sawing more big oak # 215

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely superb Nice sawing

[@bobwoodhams7242]

Nice job of sawing..........Thank you for all you videos

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Bob.

[@billtefft4315]

I liked your comment “listen to your saw.” That was one of the hardest concepts to get across when I was teaching Industrial Arts, you need to use ALL OF YOUR SENSES when working with any tool. The sound, feel, look smell and some times even taste will tell you how your tools are working. It’s sometimes referred to as “flying by the seat of your pants.”

[@markgalicic7788]

most people don't understand how important it is to just listen , great comment Bill.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Right. You run a dozer with a 'U' blade by your butt because you sure can't see the cutting edges.

[@watchthe1369]

Mindful and engaged are the buzzwords now. It is a shame that they took both music and shops out of the middle schools that require full engagement and would do more for the kids than video games which are a ghost of the real thing.

[@Sparky6547]

Grow up farming with old tractors, you always had to listen to the motor to tell you what was going on, from plowing ground to running an auger filling grain bins. Also running a mill or lathe, how fast you run the tool and how fast you feed. Watch the chip and listen to the cut, they will tell you if you are doing things correctly.

[@ronmckinney6589]

@@lewiemcneely9143 Oh boy done that

[@chuckbeliles3242]

Love watching this. Did this work when I was 17 now I'm 57

[@allenlaidacker]

Thanks for doing what you do I love watching you three saw lumber. My first job out of high school was working on a sawmill .thanks ALLEN

[@randallknowles9240]

Another great sawing video! Enjoyed every minute of it. Mark you are a very methodical and careful head sawyer. I marvel at how you think your way through each log as the faces open up. It was great that you had a chance to saw some fresh oak and avoid the loose bark and stained wood. That Pin Oak looks like it is very dense and heavy wood but your saw was melting right through it like butter! You are blessed to have the “A Team of off-bearers working on the heavy end of the sawmill. THE Eddie and Buzzsaw Buzz had their work cut out for them this time with all of those 2” oak planks falling off the log! Great job once again! Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Randall.

[@andrewriches506]

Great sawing Mark, Good to see Eddie and Buzz working together as some of those boards were real beasts.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Andrew , very heavy boards.

[@themole1944]

Another superb video from the three of you always interesting. thanks

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks John.

[@gregsappington9991]

I really appreciate everything y’all do to bring us the videos!!!!!!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Greg.

[@dougsmith9099]

Another nice size log mark,diffently glad Eddie has some helping hands,this are real nut busters. Thanks for my 30 minute session

[@markgalicic7788]

hi Doug , we are spoiling Eddie with all this help LOL.

[@robertdampier7494]

Love to hear that ol Detroit dig in on a big log! Ol 671 days about gone, but they were hundreds of them made!

[@howieduin915]

They didn't call em screaming Jimmies for nothing.

[@pkope6849]

Hello Mark , I am a new subscriber today. John sent me over and I must say you have a very smooth operation going ... Looking forward to your teachings..👍👍 Cheers from Michigan !!

[@georgerdavis4585]

A really good three-man crew there. Thanks for the videos.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Ronnie.

[@williamconway1287]

Hello Marc , in watching your video today and hearing you sort of talking to yourself reminding yourself that you need this and this and this is interesting because even though I don’t have a mill and do anything close to what your working at , it’s great for me to know there are others talking to themselves just the way I do trying to get stuff straight in my head ! Thanks for all your videos ! 🤩

[@markgalicic7788]

I do my pre flight check list every time I start to saw glad you liked it.

[@ronmckinney6589]

I do the same thing but some of the answers I get are kind of sketchy.

[@brockshields9336]

Trying to get stuff straight in my head but then I've got to make lists. Paper memory supplement. My memory is about as long as my genitalia and that is not a good thing. I suppose if I had a smart phone I could my lists the modern way. But I don't have one, don't want one. Just call me paranoid, especially after the tracking done on Jan 6. I've thought for years that the GPS and tower locating is just a bit too much Big Brother. There's a reason Obama gave away so many free cell phones. Sorry if I got "political". Seems you got to be careful what you say these days.

[@jonnijon8370]

So laid back you guys, wonderful life style.

[@markgalicic7788]

good way to live.

[@williamellis8993]

I enjoy these videos even more when I remember John's imitation of you in the cab. Bill

[@markgalicic7788]

good one Bill.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@johnquinn3899]

Great video. Thanks for the narrative !! John

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks John.

[@leeklemetti1887]

A great log episode! About the largest log you have cut. You kept Eddie and Buzz "animals" growing their muscles too. LOL

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Lee.

[@ronaldpiper4812]

When standing it was strong. So fun different woods you cut. Will be reading on pin oak.

[@markgalicic7788]

pin oak is very strong.

[@adriancartlidge4018]

Great video Mark and Eddie. Take care.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Adrian.

[@jimconnor8274]

Beautiful Oak. Almost time for an edger saw to save Eddie's back.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks , we edge most of the thick boards on the mill and 4/4 on the edger.

[@wayneball4283]

love the way you all work

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Wayne.

[@edwardelliott8831]

Always a great video Mark it does look close to the dogs

[@paddylandreville8501]

I wonder who those 7 are that did not like this video? Some people are simply amazing.

[@andrewriches506]

Good Evening from Lincolnshire UK.

[@markgalicic7788]

good evening Andrew.

[@donhalford2237]

Really liking your videos. I actually viewed several before I subscribed, which I just don't do to many KZbinrs' channels. And I try to limit my comments as well, as I can't improve on your techniques, lacking the skills as I do. Lots of loggers and lumber men in my ancestry. Keep it up, Amigos.

[@richardthornhill4630]

Expert ... making usable lumber out of tree trunks, logs.

Hi Mark yourself and John are getting rid of alot of turtles lately 😂. I'm actually going to look at a band mill this weekend myself might be a new addition to my channel 😀

[@markgalicic7788]

hi Tommy , what kind of bandmill are you looking at?

@@markgalicic7788 woodmizer LT35, not new but has had very little use so I will see. I had an LT15 for a good few years but sold it about 5years ago.

[@markgalicic7788]

@ we can't wait to see it!

@@markgalicic7788 thanks Mark, I must try get Nathan's opinion on an LT35

[@timgilliam9193]

Hey Mark Love watching your channel, I also do some sawing (Woodmizer lt40) lots of woodworking ,retired from 40 years of EMS. Just wondering what’s the going rate for sawing in your area there. Thanks keep it coming, oh yea love your cabinet shop/videos

[@clarencetrice4442]

HI MARK all the old school sawmill Sawyers I knew when I was growing would have been in there late 80s and in mid 90s now all of those old guys are gone now but they pull a lever on a sawmill they 💘 love a GM DIESEL 671w straight exhaust you could every line they sawed pull her let her sing all day that's the sawmill 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 song OMG 2 24 2022

[@badgascoupe]

Eddie's gonna sleep good tonight,thats heavy planking to wrestle wet.

[@jameshicks4831]

Hey Mark look like you need to Clone Eddie, That little guy on the end is having a heck of a time keeping with him.

[@markgalicic7788]

I never found anyone that can keep up with Eddie.

[@jamesallen712]

You wont know unless you ask him. He might like the change and challenge. Nice Pin oak sawing.

[@Kmecha84]

You sounded a bit pissed off today? Remember, always look up at the stars and not down at your feet. I appreciate your guy's hard work and look forward to every Thursday eve video. Stay safe guy's and keep up the good work

[@markgalicic7788]

no all is good.

[@timmaggard8862]

Nice job!

[@mifsanta]

Beautiful that pin oak

[@johnwarkentinnikiskialaska8364]

That’s a beautiful block of wood

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very rustic.

[@jboroar]

Looks like you could make a couple coffee tables out of that 1st big slab

[@thekiltedsawyer]

I see you have a Utah plate!👍

[@vincepresto759]

Hi Mark and Eddie I have gone back many many episodes looking for your Mailing address and my Better half just said ask them on the next Episode ! Well here I am at 6:49am watching ya finish up one order and making some for another and scare yourself getting close too those Dogs lol Thx’s and Love your Mill, I couldn’t do what John has to do with his Mill for sure ! Keep the Videos coming

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Vince , email me at [e-mail].

[@brockshields9336]

3:26 That is one damn huge knothole on that first cut! "As you can see it's got some pretty knots to it". Understatement....... Biggest porcupine I ever did see. Only it's not a pine. LOL Turned out some pretty clean lumber.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes a male log.

[@brockshields9336]

@@markgalicic7788 Yes, but you cut it off. Oh, the horrors !

[@clarencetrice4442]

HI MARK its not what the log looks like on the outside it's the lumber it makes mark white and red oak is heavy they were used 4 railroad ties and 4 stickers 2 pack lumber on and 4 jack beams at the sawmill or around shop or house it keeps the jack from sinking in the ground 😀 OMG 1 19 2O23

[@clarencetrice4442]

big oak log would make some good railroad ties heavy timbers hold heavy equipment 12 23 2021

[@randydobson1863]

HELLO MARK AND EDDIE ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL THANKS MARK AND EDDIE YOUR FRIENDS RANDY

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning from SE Louisiana 6 Aug 21.

[@markgalicic7788]

good morning Bill.

[@karencary3312]

Enjoyed.

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Karen.

[@dominicstephas9011]

Love watching you guys saw. My so s and I just built a nice heavy duty sawmill and I'm wanting g to put a laser on it like yours what kind did you pick and would you recommend it

[@jamesshanks2614]

Bus grease monkey used to be in Indiana but now resides in Tennessee and is about to complete a Quonset hut style shop to finally get out of the weather.

[@Pyle81]

Some yrs back I secured a Big Job hualing some big press dies. The where 99" wide and 16'Long and weighted about 24-27 Ton each. And I had 30 of them to move (to start). So I had a local amish guy cut me 6, 4"x6"x102" pieces of Pin Oak, Talk about heavy.... Then I counter sunk and bolted 2 of them together (Giving me 8" of height) and bolted them them to the deck of my 35 ton low boy. They where using a 50 ton tow motor that had forks that where 4" thick in the middle, and 6" at the rear to load these dies with. I put one set of these blocking boards under each end of the die. And one in the center. Which gave the tow motor operator plenty of room to get out from under the die after setting it on the trailer. That grumpy (Pittsburgh) tow motor operator was nearly beside himself when he saw this set up. And since they where bolted down, They didn't move. But they where a pain to set up, So I just left them that way till I was done. That little blocking trick secured me enough work for the next 4 months. Just because the grumpy tow motor operator didn't have to fight with 3x4's or even 4x4's and he loved that low boy trailer. That was best $150.00 I ever invested. And that pin oak hardly had a scratch on it when I was done. Having 3 points of contact on the trailer, They rode like a dream. There's something to be said about having the proper dunage to get the job done correctly. And to make the operators job that much easier.

[@markgalicic7788]

that was a very good idea>

[@jvaran5618]

Mark, your videos are mesmerizing, you and john are my first stops on youtube. thanks!. you make that machine work so effortlessly. i wonder if we could get a view of your console in action? if you've ever done that, i missed it. thanks again!

[@brockshields9336]

Yep, been there done that. Not too long ago, all the controls were explained. See Sawmill Controls 4-22-21. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3XTpnVvashja8k

[@philthemagician1949]

Hi Mark , Eddie & Crew I still love watching how you go about your daily work at the mill , we are in Lockdown again here in Victoria because of some people coming in to victoria from NSW even though our border's were supposed to be locked ... Oh well you can't put brains into tennis balls , Most of the states here in Australia have closed their Border's to try and stem different outbreaks of Corona Virus 19 , but you still get those who try to fluant the law's set out on the outbreaks ...

[@markgalicic7788]

yes we still have more outbreaks here but no lockdowns.

[@ronmckinney6589]

you need a horn to get Eddies attention and maybe a small white board

[@davidhensley76]

That log would have made pretty plywood, with all that crazy grain & knots.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes a very rustic look.

[@larrybye6657]

If that was my saw mill I would have that bus motor in a sound proof enclosure.

[@markgalicic7788]

what about the heat?

[@Kmecha84]

@@markgalicic7788 no different than the bus motor stuffed in the back of a bus. Run the rad outside and mount an electric fan on it

[@ethansmith2326]

I usually notice the flags waving, even when there seems to be little wind outside (based on the lack of movement in the trees in the background). Is that wind just from the movement of the saw blade?

[@markgalicic7788]

the wind is off of the 671 fan blade.

[@art1muz13]

Wayne's World Garage'' Drama at the sawmill loading big oak log! frick comes off the track.

[@jbbrown7907]

The slabs from that log would be nice to have.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very rustic.

[@marccampbell312]

fantastic video again Mark and T.H.E. Eddie. i was wondering if it would be worth your while putting a flashing light on the wall opposite where Eddie stands, so that you can turn it on to grab his attention? as in when he's re stacking boards on the carriage for re sawing? just a thought, but once again awesome videos and channel guys, thank you

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Marc, that is a good idea.

[@firesurfer]

Maybe you can find a way to raise the rollers so that he can just push them back on. Maybe a foot pedal that hits a switch to raise it 3". Something to think about.

[@floydsimpson7526]

My dad that just passed away 3/8/2024 called. Those knots hog ears

[@jamiepeeler9660]

You can't appreciate the difference in weight of hardwood vs. pine until you handle it and try to work with it. There is a reason it is called hardwood. Thanks guys.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very true.

[@ronaldvanotten6812]

What is Nathan doing without his saw, have you heard anything? Just curious... I'm enjoying you and Eddie sawing! Ron...

[@emphriamthomas7259]

$ 1¹¹1

[@markgalicic7788]

no I have not , I need to call him to see what's up . thanks for watching.

[@whataboutbob9326]

you could use 2 way radios with the eddy

[@larrycounce4509]

Did y'all trim the turtles off or did it come that way, mustve been a pro timber cutter instead a tree guy. That is a big pin oak. Keep making movies and i'll keep enjoying em, thanks y'all.

[@markgalicic7788]

we had to trim it , I need to a video on log prep to show how long it takes to get logs ready to saw.

[@watchthe1369]

yeah I remember helping move framing when I was younger, and the wood flooring later in the building provess. It was surprising how 2oak tongue and groove floorboards often outweighed a 2x4 or even 2x6. The new Epe` stuff from Brazil is even worse, the dust is like ceder dust too, but it can't be beat.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes very dense .

[@frank-ui4bu]

You know, I saw one of your older videos where you and Eddie and some other guys were building up the large shed and Eddie's power hammer wouldn't work correctly. He used it anyway. I'll bet John at fricknjeep wouldn't be caught dead with a power hammer, instead using the plain old manual hammer.

[@markgalicic7788]

that's a great comment Frank.

[@mannypickard479]

why don't you a good wireless intercom and a Bell to get his attention and on that pillar next to him love you videos lot of fun

[@royramey5659]

You should show all the lumber in the end.

[@markgalicic7788]

we do.

[@bwillan]

With 30 to 40% moisture content on fresh cut logs, not counting the actual weight of the wood (oak is pretty heavy) i'll wager Mark isn't far off a 2x12 12' board weighing 200 pounds.

[@markgalicic7788]

yes I think you are right on .

[@brianprincer8726]

Where is that 8w 213 license plate from? I watch the videos and that’s one plate that’s driving me nuts

[@bobjoncas2814]

...LOOKIN' GOOD, NICE WORK, STAY SAFE,,,

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Bob.

[@jessethepondhopper8370]

Cast iron carts anywhere lol

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks Tom.

[@morgansword]

You just don't have the room for multiple size width and thickness in such tight quarters. If it were only one man, then the sawyer should help to load that carriage back up for the resaw boards. Tough calls to be made, but you gents are the men for the job I'd say!!

[@markgalicic7788]

thanks , we do what we can.

[@bbsl1967]

Just an idea, , , , Have you thought about getting a computer and 2 small monitors placing one looking at you, next to the window, with the other facing Eddie, so that you can communicate with him and so that he can see orders when you put them on the screens so that both you and he can see them?

[@Kmecha84]

I was thinking run the ear muffs with the built in speaker so he can hear what marc says

[@vossierebel]

Ugly logs and sore fingers... another day, another dime!😁😁

[@rkins100]

You keep mentioning Laser and I'm struggling to see one - is it green?

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it's a green laser.

[@tcagle224]

When are you going to visit the kiln again?

[@markgalicic7788]

we hope soon.

[@garykersteiner4936]

Just wondering Mark, do pin oaks grow in the forests in your part of Pa. I live in southwest Ohio and I have cut trees for many years ( I'm an old fart). I have never seen a pin oak in the woods. In this area they are yard trees. We have northern reds and a few others but no pins. just wondering.

[@dannyfoshee6239]

wow i fired your new video up and woke with a man running a bushhog in the picture.i guess the sounds took me back to cash,ark.in the 50's.lol i had to start it over again.

[@beboboymann3823]

I think Bus Grease Monkey has his place in Tennessee now.

[@markgalicic7788]

I didn't know that.

[@alexkirkles5066]

Bit late catching up with this one makes a change extracting broken bolts

[@markgalicic7788]

bad day extracting broken bolts.

[@mlt6322]

You should cut those last 2 pieces down to 2x4's

[@markgalicic7788]

I needed 1-1/2" x 12 for a new order.

[@mlt6322]

@@markgalicic7788 No I mean the 2 cut off pieces you used to lock down the 2x10's it looked like Eddie's helper was about to cut them up for fire wood when the video ended.

[@jvaran5618]

seems like eddie and you would benefit if he had a receiver in his ear-muffs

[@brockshields9336]

I've thought the same. Push To Talk earmuffs w/microphone. Same as pilots wear. You don't have to talk to each other often but there's no talking over Big Blue bus motor.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Anything to do with sawmilling ain't EVEN for the faint hearted. And if anybody scoffs about hefting an oak two-by-anything, let them get on the long end of a hardwood mill for a while.. Just like the videos of the garbage guys muleing trash cans. Thanks, Mark and got to use them ears.

[@markgalicic7788]

hey lewie hope all is well , yes you need your ears.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@markgalicic7788 All is well and hope at your place too and ears do come in handy to help keep the rest of the body safe! GBWYall!

[@jamesalexander5588]

Have you ever caught the blade on one of those dogs?

[@markgalicic7788]

no sir.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@markgalicic7788 AMEN to THAT!

[@garyjohnson4458]

BUS GRESS MONKY IS NOW IN TENNESSEE

[@markgalicic7788]

yes I did hear that.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

It's got a lot of character just like the guys doing the sawing ,not so pretty says who,Mark ... lol

[@markgalicic7788]

very true.

[@accomack100]

you need some walkie talkie so u can comunicate with eddie!!!

[@warrenklingensmith1241]

If john puts his turtles in the boiler is that animal cruelty

[@markgalicic7788]

good one Warren.

[@brianwestveer9532]

Not the nicest looking grain,but at least it's not a ugly sticky log,with turtles

[@texgibson6236]

The bus Grease Monkey fmov to Kentucky

[@edwarddeyojr.793]

Grease monkey moved to tennessee last year,,,

[@markgalicic7788]

that's what I just heard.

[@jrehtil1494]

Please no more ads

[@markgalicic7788]

?

[@johnvaluk1401]

Is pin oak generally that ugly??

[@markgalicic7788]

yes it is that's why we use it for decking.

[@howieduin915]

I like the grain. Has character. Wonder how it would stain. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[@jamesmoran151]

maybe use flas cards

[@harryellingsworth8302]

people think I got some logs so I need to make it into Lumber, so the head to the saw mill, the guy said to me how much a Board Foot to cut it, I told him we Mill by the hour, and i know why he asked after he told me that he wanted, 1/2" thick 8" wide out 16" x 10 ft. logs, my buddy who has been milling for 30 years started milling the logs, after each cut the guy came up to him asking why he was cutting the log that way, No sense wasting wood so Al was cut board we could edge late 1 x 4 and stickers etc., after the first log I told the guy we are done, i told him he was not going to like the price so get out of here. He came back the next day begging us to mill his wood cause no body in town would. I am just saying you have a person who know how to get the most out of a log like you Mark let him cut it. I like the Pin Oak

[@markgalicic7788]

great story Harry , some people you just can't reach!

[@ralphgolden6709]

I’ve been watching frankenjeep and john is wondering when y’all are going to get a ugly log to cut like his

[@markgalicic7788]

game on Ralph.

[@gulfvetusa]

The bus monkey is in Tennessee

[@stephenmims1431]

HE IS IN TENN

[@markgalicic7788]

yes sir.