem. Perhaps because I am 6'3, who knows. As to the height....I followed Paul Sellers' lead (he is also 6'3) and made it 39" high....and it sure is kinder to my back. Take the time to fit the sliding deadman....it's a nice touch appearance-wise and I use it frequently. Get your holdfast from Crucible Tool....I ended up with two and use them both at times. Luxury, eh? One other thing.....if you put linseed oil on the top...do NOT get any down the dogholes....it will be months before they hold and will never be as crisp as they were dry. Yeh....experience. -Veteran '66-68

[@edualbergaria10]

I hope you make a lot of money with this, because... Man! That is a ton of work! Congrats from Brazil

[@hitnorcal]

@31:22 I like how he uses the inside workshop lights so he can see outside. haha I'm sure outside flood lights are in the works or not. They seem to work well enough.

[@mcremona]

Giant softbox. Way better than a flood light

[@jimmowers7675]

Beautiful thick bench tops. Thanks for sharing Matt. God Bless.

[@mikeelu6503]

What makes us look at someone take a tree that someone would just let go rotten and turn it into a beautiful peace of wood and just want to do this all day long. I live in a suburban area of NY not far from Manhattan have no property to speak of yet with a chainsaw mill I have milled several trees and overworked my bandsaw. Just to have some nice peace’s of lumber that I have turned into every thing from small projects to furniture. I wish I could have this type of equipment and property to do this maybe in the next life. I’m Jealous, but you have talent and a wonderful attitude you can be proud of what you have accomplished.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Always great. Thx

[@felixreali7101]

"In the interest of procrastinating" 🤣 We all do a little of that.... 😂

[@winstonmatthews6815]

Very impressive Matt, great job.

[@possumjenkins1893]

Thought: bisect a 6in wide board with a nail, drive the nail right into the center of the pith, then use the board to rotate and mark your layout. Should speed things up.

[@mcremona]

Now that's some thinking

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

13:59 Just like someone said in your last posted remodeling video…everything is a hammer! 😆

[@possumjenkins1893]

I can only imagine the 10 min chain of "adult language" if my grandfather had witnessed that. All I could se was him beating that one tooth to hell on the wedge. Love watching these videos. Keep up the good work!!

[@williamlewis8741]

excellent vidéo. thanks

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Beautiful

[@jackbraine2276]

You're an animal Matt!!!! You do great work!!!

[@normolson1]

Great job Matt, thank you

[@FredD63]

Damn Matt keep that snow to the west 👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@benjyp1223]

Love it - some beautiful wood man!

[@fredflickinger643]

Great tops and cuts!

[@timmaggard8862]

great job

[@peterlittle9935]

Snow sucks so bad. I envy free to Florida people

[@shanesmith4639]

I think its time to bring back the trailer rotisserie, but for quarter-sawing bench tops! That or keep some wedge pieces as "fixtures" for quicker positioning.

[@ronsafreed2400]

love your work Matt..

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@brianjoyce9316]

Great stuff

[@davesmith5656]

One of the things I like - among many - in your videos is your attitude towards life. What I make of it, anyway, a bit of irreverence, a bit of irrelevance, and a laugh about it all.

[@mcremona]

stay positive and move forward

[@b0y9ggz]

Darkness falls across the land....the scent of wood is filling the air

[@redknight1322]

What about taking the off-cuts and creating a laminate benchtop kit? Of course with the understanding that some gluing and assembly would be required.

[@macedindu829]

Paul Bunyan's like "wow, that's a huge log!"

[@kapa464]

Hey Matt , Katie from Greece here , i like watching your videos , still don't understand the way you do your cuts , seems like an awful lot of waste of wood to me , but what do i know , also you're a lot stronger than you look . Thanks for keeping me companhy as i am disabled and love to look/learn a lot of things , be well .

[@woodywoody5696]

Great Work.

[@sueswift8344]

Amazing Talent !!!

[@ianchappell4199]

Hi Matt, do you sell the offcuts to wood turners?

[@jeanhawken4482]

Goodness me you work hard. Trouble is renovations and ongoing work ensure hard yakka.

[@josephbohme7917]

you have to make a spindle likea laththe wher you cah hold each end and spin log into mcorriect rotation would not take much to use your bed for 2) support triangles with adjustable cenetr point12"-36" ranhge 24-72" logs use threaded 2" rod, which can handle the load. weld on the Big nuts.. Now you can rotisserie your logs perfectly and center each end to the plane you desire to cut

[@oldtimer3385]

Not sure if you have said before but do you buy these logs or do the arborists sell them to you

[@jimp.4531]

very nice job

[@geoffrjjjjjjj]

You should make a video with Donovan helping to slab some boards or build a high-boy. Kind of a role reversal type thing. :-)

[@mcremona]

We’ve done several sawmill videos together. Here’s one: Slabbing BIG ELM with a Chainsaw and Bandsaw Mill kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGXYdWmGjM-Moc0

[@RobSchweitzer]

Isn't that perfectly flatsawn rather than quartersawn since the grain will be running horizontally in the finished bench? Or does that not really matter since the grain is straight and stable regardless of the orientation?

[@firesurfer]

Working in the snow, is snofun. You need a shed for the mill.

[@mcremona]

all in time

[@colossus5752]

Good job!!!

[@josephbohme7917]

AS I have often asked- If you made a Mill saw # 2 what would change, Sizes, Motor bed length, width

[@thisisnotmyname91]

Matt, I can't believe you haven't even sampled your own product. When can we expect a slab workbench build from you?

[@drewjohnson4673]

Tracing the pattern on the log might take out some guess work.

[@MRrwmac]

Matthew, 7 Wow! I thought 5 but you were able to work your majic and get a couple more! Got lots of Beautiful firewood (a shame). House build, Shop projects, Slab and table log cutting/drying/shipping. Wonder what you do in you 2 minutes of spare time? Haha

[@mcremona]

hahaha sometimes I sleep with those few extra minutes

[@garyknable1155]

Amazing WOW

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely superb Nice sawing

[@rickreeve1246]

sure looks like a lot of waste or do u use it for smaller projests

[@garymoffatt8292]

Maybe someday make some moravian style benches

[@woogaloo]

Cremona arm workout video coming soon?

[@kenhendricks1135]

How much do you charge for a bench top

[@martin_mue]

You could have recycled the rotisserie you build for the trailer as a 4th axis for the radial quarter-sawing ;-)

[@1028194528]

Thats what I was going to say

[@mcremona]

I’m just thinking about the holding power required

[@leifjenkinson4039]

Matt: all that rip-saw work with the chain saw. Do you set the teeth different? I looked them up last year (2021). The makers of rip chains don't want to sell to anyone not working professionally at it, pretty much in a shop setting. As they explain it, it is just too dangerous. You made it look like it's no particular problem, the chips were long and neat, speed seemed reasonable. Redo-ing our chains to the "rip-angle" was more than we wanted to do, considering we'll probably never do another like that. Not into danger, anyway. We aren't pros. Took down a cottonwood that was threatening a house. That butt was so big and heavy, we had to cut it into quarters - and our chain-saws (or the chains) weren't really up to it.

[@danmaxlife4410]

Hi! Very hard and professional work! What blade are you using for cutting oak and hard wood's?

[@stretch668]

do you need two of these slabs to make one bench or do you bookmatch them so one bench is made from one slab?

[@mcremona]

Two slabs for the split top. The buyer can also join them together to make a single slab top.

[@1979utuber]

about what do you get for those bench tops for the premium?

[@mcremona]

$2500 for the pair

[@JohnyLatelyCome]

Do you have any problems with logs rotting on you when they sit around a long time?

[@mcremona]

Not if I keep them off the ground

[@firstname5437]

To preface my comment, I have no idea what I'm talking about. But would it be possible to attach something like a small one foot extension to the mill bed so the winch attachment point is far enough beyond the bed's end that he wouldn't need to push the carriage at the end of longer cuts?

[@mcremona]

He could also stop loading the logs too far down the bed 😅

[@matthewsmith8573]

@@mcremona I like your answer better, but I'd wondered if just moving the attachment point to the top of the bed instead of the bottom would give the extra inch of travel you needed for a couple of those cuts. @26:00: As someone who has had to trim multiple logs with a chainsaw to get the sawmill frame past an obstruction, I've also wondered about adding some "dog brackets" farther from the edge of the bed so that outer edge is less likely to get in the way.

[@firstname5437]

@@mcremona Fair enough. I certainly didn't mean it as any sort of criticism. Random thought. You have an admirable balance between getting the work done and improving the process. You do amazing stuff and it's fascinating to watch.

[@Elkcrest6]

Can I order one of your kits, Matt?

[@weibullguy]

Do you find it oddly satisfying when you drop a log, hear that thud, and feel it in the seat of your britches or is that just me?

[@joehuinker7009]

R you by sunfish lake Matt. Our daughter is by Chamlain in otter creek Brooklyn Park

[@mcremona]

I’m over by Stillwater

[@mowdan77]

How much are these kits .?

[@eikbyrnir2254]

Hi Matt, how much did that log weigh do you think?

[@mcremona]

Somewhere in the 5000lb neighborhood

[@n8wrl]

Great stuff! You have probably heard this 1,000 times - if you keep track of the wood species you can offer that sawdust for sale for horse stalls.

[@benowen9478]

Nice 🙂

[@stevenrowlandson4258]

Is part 3 in the works Matt?

[@mcremona]

I think that one is scheduled for release next week

[@stevenrowlandson4258]

@@mcremona Sounds good.

[@tysonkoehn1]

What was the white box that almost got crushed by the log at the beginning? 😬

[@mcremona]

Horse waterer

[@tysonkoehn1]

@@mcremona oh haha thought it was like a utility box or something at first but the location didn't make sense for that

[@mcremona]

they’re hooked to water and electricity so sort of utility boxes 😄

[@barriesmith3489]

Matt do you ever run over your children things like the thing sometimes in the yard

[@mcremona]

Sometimes

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋

[@doriWyo]

Is it two tops per bench, side by side?

[@mcremona]

Yes

[@doriWyo]

Ok. They seemed awfully narrow, otherwise. Guess I was slow on the uptake. Thanks.

[@juliesoane7399]

What wood is this Matt?

[@mcremona]

Silver maple