Sawing Basswood Logs // Watch the Entire Process- Logging, Sawing, & Finished Product!

[@micheletcheverria285]

enfin du travail sans musique bravossssss

[@herbertlittle2699]

Good job brenda you one hard working lady

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks!

[@edwardroberts2997]

Hello Jim & Brenda

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

hello!

[@jimprescott8423]

Well done Brenda,what a gal !!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, Jim

[@harveypyke4897]

You folks make an impressive team, one on the saw, the other on the edger. Love seeing the team work and how productive you folks are.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks!

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

Smoothly running husband & wife operation. I don't think it can get any better!

[@mikemckinnis3877]

No matter how many times I watch horses pull it never ceases to amaze me.

[@1striperon]

Wow, Brenda, you are the best! Working hard and efficiently. Jim is lucky to have your help.

[@russcollins4306]

It won't be long before Ms. Brenda starts planting her pretty flowers.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hopefully!

[@davidmunro1469]

Thank you Jim and Brenda. That basswood makes great interior products.

[@pup734]

Jim , you sure have a lot of Irons in the fire. Beautiful wood working and tools

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes, sometimes too many

[@gastoncannon4710]

Awesome video, thanks Jim and Brenda for showing the complete process. Used a lot of basswood back in 1980/90 building cabinets. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

great, thanks for sharing

[@johnfahey7215]

In 1959, Remsen NY I went to work on my great uncles dairy farm, 250 miles+ from NYC. Long, narrow, hilly, rocky acres. He had two horses, Pat and Mike! (of course). We gathered loose hay on a wagon. Those horses, towing a load of hay, a big steel mechanical raker/conveyer, would, I quickly learned, standing on that hay rick, when they saw a hill coming up, would start runnin! Hauling all that weight! After 2 falls, no injury, or severed limbs, I got horse sense and knew when to brace myself. Incredible animals. That's why I enjoy your channel. As soon as I saw it, I subscribed before I watched even one video. Good on ya!👍

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for sharing and for subscribing! We appreciate it!

[@c0lvin4o]

Brenda is a marvel!

[@paulfuqua2023]

I really like watching the saw mill and showing us how the lumber is used ! When I was a teenager in Kentucky we cut and worked at the saw mill and built two barns out of oak! A tobacco barn and stock barn! Me , my dad, two brothers! I am 77 the barns are still standing!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you enjoyed it. Wow, sounds like you were a hard working bunch! Something to be proud of

[@jimputnam2044]

Love the saw mill vids, the only thing missing is the smell. Always loved going to the saw mill when I was younger. That smell brings back so many memories.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Great, it's good for us to hear what people enjoy watching

[@jamescox8233]

jim and brenda always a great pleasure to see you both. jim great video on the basswood trees and lumber. and takeing me into your lumber mill. say hi to trudy and abby . god bless ..jim dartmouth,nova scotia canada your friend to the north.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi Jim, thanks for your faithful watching! Passed on the hello to Trudy and Abby. Hope th weather is good for you there in beautiful Nova Scotia!

[@billpearson6569]

Jim is a Nova Scotia guy , I am from Sussex New Brunswick . Great Videos .

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi Bill, thanks for watching!

[@jackl2487]

Jim you have good help. Better keep up on her honey do projects. That’s what a good marriage is all about helping and supporting each other. We farmed 40 years together always pays to work together when possible.Like your videos.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks 👍

[@biddydibdab9180]

Thoroughly enjoyable and informative video. One thought that came to me is that this video could be shown to couples preparing for marriage. The way Jim and Brenda work together is textbook for how to build a good marriage.

[@steves.7872]

Very informable video thank you for Sharing.

[@timothysander1267]

Very happy to see that you have a source for basswood. A wood carvers dream wood. Sands to a Snow White finish and a great idea for tongue and grove.

[@janet5820]

Hi Jim, I’m enjoying all your videos. This one, I just have to say that you’ve a very calming voice & it takes me back to my teenage years when I used to listen Jim Reeves - and your vocal sound is strikingly the same 😊 one in particular where he talks about his dog Tige, I’m sure I’m not the first to mention it, it is is lovely 😊

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Haha, never been told that before.Thanks

[@jimcour291]

Quite the enterprise!! The routine is amazing, really in sinc

[@ronaldmcinnes7840]

good to see you mixing the horses, very enjoyable viewing as always

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@allanhamm5825]

So happy to have found your channel. I'm a lifelong horse lover, whether heavy or riding horses, and have been a woodcrafter (mostly finer furniture for our home). Keep up the good work, and again, thanks! Allan Hamm, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@jemreandeau3583]

Loved watching you work in the sawmill and thank you for the lesson on basswood. All of your projects look awesome. ❤

[@ingeborgm6147]

Love your cottage!! Just lovely, Jim. Mostly natural wood can not be surpassed for the effect. There is something special about a tree becoming part of the room we live in! If color is needed it can always be added with artful decorations .

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you like it!

[@stevesedgwick5789]

Great teams, wife and horses, work goes well when you have help.

[@rodneywroten2994]

Nothing more pleasing as to see married couple work together as you two. My wife and I will have our 50th this June.

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Always look forward to the next video

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks for watching

[@Elizabeth-arb22]

Your lumber mill is really great, and it's so interesting to be given an inside look at what you do. I can almost smell the fresh wood. Your kitchen is beautiful! I particularly like the V groove. And the cabin is also lovely - what a great destination for a sleigh ride!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, Elizabeth!

[@isakartal1235]

Practical guy Jim. Greetings from Turkey. Great job, great channel.

[@thierrytalon8600]

Proud moments, Jim and Brenda!

[@ferrishyserman7129]

Jim and Brenda. Truly a great team

[@richardhessert7862]

I would have never guessed you could do that with bass wood! My whole house has tongue and groove pine ceiling s. I like the natural look plus I'm no good at sheet rock lol. I'm happy you maximize what nature provides. Great video and thankyou! Stay safe and take care!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks for watching. Yes, we use what we have!

[@ricklarade3593]

well oiled team Jim and Brenda.

[@sueupham2519]

Sure is a lovely show of your lumber collection for sale through the yrs,,and with the way you did use it in your ceilings,,,all lumber makes one druel..

[@flynnclement3254]

Your cabin is very nice

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks

[@jdana94]

This is such an amazing part of your livelihood! Very interesting! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@tinachambers4887]

Love the look in the cabin thanks for the video have a great day love from TEXAS

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi Tina, thanks for watching

[@randybutler4772]

A lot to know about lumber. Every tree has a use. Smart to make the cuts more marketable. Thank you for sharing.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@r.f.richardsonjr5691]

Your home looks like a nice cozy farmhouse.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

it is pretty cozy

[@farmboy5622]

It does look like Brenda is having fun doing the edging. Love your refrigerator art.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes, she enjoys it. The grands keep us well supplied with art, we love it too, just got a new installment yesterday

[@johnking8679]

I have a feeling that most grandparents use their refrigerators as art displays !! Love it !! 💞

[@j.ericswede7084]

Great sequential video showing how trees turn into valuable Lumber. Love that Swedish LOGOSOL. #Wink

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

It's a great machine!

[@MrsMcbey]

Great vid thx

[@timothysander1267]

Happy to see you have a use for your basswood. A wood carvers dream wood.

[@byronc8986]

Great video.

[@hacc220able]

Really enjoyed the lifecycle of Basswood from harvest to finished product. Thanks for sharing.

[@jodiedwards9436]

The desk in the White House that the President uses has Bass Wood in it. The inside drawers are made of the Bass Wood. It was made in Herkimer NY. They also carve Bass Wood to make Duck Decoys. Thanks for the video

[@timothymoore2672]

work work work Jim and Brenda it looks fabulous I must say. Thank you for all of your hard work into making the video's as well as your regular daily work load. GOD Bless.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching, Timothy

[@ClissaT]

As you were sawing, I was comparing your product to what we have here in Australia. Our Eucalypt hardwood is usually red to very dark red with a much paler sapwood. The wood is very heavy and dense. However, I was interested in the added value aspect and again comparing to how Aussie millers add value. Just while I think of it, the V joints that you showed in the cabin are what we call VJ board (V Joint or some say Vertical Joints even though it can run horizontally). Our new houses don't usually have T&G or VJ lining boards anymore, but there is massive interest and resergence in centenarian houses from 1840-1940, mostly built in the tropics. In the 1950s they became known as Queenslanders because they were popular up this way, being built high on stilts (stumps) to catch the breeze to help keep the house cool. The eras of these houses were Victorian, Federation, Interwar, Renaissance and Postwar. Some were called Californian Bungalows although that was a separate particular style well represented in the Sydney and Northcoast area. At the beginning of the video while still down in the lot, you cut a large log with a double butt, then removed the butt due to poor quality. Our craftspeople would buy that if it was cut into 2" thick slabs horizontally, then pour in resin to fill the heart part and add artifacts or dye into the resin for coffee tabletops or bathroom vanity sink benches and the like. Live edges are also worth holding onto. The boards as they came off your saw then planed with the live edge still intact would be worth a motsa (a lot) over here. The Basswood bark has a nice even grain and texture that craftspeople and interior designers love and it is popular in houses these days. I have 70cm wide (9' of 2'6" x 2" thick) irregular live edge Slash pine slabs finished with 2pack for my kitchen benches in my Federation Queenslander. Our live edge timber is often very irregular along the live edge whereas your Basswood is very regular which here would be seen as a desirable trait for neatness and regularity. Some mills even keep the actual live edge that is removed from the planks and sell them to craftspeople who match them and glue to planks to create live edged planks. That's how desperate we are for them! Burning them in the kiln is now seen as sacrilege! :D

[@chrislittlefarm]

Thanks Jim for going into that topic. I also like wood working a lot so that's very interesting! I have never done anything with basswood yet as we don't have that much basswood trees. We are cutting mainly softwood for the sawmill, as by far the most hardwood we have is beech and this is mostly used for firewood in my area as it does not really often grow straight on. Take care - Chris

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi Chris, interesting to hear what different places have for timber, thanks for sharing. Take care!

[@jakedog1976]

We call it v-match. Great vid love watching you both work together.

[@bigcliffadventures]

Thank you Jim

[@Lethr477]

I’m a wood carver and use basswood. Excellent wood.

[@rickcline2762]

You and Brenda make a great team. She is a hard working woman. I live in northern Indiana and I had never heard of basswood until I started watching your channel. There is no basswood around here that I am aware of and the Ash borers have killed almost all of the Ash trees. Such a shame.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes it is a shame! Happening all over

[@kimfleury]

I've enjoyed your cozy kitchen since I came across your channel - I can't remember if it was last year or the year before. Anyway, it's the quintessential farmhouse kitchen, and just beautiful workmanship! So is the cabin, and the horse barn ceiling, and your friend's wall. Thank you for the tour! I enjoyed the video as always 💕🐎

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching, glad you like the wood look!

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

Another great video Jim and Brenda. Another good tutorial that might help newcomers Jim is one showing how to tell wood apart by the bark, what to look for to identify the species. (example difference in bark between Ash. Maple. White Pine Hemlock, and so on. and also by the grain after you cut it. I know it took a lot of years for me to soak that in on my own and a tutorial might save someone that time and grief. Ok my two cents worth thanks for taking the time to make these videos and for sharing. ECF

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, good idea

[@290wayne]

Nice job Brenda. Don't work Jim to hard. LOL

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Haha, I'll try not to!

[@donkerr8709]

basswood is very desirable in our area for the carvers that make duck and goose decoys. They look for chunks that are around 10x10. I live on the Chesapeake Bay in Md.

[@name-ey5it]

Wow Jim it's beautiful, don't know were get all your energy , keep the good work. Take care and be safe.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, you too!

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

I know this is about working horses but this is a fantastic video. You did a great job walking us through the process, I love the wood working videos. Always watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you so much!

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim the reason I thought it was so informative is because all of the questions I had you answered, after I thought of them you followed with the answer before I could ask. That’s what happened throughout the video, you answered five or six before I could ask. That’s what makes such a good video. Peace to the you and the whole family, Jim.

[@judy4429]

Awesome Jim. My grandfather was Carpenter as trade. I love all wood and interesting what we can do for it! Much Peace and Love

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, you too

[@markbeauseigneur5947]

Very nice video to watch . You and your wife work well together. Both good role models for younger people 👍

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you so much

[@mfc4591]

No wonder you are both so fit and well, hard and honest workers. Have a great week, thanks for the interesting informative video.

[@benzoverakers1877]

Fantastic video!!! Love seeing how you you can use the different grains of the wood!!! Wood is just so beautiful. Be blessed!!!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes wood is very beautiful

[@keithjacobson4493]

The laser view explained a lot! Nice video. I imagine it is rewarding to have a stack of nice boards at the end of the day.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

yes, it is !

[@jerrybriscoe4735]

Love watching y’all work as a team.Thanks for video.

[@57pris]

It's beautiful to see teamwork. I fine your video interesting I learn about logging and about different types woods.

[@nicfrieler1305]

Really like the bass wood with the brown. Wish I wasn't so far away I would love to get some Tamarack boards for My bed in My 1948 Chevrolet pickup. This was a very interesting video on how Your saw mill works.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@caroleswain6802]

Brother used to be a joiner by trade, I've helped him and my dad over the years doing jobs with different kinds of woods and tounge and groved, loved the different smells that Wood give off when been cut, planed. Enjoyed watching you and Brenda working in the mill and with the horses together, a lot if people would probly dream of this. Come cold over here on the East Coast of UK.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

You probably picked up skills working with your brother and father! Thanks for watching.we do enjoy what we do. Hope it is warm and spring -like for you in the UK, still col here

[@caroleswain6802]

Hi, I have had ago a making or repairing some things, not perfect! But I will have ago or try. By the way I liked your mirror in the horse collar in your home. Role on warmer weather. 😀

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Jim and Brenda great job you both work hard lumber looks good. Have a great day

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, you too!

[@kevintengvall4642]

fascinating, we live in wheat and sheep country, very few trees in comparison, most of the bush has been cleared for farming, on top of that, salt erosion is a major concern in our area. so watching your videos is really great, thank you.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Sounds like a much different area, very interesting!

[@printaboul]

Wow ...! Great episode Brenda and Jim. Love it when you speak about wood species and what you can and may do with them. Basswood: Sculptor and woodcarver love this on. Ash wood: when I was a kid, the Sherwood hockey stick were made out of Ash. The name Sherwood come from the City of Sherbrooke where the manufacture (factory) is (or was). In Quebec city, a lot of Ash trees are destroy because of ash borer, a real plague here. Again, great video. really loved it.

[@joecrawford2305]

Jim talk about bads wood was very well done .I learned alot

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

great, thanks for watching

[@bobbymcloughlin4131]

Great show at what you can achieve. Thank you to you and yours. Bob

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks

[@adammoggysawmilling5164]

Great video Jim

[@frankdrahos8569]

Beautiful use of your own wood!

[@rodewen6081]

Thanks for sharing all of the

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@ronharrison1776]

Very interesting process the see .

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dougdorn9226]

Awesome set up! Great team!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks!

[@plainsimple442]

Jim, in New England, knotty Pine boards made an attractive interior wall & ceiling finish.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes it does

[@willwipf7030]

Very impressive Jim great video,you folks make a great team ,

[@flynnclement3254]

It is going to be a very wet spring for us too and it will be very late this year to put in our garden and put in crops

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

sounds like it is wet and cold a lot of places

[@claytonholmstrom5708]

Enjoy your teaching immensely Jim, and yes I am learning, but there’s a caveat I’m too old to use what I’ve learned! Thanks for your hard work!

[@paulpjy4996]

Thanks for great explanation on Bass Wood. Always enjoy all your videos.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks for watching

[@rodewen6081]

Thanks for sharing all your information really appreciate your videos

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks for watching

[@tomfillmore9710]

Great video guys enjoyed watching very interesting nice looking lumber house and cabin looks great thanks for sharing take care

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@marksparkplug7758]

Jim I also have basswood and it is very clear wood. I really like your steel wheel trailer I have been looking for one and so far no luck. Take care continue the great work.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hope you find one, thanks

[@rodneywroten2994]

What a great video Jim My first time seeing the saw mill with awesome machinery I did not know you had. when I subscribed I have not yet had a chance to check out passed videos

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, yes, there are a lot of videos to look back on if you ever have the time!

[@ronhaworth5471]

Nice video.Quite a team you two make.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks 👍

[@dabprod]

Man, that is so cool. I was a commercial picture framer for many years, and live down state from you guys in the lower Catskills. Was a home based business and used mostly Basswood and some Ash to make my molding for the frames. My Dad's family is from Vermont, like you. Great video, just subbed.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thank you!

[@dabprod]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim LOL......I just looked up Google Maps and see that I looked at a property on line years ago that was three places up Clark Rd from you. But before I could get up there to look at it, it was sold. Think they raised goats there, off grid. Small world.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes those were our neighbors quite a few years ago. Just think if you had bought it we would have been neighbors

[@dabprod]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim That would have worked out well for me. I would have had a steady supply of Basswood for my picture framing business I would have brought with me. Great set-up you guys have there.

[@fbh31118]

I really enjoy the variegated look of the different colors and knots in the wood. Really adds to the character. We have the same situation here with black walnut.

[@marilynwitherell186]

Beautiful work with the wood.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you like it!

[@dorcasweist5188]

My late husband carved bird decoys and the blocks of wood he used was bass wood.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes, thanks for sharing. Apparently many people like to use if for carving and we forgot to mention it.

[@kenforbes9387]

That’s quite a process you have there.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi Ken!

[@janlucas1938]

Love your videos. Very informative. Especially enjoy your opening music. Don't know who picked it but it sounds like the clopping of horses. Very fitting.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you enjoy them, thanks for watching!

[@johnstromgren9022]

In our house we haw quiet a variety of wood. We have #3 western red cedar T & G for ceilings in living room, kitchen, dining room and solarium. Hickory for our kitchen cabinets, white oak for our kitchen and dining room floors. Our library we have pine wainscott, T & G pine ceiling and pine trim. Our living room is black ash wainscott and black ash trim and window extensions. One bed room is Aspen T & G. Another bedroom is black ash waunscott with ash trim. another bed room is red oak trim. Our bedrooms hallway is hickory flooring. The trim for windows and doors in our solarium is red oak. The outside siding is Western red cedar board and batten. I wish I would have known about Basswood I would have used it in the third bedroom.

[@johnmitchell1614]

Sounds like you're a woodman eh? Best regards.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Wow, sounds as if you have a beautiful and unique home!

[@gregholl5011]

Isn't basswood what was used to make toy airplanes 50 years ago? That was very light and soft.

[@290wayne]

Our snow is finally gone here in Holland, Michigan