sawing beech logs # 194

[@Buddha-of8fk]

I love finding beech in the woods. A squirrel dinner is usually coming.

[@andrewriches506]

Good Evening from Lincolnshire UK.

[@markgalicic7788]

good evening Andrew.

[@fricknjeep]

hi there good sawing john

[@markgalicic7788]

moe the grass John!

[@enzo8745]

made a workbench our of beech. Wonderful, closegrained, hard. Built-in wood vises, holes for dogs. Has lasted for years with no damage.

I have a 50 year old beech workbench in the back of my workshop still as solid as the day it was made 🙂

[@markgalicic7788]

very good for a workbench.

Hi Mark, you should definitely use it in your own shop beech is a very good and forgiving wood to work with and machines up very easily. Iv used alot of spalted beech for cabinets etc the colours looks amazing.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes I will do some shop projects with it.

[@johnquinn3899]

Great start for the weekend. Happy Memorial Day to all !!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks John , happy memorial Day.

[@Repairman87]

You could make a fortune selling 8/4 Quarter Saw Beech to plane makers.

[@gerardomanuelortiztellado1460]

Good morning ☀️ GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS BIG HUG FROM CHICAGO IL 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

[@davidconaway2830]

Beech is a dream to cut, sand and stain/finish. I wish I had more of it!

[@mifsanta]

Mark Eddie thanks for sharing this great video

[@jerrywestaway9316]

Always Great To See MASTER DOG In Action .

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir Jerry.

[@jerrywestaway9316]

@@markgalicic7788 :-)

[@ronvera]

Man! T.H.E. Eddie went from looking like my grandpaw to looking like my son. What a transformation. Looks good. I'm only in my 70's and I can't look that good.

[@markgalicic7788]

good one!

[@rogerkiok2491]

Schönen Abend aus Mönchengladbach bei Düsseldorf 🇩🇪. Nice Evening from Mönchengladbach at Düsseldorf in North Rhine Westphalia.

[@bobtexan592]

Love working with Beech. Haven't found any in years tho. Beautiful logs you got.

[@karencary3312]

Love the bad pieces, too. Thanks!!!!

[@markgalicic7788]

glad you liked it Karen.

[@mellsterr6192]

Thanks for the video. It brings a nice end to my week!

[@markgalicic7788]

glad you liked it.

[@adriancartlidge4018]

Great video Mark and Eddie. Take care.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Adrian.

[@ptbfrch]

Beautiful subtle colors of the beech. Will have to get some one day to work with.

[@pwengert1]

We love your channel no matter what you’re doing! I think you should autograph sections of that first slice (the one that’s mostly bark) you cut off & sell them or give away to your viewers. I know we would enjoy one! I bet others would too!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Phyllis , we would be glad to autograph a board for you!

[@pwengert1]

@@markgalicic7788 What would you red to do one for us? I doesn’t meet to be really big. Just a nice size to hang on the wall.

[@dennisderby8705]

@@markgalicic7788 make a Forge and brand 12 in pieces

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Beech forest is nice. There's one near me. Tall trees with a dense canopy. Virtually nothing grows on the floor. With all the vertical trunks, it's like walking through a cathedral.

[@markgalicic7788]

sounds nice .

[@themole1944]

Thanks both of you great as usual the film companies spend vast fortunes on productions and special effects you two do it on a budget of a cup of coffee and it's perfect

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks John.

[@jerrywestaway9316]

The Master Dog , The Myth , The Legend :-)

[@mac8775]

Hard Work, Smart Work, Team Work. thanks MG

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir Mac.

[@andrewriches506]

That sounded like the bus motor enjoyed the beech logs. Nice Video.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it did.

[@brenthagen3049]

Good colors in that aged log.

[@jackx4311]

Beech is used a lot in England for making furniture and tool handles. Fine grain, very hard, stable if properly seasoned, cuts clean and finishes smooth. It was also used to make gunstocks for Lee-Enfield rifles from about 1943 onwards until the end of production.

[@mantaszmenskis5619]

beech in America must be cut with straight grain, otherwise it craacks into unusuable pieces useful for perhaps making pens.

[@jackx4311]

@@mantaszmenskis5619 - then it's a very different wood from the beech we have in England.

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

After running errands and having to deal with TRAFFIC. Thank GOD you and Eddie have another new sawing VIDEO, GOD BLESS THE BUS MOTOR MEN. I would have watch an older sawing video. I find it to be therapeutic. If you are going to have a T-Shirt with """MASTER DOG""" IN THE REAR AND FRONT WITH BUS MOTOR PRODUCTION LET ME KNOW. I just might get TWO for my wife ROSIE(of 48yrs)and I.

[@markgalicic7788]

we got you covered Joseph.

[@carlcarlamos9055]

The blade is nice and quiet when it runs through that beech. Take care.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very sharp.

[@ChrisSmith-io5vw]

Thank Yall Mark ,Eddie , Mugsy

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks for watching.

[@reidgilker4527]

Beech is the hardest! and most dense of the hard wood's

[@richardthornhill4630]

Beautiful lumber from those beech wood logs.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir Richard.

[@donbullock8790]

WOW What great looking wood for a table top. Imagine that as a farm style dining room table. Wish I had a wood shop. I'd get about 4 of those slabs each about 2" thick, cut them about 8' long, make them a 2' X 2 square, plane them smooth them glue me up a great table top. I can only dream. Thanks for the video. Be safe and well.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it was nice looking wood.

[@woxallaviation4640]

Great to see beech on the mill. It’s one of my favorite woods to work. Machines really nicely. I built a Roubo workbench of beech (mostly - some mahogany, birch, and ash) last year. Grew up in a log house in TN with a tin roof and a huge beech in the front yard. Would go to sleep with the pitter-patter of beechnuts on the tin.

[@markgalicic7788]

very good.

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning from SE Louisiana 28 May 21.

[@markgalicic7788]

good morning Bill.

[@valeriychernikow3027]

часто смотрю ваши ролики испытываю наслаждение как работает станок

[@evankibbe590]

Cool beans . It looks like some nice lumber!! 😊👍👍🌎🌞

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir Evan.

[@dannyfoshee6239]

well mark the beech logs seemed more ignorant than the spruce you sawed the other day.lol.my memory not working real good and i'm not sure if thats what you called it but whatever it tickled me.love to hear the bus engine when it's loaded.i just flat out love ya'lls videos.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very hard.

[@deanguando1335]

That beech is a nice type of lumber.

[@williamellis8993]

Looking forward to seeing what you make with this wood. Bill

[@markgalicic7788]

it will take a while to dry.

[@tomharrington1393]

Good looking wood👍👍

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Tom.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

NIOCE sawing nd you ought to take some of the 'cull' stuff home and make something with it. Nice grain and patterning.. Can't recall ever cutting beech here but I've slept a lot since them days. Good job to all and to all a GBWYou!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Lewie , I do want to build something with it.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@markgalicic7788 Waiting on that too. It'll be NICE, whatever you decide!

[@steveking4966]

really nice for kitchen worktops , particularly with a bit of spalting!

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it would.

[@dougrobison1156]

I made a set of doors & panels for a kitchen reface out of Beech from Germany. It was clear and very stable. I found myself using the off fall for lots of jigs and fixtures. Dense but very workable.

[@markgalicic7788]

I will do some shop videos with beech.

[@bluethunder1951]

I love sawing beech, the smell is pungent when sawing, but it sure makes nice wainscoting.

[@markgalicic7788]

that would look great .

[@CaptMike]

Mark, everything seems to go so smoothly for you. Do you have any out takes so the lesser of us won't feel so bad about our sawing?😄

[@genesenecal9140]

I envy you cutting into that beautiful face of new wood, like the beech, what a treat.

[@markgalicic7788]

glad you liked it Gene.

[@istepheniadeluca8531]

👍 🎥 ❤🇺🇸 Beautiful lumber 👌

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks

[@richardbrown4294]

In the UK Buckinghamshire had a lot of beech woods and subsequently a big furniture industry developed especially chairs. It is also used for gunstocks for cheaper brands.

[@oldtireman4665]

Beech is also popular with some gun makers who want wood stocks but not the expense of walnut. A lot of high end air rifles from Europe are stocked in walnut-stained beech. Very stable. The zero on my Air Arms TX200 barely budges from year to year. The backyard squirrels are not amused.

[@markgalicic7788]

did not know that.

[@arfamortis1]

Most common wood for all the old wooden planes and other tools here in Europe Also the most common finish at places like Ikea.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very durable wood.

[@deksper]

Eddie is not scared of work.

[@michellehoefer5922]

Thank you for the video. I know that Beech is very brittle.

[@markgalicic7788]

it can be.

[@monteldavis978]

This wood is not something you saw regular but it's really beautiful when it's been open up I'm loving it very very much

[@markgalicic7788]

yes we should saw more.

[@loislewis9900]

Who supplies your mill with logs?

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Some beech, Mark!

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir, good one!

[@rogerhodges7656]

I cannot believe the end checking and staining on the log. Why did you let it sit around so long before sawing?

[@roddypryce454]

That is one scary machine!

[@alpharomeo15]

Sawing those MALE Logs can really be a BEECH... But for PRO's like you and Eddie.. No Problemo! 👏🏽👍🏼☺️

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir Tommy.

[@ohcrapwhatsnext]

Nice looking boards i must say.. Do people call you to come get logs?

[@garyb9843]

Those beech logs were pretty gnarly looking but they were nice inside.

[@markgalicic7788]

they turned out nice.

[@sharonromer6606]

Where do you guys get your logs?

[@ishure8849]

G'day Mark , I slabbed one on the Lucas mill live edge 3 inch thick it was 100 years old it had been planted as an ornamental obviously not native to Oz. I was surprised by its hardness and figure.

[@lemagreengreen]

American Beech, interesting! European Beech is by far the most common hardwood in my area, we use it for firewood mostly sadly but you find lots of furniture etc in Europe made from Beech since it's so ideal, clear grained and grows quite neatly. Would be intersted to compare the two species and see the difference, it looks quite similar but this American stuff seems to have a bit more colour variation.

[@markgalicic7788]

these two log were under 8 foot and were in the firewood pile.

[@mshotts5543]

Is it possible to come visit you and see your production at the saw mill. We live in Western PA, Indiana, Pa.

[@jimwilliamson7598]

Get on with it!!!

[@bobrobert6277]

i know that laser is pretty strait and you probably don't want to mess with it but its what 1/2 in off?

[@markgalicic7788]

yes we need to reset it.

[@keifpyle2847]

I spent most of life in your area that might of been my name on that tree. I milled a small beech a few weeks ago for the first time It’s really nice looking wood.

[@markgalicic7788]

what town?

[@keifpyle2847]

Brownsville and California. Fayette and Washington co. Moved north to Warren co 6years ago. Picked up my saw 2 months ago in green co. All my family is still down there. That’s why I’m up here.

[@exotictones1054]

I've seen some nice beech I made table legs out of n then made some game calls too.looked nice.

[@markgalicic7788]

nice!

[@brisbanekilarny6212]

We sell beech but it is imported from Germany. For a while cabinet makers were building cabinets out of beech and beech plywood. Not so much now. Beech is 1300 on the hardness scale close to red ( tad softer)and white oak (tad harder)

[@markgalicic7788]

good info.

[@joerieger4781]

Mark check the main belts on the saw they seem to have a lot more bounce now and getting lose, the Beach is very pretty wood it just needs to be kiln dried to be stable enough to do fine wood working with out it moving.

[@warrenklingensmith1241]

I sawed beech a few times it all went for blocking and cribbing 6 ×6 beech will do some kinky tricks when It does dry out.

[@erikleorga]

Never seen beech sawn, interesting stuff. What's your favorite to saw? Rarest and/or most uncommon species sawn?

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it is , I like to saw good strait poplar.

[@johnthomsen8802]

There's a thought process that comes across. You don't just randomly cut. Does beech smell nice like pine or cherry going through the saw?

[@markgalicic7788]

yes there is , it has a different smell to it.

[@jimp.4531]

since those are beach did they have a real bad sunburn?

[@markgalicic7788]

If they got cut into firewood!

[@jerrywestaway9316]

I have a small collection of pocket knives . 2 of them are from France and are an Opinel brand , and they have beechwood handles

[@andrewriches506]

Nice Knives.

[@jerrywestaway9316]

@@andrewriches506 I have 2 of them and just ordered me a Antonini that is similar . I am on disability so I live on $1298 a month so it is hard to do things like collecting anything but these type of knives are low priced

[@andrewriches506]

@@jerrywestaway9316 I like my Opinel because it had a locking ferrule so was able to use in the cattle yards without the blade unexpectedly closing and trapping my fingers also they sit nice and comfortable in the hand. Best regards from Lincolnshire UK.

[@jerrywestaway9316]

@@andrewriches506 I like that feature too . The Antonini I just ordered has a similar feature

[@andrewriches506]

@@jerrywestaway9316 Thanks for the info Jerry I will look up the Antonini. Although I have now retired it is still interesting to know what is available in the market Thank you.

[@billtefft4315]

I thought beechwood was only used to age beer and flavor chewing gum but a Google search brings up many uses for the wood and its nut.

[@markgalicic7788]

no but I like beer!

[@denisricher1349]

Hi Mark, you don't see many Beach trees these days... I am lucky to have a 100+ ear old Beach in my back yard that is approx 8 foot in diameter..... Huge is an under statement

[@markgalicic7788]

we dont see many.

[@warrenklingensmith1241]

Is the master dog the big dog.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir.

[@goodiezgrigis]

This good hard wood for furniture, but you have to just slab it and let it dry and then resaw dry and discard the pit. Best way to keep it dimensionally stable is to cut it wet, pressure steam it and kiln dry. Any knots and character in this is just firewood, not worth to bother with it as it cracks and warps like crazy.

[@markgalicic7788]

beech is used for many things here.

[@martin-g4v4d]

As Scandinavian, i didnt realise "Beech" was a real actual word, i thought it was a play with words, "Beech/Bitch".......im like, "how sour does a log has to be in order to be called a bitch?", (not making this up!)

[@rogerchouinard3180]

👍👍👍

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Roger.

[@adammoggysawmilling5164]

I'd love to watch a video of your edger working

[@markgalicic7788]

we do have some.

[@robertjordan4691]

If you have a wood lathe Mark - table legs.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes I do.

[@robertjordan4691]

Video for this winter.

[@slaim4622]

🖐🙂👍

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks!

[@DuNguyen-my4rq]

671 Detroit burns 2.5 gallons an hour at 1200 rpm .?

[@markgalicic7788]

we are running 1800 rpm .

[@Строимдомвместе-ф5т]

Привет из России. Вы знаете, что я давно на вас подписан.

[@jamesreichardt7573]

Don’t waist your time taking the survey for those tools they never come !

[@DavidMarlett-m7k]

Yo Mark, I say it again. You keep talking about those male logs. Please tell everyone when was the last time you sawed a female log. Just asking.

[@keithengland9068]

When are you finishing the helicopter landing pad?

[@markgalicic7788]

soon.

[@Dave_Smith_1958]

Mark that first beech log was definitely a male log

[@markgalicic7788]

morning wood!

[@Kmecha84]

I don't understand how to identify male/female logs?

[@markgalicic7788]

just look at it.

[@Kmecha84]

@@markgalicic7788 if I could tell by looking at it I wouldn't have asked the question 😃 I guess if the log is shaped like a dick then it's a male eh!