Sawing a Pecan Log That Traveled 1200 Miles

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[@bobafetting6373]

Hi Matt. I’m curious as to why you haven’t chosen to collect the sawdust. Use it for your own heating by using one of the really simple log compressors, or you could sell it (not to mention saving a ton of work in sweeping up). Would seem a good way to reduce waste, increase income (or reduce expenditure), and allow the beautiful wood to do more things for more people. Thanks, from the UK

[@barryirby8609]

Beautiful wood. Commercially pecan is sold as hickory. Same family. In the early days of this country they planted live oaks in Florida and tried to tend them to make them grow curved to use the wood for the ribs in wooden ships for the navy. Before they came to full size iron ships took over.

[@greensnapper1602]

Matthew C. Whats cool is was cutting a Tree Down to Put on the Mill and started Cutting through it and Ran into a RAKE Where someone had Lean it against the Tree Years ago and Tree had grew around it, had NO Idea it was in the Tree in till I Started Cutting through it.. Has been the Best Looking markings I have ever SEEN in a Log to Date. Wish you were not to far would send you a Trailer of Logs, if you had some Space for Log Storage . lol A Good Friend Has a Land Clearing Bis. So lets just Say i have some good logs Laying Around.. lol And Always Thank You for your Time Sir...

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

Love the reveal! Nice colors and a big one!🤠👍

[@stevekunde1117]

I remember when there were leaves on the trees and green grass.... been a while since this was filmed, but thanks for sharing it. Look forward to seeing what you do with it. 👍

[@yummboy2]

As a native Texan, I can especially appreciate this vid. Both Pecan and Live Oak are familiar species to me, as I grew up around so many of them. Pecan is great to work with. Although hard, it not as brittle as one might expect. Live Oak is extremely dense and can be a bit of a challenge, but once sanded smooth and finished, it becomes virtually indestructible. Another southern species I know you would enjoy is Mesquite, also very dense, but the color of the heartwood is a deep reddish brown. Hope you can get your hands on some one day. As always, thanks for another great vid!

[@markspc1]

G Bruce don't forget to vote for Beto O'Rourke on the coming senate election !

[@mikelatta484]

Love the cordless drill in place of the hand crank. Work smarter, not harder. By the way. The a is soft. A pee can is something you keep next to the bed so you don't have to go all the way out to the outhouse in the middle of the night.

[@MrRogsmart]

That Pecan is just amazing, so pretty.

[@dhadden3827]

Beautiful, beautiful wood. Going to make a bunch of people! very happy when you are donr!

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Very unique looking wood. Thanks for sharing.

[@joelegrand5903]

As soon as I saw this video, I knew I wanted one, but did not think it was possible, untill I saw the 4 of you, April & two others build her mill. Great job.

[@bonnitaclaus2286]

I had by the Pecan tree trimmed. It’s quite large the truck is probably a little bigger than the one that you’re working on now. I tried finding someone to buy the larger chunks because it’s a shame just to burn it. I still have a few large chunks left, plus a branch that we haven’t taken down because it’s too heavy and will destroy the fence. If I can sell it I’d be thrilled. You’ll be worth removing that section of fence and then repairing it. Too bad nobody’s interested around here I live in Missouri. The wood Hass to be interesting, it is filled with bug holes... I wish I had your set up, I’m sure that every piece would be beautiful, the ones with holes filled with polymer.

[@reviewcrewforyou]

Man this makes me remember A live edge pecan kitchen top I built when I lived in ms. I was just ripping through sanding discs and epoxy lol

[@longbarmillworks8147]

We just finished a waterfall desk out of pecan. Its gorgeous stuff!

[@PapiSmerf]

Good thing that log has traveled so far, it might last up there. Even though it's pretty the bugs and bacteria in the south destroy it in no time, so not a lot of people use pecan even though the trunks can be found in abundance. Up there anything you make out of it should last a couple generations at least though. They get eaten alive most of the time. The trees are infamous for keeping your yard littered with punky dropped limbs. It's like having an extra adolescent child to clean up after. If it sits for any significant period before you use it, I'd spray it with some anti-bacteria/anti-fungal agent just to make sure it doesn't start to soften up, but you've definitely got more time to work with it than we'd have down here in the south.

[@adampersinger9989]

I've never had any bugs or bacteria bother any of mine and they all air dry. I will keep that in mind though.

[@robertevans6481]

Yep have one in the front yard that will be coming down next year....but no where as big as this one.... As a few have already said it is a great wood to use in a smoker....have a bbq place down the street and that is his wood of choice...stay warm

[@mcremona]

Thanks Robert!

[@ApexWoodworks]

Man, Matt, you're amassing quite a lovely yard of lumber! I also liked your imaginative use of your drill to power the feed assembly. Thanks, as always for sharing your love of wood with us.

[@Yellow.Dog.]

I really enjoy your enthusiasm. God bless, ATB, Bill

[@CountyLineCarvings]

Awesome, I remember that video, super cool to see the rest get sliced. Thanks again for another rad video!

[@tacojesus]

i love your energy and your passion. keep doing what you love, record it and ill keep watching.

[@robertenglish8847]

I'm from Texas, pecan trees are abundant here, best finish is a linseed oil or natural watco, wood darkens over time and is beautiful, thanks for pronouncing it right too

[@walterperrault]

I have not seen Matt this excited in a while nice to see gave me a chuckle

[@rossbryan6102]

HI MATT! LIKED THIS VID! I REALLY STUDIED YOUR SAWMILL AND IT IS BIG!! I OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT DOING TWO OR MORE LOGS AT ONCE AND THIS VID ANSWERED THAT!

[@garyknable1155]

If it weren't for that big pond I gotta cross I would definitly get a couple of those, WOW!

[@mcremona]

hahaha that pond is always making things difficult

[@TxStang]

That is a baby pecan log , you should see some of the big ones down here in Texas , I have 4 in my yard that are over 36 inches across at the base and 5 more around 24 inches or so . I think you need some kind of roller rack you can set up to slide the slabs onto and then just slide them down the line to where you want to stack them .

[@htxb]

I always appreciate how much you enjoy what you do.

[@RileyUMR]

Fun to see you cut those boards. Thanks for the wonderful videos.

[@bigburlymikesmswoodworking]

Sitting at my desk with my Matt Cremona hoodie on, watching Matt saw up a nice pecan log...nuff said.

[@mcremona]

Represent

[@Trollemharder]

I spent a couple few years in a southern oregon specialty mill, always wanted to do something like this. I still do actually

[@Mikefestiva]

Awesome looking slabs! Thanks for posting Matt🙂 it’s nice to see you mill your off cuts the same way I do mine, salvaging 😂

[@mcremona]

hahaha I tend to go for high yield :D

[@TommyG_0311]

I absolutely love your channel but I've always wondered what your neighbors think of your work with all the noise and scrap around your yard. Keep up the quality content!

[@nordyfamily]

Great stuff Matt!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome stuff Matt, looking forward to seeing you put it to use! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@cuttheloop]

I'm surrounded by Pecan tress. I never knew how hard it was until I tried "milling" down a few pieces to make knife scales.

[@jeffmayart]

Looks really nice Matt, I love how you get so excited about the colors n grains that get revealed on your slabs, keep up the good work !

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@johnsobj]

That’s just amazing! Slab with its own painting. Nice. Great work and keep it up. Love the vids.

[@johnsobj]

Also, I know you have a reason for most everything you do (or don’t do) but.... would a hose work better for the sawmill area? I figure this isn’t the first time you’ve heard it and that’s why I’m guessing it’s intentional. 😆 Thanks again. Really great stuff.

[@joeaddison]

I would not describe American as a particularly typical country given its size. We have some many different regions here in the US. I am not surprised there is such a huge difference in wood between them. Up here in the pnw it's firs and cedar all over the place!

[@alanlillich6738]

A beautimous log! As soon as I saw that elongated arched bullseye at 4:20 I thought of you making a playhouse for the kids with that as the door. Guild project!

[@roncooper6302]

You really have got to start eating porridge. Best regards from a very wet England.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

I built my son's bed out of rustic (knotty) pecan, it was beautiful, but crazy heavy and hard on tool blades. I think that stuff would make some beautiful doors or cabinets.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Nice passion.

[@1234cdsarver]

Thank you god bless y’all

[@bearbon2]

I grew up in Georgia in a Pecan grove. I spent many a day gathering pecans but never realized what great wood was in the trees. It would be my choice for a table. I noticed you using a drill motor on the winch when sawing the boards. I always wondered why you didn't use a power drive on the saw instead of hand cranking. I figured it was so you could control the advance speed but you could install a variable speed drive and save your arm.

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

I assumed it was so he had feedback so he could speed up or go slower, or in case he hit something.

[@donnymcarter]

Pecan has always been my favorite! Awesome video as always!

[@mcremona]

Thanks donny! Hope you’re having fun wherever you are!

[@sugiantorudikan4612]

nice wood matt... i like it

[@dday9135]

Matthew, the off cuts from that pecan will work great for smoking food. Pecan is the female of hickory.

[@leoveroude4492]

Did not know that! That explains a lot! Thanks 😀

[@lewisdoherty7621]

I'm from Louisiana. Since pecan is a fruit producing tree, usually a tree is maintained as long as it can produce fruit. The fruit crop negates a wood crop. Normally by the time a tree can no longer produce fruit, it is usually too far gone for wood. Because of land development and storms, some mature, but not decayed appear, but not a lot. I often wondered what the characteristics of the wood would be to make things. It will be interesting to see what happens. In some ways, it is an "exotic" wood even where the trees grow.

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

This one had to be taken down to build a house in Gulfport, MS. I was not going to let it go tot he dump just to rot.

[@oceannavagator]

So, when are you going to buy a track loader with a set of forks, before the back surgery or afterwards?

[@thatellipsisguy8984]

Larry Copenhaver one day at a time...

[@elephantfeet280]

I can see river tables from that pecan log slabs you cut.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you Matt

[@bwillan]

Amazing that you have shorts and T-shirt weather in mid-November in Minnesota. ;-) I love the power feed solution you have for the saw carriage. (cordless drill). LOL Great looking slabs as usual.

[@tedbonbrake1967]

Quite the workout.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice video Matt! i like the look of the pecan :) Thank you for sharing with us.👌👍😎JP

[@Zoot1343]

Nice work Matthew, thx, Adam, Tofino.CA

[@timelliott1707]

Matt, i love your videos. However, if you put an iron or galvanized pipe over the end of your log turner handle thus extending its length it will provide more torque for the same muscle. Easier for the humungous trees you roll around on your sawmill.

[@lanyard100]

great to see your mill, I may have missed it, but have you ever milled any locust?...it is an amazing hard strong and rot resistant wood which I am a big fan of...please mill one if you get a chance

[@mcremona]

It's on my list of woods I'd like to acquire.

[@topsaw]

Beautiful log, beautiful slabs

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Matt.....can I suggest you try to purchase / source a set of carpet wheels (it's akin to a seesaw on wheels which carpet fitters use to transport broadloom carpets from A- B)....I'm sure you could modify one of these to assist you and your back in shifting these huge and heavy slabs of wood.

[@joha7484]

very ingenious, Matthew !!!

[@yackfzay6224]

It's good seeing the pecan tree.

[@richardlauze2873]

New drinking game..barke inclusion..everyone drinks.lol merry Christmas

[@madsciencegary3830]

Instead of using your winch body as a fulcrum, perhaps you could add a roller bar above the winch on the back of the mill.

[@RaceJan]

That pecan would make for a fantastic guitar top ;-)

[@Buzzcook]

Maybe for an electric. Not for an acoustic. It would make great necks and or fret boards for either.

[@lutemule]

Another OOOh AAAH day!

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Nice slabs! You are giving that saw a good workout :)

[@0akgrove]

Wow, Gulfport, I am about 60 miles north of Gulfport and have relatives in Minnesota, around the Lake Crystal area.

[@jeffmansfield914]

0akgrove Hub city citizen here. I've lived in Hattiesburg for 2.5 years now, and we love it. Maybe we should get some area woodworkers together sometime.

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

That Phil and Harry sound like some cool cats! I'll trade you some more pecan and live oak for some walnut and maple! Great video as always.

[@mcremona]

They're alright :D

[@danbreyfogle8486]

This video was not shot on November 13th. First clue, leaves on the trees, second clue, shorts and a t-shirt, third clue, parka and stocking cap on wrap up. I am just kidding, it is damn cold up here in the northern Midwest right now so love seeing work when the weather was friendlier. Great looking log and lumber.

[@mcremona]

We've come a long way from August when I cut this log

[@billy19461]

Great slabs!

[@Ray_Sellner]

Wow. A bark inclusion in the first cut!

[@dddriller1]

its fun to see him get so excited :)

[@brockshields9336]

I have about a15-20 acre pecan grove. It's nice to see what I potentially have in the lumber. It's also nice to see you cut up some for cabinetry boards. Not everyone can handle slabs. I'm wondering how pecan would work for board and batten siding. Maybe a preservative would be needed? It would be better as an interior paneling?

[@BillAndersonNS]

QUESTION re your blades: how much does each blade cost? How long do they last in terms of numbers of trees you can slab? And if they able to be resharpened do you do that yourself with a file or a sharpening jig?

[@greensnapper1602]

Good Question Sir

[@smokencoin3425]

That pecan be hard to chip from chunk for the smoker.

[@gruntqueen]

I didn't think about the smoker...

[@szilardpinter]

Really great looking Slabs!!! 👍😉 never came across with Pecan over here unfortunately.

[@jamesoliver6625]

You need to save some of those offcuts to smoke some meat with. Similar to hickory but a hint sweeter. I use a lot of it here in central Texas for smoking.

[@darrellfinley0110]

,,, and it's refreshing to hear your pronunciation,,,

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

No pecan here in NS . It looks nice . I would guess you put the bucket there . haha .

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

After you finish the trailer you need to build a mobile gantry or something to help you move all the slabs around. Back injuries are no fun.

[@mcremona]

My trailer is a mobile gantry

[@bbmade]

I’m also in Minnesota. If you are ever interested in the guitar builder market for your materials we should chat.

[@eric13045]

Mathew would you consider sending me 2 3 ft pieces of the spalted pecan lumber so I could make a clock out of it let me know thanks love your sawmill videos and your wood work thanks eric

[@joshl90]

He’d probably sell it to you

[@shopcuts6528]

Hey Matt, I see that you air dry a lot of lumber. Do you have or have you considered building a small kiln not so much from the drying perspective, but rather to kill off any invasive species, larvae, and etc. -Thanks, Neil@ShopCuts

[@peppigue]

I understand your not able to hire a permanent assistant, but would love it if you found some informal apprentice, like a local kid who just wants to learn some woodworking. I'm thinking both for help with some of the lifting and for the social dynamic, someone who can get smitten by your love for life and the craft.

[@tyronepelfrey8192]

A few more Cheerios Matt. Lol

[@mcremona]

Funny enough, I was the heaviest I’d ever been when I recorded this

[@bobshorkey1502]

Do you ever save bowel blanks if I was a young man I probably would get myself a rig of my own but for now for now I’m makes shavings. Luvyr show

[@LegoMan-cz4mn]

Main usage of water: SPLASH OVER WEWD! OEH OE OE OE

[@alanm3438]

Your skill and excitement are always interesting.

[@CesarMartinez-rm1fp]

When and what is your next build

[@alanl.simmons9726]

For your back & shoulder health check out moving slabs on Lindas Sawmill videos on tube. Ty for interesting vids. .

[@boa9535]

Cracks and crotches of the human variety and then feathering from the avian variety. Where do the knots come from?

[@jeremywestra6601]

Are you using a small inflatable bag/pump system to lift the ends of the slabs while stickering? It looks like you pulled something out from the end a couple of times... I also mill and stack larger stuff solo and struggle to get the last sticker in each time. Any tip you have to share about that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and keep up the great content!

[@mcremona]

yes, one of these guys: amzn.to/2Kju0VD This was the first time I've tried it for stacking and it was amazing. That last sticker is always the hardest!

[@josephlfrazier9727]

Logs from the south....specifically , the Louisiana swamps. Sunken and submerged for years, Cypress logs lost in the swamp from loggers years ago. Have you ever had any desire to acquire any and mill them? Very expensive. I guess they acquire a magnificent intricate grain design from being submerged for so long. I remember watching the Cypress hunters on The History Channel. www.custommade.com/blog/underwater-timber/

[@David-fv7zg]

When you reveal these logs, do you also have thoughts of what you want to make from them? Does the “reveal party” give you any ideas or inspiration?

[@Frostfly]

the majority of his lumber goes up for sale i believe

[@mindyhall4638]

Oh Matt...how do I get my hands on one of those beautiful pecan slabs?! :o).

[@Euthalson1957]

Save the waste for BBQ wood. Great smoke especially for chicken!

[@MrWoody135]

Excellent video.....how much did you pay for a trunk of that size ??

[@anthonyrichard461]

Th sap wood on pecan will almost always have some spalting.

[@MRrwmac]

Matt, you shouldn’t cut those beautiful slabs up. They are from a far far away land, so you should mount them on the ceiling and wall - haha.

[@bobafettbv]

Save your off cuts for the smoker!! If you have a smoker...which you should!!

[@CerebralOrigami]

I was just wondering if adding some sort of wax to the system would help yo slide those slabs around. Or use the winch from your trailer.