How much Quarter Sawn Lumber CAN WE GET from ONE Log?

We finally got back to milling some lumber. I wonder how much we can get from this one log?

Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod

Welcome to the Third Time Around Ranch. After living in the country most of our lives we still felt like something was wrong. We kept talking about getting back to the basics of life and taking care of ourselves like our great grandparents did. So instead of depending on stores for everything, we bought some land in Alabama where we intend to build debt free on a fixed income and become as self sufficient as we possibly can. We are happy to have you join us as we carve out a new way of life for ourselves and our youngest son.

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[ErgonBill]

Hats off to our fore fathers and mothers who did it all by hand.

[-_CAM]

Just subscribed because y’all are geniuses. Absolutely love that you used a winch. Brilliant. Also thought it was super cool that you put a bucket on the mill to catch the dust so that you can use it without having to scoop it up.

[morgansword]

Me being a retired old mechanic/welder, I spot some of these milling videos and think how much my body would of liked doing this instead. Good on you folks for doing what I should of

[seanwright]

Great idea hanging the 5 gallon bucket off the end!

[KuzweKanfarms]

Thank you for this. Very easy to understand. I am learning on my sawmill for building my house here in northern Idaho and I found your channel and have been learning from you. Very nice looking lumber

[stevem]

That ting-ting-ting you hear with the motor at idle indicates the centrifugal clutch is just catching just prior to engaging. There's been some issues reported that this causes pre-mature clutch wear. The fix is to turn the idle down.

[Grizz]

really like your sawmill ...on quarter sawing i will try to express what i do with quarter sawing with out being a know it all ...but first some explenations ...the heart cut or center of the log is where most warping and twisting comes from ...the larger the heart cut id the less warping and twisting but it still will warp and twist ...but that is the reason why when you go to box stores all their 4x4's and 4x6's are all heart cuts ....what i do is finnd center of the log and come up half th distance of a 4 by or 6 by ...1 3\4 or 2 3\4 inch ...if that doesnt clear the throat of the saw then i go up to the top cand slab off 1 inch or 1 1\2 inch at a time till i have my 6 inches that will clear in the throat of the saw then i slab off the top part of the log was deap as i can ..then roll the log and do the same on the other side till i have that 4 inch or 6 inch deep beam then i stand it on edge and slab it down 1 1/2 inch at a time making my 2x4's or 2x6's ...why do i consider this to e important ??? because the strength of the lumber is in the growth ring ...on your final product you want that groth ring as long as possible going parele with the 6 inch cut and not the 2 inch cut ...there are circumstances when you want the growth ring going the oposite way but that is usually for furniture now for the slabs that were cut off top ...set the slab on edge and lower the blade till you have a comfortable square edge ...after makeing that 1 cut i flop it back down and start slabing off 1 1/2 at a time leaving a square edge and a live edge ....the live edge you can either stack several to gether to cut off to make your deminsion boards or run them threw the table say ...omg i just wrote a book sorry about that lol ...i hate ong boring comments such as these on my channel lol ...great channel i really am enjoying it keep it up

[TheKajunkat]

Wait until you quarter saw some white oak, sycamore or chestnut. It will bring a tear to your eye.

[davidtrutwin]

12:00 Stripping should be about 2 feet apart with the first and last piece close to the ends of the board and the other pieces should be placed directly above the previous layer,

[penguinistas]

If your tree guy got 2 saw stuck in the tree, then maybe he's not a 'real" tree guy. I've work with numerous tree services doing stump work over the years and I can't say I've heard of the good one getting a saw stuck. Just my $0.02.

[gregoryhalye]

I realize that the video is a little dated, but I wanted to provide a few corrections.

To quarter saw, you want the grain on the logs to be at least 60 degrees or more towards vertical from end to end.

Set the log up to be sawn flat, with the pith directly in the middle, and slab out the center, taking the entire pith out. Then, alternate sides for the quarters til you have just rift sawn material left.

Afterwards, cut the pith out of the center slab to get the middle quarter sawn boards.

[davidtrutwin]

8:35 Looks like he did not make the directional back wedge cut.

[Howie]

Thanks for sharing your bandsaw experience. I'm just getting started milling a few logs at home for selling or making projects with. I'm pretty certain I'll stick with a chainsaw mill, which I just bought for less than 100 bucks. Chainsaw blades cost almost the same as yours but are easy to resharpening many times. Maybe not as smooth a cut? But I'm also building an electric hand planer jig to smooth them even better than a bandsaw. I don't have to be in any hurry. Just a hobby. Love your plain, uncorrupted country speak. We'll take over the world one day, "inherit the Earth" probably soon. yippie-i-oh-yippie-i-ay!

[englishgrandpop]

Great job, the feeling of satisfaction must be great.

[marklee]

Does the pine tar get the blade sticky and slow down your cutting? I know it does on circular saw blades and people use Formula 409 to clean them. I wonder if someone can add some to the dripping water bottle when they cut evergreens or maybe there's something specifically that you use that I don't know about . . .?

[dubhaltaghohearcain]

Nice job. What yeall building. And did you get a cut list to follow.

[TgWags]

Why tree guys always waste the bottom 3 feet of the log is beyond me! I'm surprised he wasn't up on a step ladder trying to waste another foot or two!

[poe]

How long did that first saw blade last, and if you don't mind, how much do they cost?

[JosEPh-zyyr]

Are you using the water drip? Does not look like you are. Maybe you have it dripping really slow? Or there's too much sawdust on it? <shrug>

[davidtrutwin]

Not much benefit to quarter-saw pine or spruce. Get some oak or ash logs and do 4/4 or thinner boards.