Unlocking the SECRETS of Sawmilling: Don't just saw GOOD WOOD

Secrets, Tips and Tricks - Garbage logs to GOLD Lumber!
Welcome to Hobby Hardwood Alabama - a real, professional sawmill lumber production business, ranked by a national website as producing the highest quality wood in Alabama, of about 45 different species. We are not a video company, but we are a real lumber company, and want to show others some of our money making and business sawmill in action techniques. This video is another example of sawmilling for our business, Hobby Hardwood, Alabama. We show how we mill logs with our wood-mixer sawmill, dry them and other things on our outdoor farm. We use our amazing fleet of hardware and tools, such as our custom New Holland Tractor, Wood-Mizer LT-70 sawmill, as well as our Cantek planers, Baker edgers, and SLR machines in action, operation, milling and while sawing logs to lumber. The Woodmizer LT Super 70 sawmill is the the biggest, fasted and most automatic bandsaw mill Woodmizer makes, with joystick control and Diesel engine. Very few sawmills are this fast, including Baker, Morgan, Harbor Freight, Cooks, Northern, Timber King, Norwood, Woodland, chainsaw mill, and Hudson. It’s not an Amish Sawmill, but the fastest and most modern band mill Wood-Mizer makes and produces the best lumber wood for wood working projects and our lumber business. We also showcase our Nyle Kilns and air drying lumber techniques. Lots of tips and tricks to make sawing and drying easier for beginners and professional woodworkers to keep our sawmill turning trees and logs into gold instead of firewood. My buddy, Nathan Elliot, of Out of the Woods Sawmill, OTW, convinced me I needed to start filming our operation, so here goes. Someday I want to have as many followers as other sawmill videos on KZbin, like Nathan and Outdoors With the Morgans. We show how to make money with your sawmill and pass on our how-to tips and tricks for better sawmilling. Watch us use our sawmill, chainsaw mill, band saw, and bandsaw, compact track loader and other Kubota and New Holland excavators.
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Joe Maine [phone] makes my bands for me, using WM Turbo Silvertip stock, 0.055" x 1.5". He is in Georgia but can ship anywhere. The best I have used.
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[@timothychristian9140]

I would appreciate it if you would do a video on hardwood grading system.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Will Do!

[@foresthomestead]

Don't quit talking. I love the videos where you explain what you are doing and why. More please.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will do it.

[@ronnielloyd4514]

You know what you are doing. Explaining it then doing it is the way to show people how it’s done.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! I try to show people that’s there is a process and it’s not that hard.

[@ronnielloyd4514]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama I can see this as an interesting business to be in. As in any business just starting it can be expensive. Would you say the Woodmizer is your most expensive piece of equipment?

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

Best teacher on milling lumber out there, is you Robert

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@floraandflannel]

Real good wood you’re sawing out there!😉 Truly the most informative milling videos I’ve seen! Thanks a mill-ion for recording all these.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stacyharmon5865]

Thanks for taking the time to video ,very helpful. Would definitely like to see more on the NHLA grading. A little surprised you got by running the mill without the supervisor! (Chip)

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yeah, the hot weather has him laying around in the shade more, over at the other building in front of the fan.

[@jasonstiff5713]

I too, would love to see a series on hardwood grading. This channel is great! Thank you for the hard work.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Coming soon!

[@WideCutSawmill]

New to sawmilling and I love your videos. It’s definitely going to help me get over the learning curve faster and making better lumber out of the gate. I would watch a video on the nhla standards if you made it.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great to hear! I thick I will do a NHLA Rules of Thumb video in the near future!

[@KPVFarmer]

Thanks again, Dr MiltonMizer! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@A..n..d..y]

Enjoyed the teaching. Please keep them coming.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you! Will do!

[@ericrobinson7664]

A video on how you grade your lumber would be fantastic! Soaking up all your knowledge!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You got it!

[@Crunchy_ass_dad]

Enjoy what feels like a conversation directly with you. Growing up my uncles family ran a large mill and my father had one when I was younger. They always said to anchor seal the end grains. I feel the sealing aspect is much overlooked in both presentation and context. It would be nice to hear a professional point of view on this, I no longer have people to ask in my life. Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

They are correct, end sealing a log is crucial to properly dried lumber. Any hardwood mill should either seal the logs or the sawn lumber. I do either, depending on whether I need to see the grain when I'm sawing. I will do a video on it. I do not know of a single professional hardwood mill that dries lumber that does not end seal. It is that important.

[@tonyqueen3160]

You are my favorite sawmill video go to KZbin for sure I have learned a lot from you sir!!! Thank you !!!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad to hear it! Tell your buddies and help me grow this channel!

[@michaelmatthews2798]

Yes too the videos on NHNA handbook and the log stick.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will do it soon.

[@mikejoyal4855]

You are indeed my fave! Learn a lot from you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you very much!

[@arnoldjohnson720]

I would also like to see you talk about the grading with some examples, thanks Robert.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will do one, the basics aren’t that hard.

[@throngcleaver]

Just found your channel and love it! Trees wise, all I have on my property that are millable, are white oak, post oak, black oak, shagbark hickory, and a few eastern red cedar. I'm going to binge your entire channel, but I'm really looking forward to your NHLA video! 😁

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, I'll be making it in the near future. Stay tuned...

[@royramey5659]

Thats some Good wood there.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! If I’m going have have wood, it might as well be good….

[@dinorichardson3444]

I would like to see a video on grading Lumber, thank you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will do it, and thanks for watching!

[@ecossearthur]

Knowledge is power! lol

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Truth!

[@slhasebroock]

Another great and informative video. I would love to see a video on the nhla grading rules.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Coming soon!

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

I have an ash log staged to be cut that is shaped very similar to that walnut . Hope it works as well as that one did for you , I wasn't expecting a lot .

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I’m sure it will! Thanks for watching.

[@arnoldpraesent174]

Hello excellent video! Is there a chance to get a pdf version of the guide-book over to Europe, NHLA Standard thing? Please continue making these kind of videos! Very important topics! Maybe I'm asking too much - but im not good at remembering anything - what i do remember are basi rules - rules of thumbs - 101 rules etc... please point them out clearly in your videos so that a goon can understand it. What i have learned in this video is: 1. for hardwood - cracks shall be rectangular to the wider board face - boards are bowing around the short board face. 2. dont let sit the logs to long in the sun so they dry out and crack 3. keeping defects and the pith as much as possible in one board, 4. keept the pith parallel to the saw plane, 5. there are no ugly logs only bad sawers. 6. NHLA Standards in the US to be followed. Right? cheers!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, if you go to the NHLA webpage, there is a download link.

[@ecossearthur]

Always learning! Thank you!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That’s why I put these out. To teach!

[@gregm312]

very enjoyable , there was alot of info here , thank you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jasoncottrell1976]

I would love to see a video on the nhla grading rules. I have a problem with reading and filling comprehending things it would be really helpful to have a video helping explain it. Thank you I learn so much from your videos

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Will do! The basics aren’t that hard.

[@TheMakersMarkTSF]

Nah, Keep talking! It's entertaining and educational. I am interested in seeing a video on grading. P.S., I have a sawmill and I saw good wood on it.😂

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great! We can help you saw Great wood!

[@patwright6317]

Keep teaching , how is the food plot doing ?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It looks great. I’ll have it in a video shortly.

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Don't believe that "sometimes you get lucky" stuff. His expertise creates the good results in beautiful lumber.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Well, I try to be modest.....

[@user-pu9ks7fk3x]

I see you don't paint the ends of logs. Some folks encourage this practice. What are your thoughts on this practice?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I do it to the board ends, generally after I've sawn them. Sealing the logs (I don't use paint) obscures the end grain and hinders my ability to read the log when I'm sawing.

[@MrEdunkerley]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabamaWhat then do you use to seal your endgrain?

[@slipshankd1307]

Not everyone wants grade wood to build barns and sheds. They don't want it planed or dried to save money and others want slab wood to build furniture.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Of course, people buy wood of all kinds and at all prices, but all hardwood produced by a commercial mill is sawn using grade sawing techniques as I've outlined here in order to maximize grade and so maximize net profit. I'm not coming from the perspective of a lumber consumer, but from the perspective of a lumber producer, trying to have a successful business. The point of this video is that if you want be a professional sawmiller, you need to saw like professional, and all; professional sawmillers know the NHLA grades by heart, and no professional sawmiller will describe their wood as "Good." They will always use terms such as Number 1 Common, Number 2 Common, FAS, Select, frame stock, etc. Even a pro butcher has to make low value chicken wings as well as premium breast meat, but they don;t describe their chicken products as "chicken parts."

[@customsawyer2526]

Ha. Sometimes you get lucky???? Looks to me like you are making your own luck.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Chip actually did all the sawing, I did the filming.

[@koenvanmierlo8019]

Most of the time the most ugly logs have the best character

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Just like people!