The most steel I've ever cut through - Slabbing a Big Silver Maple

[@WeekendWoodworker7]

This guys is the biggest dork about wood and I love it! Be you man I love this channel!

[@pippiperade4030]

A man who's really happy in his work.. not that common. Compulsive viewing!

[@pan4909]

I just fully watched a 39 minute video on a guy that loves wood patterns and log cutting. No hate though, was super interesting.

[@marshallsimmons56]

Suppose your into counting brown rings aswell..!!

[@NewtonVieira]

@@marshallsimmons56 did someone say brown rings? 😯😯

[@marshallsimmons56]

@@NewtonVieira yes I'm the comedic log connasuir , ...!

[@thomaskirkpatrick4031]

Mathew even with the bad saw blades, your enthusiasm is contagious. Congratulations on the wood.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@nelsonic74]

there's probably no one in the world that can back a trailer as good as Matt cremona. I love the videos thanks

[@lthomas987]

I know I'd totally love to hire him for trailer backing lessons!

[@healthdios]

My girlfriend is good at backing up too...

[@terristroh3965]

Laura Thomas There’s actually some good videos about it. The rest is practice.

[@terristroh3965]

Laura Thomas check out Wanderinng Wagners “How to back up a RV/ trailer swing”. It changed my trailer skills from newbie to semi-skilled overnight.

[@sion1788]

KZbin home page - u want to see someone cutting a tree for 39min right? me - I mean its 2am and I'm bored.... sureee

[@TheCustomEverythingChannel]

Damn its 2am for me to lmmfao

[@sarapulford5957]

🇬🇧 If You're bored sod off. Nobody is making you watch.

[@RedBeard20842]

2:14 AM here too although have skimmed through most of it for the good parts loved it

[@ronniepowers3465]

3:13 am on a friday night ... this is how i spend my life

[@maximc3876]

2:14 AM while the apocalypse is going on

[@scottjepson193]

I know what you mean Matt. I love lumber too. I worked in a wood mill/container factory in the '80s. Loved the smell walking into the mill in the morning. Lumber has a spirit. It was alive, and you don't know what you could make out of it. It's really a gift from God.

[@mcremona]

so absolutely true!

[@royreynolds108]

I love the smell of pine, fir, and cedar. I took down a building a couple of years ago that the wood was cut in 1934. The trusses were 2 X 6 straight off the saw(never went through a planer) old growth pine and 28 feet long. Many of them still had a rich pine scent and were very hard as removing nails was tough.

[@scottjepson193]

@@royreynolds108 We worked with black oak too. That stuff smelled terrible when you milled it down. It smelled like barf. Lol! You have to take the good with the bad sometimes.

[@cygnus1965]

Elm here in Colorado has to be some of the worst smelling wood ever. Can’t even describe it just nasty AF.

[@AbrahamSnow]

Who else feels like they are listening to Ray Romano narrating this....

[@saleplains]

thats literally all i could think about when i was watching this

[@mercoid]

AbrahamSnow ....Everybody Loves Matthew.

[@donaldmalard7709]

With the laugh of Cody from Cody's lab

[@user-cm8en8or1p]

Oh no I spilled white out!

[@slipstream9368]

Well I do now.

[@nathanw1862]

running a chainsaw for 12 years taught me I absolutely despise anybody who puts metal in a tree.

[@-Archeus-]

There was a tactic that some environmental extremists did to protect trees, and that was to imbed nails into trees that were gonna be cut down, so that the chainsaw would catch them and possibly harm the worker in one way or another

[@RabidBoar]

this fella loves it whoop... lol something we will never understand.

[@astralpemhyten7964]

Dr. Gray if they did it and it worked I would be kinda sorry for them but also screw them (the tree cutters)

[@keefjunior4061]

Nathan W no joke! Back in the 80's I did a bit of forestry, and especially during fire season, a couple guys would saw into some left over rail spike, sometimes leading to some brutal injuries.

[@keefjunior4061]

AstralpemHyten trees are pretty renewable if you're responsible enough to keep the cycle going. Unfortunately, I don't have much stock in the ethics of others. It's a real wakeup when you find out the guitar neck you last bought came from a nearly deforested region of Cambodia, where people kill each other over trees.

[@patbrown2227]

Nice self designed mill and your innovative trailer with cantilevered A frame lift! Good Engineering.

[@tropicaltanktv]

Some more beautiful slabs there. As always, I enjoy your demeanor and positive attitude. Thanks for another great video.

[@mcremona]

Thanks Matt!

[@bbqpat1]

quit saying beautiful price will go up and he will work on sundays

[@jasonlaplant4225]

Matt. This the 1st video I saw when I first started woodworking. I found watching saw milling to be so peaceful and relaxing. I really like to see your videos. Thank you

[@mattsnyder4754]

Man. Last time I watched a guy get this excited about “crotch figure” I was on a very different website.

[@joekahno]

Thought I was a little weird wondering about that. Still think so but at least I'm not exclusively weird. :-)

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

You are not alone.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

a pornographic website. did you get wood.

[@nullrout556]

And he mentioned loving wood quite a bit as well...

[@COULDbWORSE1]

Your comment was sick, disgusting, immature, immoral, degrading, sexist, yet true. I think I was on the same website.

[@rosiereed6552]

Found your channel tonight and my husband and I have been binge watching your channel. Simply Amazing

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@websurfer44]

Glad to see you use leverage and gravity to help you move your lumber.

Is the dipping (large material loss) and the ruined saw blades and the extra time worth having the metal inclusions? What if you remove the metal inclusions and then reinstall them after the cuts? You could use a colored epoxy and hammer that metal back in and boom - best of both worlds!

[@SidneyPatrickson]

"You cant start building a table before you cut down the tree" "Watch me.." *starts hammering nails into the tree*

[@cantstartafire]

Dang it.. Now I want a really big freakin band saw......That's cool stuff man!

[@breatheagain7775]

he built it himself!

[@holdthemayo13]

"I enjoy the struggle" That is just an awesome quote. I have to remember that!

[@superman242242]

Stumbled onto this channel early morning on a Sunday completely randomly and watched this entire video front to back . You sir have got a follow loved the content

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@klschofield71]

Given the orientation of all the "little surprises" with respect to the crotches, I would say that you definitely choose the correct position for the slabbing.

[@brianjoyce9742]

Your enthusiasm shines through. Just cause it's difficult doesn't hamper the fun. Cool wood

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@markbullock3741]

We've taken to using wood dowels for hanging things from the trees in our yard. Still will have inclusions, but no saw damage.

[@doubledarefan]

Use a good variety of hardwoods for the dowels. When someone saws up a log, they'll find embedded bits of ipe, teak, mahogany, Spectraply, etc.

[@tristenshumway6999]

Great idea!👍👍

[@tristenshumway6999]

@@doubledarefan that would be awesome!

[@ikeybmg]

He said inclusions

[@birdmaineac]

my grandfather owned a lumber company for 60 years and sawed logs small time for another 20 before he passed (he was ninety eight by then). he used a metal detector to find metal in logs he would saw, digging them out beforehand. saved a lot of time and money, i have his detector, on old whites. still works like a charm. got to be 30 years old. i suggest you get one ;-)

[@funkyzero]

damn I'm bored... I'm sitting here watching someone saw a log

[@marshallsimmons56]

You need to go out and find a log to saw..!!,, if you don't have a saw buy one borrow or use what you've got, a hacksaw will keep you busy.... Live it... Don't watch others living.... Or you could go find a premisqus lady to go and find a tree to lean against while you give her a good sawing until the sap comes out...!!

[@HardRockMiner]

I'm doing the same, dude. We gotta find a life or jump off a bridge.

[@marshallsimmons56]

@@HardRockMiner if you hang on til tommorow pal, ..I'll make you a bungee out of old elastic bands and a dressing gown belt!!.. I lernt those essential skills only last night , ! ..i knew it was worth 8.55seconds of my life. !! If it breaks,.. Dont worry i also learnt back surgery for beginners last week using paper clips and grolsh bottle tops, ..cant wait til my legs get better..!!

[@marshallsimmons56]

@Spiritpoweredinternet EXACTLY THAT BROTHER EXACTLY THAT. LOL. LIVE. OUR. LIVES. !!...the laughing out loud will come, ..if it doesn't scratch your balls while your sat there... It usually makes me Chuckle. !!

[@marshallsimmons56]

@Spiritpoweredinternet don't get me started... ..we might end up having the "one dead tree conversation,... Ending with a forest. !""..or as my old teacher used to say... yes it starts out small with a little grass around the base... The girls said ohhh,.. The boys... How big dies it get miss!! Mines.... Fast forward ten years the girls are asking HOW BIG, and the boys are saying.. Well theres alot if grass love.. Looks smaller than it is... Will have to get a trimmer..!! That's life...!

[@tonyscavello8190]

I find this wood milling site very interesting, i did wood working in high school for 4 years and loved every minute of it.

[@sarahdeason493]

This is relaxing and interesting to watch ... I must love wood too ... Who would have thought this process would be so mesmerizing .. I really love this ❣❣❣

[@philiplevett4424]

"I love wood." That's why I watch your channel. Your endless enthusiasm. Can't wait to see some awesome tables.

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@bbqpat1]

the city lets u operate a saw mill there,think kids would be running around

[@fillg]

About 25 years ago I used 2 metal shelf brackets to attach a bird house to a maple tree in my yard. Within a couple years the tree grew enough that it destroyed the bird house so I was going to take the shelf brackets down... NOPE, the back part of the brackets was almost totally engulfed in tree. I ended up just cutting off the protruding part of the brackets. Now you can't see any metal and there's just a little rough bark where they were. The trunk is about 5 feet in diameter until it gets about 7 feet up where it splits into 2 branches. It's a large tree and I can only hope that if it ever gets milled up the person doing it is as nonchalant about sawing steel as you are.

[@tristenshumway6999]

No doubt!👍

[@terryclay8647]

As a wood worker, those slabs of wood make drool, thinking of all the projects to come from them. Love that you designed and built your mill.

[@mcremona]

Thanks Terry!

[@rickvaiBBB]

It's ingenious people like you that built the world while I waited 10 generations to come along and benefit from it.

[@marcelcharland891]

You are good for the big stuf. I wish i have a nice place like yours.But i listen to you make me feel good.Thank you Marcel Montréal Québec Canada

[@shamimmiah9720]

Most people are very impressed with themselves if they can put together a chainsaw mill! Your setup looks no different from a pro rig. Very impressive.

[@philupuhh8684]

I can't complain it nice seeing what ray romano does on his free time

[@awldune]

You'd be a great salesman. "That's a not a defect! It's a fun little rot pocket!"

[@mcremona]

missed my calling hahaha

[@timothyball3144]

I don't think Matt is trying to sell it with that phrase. I think that he honestly enjoys the fun little rot pocket. I admire him for seeing the positive possibilities in what others consider defects.

[@bobafetting6373]

Why do I hear “fun little rot pocket” in the voice of Bob Ross?! :)

[@billl605]

yikes

[@pjcassidy1]

@@bobafetting6373 I hear it in the voice of the lady that does the ads for "Hot Pockets".

[@Piccodon]

metal detector? Magnet? Extract bolts and screws first? Won't the wood split and crack when drying?

[@vampyrew0lf]

Love the randomness with each slab! What do you do with all the slabs? Sell?

[@mcremona]

I sell whatever I don't end up using for my own projects

[@derekcorreia7135]

Anyone who actually appreciates wood work will appreciate this video. Awesome job, major respect on handling that machine by yourself! God bless brother, and family time is 🔑!!

[@mikeschumann9442]

Matt I love your mill and your determination. I wonder why you havnet built a second gantry with a chainfall on it for loading

[@tjacksonwoodworker3726]

I enjoy your lumbering adventures. Keep up the good work.. I have been doing some slabbing using a my homemade chain saw mill using trees from my own woods. Makes the furniture projects even more special.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@martianme9482]

This is awesome!...does it feel like finding gold Everytime you throw water at the boards??..I'd bet!

[@jackpetrak1821]

Matt your videos are so satisfying i could watch them all day

[@Nderak]

How do you stop bugs from eating your stacks?

[@jimfassiotto1207]

Serious props to you Matt. What a rewarding job you have.

[@redtsun67]

All I could think was "damn, that shit would make a dope looking coffee table"

[@zazarays]

counter tops as wide as it is

[@There_is_a_duck_in_my_home]

Dinner table

[@StephenBoyd21]

So how does all that steel get into the wood? Did someone nail something to the tree 200 years ago and gradually the tree has just grown around it?

[@LimitPro1]

That is probably what happened

[@jollyranchhand]

magic steel elves...

[@UhEaux]

I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel I can roll, I can feel And you can't stop me turning Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun I can move, I can run But you'll never stop me burning Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Someone's screaming my name Come and make me holy again I'm the man on the silver maple I'm the man on the silver maple

[@donnievick3076]

Rainbow with Dio was hot!

[@davidoyama9753]

Just happened to see your milling video and loved watching it ! It is exciting to see what the different interesting grains , and other artistic looking things in the wood after you splash it with water ! Thanks Matthew !

[@mcremona]

thanks David!

[@OwenIverson]

How many blades do you run through on these kinds of trees?? and how much do they cost?

[@Pepsiaddicto]

well it's probably a $10k tree so a few hundred dollars in blades isn't a big deal.

[@lenperkins5724]

20 years ago I charged $25 for each 13’ blade for the Woodmizer that was damaged by debris in log. Plug cutter and nail puller worked well removing the metal .....usually

[@Dougarrowhead]

That aint no 10 thousand dollar tree.

[@bavondale]

First of your videos I've seen. Enjoyed very much. Your passion for wood comes thru

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@juanpls3856]

Me at the start of the video:"oh, a video of someone cutting a giant tree" "oh its 39 min long" "am I going to watch the whole 39 min?" "bet I am" 39mins later:"why are there so many nails on a tree?"

[@neonboy45]

Somehow KZbin recommendations might seem strange, but the videos often entertain me farther than I could've imagined. Who knew how interesting watching a tree being cut could be. Love the quality of the videos and you clearly love what you do. I'm subscribed now!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@chuckbabygorilla]

While I think that this was the best orientation for the slabs, would he have missed most of the nails if he had it rotated 90º?

[@dirtrider88]

damn, theres a thought. considering that the same nails, bolts, spikes went through multiple slabs, probably?

[@doug112244]

Or he could have ended up cutty through them sideways and been much worse off.

[@dirtrider88]

read my comment, I think he did.

[@bbqpat1]

@@dirtrider88 he should slab it then return for refund

[@bobsofia68]

Love your enthusiasm for what you do !! Can appreciate a person who sees bumps in the road as challenges to overcome, thanks & subbed sir !!

[@mcremona]

thank you!

[@michaelstringly4138]

The last slab (second to last piece) is actually the best one. Keep bark intact and cover entirely in epoxy. Bark depth and texture and colors would be insane. Just freeze video @37:11...unreal table/coffee table.

[@nyplantingsgardendesigners5645]

The reason you do explanation is the same as I like splitting firewood by hand. I really like the work you do. The amount of great wood we waste or throw away in NYC is sinful. Silver maple....beauty.

[@alexhu5696]

I want this one to be my dinner table! Great job!

[@datasailor8132]

This was the first of your videos that I watched. The video and audio quality of your productions are top notch. I then binged the sawmill series over the weekend. That was a lot of work. The only two suggestions I would have had if I had been watching from the start is to get a good laser pointer and leveler. Also, I probably would have had the blade shroud powder coated, but that's just me.

[@MarcGoudreau]

An interesting view Andrew....Do you happen to sell these slabs? I've been thinking of making my kitchen island out of an epoxy resin/ wood slab counter. thanks.

[@marionrobertson3895]

Matthew Cremona I just love to see you saw mill wood slabs from a log soo interesting the wood grain soo pretty . Thanks for the nice video be blessed with love care and grace.

[@mcremona]

thank you!

[@MrFakit]

Two thumbs up for good attitude . . . as always.

[@morrisonAV]

What kind of a mark is left in the wood if the tree was hit by lightning?

[@mitchelltoupin2690]

Hey Matt, do you know of any books that describe different species of wood in North America and explain some of the characteristics of wood grain and coloration?

[@mcremona]

I’ll have to look through my books and see. I find the wood database to be decently helpful with that

[@jeromemallory9434]

National Audubon Society Field guide to trees is a good one. Great pictures!

[@majenness]

"Understanding Wood (A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology); also Identifying Wood, both by Bruce Hoadley (Taunton Press) are a fairly good source.

[@greg4673]

I love this guy. It's like he's telling himself a joke all the time. Life is good...why not giggle a little bit! HEY MATT. If you're ever in North Carolina, you are invited to my guitar shop! Love to have you. We can talk wood, and pod cast or whatever!

[@mcremona]

I’d love that. Thanks!

[@joefaraone977]

Bonus accessory limb with quintuple crotches.... Livin' large my man! I gotta make the trek up to see you and see if I can't liberate one or two slabs from you for a price...

[@jeffseaton5193]

Can't believe you made it through that log without another blade. Good looking stuff and I hope it pays off for all that work

[@alw1981]

I bet with the amount of large limbs and the amount of metal that this tree once held a treehouse

[@ericcorse]

I was thinking that.

[@JourneyInNature]

Either a treehouse or some greenie activists trying to give a lumber jock a hard time.

[@elund408]

I was thinking it was used as a fence post for a hundred years or so.

[@dremwolf5419]

Amen on the tree house.

[@imacrazyguy5831]

Possibly it was also bolted and wired to keep the limbs from splitting the trunk.

[@Klesh]

I enjoyed watching this, as a guitar maker It's nice to see where it comes from on the big mills!

[@harpintn]

I am curious, how much do those slabs sell for?

[@onehellofameme6166]

depending on the size, type, and interior of the wood (knots and wood grain) as well as how the wood is cut and dried. It can cost anywhere from $100 - $3000. Most of his cuts are a live edge which is sought after for art pieces and furniture as well as guitars. www.westgateurbanwoods.com/collections/rough-cut-slabs/3000

[@FishInMyAquarium]

1000-3000 usd

[@blanchae]

When I was a kid, we used to build tree houses in the woods, made a ladder up the side of the tree by hammering in pieces of wood we found with whatever nails we could find. Looks like this tree had a tree house in it at one time.

[@scortsnorbilenterprises401]

Funny! I was just thinking the samething

[@jonh4301]

Nice looking wood - you could use a fork lift!

[@jeremiahrobinson1582]

Understatement of the year.

[@KNJensen]

Or a mini loader. Would help bring the logs home too ;)

[@cohall46]

Very interesting and entertaining. 1. how do the nails and bolts find their way into the tree? 2. Every times that you change a blade do you put on a new one - and does that get very costly?

[@littledancingfawn]

You’re such a happy person. You laugh almost every time you finish a few sentences. 😁❤️ That end piece ( 38:02) I would make a table by pouring epoxy over it. It was beautiful ( my fav slab of all of them❤️)

[@GospelBearer]

You are the Ronald Jenkees of Slabbing... He's the only other guy I know that laughs that much about the simple things. Great video, great mill you've made!

[@warpo007]

How do you keep so calm Matt!?? I'd be swearing like a cut Australian.. ps.. I am Australian..

[@stipcrane]

If Matthew handles ruined blades with that much tranquility I'll bet he is a good dad when his boys do foolish kid stuff. I learned to control my spirit just about when I was through raising my kids. Maybe that's why grandparents are so mellow.

[@jaydunbar7538]

If your not willing to loose a few blades, don't cut yard trees.

[@kingofepicvlogs4666]

Steevo- less testosterone too as you age. Natural aggression dissipates over time as we become more mellow

[@plainsroamer405]

I guess I've never thought about it before now. If someone puts nails in a young tree, and the tree grows this big, does the tree grow around the nails? Encompassing or swallowing the nails/bolts?

[@tyjones5019]

2 questions MC, how much does one of those blades cost, and how long do you dry those slabs out before using them? Great video.

[@gazmgow622]

Ty Jones about 100 dollars a blade and 6 months to season a 2 inch slab. Blades are often reusable and can be sharpened again

[@stevengates4437]

So,can one just saw through the nails....I've got my eye on an old oak super tall,but it has been a deer stand before....I saw a video of Matt alm9st sawing his mill in half....I would like to know the name of thoose blades....it was at the new house on his first few cuts...it would save me a lot of headaches if I could have the best blades and Matt is someone who would know....thanks from nova scotia Canada..

[@Jay2525Jay]

Question, I'm just curious about how many board feet are in that stack? I enjoyed the video, also really liked the music. Thank you.

[@mcremona]

900 or so. Thanks Jared!

[@Jay2525Jay]

Matt, thank you.

[@PaulSpeed42]

My friends were playing a drinking game where they would drink every time he said "crotch". Their funerals are this weekend. RIP. ;)

[@williamoloughlin8298]

Hey Matt, a simple stud finder would have confirmed any metal under the black. was wondering why you dont just remove the nails, bolts instead of cutting on and ruining the blades?

[@HillCountryCodger]

I’ve never heard someone say “crotch” so many times in the span of 39 minutes...ever!

[@freedomrider266]

And "inclusion" giving "crotch" a run for its money....Cool stuff though.

[@pomonabill220]

and get away with it on youtube!

[@libbydavis2554]

Hi Matt, I am loving your videos, but one big question, what do you do with the slabs once they have dried? And if you sell them, how do you find someone to sell them to? Whatever you do with them, I love seeing the beauty inside a tree. Thank you!

[@terristroh3965]

If ever a man needed a forklift, it’s you!

[@MrYodave1]

Hey, do a video explaining what those slabs are used for and what you sell them for.

[@Toolmybass]

I had a sip of rum for everytime he said "inclusion"....and I'm drunk AF

[@hirsutebodkin6888]

I took a drink everytime he said crotch. I only got 4 minutes in

[@tristenshumway6999]

Lmfao!!👍👍

[@TheCustomEverythingChannel]

U could be drunk enough for the both of us

[@aideningram434]

Why did you use rum

[@karaDee2363]

Lol

[@delvinal5583]

Good job. I have an old woodmizer myself and do my own blades. As soon as the teeth of the blade hit steel they loose their set. A dive or climb is next, and another blade. What are the details of the blades you use? Set, brand, pitch etc. Thanks.

[@paulstanding7267]

Hi Matthew very nice lumber ( timber ) grain very nice I bet the steel is nails that a farmer etc has nailed fencing wire etc to it many years ago 👍👍

[@lonnieflyer4243]

i like the fact u give play by play all thru video some people do good job but dont talk so good job i like it

[@hevendranarayansamy2793]

Love your channel Matt. Wish I could visit you some day.

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Gotta admire Matt for perserverance. After he recounts all the work, misery, and bolts and nails that wrecked expensive blades, he answers to - "Why bother sawing these logs at all?" as "...mostly for the adventure.... I just really, really enjoy the struggle!" Wow! 13:39 Now that IS honesty! I'm wondering if he couldn't use a metal detector and then tack weld or stud weld (after side grounding), each of the steel bolts or larger nails to then twist them out, rather than ruin those huge wavy-cut blades?

[@ajbranson2]

Dude.... Sell a couple of those bad boys and buy you a skid loader! Make your life easier lol

[@dirtrider88]

you think hes pouring that many hours of labor into hoarding slabs?

[@ajbranson2]

@@dirtrider88 obviously no one is doing this for shits and giggles, validating my point. A skid loader would decrease his time moving the wood tremendously, increasing his profits per board cut... It was also a joke, cause im sure the giant slabs of maple are very expensive, so he could sell a couple and buy a skid loader.

[@mrrberger]

Yep and a hose to clean and reveal the surface HOWEVER throwing buckets of water and "a lot more exciting" really means more views.

[@realblakrawb]

Im certain the thought crossed his mind at some point.

[@dirtrider88]

exactly, realblakrawb. im sure theres a reason he doesnt have a skid steer or something to make it more easier.

[@KenNordin]

What makes a professional sawyer? Time on the job ? Has a degree in Botany? Serving as an understudy for 10 years? "I don't saw trees from residential areas?" OR.. Someone who loves the work and has learned the hard way? I'd say Matthew is a professional who has learned the hard way and loves the work. If he was done learning or knew it all, he wouldn't be a professional. I don't know him but he looks like the type who may well have a degree. Enjoyed the video very much. Sure wish I had a slab!!!

[@jaymyzt4863]

Them kids, adults now, wanted a tree house! The steps rotted off and the nails stayed behind.

[@lindaarbogast6499]

Wow! The blades getting damaged makes me wonder how much it costs to replace them? They are big, and cumbersome.do the damaged ones get recycled to make new ones?

[@ChakatNightspark]

couldof been from old Fencing. Bullets being shot at it. Could be from Environmentals Spiking the Trees to Damage blades from Loggers. Happens alot of the time really. People will Drive Spikes and Nails into Trees trying to cause Damage to Chainsaw blades, trying to Stop logging in forests. Or try to Damage Saw mill blades in the cutting process. Around here in Virginia, I sometimes pickup wood from Saw mill, They been having problems with people Spiking the Trees with Rebars. Couple of their Saw mills actually broke down due to rebars. a Few 10 thousand dollar repair bill

[@somethingelse7431]

WOW, what assholes.

[@kadian3904]

cheaper to just invest in a metal detector but i guess they don't think of that.

[@dallasokra]

I think the lift you designed for the trailer is amazing

[@jamesinkeys]

I imagine ol' Mathew, is real popular with his neighbors....

[@AuburnTigers111]

Don't you mean poplar?

[@dystorl2907]

AuburnTigers111 Nice.

[@gregbarsness9201]

You have a lot more patience and good spirit than me with all that metal! After the first 3 slabs of metal and changing of blades, I would have cut the log up for firewood! But more power to you by seeing the metal as part of the history of the tree and hopefully selling the slabs as such. I just ordered my first mill and will get it in a week, so I'm sure i'll have my share of some metal too--hopefully not THIS much though--learned a lot from your video though--thank you!

[@glenwaldner7178]

You should sell them for more, steel reinforced slabs, no additional hardware needed.

[@warriorwk]

Dude you got all kinds of fun toys, you need any help, I worked in machine shops and I love it, I also love fabricating. Looks and sounds like you really love what you're doing, have fun.