Was it worth it trying to save this nasty Red Maple log?

There was so much waste in this log....but was it worth saving?

[@johnmcdonald323]

That "ugly" log is actually gold!! There are professionals woodworkers who would love to create art out of a log like that!!!

[@stevewright201]

I agree the beauty of the tree must be shown when it's cut not only when it's standing in the forest or field

[@georgeblankenship3283]

As a woodturner I can tell you that this is a GREAT log! Could turn a lot of nice things from this

[@ericchilds5774]

Yes, you most definitely can. I just recently got into wood turning about 2 years ago. Been loving every minute of it. Just wish I had more time to do it.

[@TheBigburcie]

Just need about 10 gallons of Cactus juice to stabilize everything. Some of that punky wood could have been great 2-3 years ago but may be a little too far gone now.

[@167curly]

Sorty, but way too much talking

[@smeefamily54]

The smaller pieces could be used for pen blanks. I make pens.

[@The_Dawg_father]

That l9g is filthy bro. Absolutely beautiful, flamed, quilted, tigered probably Birdseyed . Amazing log

[@bwillan]

The gnarliest ugliest looking logs usually produce the most interesting lumber when it comes to grain patterns.

[@The_Dawg_father]

Exactly what I look for. That log was a real find

[@stevewilliams6178]

NOT WASTE....cut them into 1"x1" strips. Pen makers will buy them for pen turning. Does not matter if the wood is punky. They can save it by stabilizing the wood. MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR CUT OFFS!!!

[@T-RexRita]

You are so right 👍 I'm thinking " I'll take your scrap!"

[@allencummings7564]

Pretty good idea. Lot o' work tho

[@davidelliott5843]

But it’s somebody else’s work.

[@hyloward-gh6vj]

Don't ever waste anything from a log of this quality.

[@rickchant8907]

That burl is big money

[@timcox6796]

Mantle? good choice. For me though, I'd build acoustic, electric and bass guitars out of rare figured wood such as this Maple.

[@Fwr942]

I would have paid a MINT for one of those outer slabs to make natural edge bowls out of

[@ericchilds5774]

Most people may not know, but that is gold in the tree world. Big burls, spalting, twisting etc. There are so many different types of deformations of wood that make it more unique and beautiful.

[@stevevice9863]

Those off-cuts are valuable too. Woodworkers and wood turners can use them to make small items, or decorative inlays on larger items.

[@TCSawmills]

They went to a good home, and my buddy, who does epoxy, got the wild ones.

[@ellarweegadsden8483]

@@TCSawmills I was wondering if you'd thought about the pieces like that. I bet the epoxy guys were gnarly themselves!

[@claireF-14D]

You're giving [it] an afterlife to the beautiful art created by mother nature. Thanks for sharing.

[@riddler3856]

Thanks for sharing this cut.! Figured, burled,and beautiful!🎉😅

[@mcpiddler1135]

Don't waste all of those burl cut-offs! Turners love that stuff.

[@TCSawmills]

Some of the off cuts are going to a turner. Looking forward to what he can do with it.

[@CATfishTONY]

6x2x1 cut blocks to dry Resale your scrap to knife makers per load it is worth a factor of10 magnitude in cash as knife scales

[@glennmckinley3058]

I resaw planks like that to make book matched dresser drawer fronts and headboards mostly. I use a lot of curly maple, spalted maple, big leaf (quilted) maple.

[@ramondanderson6730]

Anyone can cut a straight log but I enjoy watching how other sawyers cut the non-typical ones. As a Timberking 2000 owner myself, I do enjoy your channel.

[@TCSawmills]

Thanks, I love cutting the crazy logs. They are challenging but so unique.

[@user-ri2mq3hj1w]

Natures beauty being saved.excellent job

[@Far2hip]

That dog cracks me up. “Dude. Screw the log. Put that camera on me!!” LOL. 😂😂

[@jakebroesky4409]

I have watched several hundred hours of various wood cutters and those are the nicest and most interesting boards I have ever seen. You should keep them both as i have little doubt in your lifetime you will never personally find anything close to that ever again IMO

[@TCSawmills]

Yes they were pretty awesome

[@PineyWoodsHomestead]

Good looking finished product. I love figured maple.

[@paullockyer7230]

I don't see nasty, I see fantastic!

[@aboveallthingslove6349]

If you're looking for Maple with lateral figuring like tigerstripe, or fiddleback, go to the north half of a feild surrounded by forest. The movement to the light bends the trunk and compresses the grain into cuts of beauty. Like the boards you splashed on the wall, Those boards are perfect for a table top. Just throw some CA polimer into the punky parts and you'll have a beautiful table, and that mantle is going to be exceptiona,l with the berl inclusions surrounded by figuring. It does look like that pith might give you some work after its dried but NICE FIND! ...and to think it was going to firewood👍

[@gregorydascher3308]

Lol 😂 they are annoying always bumping into equipment, some of ours don’t even go to firewood

[@artillerest43rdva7]

what a great grain pattern throughout the board! especially the burials. those are great. nice video

[@melissatuason2395]

Hello Thomas, Just my opinion, having built many custom cabinets for exclusive homes. Those undesirable pieces turn out to be Gold !. A bit of kiln drying to kill any micro predators and some TLC with some oil rubbed stain topped with clear Lacquer does some magical wonders.

[@kerryjohnson2512]

You not only have curl, there is birdseye mixed in. The gnarly spike looking clusters on the outside are the indication of birdseye maple. Beautiful wood out of that ugly tree!

[@Matt-uj6jm]

Hidden treasure thank you for sharing from Scotland 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mattedwards4533]

The wood is to nicely figured to make a mantel ! You can only see the foreward edge of a mantel anyhow? It would make nice jewelry boxes and the like. I will say that if it was mine I would do what ever I wanted to do regardless of people like me that disagree with your choice? Nice video!

[@susanrichards7358]

DUH...look at the Burros on it... WOW...any wood worker would love IT ❤️!

[@garyvillers5203]

Worth all the effort. Beautiful log. Rare too. You got lucky. Thanks for sharing.

[@dougscott9524]

Im a furniture builder for 36 years, its beautiful wood but your limited with the amount of lumber to build with, good choice for the use of the lumber. Lucky to find and rescue it.

[@savagediy8077]

Ya you had a giant burl basically lmao all those word out growths were maple burl!! Really nice find! Hope it’s put to good use!

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

The prettiest maple usually comes from the ugliest logs.

[@garywemmer9342]

Oh, that wild woofer pup! Just know,that is a true ALPHA dawg! Love to that sweety!

[@bay9876]

Slabbing a tree is indeed just like a box of chocolates and truly, you never know what you are going to get.

[@TCSawmills]

That's what my momma said. 😆

[@keithmclennan3275]

you couldn't be any luckier to find a log like this it will turn out so amazing pieces IMO

[@TCSawmills]

It was a special find and produced some amazing boards.

[@brittcofarms5620]

I've just started this sawmill stuff and I have learned much from you and really enjoying watching your work, Thanks for sharing your work with us.

[@TCSawmills]

Glad you are enjoying, safe sawing!

[@tedspens]

One man's trash is another man's excuse to buy more resin. 😍

[@TCSawmills]

Indeed

[@SombreroChef]

Beautiful natural art in that log. Amazing mantle. And, I can see making a low standing table or bench with any of the other maple strips. Awesome!!!

[@scottsammons7747]

Best Every Day Carry item: 10' circumference tape measure in your watch pocket of five pocket blue jeans. Easy to find, easy to put back when you are through using it. Remarkably useful throughout the day. Once it becomes a habit to use, it's hard to imagine going back.

[@chrisgrant5565]

I think it would be a great mantle and I love that chickens are all around to eat bugs what a concept 😊

[@Damoinion]

One of my grandfathers was a cabinetmaker and he would've loved some of these boards for making veneers.

[@jamesseltenreich652]

Wow so much character in that log, great mantle piece 😮

[@gerggbergr8976]

I see a beautiful Guitar. I love using Maple, it holds a note really well. I WANT

[@donnadees1971]

Curly maple is so beautiful.

[@Lifeinthe906]

Beautiful maple. We have a lot of maple on our property. Always looking for the ugly ones!

[@scottprather5645]

Amazing wood 👍 Glad you're able to save it from the burn pile

[@robertrickett7816]

My friend runs a lumber mill, when he finds curly maples, or black walnut, or other pretty woods, he'll keep the trimmed bits, and sell them for or carve them into pistol grips, and rifle stocks. I sold the 1911 grips I built, and still have some on my 1911. They're really beautiful. All from to trimmings, and fire wood from the mill.

[@jimherron5540]

Beautiful. Use even the scraps for small stuff.

[@JoshPiland]

Definitely worth preserving! It would’ve been firewood or a salamander castle. Well done!

[@hyloward-gh6vj]

A very diverse log ,with such caricatures in the grain. ❤❤

[@chuckschillingvideos]

It's obviously burled. That isn't everyone's cup of tea, btw. Burled wood is unstable and prone to cracks, voids and fractures, and the grain runs every which way. Usually, highly burled wood is almost impossible to mill into typical lumber and it is usually utilized in lathe-turned objects like bowls.

[@siriosstar4789]

it's always "worth it " . even a small section can be made into something beautiful.

[@walkers]

Waste? What the heck man, that stuff is incredible to the epoxy world

[@m8s4lif]

Gnarly logs can turn out to be really something. Kind of like gnarly sawyers and woodworkers. Nice sawmill also.

[@conscience-commenter]

Most definitely worth saving Red Maple with beautiful figuring . Fill the voids with epoxy resin and create stunning pieces from an almost trashed log . Craggy old log was ugly on the outside but gorgeous on the inside .

[@ericjenkin7461]

I'm just repeating but that log is gold, beautiful and I can't wait to see!

[@MarkBrighton-nb8je]

I like 👍 👌 them. All !! 😊😊

[@benzminibusdoc]

If you insist calling that log 'nasty', I'll say that the difference between a beautiful tree and a nasty log is the cutting down. That is easily the nasty part. But you can still show your appreciation by cutting it up sensibly and recovering SOME of the beauty

[@user-nm3ls6ly5e]

Thank you for going to the Time Lapse!

[@jeffgauthier3413]

Beautiful log!!

[@donnacowell7415]

The salvage pieces are great for charcuterie boards

[@ninyosef602]

Everything is so beautiful 👏 not waste no no, oh we small carpenters we see beauty in such small spaces, is georgeous👏👍

[@paulplager9498]

Beautiful wood in that log. Could have been a really cool gun stock in there too

[@wiebebrinkman]

You see a log of that nature and there is Definately a lot of caracature All throuout its inside.. I would have cut 2,25 inch slabs , and than you can allways make boards from it! It WAS a nice log!!

[@valeriehenschel1590]

We just finished cutting up a lumpy maple log this morning. But because I use a value approach, my cuts were very different. We ended up with almost no waste wood. Yes, I had bug damage, punky rot, and wild figure to work with. But one can learn how to PLAN and cut for prime figure value, not just HOPE your cuts will turn out nice. Please learn how to best handle high value figured wood and not “waste” so much of it.

[@hyloward-gh6vj]

❤❤ using your head.

[@j10001]

Where can we learn this?

[@timponder7487]

Beautiful maple I could turn some beautiful bowls wit that wood wit very little waste thanks for sharing 👍 😊

[@walterrichards1802]

Yeah! It looks awful..so put it on the mill and find the hidden beauty inside!!

[@finscreenname]

If you put an epoxy over it you could leave the bug holes and just fill them in.

[@terrytamanauskas852]

As a wood Turner I hate it when you slab people say that the wood not worth it. If I had that and used some resin in a bowl mold it would be so awesome!!! I’d luv to have the stuff you guys just discard!!! 😡🤔🤷‍♂️

[@terrycarl8923]

I had a few like that I wanted to make into firewood but the wife talked me into milling it which was a pain but it turned out beautiful

[@ShinningDawn]

WOW! You managed to trim a $10,00 log down to some two by fours and a post! Amazing!

[@bretspangler8717]

It's the curl of the burl! That's just the way of the world! (Mastodon)

[@SMcCaskill]

Just a little hint here, we spent more time listening to you talk than we did watching the saw and that beautiful wood grain.

[@anthonya9472]

"He is.. not gonna eat more wood" LOL!

[@donnymcarter]

That’s some pretty wood! I’d like one of the narrow 5/4 boards if it’s available.

[@jefflien2599]

No waste when project makers see that pile they hit the Holy grale.

[@bonnitaclaus2286]

It depends upon what angle you’re looking at the log. To return her those nuts are the points of interest. There are chemicals that can be added to strengthen the Rottenwood. Also, quite often epoxy is used to fill holes including bug tunnels. When the world is turned, fascinating and very interesting arteries come out. Creating objects of great value, depending upon the artistry in the creativity of the wood turner. For making beams and boards it is trash. Open my mind from all directions and there are possibilities. When I was young girl, I learned this from the father of one of my friends. He was constantly doing things, often failing, but instead of losing money, he makes money. Each failure he turned into a success.

[@rolfpeters123]

Very interesting. As a new subscriber, enjoyed your video. Thanks.

[@Rsama60]

It has been commented before. This is not waste. Pen turnes and knife makes would take those offcuts anytime. I make knife and stabilize wood myself and I would take it.

[@TCSawmills]

Almost every piece of this log was utilized

[@rskybizintrees]

My favorites on the mill are usually the deformed. Good stuff!

[@davidthorpe6139]

I see several spectacular rifle and shotgun stocks. Stunning grain.

[@TCSawmills]

It was a good log

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

3:30 a little dog butt always makes the shot mor interesting

[@bigredfred33]

That log looks like it had a tortured life

[@trex283]

It may look nasty to you, but I see gold.

[@TCSawmills]

Gold indeed

[@ozarkscarguy540]

So many logs like this get thrown out. It makes me sick. Tree services would chip it or put it in a dump. A lot of know it all old timers will tell you it's trash. This "trash" log is more valuable than their strait grain stuff. Like you said, it would have been nice to get a year earlier. There would have been less waste I think.

[@louisevad6091]

One man’s junk is another man’s gold mine

[@stephanielovatt2787]

Some Really nice figure there! Well done in saving it from the burn pile!

[@centexan]

That tree had a hard life! Back when i was still woodworking, I would have loved to have had a log like that.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Supper nice, love that curly grain. You knew buddy! What's your favorite ° band?

[@frankmoore4067]

You never know what character is going to come out of a log when you get to the inside is where you see the gorgeous part of it

[@tomfull6637]

Thx for sharing! Anders Sweden

[@gulfcoastgrainz2245]

Gorgeous maple! I want the one on the trailer! Lol

[@stephenzimmer7875]

these logs are gold to me - burly edge maple, burly edge honey locust, I use these logs for live-edge floating shelves - logs sit no more than 6 months -

[@dougkennedy4906]

A luthier would live to have that.

[@Frankinsteinguitar]

Great wood for electric guitars!

[@jodirauth8847]

That is so gorgeous. Thomas that is really pretty

[@markmelby4479]

I e been removing the bark from my logs. The flathead larva were chewing through just under the bark. I could hear them so hopefully it will be a wise idea.

[@glintz5029]

Treat the ends, sticker it, in a year, beautimus.

[@jasonbubb1275]

I'm not going say you obviously don't know what your saying, but I'm actually going say you don't know what your saying. That wood stabilized to knife makers would bring small fortune. A 2"x2"x5" piece of that stabilized would be around 30-40$ depending on grain. Please don't ever burn that!!! One mans trash is another mans treasure!

[@johnhenry2265]

Yes very beautiful wood

[@donwimberley4772]

I bet its gorgeous inside