Sawmill - Woodworker - Best Log in a Long Time - Amazing Spalted Curly Rock Maple on Wood-Mizer

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

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[@davidhazelton8327]

As 73 year old lifetime carpenter/cabinet/furniture maker I really appreciate your "wood savvy"!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I really appreciate it, and I appreciate the skills you have. Thanks for watching!

[@kevincasey7931]

When the students are ready, the teacher will show up. Ty for teaching

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@jeffrose7132]

I always have my notebook and pen, ready for when I watch your videos. I always learn something from watching you and listening to you. Thank you very much for all you do Robert!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That's great. I try to make them worthwhile. I am also throwing in some of our excavator videos, not very educational, just moving dirt, but certainly some more of the stuff we do at the farm.

[@charliesaul729]

Robert and Martha: Very impressive business model, expert knowledge, smart work, enviable machinery, superior hardwoods and amazing store/ warehouse.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks You!

[@brenchuckswood3826]

Still learning each video I watch of your Robert,,,,thanks again

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I try to put something in them that may help folks.

[@jaywolfe6147]

nice looking wood, Nathan will be proud of you !

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! He called and said I need to upgrade cameras and said he laughed out loud when I called him an "Aritista." He's a good guy. Thanks for watching!

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Heck yeah buddy 🧡, your sticker's are cute too lol Thanks for posting this video, Nathan has a bucket of water 💦 ready at hand 👌

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

He called me and said he laughed out loud when I said he was a water bucket "Artista." He's the one who calls me the #Wood Yoda, so it's all in fun. Thanks for watching!

[@thekiltedsawyer]

You & Jake have days of experience and know how. I Sean to learn something every video. I was trying to get him to do a sharping and setting video! Have you done anything like that? Stihl catching up on your older video's

[@johnwoody4905]

Really nice lumber good video and Job. Take care, be safe and well.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you!

[@arnoldjohnson720]

Yes, keep making the videos.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That's the plan! Thanks for the support!

[@erickdanielsson6710]

Hey Rob, Thanks. You are getting much better at this video thing. Now the wait for some of this Maple Next January maybe??? Hello's to Miss Martha..

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, it's air drying all nice and quiet as we speak.

[@tomsommer54]

Great video. I’m Tom from Northwest Arkansas. I have a Norwood sawmill. Pretty new to cutting boards. Thanks for posting your video’s.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Folks like yourself are one of them main reasons I do these, I get soooo tired of watching other videos on the Tube down by people who are doing things incorrectly or inefficiently and maybe just haven't been exposed to the more professional techniques. Thank you for watching and posting.

[@georgefeener8682]

Love your videos

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank You !

[@Miserycreeksawmill]

You always give so much info in your videos! Anyone can saw lumber and video it but yours are so much more than that!! Thanks again. Love the curly maple. Have a few set aside myself waiting to mill them a little longer after your helpful advice!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you, most times it takes me a few minutes to loosen up and tell folks my secrets, most times I don't even know what I'm going to talk about when I start sawing, but sooner or later something interesting happens. Thanks for watching!

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Another great video . All of the sudden i need a drink of Tennessee whisky . I cut a lot of maple in Nova Scotia , Canada . It never disappoints .

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sounds great! Jack Daniels is only about an hour away. Thanks for watching.

[@deniscarter6613]

Yeah Nathan gets a good run with a bucket of water

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

And the beard!

[@mikecrockett3669]

Great info! Thanks for the effort you put into these videos.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them! Thanks!

[@royramey5659]

Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks of your support!

[@moldings_etc]

I'm surprised that didn't end up in a veneer mill! Beautiful material!!!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Good catch, actually.....this log and most other's I buy are marked for veneer mills and I bid and purchase them as a "Veneer Log Buyer."

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Nice milling! Perfect timing...we have Tiger Maple going on the mill tomorrow. With all the drag backing you do have you ever had to replace any of drive motors?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Not yet but they are hydraulic on my LT70. On my old LT40 I had to to replace the belts occasionally, but I would adjust them to slip just a little. Good question and thanks for watching.

[@TheOldJarhead]

What a great video! And I love the Anchorseal sprayer! I need to do that! Sweet!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Good to hear from you! The sprayer makes life easy and it never has to be cleaned. Thanks for tuning in!

[@TheOldJarhead]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Never cleaned? I'M SOLD! I take it that's just a standard stain type pump up sprayer? Do you thin the anchorseal? Better do a video! ha!

[@joehuinker7009]

Great content Robert. Definitely seasoned before kiln

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, yes I agree.

[@TedAlexander24]

You sure packed the info into this video. I knew about chatoyance but never knew about letting a log sit for a while would enhance the curl. Kinda curious how you found out about throwing a blade too. Hehe!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Well, I have to admit I've thrown a blade or two over the years. If I'd have done it this time I would have put it on the video because it's real life and stuff happens. On the other hand, since it is real life it shows how potentially bad things can be managed to be a non event. Just another day at the sawmill! Thanks for watching.

[@perry9492]

I was going to ask you how long you air dry before putting in the kiln. So after a year you do a low temp kiln run to get the moisture down in the single digits I am guessing then sterilize at 140F for so many hours to kill bugs?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will air dry 8/4 for a year, 4/4 for at least a couple months to lock in the colors, relax the grain, etc. Then we kiln dry and then sterilize at 150F. The FDA requires 133F, but we go beyond that.

[@midwestsawyer754]

Great video, curious what your opinion is of a vacuum kiln? I'm trying to decide what type of kiln to go with.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I don't much care for them, and the company that sells them. They sell them as "set and forget" but like any kiln, they are not, the quality off the wood produced is up to the kiln operator, not the kiln. Vacuum kilns as a cycle are very, very good, however, some of the current crop being marketed are not. I get quite a few customers who have had their wood dried in them who ask me to "fix their wood." The conversation usually goes "Hey, you own kilns don't you? I had mine dried in a vacuum kiln, can you fix it?" I talked to the company when they first came out and they actually told me that they didn't like dealing with customers like me because I "asked too many questions." Thanks for watching!

[@jamesknezek2134]

How did you make your stickers?

[@andrewupson2987]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say he cuts them on his mill.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I used to cut them by the thousands and thousands, but now I just buy them from a buddy not too far away. I used to spend days and days making them, now I just pay a little and skip all the fun.

[@patwright6317]

Two questions if you don’t mind . How do you identify curly maple and where do you get those stickers ? Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Just Google Fluted Stickers and a couple sources will show up. Curly make is identified by the horizontal ridges in the cambium layer which I am pointing at 1:37 minutes into the video. It looks like a "washboard" in maple. It's pretty easy to spot if the log is missing bark. Thanks for watching!

[@willcoe8419]

Man when you see dem wrinkles on the outside you know what it's bout to be 👍. Wish we had dat in Louisiana.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You got that right! I knew it was going to be a sweet one!

[@LumberZack73]

And how do you make those stickers? 😊

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I used to make stickers, now I just buy them.

[@tomsommer54]

I watched the video again. How did you shape your stickers like that?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

We used two make our stickers, now we just buy them. They are spiraled to allow airflow to pass through them.

[@tomsommer54]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Yes I can see that. Where do you buy the stickers?

[@lancemartin7926]

Is there a reason why you dont end coat before sawing... doesn't it help with checking ?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, I coat everything, either as a log or as boards with a sprayer, without exception. It just depends on how essential it is that 8 need to see the grain when sawing as the end-sealing obscures it.

[@lancemartin7926]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama thank you. You have beautiful lumber grain match on that walnut was fantastic between boards. An thanks for explaining wood stress in the boards

[@deets2895]

Love anchorseal and believe it myself. However, I'm still doing it the hard way w/ a brush by hand. When you spray it do you cut it w/ water? If so about what ratio? I'm assuming it would be hard to over do it since it's a water based product. Any advice is appreciated thanks!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I cut it with water, but not an exact amount, I just kind of wing it until I get a good spray pattern and the backpack gets too heavy! You are correct, a lot of water has to be added to thin it too much, and if so, just add a little more sealant. When the boards are white, it's good. Thanks for watching!

[@deets2895]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thank you for taking the time to respond and thank you for your great videos

[@drycreek3204]

What state(s) do you get your curly maple from?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It's local here in North Alabama/Southern Tennessee.

[@LumberZack73]

Sugar maple? Bark looks like Silver?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It does have a light colored bark, but it was definitely a hard or sugar maple. Good eye and thanks for watching!

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

Can i ask what about your stickers?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sure, what would you like to know?

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama They look spiraled, reason for using, any benifits

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, they are cut on a spiral, and are the best I have used. They let air circulate under them and so almost totally prevent sticker stain.

[@falfas55bgas]

Nice Robert! Looks like you're using those Breeze sticks I saw recently on the web? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Crp3V6pNejsKc

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I now get my fluted sticks from a guy in Tennessee. Same style, slightly less expensive.