Sawing-Milling a Round of Red Oak Big Boys!!

[@theprof_001]

Beautiful red oak lumber! I enjoy your channel. Thanks. 👍

[@timeversman9804]

I love red oak. Thanks for the channel.

[@richardbritton5280]

Nice Sawing Ian beautiful logs nice ty God Bless Amen

[@magicbrowntrout]

You made some wonderful wide red oak boards beyond twelve inch wide. Well done

[@arkansas1336]

Beautiful boards!

[@michael_3985]

I’m not surprised you hit 13k and believe you’ll keep climbing. It’s just getting the word out about your business on the tube. I’ve been telling all my friends and contractors about your channel. Hope they subscribe. Glad you did your video today. Thanks 👍👍👍

[@susangolden4001]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and life with us. J.Au-en

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

Thank you for staying tuned!

[@AndrewAHayes]

Some of those poplar are very uniform logs, NICE! cant wait to see them milled. I had to buy some lumber from the local big box store a few months ago as the local wood yard was closed for a Bank Holiday Monday, and I wanted to start work that very day. I haven't bought wood from a DIY store since gods dog was a pup, I noticed straight away that what was labeled as 2x4 and 2x2 was not 2X4 and 2x2 and they were all banana shaped, I asked the assistant what was going on, he said they were nominal cut, he didn't know what that meant though, I told him it didn't matter as I would pay them a nominal price, he wasn't having any of that though. I worked out that I was going to have to pay £160 more than the wood yards price and considering I was building an extension to my workshop and there would be racking in the ceiling for storage I thought I would be better off waiting a day and buying the correct non nominal wood as it would be stronger, cheaper and relatively straight. Have you any idea why they do this? I realise it is shrinkage from drying, my local wood yard cuts them oversize to account for shrinkage when drying and then cut them to the actual sizes if you ask them to, Im guessing the big box stores are just greedy.

[@dougsmith548]

Hello again. That was some beautiful lumber your showed us.I could never imagine Poplar getting to be that size. Yes I saw that ledge you were talking about. How come you always flip the log all the way over you don’t stop at half way. By that I mean between the first and the second cut. I would be interested to see if you could get less waste by doing it my way. take care of yourself and God bless✌️🇨🇦

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

I know what you mean. If I’m going for a particular item, I’ll go for block sizes sawing the way you mentioned. It just depends on the log itself, and the dimension you’re sawing, as far as better yield goes. Each one could be judged differently. When I’m sawing Grade lumber, this is for speed. I only have to concentrate on that one edger!

[@lyleharkness-rv5vf]

Nice sawing 👍 Congratulations on passing 13k. On your last reply, you stated the nice logs are still upcoming. I'm excited to see what's next 😊

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

I honestly felt like taking a rest day today with YouTubing, but then those logs rolled up🤣 And thank you:)

[@jimharbison7589]

Those were some nice boards from nice logs ,does the different rotation of the top saw and the head saw affect the feed rate? Thanks for the video keep them coming

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

Yes it does!! That’s a good question. So if I’m needing to go quick, so that the head saw leans in, the top saw can point that. It doesn’t have near the power. And when you start biting 6+ inches of log with that top saw, you really have to start thinking about feed rate

[@jimharbison7589]

@Helmsburgsawmill thank you ,I'm slowly understanding what you have to do every cut

[@Vonheals]

Is there an ideal size for your mill in terms of productivity? I have seen another mill say that 22-24 inches is kind of the sweet spot for diameter of logs for them but that was in a mill that was using a resaw so they are just trying to get cants with the head saw.

[@garykersteiner4936]

Ian, I don't suppose that you think it is worth anyone's time to save the off cuts that are short and narrow because you can't sell them, but I would sure like to help the off bearers and sort out the ones I could use as a wood worker. I use plenty short, narrow pieces and I see plenty of usable off cuts go down the line that I know you probably just grind up.

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

We save save a lot of them!! It’s just if we saved all of it, we’d have too much.

[@JerryGadson]

Hello, just wanted to tell you that I really enjoy your channel. Just a couple of questions for you. Not sure what you call it, the carriage or shuttle, but it looks like it's being propelled with rope. Is that correct? Also, I really love when you film from the "cockpit". Thanks! Keep the videos coming and I will be sure to keep watching.

[@Helmsburgsawmill]

The carriage is it’s name. And it is propelled with that cable you see! It’s steel cable with a plastic coating. And I’ll definitely make my way back to those!

[@michealmorrow1481]

On those first 2 logs, it sounded more like it was ripping rather than just cutting. Also, it looks like you might have a few misaligned teeth and that's what is causing the ripping sound. Or, it could just be my ears or mic placement, etc. Just musing...