Sawmilling An Old Log Reveals A Hidden Surprise!

[@briangrammer898]

Thanks!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thank you Brian! This really helps buddy....we have a $11,000 hay bill this year!!!

[@nilescornelius8127]

Josh, I'm a first-time commenter but longtime fan. Although it's not my Fifty Millionth time, I appreciate your channel and anxiously await your new videos. I am impressed with your hard work and your passion for every project you take on. Keep it up brother and I'll keep encouraging people to lock into your channel. God Bless brother

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks! I appreciate ya!

[@ronaldcummings6337]

The Hearth is the seat in front of the fireplace.

[@richardmason3751]

Once upon a time I had a Wood-Mizer. After sawing out a million board feet I sold it for a grand less than I paid for it. It was truly a much better investment than almost anything else I have ever spent my money on. In fact after tens years I still have lumber in the barn. It`s better than money in the bank! Good video!

[@ksw12667]

The Hearth is the base (floor) of a fireplace and may protrude into the room. The mantle is a shelf that is mounted over a fireplace.

[@arthurmccorkle2525]

If the hearth were the floor of the fireplace, it would burn up the first time it was used. The hearth extends out from the floor as you have labeled it. Its purpose in most cases is to sit on, or to just beautify the fireplace itself.

[@ericdorsey620]

Good job !

[@rickster9993]

I've always called the extension on the floor in front of the fireplace the hearth. The mantel extends across the top of the fireplace.

[@Homebrew58]

I always thought the hearth was the stone floor of the fire box which extends into the room to catch embers so your floor wouldn't catch fire.

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoyed it and I am happy with what you did with the logs and that you are going to give him a nice mantelpiece I am happy for this 👍🤗woo

[@downtoearthconstruction]

My father in law works at lowes and surprised me yesterday with a Power Axe 350i, I guess he got a good employee deal but how stinking ironic I’m waiting for it to charge rn just so I can try it out today. That made my day yesterday this made my day today! Have an awesome day pal!

[@seansysig]

Josh the hearth is the floor of the fireplace and the mantel is an ornamental shelf to catch smoke soot leaving the fire grate.

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

old log still has some life in it. Good find and save.

[@kevinfisk3762]

Cool start to your video. Really enjoy the music too.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scottstewart3884]

I've always been told that a mantle is the Wood/stone piece at the top of a fireplace, and the Hearth is the stone/fireproof piece at the bottom.

[@MidGAOutdoor]

Earplugs are an essential tool also.

[@kevindavis3841]

In the language I grew up with; the hearth is in front at fire level. The mantle is a shelf on the front of the chimney 5’ or so above the hearth.

[@theodorebowers9737]

Love your videos thak you God-bless you and your family Amen. You work hard and look great . That's a blessing by its self. Your Homestead look great as well .

[@sbron99]

I think it would be cool to come volunteer a day of work on your farm! That would be cool as all that! Love the channel!

[@karlrovey]

The shade issue is one of the things that would be important to solve where I am. Definitely important to have shade when the temps regularly top 100 °F in the summer.

[@dorismiles3897]

So very interesting watching the sawmill being used

[@stephenreese5921]

I call it a mantle. A hearth is an opening for a fireplace as in “come here by the hearth a warm your bones”. A mantle is where you hang your Christmas stockings on. Just my opinion.

[@bay9876]

The oak mantel pieces look exceptionally nice, and make a good addition to the friends fireplace. It shouldn't be too hearth to really mean mantel.

[@jeffreylocke8808]

Get metal covers that encase the PVC pipe and you can run over them till the cows come home with zero damage.

[@dennissweeney7743]

What a nice job that does!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks Dennis!

[@terresiagregg9326]

Awesome video have dun running the sawmill loved it

[@SilasW22]

Just wanna say big fan of your channel! ☺️

[@dmark6699]

Mighty fine looking chicken coop.

[@moebandy8274]

Mantel is on the wall , Hearth is the fire proof protection you put on the floor.

[@stuartpulvermacher6861]

Josh the hearth is the area where the fire is located the mantel is a shelf located above the fire pot thanks for your videos

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

Absolutely beautiful Josh, have you ever milled black walnut?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

stay tuned!! Next week!

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer perfect , will do!

[@1guyin10]

I built some mission style tables for our living room using wormy whit oak. It made some beautiful pieces.

[@haroldmcvay6522]

Just a quick tip. Each day after finishing with the saw mill, we put ATM oil on the blade. This prevents the blade from rusting.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

ruin your drive belts on the pulleys? I'm curious

[@WideCutSawmill]

4:43 people have no idea how hard cows are on equipment. Lol having a 1 ton animal rub it’s neck on something every day trashes stuff fast. That’s a nice coup btw. 👍🏼

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

oh man...a cow will break an anvil! lol

[@HurairahHomestead]

Here we have two things. One is a "hearth", the other is a "mantel". Generally speaking, a "hearth" is the floor of the fireplace where the fire sits. A "mantel" is a lintel supporting the masonry above a fireplace, or a shelf above the fireplace.

[@duanemiller5606]

The hearth can also be the section in front of the fireplace so if a log rolls out of the place will land on the hearth to keep from burning down your house. It’s sort of an extension of the floor of the fireplace so in a way you were right Although both surfaces can be different materials Such as fire brick in the fireplace floor and granite just outside in front.

[@HurairahHomestead]

@@duanemiller5606 That's part of it, yes.

[@michaelholmes4808]

@huriarahfarm totally agree with you. I guess English rules in this case, though my high school self from 40 years ago wouldn't agree.

[@ronniegreeneministriesinc.7739]

A Hearth is a Fireplace, Woodstove, or Inserts floor, not a mantel which is a totally different thing. I like the way you fixed it though, saying you call a mantel a hearth in your area😂😂. I know you forgot, right. 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the great content!

[@karlrovey]

With my luck, the log would be hiding a 50 year old nail. Ran into that on a 90 year old American Elm (it was dead before I started cutting into it).

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice job on the sawmill.... idea for that spare boards you got why not make a mobile work bench for your workshop with it? .. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidmack7018]

Happy to see you moving into home finish lumber hearth or mantel both equally used. Very long time as finish carpenter ie hearth & home. . . . Love your woodmieser saw I need & want one too. Best David

[@gonzalezpandura]

I call them mantle. It is beautiful wood. Would love to do this.

[@ShortbusMooner]

I just 'cant'!! 😁👍

[@mikedavis2969]

👍

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Is there any to blow the saw dust in to a wagon some kind of blower system. I in joy your vedeo.from gary

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I always get sawdust questions....the mill doesn't produce much sawdust...you could mill for 8 hours and only generate a wheelbarrow full. Once I have my sawmill shed built I'll probably use a shop vac or dust collection system of some sort....but for now...rake it out on the land and feed the soil my brother

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

always wanted a sawmill (and a few other things). Have to be in the next life: too old and wore out to work one now. Major bummer.

[@marcus3457]

Hello and thank you for rhe video. I do have a quick question. If you were to cut lumber in your sawmill and use it for fencing, how long would it last? I realize that varies by type of wood, just looking for a rough estimate. Thanks in advance!

[@Ragecon87]

Give it a seal coat and it will last for quite a while

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I mill up red oak for fence boards....they will last as long as you take care of them....could be 20-30 years if properly cared for. I use a product called wood defender and it does great!

[@marcus3457]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks so much! I appreciate it!

[@marcus3457]

@@Ragecon87 Thank you.

[@ralphwoodard609]

Hey Josh, where are the videos on how to prepare fox burgers? Just wondering.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...if you can get one!

[@mikefrench4787]

Grandpa had a Huskavarna

[@jerryhubbard4461]

Do you have any plans to build a shed over the mill?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep....but it's not a priority right now

[@gunnutmike]

When you ran that Husqvarna saw at the beginning of the video, I swear it looked like the chain was moving backwards. Does it have reverse, or am I finally losing my mind?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...it's your mind buddy....probably camera flicker is what made it look that way

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Did you know: cut the "piss" out of it is actually a bastardization of: Cut the "pith" out of it. Old sawyer term. The pith is weak wood at the true center area of the cant.

[@Adnancorner]

There is a farm in North Carolina that works in Permaculture and grow tons of food that they donate and help the community perhaps if you are interested in increasing the production and fertility then perhaps you may want to check them out. Their name "Living Web Farms"are based in Western NC, they have so many farmers attending and their lectures are fantastic if you check on YT. I am not in United States, but I always dream of owning a land and Carolina's are the place along with TN/KY that I love to see, own a large land with sheep. (if I ever travel to US) You are lucky sir. I just found your channel couple of days ago. Really like watching your channel, Positive altitude and also I learnt some things that perhaps keeping a full time job and slowly but surely develop a farm so you can retire early.

[@ClickinChicken]

My Dad would have loved that saw mill! Except he would have had me pirating/pulling wood from the forest here! Oh yeah. Sorry that's speaking ill of the dead. //Woo!

[@majorpayne5289]

👍🇺🇸

[@petermavus4131]

Who WOOD have known.

[@1.8.100s]

Im guessing Inner log?

[@bks7842]

What is the purpose of the debarker?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...you just answered your question buddy.....picking at ya....but seriously...it debarks a spot ahead of the blade so the blade doesn't have to cut the dirty and harder rough bark...saves your sawmill blade

[@bks7842]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I didn't think about that bark having dirt in it, good idea!

[@dannygoin6552]

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[@clayseale]

Did not shrink 2 inches longitudinal. Most shrinkage comes in tangential plane, then radial. Beautiful log btw.

[@sandraburke1258]

KZbinrs making things would probably make a road trip for a trailer load. I've seen fellas making cutting boards, selling them for $1700 18" by 24" by 1 1/2" to 2" thick. They are beautiful but it's not in my budget.

[@canadiancreekranch7836]

Did you run in to a turkey with the Honda

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...I pick up feathers from time to time

[@Ragecon87]

Damn would love to be able to afford a $45000 saw mill

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I love these comments....if I can afford it...you can afford it. Can't never could do anything my friend! You got this...if you want it...find a way my brother! You can pay for the mill in 6 months of side work

[@johndeere1951a]

Free ranging chickens come with a severe price 🦊🦊🐔🐓🍗🦊🦊🦊🦊 You must add electric mesh fence. Higher security measures are needed. Sorry for your loss.

[@HerbalSurvivalist]

Hey Josh Their is a stoney ridge Butcher shop, How about a Stoney Ridge Lumber Outlet and a Stoney Ridge Farmers Market? Just an Idea...

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...problem is I am just one man....I can't talk to someone for 2 hours and have them buy a dozen eggs and a piece of live edged lumber lol. A farm store is in the works! It will probably be open saturdays 8am to 1pm ish, time is my most valuable commodity and I'm so very busy doing all this by myself

[@blackberryfarm7179]

​@@StoneyRidgeFarmerget a helpmate or farmhand!

[@Ragecon87]

@@blackberryfarm7179can afford that saw mill, can deff afford to hire cheap help

[@jerryhubbard4461]

I have a new hobby plus wood shop. Setup for any kind of furniture or wood projects. I would love to have some of that wood for making cutting boards. I have a friend that owns a commercial saw mill one mile from my house but about 99% of his wood is southern yellow pine for construction. He rarely gets any hard wood in. What a bummer. I make cutting boards out of expensive wood like pecan, walnut and the like. I have to order that wood and it is very expensive. Therefore I have to charge a small fortune for the cutting boards that most don't want to pay. Just the way it is.

[@cathyroe3799]

Dictionary  Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more Search for a word hearth /härTH/  noun the floor of a fireplace. "the crackling blaze on the hearth" the area in front of a fireplace. "they were sitting around the hearth" used as a symbol of one's home. "he left hearth and home to train in Denmark"

[@carljoebrown]

where is the pretty lady ?

[@duanemiller5606]

Ouch it hurt me to watch you drop those things on your sawmill blades. I know none of it’s all that heavy, but still why risk damaging the teeth on the blades.😢😢

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...relax my friend...those blades are super hard..you won't hurt them

[@duanemiller5606]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer want to bet give me a shot at them. 🤣✌🏻🤣

[@markbullock3741]

I feel that placing your hand over the lens of the camera is rude and insulting to the viewer.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

we're just having fun here my friend...if you think it's rude then I'm sorry... This isn't hollywood...this is just me and a camera and hard work. It's called a "transition"....sometimes the camera turns up, sometimes away and sometimes I use my hand....it's a creative transitional moment. FYI ....I'm told that my shirt is rude, my sunglasses are rude, wearing a hat inside is rude, eating with my mouth open is rude and countless other "feelings" about rudeness in my content...I can't please everyone...so I just do me...be happy Mark.....it's all good buddy

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Love Husqvarna tools had them for years . Go get her done 👍🏻🇦🇺💯🪵.