Saw Milling 1000 Year Old Pecky Cypress Laying in the Swamp for 100 Years

[@johnsheetz6639]

I've helped cut many many tons of this when I was a kid! In the world's most dangerous homemade sawmill in my opinion. In caryville FL.

[@roywithers]

I have some 40” wide 14’ long 2” thick axe cut in late 1800’s I’ve pulled out of the swamps in Louisiana

[@falllineridge]

Really nice! It’s an old, well loved LT40. Still going strong. You found a real treasure in that log! Appreciate the shout out!

[@peaceraybob]

I was going to say something about 'Florida Man', but then recognized that this was the cleanest, neatest and best laid-out US mill-yard I have ever seen. The vast majority are filthy garbage-dumps, with off-cuts and trash covering every square-foot, so seeing this one was a pleasant surprise.

[@stevec.8095]

I love watching stuff like that! Thanks for sharing!

[@kennethhudson8013]

Beautiful wood

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

See what I did with it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5_FkHZjppaNetU

[@Will7981]

This video has my vote as the best one on this channel so far!👍🏻More please if you don't mind. It fascinates me to think what the country looked like when that tree was living and what that tree saw.👍🏻

[@stanervin6108]

Only wormy chestnut looks better. I can envision sooo many ptojects made from this lumber once stabilized! Edit: 11:40 that bookmatch!

[@rharden583]

Save some pieces for turning a bowl. It would be gorgeous.

[@jerrylittle8922]

The rest of that tree help construct the MayFlower.

[@kennethhudson8013]

What could that be used for such a small log

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

Check out the channel page for the answer.

[@pamtnman1515]

Level that log out do you don’t cut that angle through the heart of it

[@phillipwatson4441]

The old1 stuff was over six feet in diameter.

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

This was probably the second or third cut up, been rotting away the outer layers for 100 years and still had 157 growth ring that could be counted.

[@Mostviews111]

Beautiful wood but novice operator. Should have just made a 4x4 or 6x4 mantle out of it.

[@Cobra98Thialand]

Not sure how you determined it was a thousand years old...

[@billystewart2458]

All at home sawmills have a carbon dating feature.

[@nfergistink110]

I often look at logs and predict there age. He's a little out, I'm thinking 1004 years x

[@traviskelly5480]

You silly kids. The age is determined by the accu-set computer that’s on the sawmill. And any one with half a brain can see the log is 1000 years old. SMH lol

[@straubdavid9]

@@billystewart2458 And a person with a calibrated eye.

[@sharonyork2517]

It looks more like a fence post than a log. Your wasting your time sawing by sawing this thing.

[@timothymcafee3157]

Looks like firewood to me

[@straubdavid9]

You are definitely on the wrong channel then. These channels are not just about construction lumber .... they are about wood. Not just any wood, but wood with character, incredible grain, color, special features ... and a great eye and imagination of what could be. Come back when these folks have turned this "firewood" into art, or an heirloom that will live forever. Take care Tim.

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

See what I made with it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5_FkHZjppaNetU

[@jbeard82]

There’s nothing about this log that’s all that impressive to me. It’s tiny. 🤷‍♂️

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

See what I made with it on my channel page and you will change your mind.

[@bobv8219]

Do your log so we can complain. Derp