Sawing Mississippi Pecan with Phil and Harry

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

Man, I was a lot younger then! It was a great time and thank you for your hospitality!

[@mcremona]

hahaha we both were

[@gizanked]

Back when Matt only had 2 kids.

[@seanlathbury5410]

Great adventure! Glad y'all made the trip and thank you Matt for filming.

[@RecklessTheory]

He could of found hundreds of different mills nearby with fancy modern equipment but he choose to drive 19 hrs with a trailer full of wood and hundreds of dollars of gas... that goes to show just how much of an influence Matt has for being a outstanding wood craftsmen, educator and good spirit. I think you deserve a high tech mill and carpentry farm with a full staff to guide in addition to your humble home based operation. Just such a good influence that is young enough to help the masses carry forward. You would make a killing and people from all over would seek out your brand. but even you decided to keep it simple you would still make quite the impression. I myself have learned so much from your channel and consider you one of the best I have ever encounter related to the topic.

[@mcremona]

thank you so much!

[@dustydave9347]

Love southern pecan. It's harder to find someone to saw it than to find the wood. Great video.

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@MrRay3801]

Great to see southern hospitality is alive and well! I live on the coast and work in Gulfport everyday.....cant believe he drove that all the way up there!!

[@h2energynow]

Awesome they came from Mississippi just to see you. Wow, beautiful log too.

[@supeiz32]

Its good to hear your town that you live in on a KZbinr's channel especially on you watch every chance you get.. Very humbling..

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Long ways from down south to you.

[@nordyfamily]

Great job Matt!!!

[@danielebrparish4271]

The big danger with pecan logs is that they often have metal in them. People thought that iron made the trees produce more and would tie car axles parallel to the sapling's vertical axis. Others would hammer in nails to the trunk every few years as it grew. Lumber mills down here in Louisiana won't saw them unless the log owner agrees to pay for a replacement saw if it hits any iron. It does make for beautiful flooring because the speckles really come out when it's stained and sealed.

[@rodneybooth4069]

So glad you guys drove to Minnesota and got Matt out of bed.

[@jackreeves3001]

Matthew, you are ONE GOOD GUY!! Thanks for sharing!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@bobferranti5222]

When you hit that with water, it exploded, what a beautiful piece of wood!

[@dananelson5434]

That was a neat trip, quality time together, and they got to meet you. That pecan is beautiful. Look forward to seeing the rest milled. You're a nice guy Matt, enjoyed the video.

[@mcremona]

thank you Dana!

[@rayleder3705]

Welcome to Minnesota, guys! Great wood and story about the guy eating his cereal!

[@mcremona]

The guy eating cereal was the best part

[@twistedlimb4053]

Holy Crap! less than 3 minutes a cut in Pecan!

[@brianhunt6943]

The sawmill is back! Woot :D

[@mindseyeproductions8798]

thanks for the share, Matt you are a community asset.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

What fun really pretty slab and what great story and adventure

[@kb7722]

Great to see another Mississippi subscriber!

[@DrLarryAnderson]

YES!! And, huge greetings from Tupelo (birthplace of Elvis)!

[@ajschwin]

@@DrLarryAnderson Batesville checking in!

[@Jay2525Jay]

Super fan, and super cool video as always.

[@whosaidthat5236]

Lol most things have more colour when it’s warm, great video again matt! Still not sure why you don’t have a slide/rollers to help load and unload the logs/slabs and a winch mounted to the far end of the mill . I do remember your video about why you don’t like rollers but I bet you could build some sweet custom roller mounts to suit your needs more ... and you have a Bridgeport now sooooo future projects lol. Oh or a hydraulic off-road scissor lift cart for rolling the slabs to your storing area. Another youtuber his channel name is Made In Poland, he made a scissor lift cart that if you beefed it up would work great for you and save a lot stress on the back.

[@RogerC68]

Beautiful wood! Nice mill Matthew! Just getting into woodworking and learning a lot from these channels. Thanks for this video,,, !

[@mcremona]

Awesome to hear! thanks!

[@glenmcarroll]

That was charming. Super fans are too cool.

[@akirby4155]

Those slabs ya'all were cutting were amazing!

[@rick91443]

That is one great fan and friend for life...cheers...rr Normandy, Fra

[@walterrider9600]

hi Richard . from Walter

[@mtnjak]

What a cool story! I'm getting ready to take down a large red oak on our property that's too close the the house. However, I think I'll spare myself the trip to Matt's and have the local guy slab it. ;)

[@shantanarain2841]

Now I dont know the full story but Matt you are a beauty helping this man cut mill down some logs that is all

[@mcremona]

I'm a lover of big wood and lighthearted people. what can i say :D

[@briansbuildsandoutdoors4936]

Had to chuckle at the young man who forgot his gloves and had to wear socks on his hands. I bet he won't forget them again. All the best, Brian.

[@mcremona]

hahahahaha those gloves totally look like socks!

[@johnnywikk6472]

I Need more friends like Phil!

[@TexasUrbanSawmillLLC]

Pecan is very hard. Impressed if you can cut almost a single log with standard 10 degree blade or maybe you use a 7 degree (another video???). Nice stuff again. Keep it up. Be in Michigan in late July and am spending some time in Wisconsin with a few folks on the Urban Wood Network side. If you love saving urban trees as a passion, you can join us in Wisconsin. Think you will learn some amazing stuff that I would love to see you promote!

[@HeavyboxesDIYMaster]

Those trees are good looking! Great project Matt!

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@CMCrockett]

A few cold hours for some wood you cant find near you is time well spent. Looking forward to some warm weather splashing. On another note... I drove past a massive 3-crotched maple butt about 7 feet long and 5 feet wide at the top and I thought, 'Matt needs that.'

[@mcremona]

Matt does need that

[@BradsWorkbench]

Pecan has always been my absolute favorite wood. Probably cuz not many people use it

[@christofix]

That sawmill is a monster!!!!

[@R86Quad]

that was awesumness!!!! way to entertain a couple of fellow Missippians.

[@bwillan]

Pretty soon there is going to be network of USA youtuber's that have the Cremona Slabifier 5000 band saw mill in operation. The video possibilities of slabs being milled from all kinds of interesting trees boggles the mind.

[@mcremona]

Shouldn’t be too long. There are several under construction right now

[@PhilsWorkshop1953]

Hopefully see you at Makers Central soon

[@jackieoman6695]

Pecan is beautiful.. I didn't know that ..

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome stuff Matt! 👍🏻👊🏻 ...Good to know that all those stacks of logs are like a dam holding the snow back from making it's way to me! 😁

[@mcremona]

hahahaha glad to help out

[@davidconaway2830]

What a great story and video. Surprised those guys even had coats being from Mississippi:-)

[@mcremona]

Hahaha I didn’t even think of that

[@cdawg9149]

Just did a total binge watch. I feel the addiction taking hold.

[@mcremona]

hahaha there's no cure

[@bobbarrett3148]

That is some of the hardest wood I have ever milled or worked with....but pretty stuff!

[@geedubb2005]

I have a skid steer with forks that sure makes life easier when moving logs and lumber. I hope you get some type of machine to help you someday..

[@longbarmillworks3910]

Finally some pecan gets some love!

[@garyknable1155]

Really hope to see the cookies if he comes back with them or he cuts them

[@mcremona]

one of those scenarios will happen

[@practicallyIndependent]

That's quite a haul! They should get the #1 fan award! Great video. Must have been a real fun day. Maybe my son and I will bring you some logs this year ;)

[@mcremona]

You're always welcome here, Mike!

[@bwayne40004]

Beautiful wood! Great video. I'll come up during the warm month in MN.

[@mcremona]

hahaha singular month

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

NOW THAT WAS COOL, we love the KZbin communtiy!! I built the log home with white oak =)

[@mcremona]

Proud to be a part of it!

[@arkansas1336]

Nice slabs!

[@xedasxedas]

You're the best Matt....

[@davidnielsen4490]

This was enjoyable. Thank you.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Yeah, pecan is a beautiful wood. And those freckles are pretty common in pecan.

[@mcremona]

it's the ginger of woods!

[@spacesaverbob]

"Eatin' a bowl of cereal in his underwear". Gah! I lost it.

[@mcremona]

hahaha I was standing too far away from Phil at the time for the mic to pick up me laughing so hard

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

True story!

[@MRrwmac]

Matt, Seems his son was colder since he was out of the picture - haha. Long drive for them but know they enjoyed meeting you and cutting some logs with you! Hope to see them come summer.

[@mcremona]

hahahaha yeah Harry spent the majority of the time sitting inside

[@russ155]

Your hat makes me want to put the Christmas lights back up on our house. My wife would probably be upset if she came home to lights on the house. LOL

[@mcremona]

Only scrooge would be upset about that!

[@briceyoung6304]

I'm in Hattiesburg, I'd love to get my hands on one of those slabs!

[@mcremona]

Probably worth reaching out to Phil

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

I have sitting in my yard right now

[@DrLarryAnderson]

Agreed! Growing up in Starkville on a Jersey farm, we had plenty of pecan trees in our pastures. Hmmm. Surely wish I had some of those big trees, now that we sold the place. Oh, and also some of the really big bois d'arc (bodock to us Miss'ippi boys) trees. Phil's pecan logs (Hey! Isn't that some kind of candy, too?????) really looked terrific! I could see one of those slabs as a great table! #HailState

[@pbcarney233]

I live in columbia and have a tree your welcome to I just cut maybe 30 inches across

[@briceyoung6304]

If I had a mill, I’d take you up on it. 😉

[@geoffreykail9129]

Matt you've gotta go back to work on the mill and get you power feed going. I've got a Wood Mizer and couldn't function without the power feed. LOL.Still loving your enthusiasm. Keep up the great wok and variety.

[@mcremona]

lol powerfeed will likely by the last thing I add. Gotta get some arm exercise

[@blueridgebushcraft8294]

A neighbor of mine cut one about that size up for firewood.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also

[@JL7]

Now that is cool, and ironically, today in April is worse weather than we had in November....a few days ago it was 70 in Minnesota?....Well done Matt, Phil and Harry......

[@mcremona]

it's warmer than it was in November though lol

[@clintonemmert5184]

Sure is some good looking wood. Liked Harry gloves lol.

[@KATBIRD1026]

Miles to Matt's house 900, Wilkerson's house 400.... LOL!!!

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Truly most generous / magnaminous of you to let pater and son use the sawmill and "by gum" (it's an expression in Yorkshire!) what a drive ....a male equivalent of Thelma and Louise perhaps ....?

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

Lynda McArdle no, we didn’t kill ourselves before we got home!

[@lyndamcardle4123]

One of Matt's best and most heartwarming videos. Glad to hear you had a lovely journey. The pecan wood you milled looked beautiful too.@@laffingstockwoodworks2875

[@engineerscott2076]

Yes! SLABS!!!

[@josephbohme7917]

you said later you could not get wood from another county due to disease. So when you got this tree from another state what was the deal then?

[@davidpape9726]

That was some nice pecan, it would have made some nice flooring boards. I do not know how y'all cut out there when it is that cold. I will not crank up my mill if it is below freezing. Plenty to do in the shop.

[@chevroletdieselnation]

Hey Matt have you ever thought about attaching a hose and a blower to shoot the sawdust from the saw to a bin or something ?

[@mrsawdust6357]

That is a true fan to bring the logs from that far. Is the logs value by the board foot or by mile? Shame you couldn't get the cookie logs off. that would make another story.

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

Mr Sawdust I told Matt he could visit Mississippi in the winter to cut those where it’s 50 degrees instead if 15!

[@ralphhooker6019]

Hey Matt. Could you at some point (if you haven't already) contrast cutting frozen logs vs thawed? Thanks!

[@walterrider9600]

wow . thank you . question please you use water and its hard on steel . would a mixture of ant-freeze work better its got an anti rust component in it

[@mcremona]

That bed is exposed to the elements. It’s getting rained on right now so a little water splashing on it isn’t an issue thanks!

[@CHEEDSICLE]

Is it harder on the saw/blade when the wood is frozen?

[@davepaine991]

Hi Matt, great to see what you get up to. Did you make the lifting frame on the back of your trailer. Or did you make a video of the making of it ? Very ingenious of you if you came up with the idea.

[@Viewer19]

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[@mcremona]

yes, it was my first welding project: kzbin.info/aero/PL0dX5redvVZTkkFnCLmWGhKyUkYWne2Og Thanks!

[@seekingthetruth9896]

Super Matt moves them so easily. :-)

[@mcremona]

hahaha not those ones

[@johnsobj]

Matt, I'm going to be in your area a Thursday in August. I'd love to come by and help out on the sawmill (or really whatever) if you're ok with me coming by. How do I reach out to you directly? (I don't see it on your website). Thanks for everything again and please keep it up.

[@brucegoodwyn978]

Great job, Matt! Question: How thick were the slabs that you cut? They looked pretty stout!

[@mcremona]

2.5” thanks!

[@greatitbroke]

Nice log that stuff is expensive up here.

[@gusbailey68]

Pecan that wide is expensive pert' near anywhere. And man it was pretty; reminds you that it's a hickory at heart.

[@dimensionswoodworks]

I love Pecan 😍 And obviously i Love Mississippi 👍🏻 That was a hell of a road trip! I need to get Phil’s number 😉

[@mccantsc]

The slabsplash is back. #slabsplash

[@chrisshuman7487]

Matt how much do you sale your blueprints for

[@jimdelvey]

sounds like he would be a great contact for A.W.

[@BradPow]

"South alabama, so he was eating cereal in his underwear "

[@Supercrewchief]

Matt, I have a quick question. I want to replace two columns on my front porch that are about 8" square by 10' long. The local hardware stores aren't much help with stuff like this. Do you know where I might look for some custome columns for my porch?

[@williamellis8993]

Looking forward to seeing those other pieces sawn. Would April's sawmill have been closer for them? Definitely warmer.

[@george8873]

Don't think hers was built when this video was made.

[@awldune]

April's mill did not exist yet I'm pretty sure.

[@mcremona]

Yeah this video predates April's saw by a few months

[@bobleeswoodshop7919]

Hey Matt that was a lot fun just watching! Thanks for sharing! I love getting into a log to see what You get ! Regards BobLee

[@mcremona]

Thanks Bob!

[@FrenchieFrench1555]

As usual, a very nice video which reminds me of the time when I had a saw mill. Question: why do cut the slabs so thick? Stability?

[@mcremona]

Answered that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eabWm5-joretp9U Thanks!

[@chemcody5119]

Did they bring you some pecans to go with that pretty pecan log? :)

[@greglautz8470]

Wait, are you telling me that visiting Matt Cremona can be a destination vacation????

[@mcremona]

i think so

[@tiffanyjohnson3110]

Poor kid went to Minnesota & had to decide if he wanted to wear his socks on his feet or his hands. Went with hands. 😂

[@VKMilling]

I cut a lot of pecan down here, I don't think anything dulls a blade as bad as pecan. Even though true hickory and live oak are harder, I get more life from a blade on those than I do in pecan.

[@strat0caster63]

That answers the question, “Why do sawyers not like to cut pecan?” that arose when Phil mentioned it in the video. It will be interesting to see what beautiful something he makes from the wood, and how much the making of it dulls his blades, knives and bits.

[@thebigswede1736]

I'm curious - - so you have cut times of around 2 1/2 minutes, how long does it take to reset and start the next cut. Rough cycle time?

[@mcremona]

about the same. To reset after the cut at 8:30 was 2.5 min from the time the blade exited until it reentered on the other end.

[@cajunfid]

You can tell just how cold Phil and his son are. We're not built for those northern winters.

[@mcremona]

Technically that was still fall 😄

[@laffingstockwoodworks2875]

That was the coldest I had been in a very long time! Just wish it didn’t get dark after lunch!

[@cajunfid]

Matthew Cremona the last time I went to Minneapolis in the fall/winter, I came home to New Orleans and was sick for a week and a half. I like my year round humidity.

[@gusbailey68]

How did it smell?

[@hughgriffiths5837]

This is a fantastic video. Love seeing these massive logs milled up to gorgeous slabs! One thing we have huge problems with in the Northeast is invasive species. The last thing I want to do is be a “Debbie downer”...I have to say though, that with all of our elms and ash dying around us, with the potential for our renowned maple trees at risk from the Asian Longhorned beetle, the transportation of any raw wood - firewood, air dried lumber or sawlogs - is highly frowned upon (infact possibly against our state laws) as all it does is give the invasive critters a free ride thousands of miles away from their home (like many of the container ships they came in on from other countries of the globe). I love a good sawmill video, what’s more such a massive and AWESOME sawmill as your own, but I also like seeing the trees I prefer to mill living so my kids and future generations can mill them. Might be worth a PSA to not transport sawlogs beyond state lines? Thank you for your videos! They are inspiring and some of my favorites!

[@CB_ChaosLove]

Hi Matt, Are you and April going to have a mill-off or maybe it's a saw-off?

[@philrusciano115]

Matthew do you really live in Robbinsdale Mn?

[@mcremona]

Brooklyn center

[@philrusciano115]

@@mcremona WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL THE SAWDUST FROM THE MILL? LOOKING FOR SOME FOR A NEW GARDEN THIS SPRING.Will work for sawdust.

[@jamesthompson7825]

NEVER go to Minnesota in a month that has an “R” in it.

[@andrewv5104]

Naa those are the best months to be here! Those are the months of Ice fishing Ice skating, curling, Ice hockey, snowboarding / skiing.

[@alans1816]

@@andrewv5104 And no mosquitoes!

[@ron827]

I agree. We don't need no stinking wimps and the cold weather keeps the riffraff out. :-)

[@sjlundberg]

@Barry Manilowa 11,842 lakes actually. The only good thing about winter is the mosquitoes get frozen. They're back with a vengeance come spring.

[@gamemeister27]

@Barry Manilowa They mean in winter. In summer, the mosquitos will carry you away

[@robertevans6481]

Yea us southern foke frezze easy....lol...those slabs look great.

[@ThePete2432]

That tree survived Katrina

[@samueljames9342]

Why is the door open on the drive box, is it overheating

[@mcremona]

Need to be able to access the controls and see the display

[@wf2v]

How thick are the slabs?

[@mcremona]

2.5”