Turning a Tree Into Perfect Boards

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Today we finish up a big project on our Wood-Mizer LT15 sawmill... making the decking for our loft! We decided to mill up some douglas fir we had leftover from milling our timber frame into 2x6 boards. Off to the kiln they go... we hope to have them back in a few weeks at 8% moisture!
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[@paulsimmons390]

HI, I have a band mill and have used it for 20+ years. Elissa I give you a big big +++ for your work. You could do most anything you put your mind to. However you do have a great teacher and companion. Don't know about off camera but It would show if it were different I'm sure.You two are a great team and such a pleasure to watch, Your example is so up lifting and positive. It makes life worth living. Wish more of this type of positive living for life was available for kids today. Your love for each other shines forth in the way you treat each other. and bugaboo your cute pet. Blessings to you.

[@annettesmith6241]

So proud, that's gotta be an amazing feeling to have milled the lumber for your attic floor! Go Alyssa.

[@charlesroberts7763]

She's been doing a great job! Happy to see that you are cutting wood and getting back to building the house.

[@davidmcmillen4067]

I think this is the first time I have found myself anxiously waiting for a KZbin video to come out you guys are doing a great job on the channel as well as the build you don't know how lucky you are to be working together as husband and wife keep up the good work great progress

[@DavidWhite]

If you are going to use any of it for flooring, you don't really have to worry about the length as long as it fits between two floor joists. In fact in a floor random length looks really good, and is common practice. As a side note you have a brake light on the trailer. Have a blessed day

[@daveelv]

What an absolute blessing, it will be for your children, to watch all these videos!!!!!

[@JosephClatterbuck]

I'm continually amazed at your productivity and accomplishments!

[@johnmurphy6366]

REPRESENT!Jesse,do not let go of her,she’s a keeper!congrats on your sawyer skills

[@dookiejohnstoneBudgets]

Can’t wait for them to start back in the House

[@markn2904]

You will do it! Thanks for sharing.

[@dawnbaker9274]

Nice feeling of accomplishment, I'm sure. I actually clapped when you finished. 👏👏👏

[@glenncobern3551]

So much to be made out of your scraps..cutting board's...coffee table...man cave bar top with live edge? Shelving etc...think before you burn, a lot of people would love the off cuts Can't wait to see you move in👌👍

[@MostynFaulkner]

👍👍👍 way to go! I hope your loft floor boards turn out fabulous. That will make a great ceiling for your main living area.

[@randallshular5362]

Alyssa is officially now a SAW DOG . and that's a good thing. LOL

[@MrMannakin]

Looked like one of the brake lights is out on the trailer. Good job on the boards!

[@scottka]

Great job guys. Keep up the excellent work. Looking forward to see how it turns out.

[@cmlinehan]

So satisfying to watch. You guys are awesome 💗

[@dballard8660]

Good job and teamwork. Great channel.

[@dimond1806]

Love the victory pose at the end. lol

[@brandonheisler334]

Dimond Wallac

[@badattitude9127]

Excellent job, you're near side brake light is out on your trailer needs maintenance lol

[@mikewoods897]

Beautiful load of wood!

[@craigmooring2091]

All right! Time to stop milling around and get back to work!

[@lawsaye]

My goodness, young lady! My admiration for you knows no bounds.

[@davidoyama9753]

Wow ! Great milling Alyssa ! You are amazing ! You too Jesse ! Love you both and your project !

[@jimhofoss9982]

nice stacking of bundles....your attention to strips between the boards right at the ends will keep it from twisting....good job. air drying will take the moisture out of your lumber just as much as kiln dried....with time. just poly the top to keep the rain and snow out. cheers!

[@samboyter3853]

Awesome look forward to you're videos all the time

[@rapidrestorationsllc2764]

You guys are getting at it. Envy you two! Keep up the good work. The pay off will be worth it!

[@benshafer3124]

Kicking butt girl, hey when you guys are done building your timber frame home can you build mine LOL

[@nataliemendoza6479]

You should come out to Sedona, AZ next winter and help with my timber framing on a shed project. I'm headed to The Shelter Int for post in beam class this May. thanks to you! Love you guys.

[@matthewstudholmebrown1943]

Good video this one made me smile all the way through

[@simunlalich27]

digging the music guys

[@erniemccarthy3743]

All the way from South Africa. Great going this is truly a inspiration on working together to reach one goal.

[@godsuno777]

Totally my favorite Videos to watch..............!!

[@energeticfitnesssystems1899]

Nailed it! BTW, try a Flat White made with coconut milk. Mmm good

[@HPBPhotoWorks]

Jesse, suggest that you consider your stickers at the end of the pack, on the square end a Wider sticker, double the regular sticker width, and move it to the very end of the pack layer. Would guess that it will minimize even more the checking issue. On the East Coast we always do that with All species. HPB

[@jamesharless5357]

Nice job!!!

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@makingitthrough190]

I just wish the videos came with the smell of newly sawn wood!

[@ianwilliamtait9909]

My sentiments exactly. There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh baked bread and fresh cut wood. Bill.

[@ssx2channel977]

Nice job guys keep up the good work.👍🏻

[@yvesfleche1782]

a regarder vos vidéos je passe toujours un bon moment je vous souhaite un très bon weekend

[@alexaxline6093]

Your a rock star, Alyssa

[@ghostbeetle2950]

Congrats! Really makes me happy to see you guys doing so well!

[@williamkirkland265]

Well done are men redundant. Great teamwork again

[@sooeyjane476]

Alyssa...I hope you feel TRIUMPHANT! Well done!

[@chriseisan5443]

Great job!

[@berendjongbloed2731]

I like the new music type, keep up the good work

[@theorganicgardengnome7210]

You could make a 27 ft. picnic table!!!!

[@reinierrautenberg4146]

Hahaha. 1am and im watching.... Like the music 👍

[@will54100]

BRAVO très beaux boulot

[@bigoldkid]

Google Translate says - French: "BRAVO very nice job"

[@abdelmalekbeo7576]

Alyssa: "Why would you do that to me board?" hehe, she's so cute!

[@805steve4]

Your trailer has a taillight out. Good job on the floor board cutting.

[@805steve4]

The left (driver's side) taillight is the non-working one.

[@monksuu]

In the start of the video Jessie says 77 boards but when I paused the video at 1:45 I could see only 9 full rows (7 boards) on the trailer. That's 63 boards. Regardless, that's a good result for one day's work. Thumbs up!

[@jedidiah5131]

Seriously.....You actually paused the vid and counted.

[@monksuu]

Of course I did because the pile didn't look that high with only 7 boards in a row. Also, I remembered their first board haul was about 15-16 rows high so this pile didn't seem that high in comparison. It seemed to be about half as tall as the earlier pile. :) But why I shouldn't have counted, seriously? ;)

[@dcmytube1]

Great video again. That sawmill has been such a valuable tool but not as good as the women driving it..Looking forward to watching you closing in your home..

[@awesomearizona-dino]

Still rockin the homestead, nice tunes too. Thanks

[@haiceid]

love you guys keep it up

[@edwardpage8959]

Alyssa & Jessie, Another great video. Perhaps when you edited this video you discovered it appears the left rear trailer brake light was not working as you headed down your access road on this trip to the kiln. Just an observation you might like to confirm. Best to you both.

[@davidlyons9632]

You two are getting gooder all the time.

[@TimothyHall13]

The left brake light was not working on the trailer. Here in Colorado the state patrol would five you a hard time about it. Great to see you guys owning again.

[@johnlloyd8000]

Not only will the lumber look great and have an awesome story to tell, but it’s keeping Alyssa looking amazing! When you look sexy in dirty work clothes, you know you have it going on! Good work Alyssa!

[@madjeepernh6834]

Alyssa, much better music choice on this episode! Keep on keepin on! Looks like it's time to troubleshoot the trailer lights.

[@godspi4609]

I love the smell of fresh cut wood

[@heinrichlorenzen3331]

great job. don't always try to justify what you do. you do great and are rooted in reality. some want's to live a life out of touch with reality and society .... which is just impractical. you rock.

[@grahamhardyvanlife5704]

As the 2nd child I can confirm that is true, LOL.

[@paolos.2084]

WOW ...

[@nataliemendoza6479]

Heck yeah work it girl, I got your back

[@Reno2k3]

alyssa is such a bad ass! great job.

[@MysteryValleyRanch]

Think I would have milled those last two boards to make a full unit, give just a little more room for error, and make for more even drying. But I'm not doing the work

[@kflan3342]

Carhart and Deluth should pay you! You have demonstrated they stand up to the job!

[@piratezippy]

make a few bee hives. and supers, honey is a great thing for off grid living, food, medicine, mead..lol.

[@MrWoody135]

Nailed that one.......well done you guys. Back to vids worth viewing.

[@mercse]

AWESOME job you two!

[@brianpiercy6702]

You guys rock so hard!!! As fellow WM15 owners, watching you guys mill is incredibly fun! Question: We understand about 7 months ago the LT15 WIDE was traded for the standard LT15. What are the differences between the standard and WIDE models besides the obvious ability to take larger logs? In the video showing the swapping of WIDE for standard 15, Jessie mentioned there were key features the standard 15 had over the WIDE, but didn't specify what those key features were. Very, very curious. Thank you for the Great content! Nathalie and Brian, San Anselmo Ca.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Nice job cutting the wood. I really want you guys to consider this. You really should get the house dried in before you put the flooring down. I know you feel like you have to do it the other way. But you are making a big mistake. Get the roof on otherwise when you put this flooring down especially after it's been kiln-dried it is going to soak up water like a sponge and it's going to expand exponentially. You really need to have the roof on before you put this flooring down. And you need to keep that flooring as dry as possible from that point on. Even with the roof on, It'll soak up moisture without the walls up. You need to get the walls up fairly quickly to after you get the floor on. Just trying to be helpful and I hate to see you waste a lot of time and effort and cause all kinds of problems. Do yourself a favor and get the roof on first!

[@CGT80]

They don't feel they need to do the floor first, they KNOW they need to do the floor first, per their engineer and architect. I don't understand how people fail to understand how this type of frame works and the fact that the second floor is needed to hold the frame square and the wall panels needed to tie the frame into the floor before the roof is built. They explained it, but then again I also spent about 20 years doing construction work and have seen a few buildings and have built and squared structures. If it was a stick built structure, they it wold make sense to do the roof and walls first. I do agree with the moisture problem. It seems they might have been better off waiting to build the timber frame at the end of winter or beginning of spring and then should have had the panels, windows, and flooring figured out so that they could work during better weather and be dried in by fall. They set themselves up for failure with the timeline last year. They are new to this and crap happens even for professionals. Hopefully, they have a better timeline with getting it dried in and the weather doesn't cause any problems to the house.

[@summitdave8782]

Very cool.................

[@paulbeaver4724]

What a team! Looking forward to seeing the finished product

[@denisbrisebois7658]

Awesome 😎 video !!! Love what you guys are doing. Reminds me of my teenager’s years working with my dad. Keep them coming ...❤️❤️❤️.

[@alienck1]

You may use those "waste" to make your furniture as those wood are in good condition~~ Good job~~

[@JDSWeather]

I been watching all your videos prior to get caught up to where you built the timber frame gotta say you guys are very ingenious on how you aquired building supplies

[@DavidANeely]

Lovely pieces of wood

[@thommytwotoestimesthree847]

Smells so good. Love the smell of fresh cut first thing in the mornin'.

[@Abundanthealthcoach]

Wow the snow melted fast!

[@mr67barracuda31]

==just another fun day in the backyard, nice video==

[@ianwilliamtait9909]

Hey guys, Iv'e been watching your videos basically since day one but have missed one or two of the earlier ones. Move to Australia, our winters are not so white. Seriously, I would like to congratulate you on the work done so far and look forward to seeing the rest of the build when the weather gets a little more co-operative. I enjoy the machinery and tool maintenance videos as well. Keep up the excellent work Thanks for the excellent video productions as well. Bill.

[@jwwilliams]

Great job guys!

[@billk.7889]

Great job! Unfortunately, it looks like your left rear brake light on the trailer is out.

[@chasrmartel4777]

Alyssa is pretty damned hard-core.

[@jlupajr]

No dust mask Alyssa, SAVAGE!!! 🤘

[@paulineroyadair3505]

YOUR TRAILER ONLY HAS ONE BRAKE LIGHT . YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW . GOOD WORK AND GRATE VIDEOS AS ALWAYS

[@douglasbuhr5741]

good job FYI you have a trailer light out

[@rretter2]

Love the Drone super poses!!!

[@LorettaLynn55]

Awesome Team Work! Go Girl! Get It Done!

[@chetlangford2144]

Guys make furniture and a table!!! You guys rock hope you do the barn house look

[@todddembsky8321]

27' boards, imagine the dining room table you could make with that. You would be able to fit Alyssa's 9 kids, spouses, and grandkids at the same table :-) ALLYSSA !!! you can only use music that was written after you were alive. So do all the fans on the wood stove move the stove off its footing :-)

[@Davebaker364]

A# always awesome!

[@altonwren7890]

great job guys

[@jaredmanier3687]

Outdoor wood boilers that also heat the house water burn through about 20 full cords of hard wood (maple, oak, yellow birch, cherry, ironwood) every winter where I live. Our winters are pretty long though. Middle of October to April or May.

[@bovellois]

Automatic feeding wood chip furnace also an excellent option.

[@yvesjolicoeur747]

another awesome day. I also had some 10/12/14 inch boards 2 inches thick left over from a load of logs I had bought. They were full width and full thickness and I can tell you that they were extremely valuable to people looking at building a staircase. People will pay top dollars for lumber like that as long as it has been well stickered and is in good condition. Congrats again on all your work. Always more fun when you do it for yourself without crazy production targets and crazy deadlines ;)

[@cascadervsolarsolutions]

I would process and dry those flitches sooner than later and store them out of the weather. If you let them sit, you are going to have a hell of a time drying/planing them to a useful product. Even when it is cold, you are releasing moisture out of that wood.

[@Sgt-Gravy]

my eye is seeing raised garden beds... oh yeah!

[@DanJoy07]

That's a beautiful , well stacked and stickered, load of lumber, Ready for the kiln.. I usually seal the ends of my board , just use some thick paint. Well done, Ya' all!!