Rescuing a Neglected Walnut Log for Bookshelf Beauty! Watch it be milled in real-time!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

The brief comment about a kiln led me to watch older videos about it. I am impressed by both the ingenuity and is label of "Redneck Kiln'. Smart use of materials and continuous improvements. The daughters are performing as valued team members as is the necessity in family business. This family dynamic should be documented for business schools to teach. Boss should rightly be most proud.

[@andrelangbein9131]

Your videos are very nice, I always enjoy watching them. I am a hobby wood turner from Germany. The walnut wood is perfect for a beautiful bowl.

[@Sailor376also]

The waste pieces for the fireplace and woodstove. Walnut is just about the best for a warm fire. The scent is sweet and heavenly both before, as in fresh cut or after as it burns. As lumber for a project, furniture, few woods are its equal for beauty, workability, stability, and finish. A prince among hardwoods.

[@kevinfiess4494]

No shit?!? I didn't know that. I figured white oak was on top. I'm in central va, not much walnut around

[@Sailor376also]

@@kevinfiess4494 I may have been doing this too many years,, so take any opinion with a healthy disrespect,,, I hate white oak. Laughing, It may well be the strongest, toughest, even very good looking,, but working it,,, it has a peed and poop barnyard scent to it. Tastes just as bad. That being said,,, there are MANY subspecies of white oak. Mostly familiar with New England white oak. The oldest commissioned warship in the world, USS Constitution, still afloat in Charlestown Harbor launched in 1797,, double planked New England white oak,, 'Old Ironsides' Literally, iron cannon balls would bounce off the hull vs penetrate. Just don't try to plane or sand it. It dulls aluminum oxide sand paper. Order in, have it shipped, Ohio black walnut,, or Michigan black walnut (L.L. Johnsons in Charlotte , MI ? ) Just one piece to play with. You won't be sorry you did. Actually,, have the girls, Jade and Em, send you a small plank,, or even a 4 foot piece of the slab wood. Just to play with. They'd love the business.

[@TheGrimReaper1]

Thank you for persevering with that log, a big victory V. Sometimes sawing logs is a heartache,nothing but a heartache.All the best from England.

[@sargefreedom1578]

I milled some black walnut with a chainsaw mill. Watching this makes me want to buy a unit like yours. Great job girls

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Thank gawd you came along and saved that log. No other Sawyer could have done as you did. Please show more vids like this one! 👍👍👍

[@dennishinkle5010]

That's a lot of shelves. I gain more respect for you ladies all the time. Thank you for sharing.👍♥️♥️

[@markpwebb]

I love the way walnut smells when you cut it!

[@garykeenan3724]

Walnut makes really nice smoking pipes!!! Does burn easily when smoking! 👍✌️❤️❤️❤️

[@chaspruitt2610]

That log turned out some beautiful wood!! Thanks for sharing.. 👍🏼💜

[@stevenoberg4277]

Those look great. Nice job. Walnut is my favorite. Especially for lathe turnings. Thanks for the video.

[@daleshisler2955]

Jeez, hope to say hello in person soon. You’re just a short drive away. Really enjoy and appreciate your videos. Stay well LCLY.

[@hpelisr]

Beautiful wood, yes I would like to see more about the bookshelves. I may want to buy some wood.

[@rocknreelnrod]

Being a woodworker / cabinetmaker , I would love to see more of your work on the bookshelves .

[@richardlee2488]

The shame is that the beauty of the wood is often best seen at the time of sawing. Some mills are designed to optimise the view of the log. Many are from poor to appalling. Typically horizontal mills are in this category. But the camera can be moved. As for the timber. Black walnut is by comparison very boring compared to European but rarely from managed woodland. I have cut hundreds of butts from garden lots of both species and have yet to see a single board of interest. However I have seen truly exceptional furniture from 17c European makers that are beyond belief. Ho hum. Just because it' has a reputation of being a special wood it doesn't mean it ever will be. Especially if the sawing pattern is wrong. Curl mahogany Oak and elm burr Lace wood Wainscott oak To name a few.

[@ron827]

You two are hardest working young ladies on the Tube. The bibs look like they keep you nice and warm while running the saw and swapping keeps Jade warm. I am sure your parents are VERY proud of you two.

[@RealMK-ee4cp]

Another good video today. Keep up the good work. Stay safe my friends. God bless you all. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@donnestor2784]

bookshelf development will be intresting i usually view everday

[@ron02simpson]

Walnut is a great furniture wood. By all means you should show us the book shelves.

[@robfield-n7v]

Looks pretty, can't wait to see the finished product!! 11 Timothy 1:2, Psalms 91,

[@markpeet3335]

They are nice looking boards, they should look really good as a bookshelf, I will be watching to see the end product !!

[@bobmiller9835]

Now there’s a first, Emerald has a heater . Bet that feels good on a cold day. Sure do like the music you do a fantastic job with the videos.

[@bernardsalzman4707]

Please show us the finished product when it is planed and you put a finish on it so we can watch The grain pop. I absolutely love walnut!

[@YT512llc]

That log is hard to cut because it is so dry, but the lumber still has to be put in the kiln? Looking forward to seeing those walnut book shelves! Mostly for philosophy books? Ken Wheeler over at Theoria Apophasis has a recommended reading list. Emerald, the way you handle the day-to-day struggles of running the mill is inspiring to me, like hitting nails. I had my son helping me this afternoon and it felt good to get some help. I may feel like an old Walnut log but I can still dress myself! Your Dad (The Boss) has a top tier labor force and in-house marketing genius. Support this work of art video platform!

[@larryford2303]

Looking forward to seeing the process of prepping the boards for building. Good luck!

[@kevinjohnson4418]

One of my favorite wood to build out of love seeing such a beautiful wood be put to good use

[@scottsoper]

Idea: Put both the microphones on Emerald. That should make the sound record on both tracks instead of just one. See if that fixes the problem some are having when on headphones or earbuds.

[@MrRonWessels]

Depending on how you get the audio into your video, you could mark each microphone channel as “mono”, which will then feed the audio to both left and right channels. Or you could do it in hardware with a simple mechanism (simple mixer or possibly even Y cables).

[@Snarkapotamus]

@@MrRonWessels - That would be the best way. But, because they use background music, that might be an issue for them. They simply either need to crack the manual on their editing software or spend a few bucks for someone to show them how it all works...but mono'logue should be mono.

[@joeharwell54]

Beautiful wood. Looking forward to seeing the end product.

[@tjjm1907]

Nice looking lumber. Just a thought as I sit here watching you two work. Through the year your outfits change and I wonder what the temperature is. Could you hang a large thermometer on the wall next to the operator? 😃

[@franklinforrest8464]

I’ve bought lumber that is stacked right off the saw with all the sawdust still on it and it’s a pain to deal with, when all you have to do is flip the board over on the table to knock off the sawdust before stacking. It helps. Love all your vids of the adventures of you and your sister.👍

[@richiejames928]

Love walnut. By far my favourite species to work with. it’s just beautiful.

[@georgeallen4495]

Hello Emerald and Jade, another cool video as always. I thought Jade had runnoft for a minute but she was getting stickers. This will be cool to see the journey from log to shelves, looking foreword to this. Have a wonderful evening.

[@bartwhisenhunt]

Making memories out of a dried up "old" log.Go girls go!!! That's an awesome idea and I'll be back to see the rest of it's story 👍 😀

[@paulc.4211]

Ladies thanks for the video, looking foreward to see the end result! I am sure it it will be amazing.

[@haroldconover5221]

You can't go wrong with walnut I personally don't think. I love that wood .

[@jamesdaves7680]

Love me some Walnut.

[@brendonchase9460]

Don't know if any has said it yet, but you're awesome at flipping the log. Definitely a Nack to it. 👍

[@scottsoper]

I will be interested in seeing the shelves when done. More over I would like to see what your family does to make the shelves.

[@glennbrymer4065]

Beautiful wood! Bet the book case will be too.

[@rickandmargie]

Noticed the gas heater by the workstation. Nice..........

[@earldean4858]

Nails or not those are super fine boards!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

I'm glad to see the use of ear protection on both. Interesting to hear the differences in wood as it ages and the milling issues. One ongoing issue for every wood butcher is how to desl with unwanted metal obstacles. Electronic sensors help with four quarter stock. When the team cuts through the nails I was very interested to see how the metal was removed to prevent the next blade from dulling. Perhaps this issue would be an interesting video or to save various parts of videos illustrating the variety of hidden metal problems. It is correct - hitting metal and paying to have a chipped carbide tooth causing a sharpening does suck.

[@chrisquedenbaum3972]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ you always have great videos I love your red hair

[@louied6065]

The audio is fine on my iPhone. Great channel! 👍

[@williammiller1537]

O MY, love this channel but we need to get you into the wood shop to realize the amazing wood you just cut if I were closer, I would buy the whole log. you folks are amazing I really enjoy watching.

[@richardsevack]

Love Walnut !👍🇨🇦😁

[@kennethdupuis8077]

Emerald is amazing

[@BillWestgate]

Love watching you ladies cut these logs you really know your timber. Question could you use a metal detector to help find your nails and do you pull the nails when you find them?

[@Artsplore]

You are onto something here Em! Started with left microphone, then midway, and through the end, switched to right microphone. What if you wear both microphones at the same time! Genius!

[@gordbaker896]

Not the way I thought you would have cut that one but very nice.

[@milesj6064]

That sucks about finding nails in the wood, but glad it didn't do any other damage then damage the blade. Looking at the close up of the wood grain on the few cuts you made by that stage of the video, I think it will look pretty good, all depends what stain you will put on it, a natural stain or a light or dark color. I will be interested in the finished product. Keep up the good work, I have only been here for a short time, but I have been enjoying all your content from starting in the woods falling the trees to the milling, and your compost pile and chipped wood. Your family definitely has all the bases covered for a house and yard.

[@caseykelso1]

Thanks for sharing 🍸

[@california3442]

Love the Martini❤

[@caseykelso1]

​@@california3442 they may not be old enough ... but either were we ! 😂😂😂

[@matteberry58]

The sides of the cant showed some beautiful grained walnut. I hope we get to see the final product

[@SanchezArep]

Walnut was my favorite wood to work. A nice batch cut like butter with sharp tools. It finishes wonderfully and needs no stain. It even gets a nice UV patina like cherry over time. I planted 3 American Black walnuts in my back yard 30 years ago and they are tall and never had so many nuts as this year. I couldn't walk under them without literally stepping on a nut. The squirrels hid nuts on my fence since they ran out of ground to bury them for winter. I hope this means a bad winter. You go lumbergirls.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

I will be looking forward to seeing you build the shelves!! C ya on the next . ... video 👍🧙‍♂️🐺!

[@doncc6080]

Please show the entire build of the bookshelves.

[@ernestospadolesto8126]

I wish the family and LCLY all the best in the new year 2024.

[@keegantimber8571]

Great smile Em! 👍👍👍

[@wesawebi]

TYVM, great vid😊😊😊

[@seantice]

I worked at a Pallett mill, I remember running the gang saw- does suck when you blade breaks in the middle of a cut.

[@ReadyRockSee3769]

Awesomeness Truespeak Thank You For All You Do LCLY Style 🌲🔥🇺🇸🆙

[@DougDobak]

I wonder if a built in metal detector near the blade cut, to slow the cutter down when encountered, would increase blade life?

[@zaynevanday142]

I ❤ it when the mountains are covered in mist 🔥

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Great video. Thank you.

[@bobmorris9240]

Like to see the shelves

[@NSResponder]

Beautiful wood, would love to get some of that on a lathe or build a clock case out of it.

[@tjjm1907]

173K AWESOME!

[@JockoMatt]

Happy New year to y'all in joy all the snow this weekend

[@johnkummer7578]

Question for you about the nails or metal in the tree, when you find it do you or how do you remove it to keep cutting the log? Love to watch the different jobs and pieces you get.

[@timmywarren2349]

Very good Video 👍 👍

[@Jeff-vs8rl]

Nothing like a big ugly walnut. That should make some beautiful bookshelves. Cant wait to see the finished product. Fine job on milling it girls.

[@garynovak7977]

I, for one, am looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[@zaynevanday142]

It’s my Daughters 14th Birthday today if she has half Emerald & Jades work ethic I’d be a happy Dad ❤

[@steven.h0629]

Love to see the bookshelf series.. 👍😎✊

[@haplessdilettante]

There's something so compelling about watchimg two beauties, a ginger woman and her tow-headed sister struggling to make usuable sense of trees.

[@california3442]

Love the channel. Keep it up❤

[@rolandtinker734]

Good job ladies ❤Have a wonderful day everyone ☕️👍📹👌😉

[@johnaddis1022]

Beautiful lumber, would not mind having a couple of feet to make knife handles from it. Nails are tough, lag bolts and spikes are the worst. need one of those propane heaters on each side of you to keep from rotating every few mins. Have a great week Ladies! John Toccoa

[@afos3462]

I had a bullet fragment shower me in hot metal when routing up window frames. Looked like a knot and I can only assume it was from Russia, as I had found bullets in Russian timber when re sawing 12 x 12 timber. Lucky I ALWAYS keep my eye protection on when using the router in the joinery shop. In the UK.

[@tedquaker954]

Black Walnut is such a beautiful wood species. Thats a tough cut, the machine is working with that one!!

[@anthonybasiliere9366]

Those are going to be some amazing book shelves. It was worth ruining a blade to mill that gorgeous log. Love your music choices as well. Hoping for a happy and healthy New Year to your lovely family!

[@davidperdue7506]

Looks cold!

[@scottmayhew2227]

I love walnut. So hard to find though. Minnesota kind of sucks that way.

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@dougalexander7204]

My daughter gave me a copy of Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” for Christmas, based on your recommendation. Much respect and thank you.

[@AB-nu5we]

I thought for a second that gray pickup in the background drove up and snagged your B-roll camera shooting from out in the yard, and then drove off with it. It would nice, that when the wood gets hard like that, you could switch to phasers in place of metal blades. But we don't have those yet (phasers). Great job cutting. The stacks look really nice.

[@johnelliott5923]

So when you hit metal do you pull it out of the wood? Does it completely destroy the blade? Love your channel love yous guys!!!❤

[@mulcumanoleidaasharianelas6066]

Nice video my dear..

[@tennesseesawmillguy1590]

Good stuff! Those hidden gems are the ugly logs.

[@scottperine8027]

You are an inspiration Emerald!!!

[@loucinci3922]

Happy New Year! Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing

[@cah_sawmill]

Happy New year sister..

[@gregmiller674]

Quarter sawn would have looked great!

[@LongshotSam]

Put a beanie cap on girl, your little elf ear tips poking out from your hair. Looked cold. Oh I hope your bookshelf project turns out nice too.

[@Richard-dc4pe]

Really like your videos. Just a quick comment. You should change the aperture on your camera so you have a deeper depth of field. That way you can see the whole mill in focus.

[@bradolsen8629]

Cut it all in all that was cute. She must be thinking of a pumpkin.

[@HarryDavidson-n7k]

Beautiful wood, without any cracks in it, as far as I can see. And it must be stacked carefully, of course, as it is🙂. I think many nice items can be made of it - chair, table, sound speakers, etc. Why hammer nails into tree? I think no need of it. (Hi from Belarus. Harry Davidson)

[@trev7382]

Hi Ladies, Any chance of showing how to quarter saw a log?

[@ronhumphreys9163]

I followed you guys for a long time, I noticed them logs. You got coming down from the corner of your building if you use 2 cables and I block in the middle of that and pull them cables up tight, you could get rid of them 2 boards at each end of their been. Watching you guys for a long time. I'm thinking i'm gonna get my own mill next fall this coming fall thanks

[@kroadie3936]

What a old looking log how old you guys think it is,have a great day.

[@jbbrown7907]

What will you be doing with the black walnut saw dust? Will this be used in your compost? Do you have a different use for walnut saw dust?

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

There's a possibility to collect the sawdust from colorful species and add methanol to it in a container and obtain a stain after letting it soak a week or two.

[@guillermocarrillo3959]

Would have been nice to see how you got the nails out.