Sawmill School - Fun Cuts with Your Portable Sawmill

When you cut into a log , you never know what you’ll find inside.

Let’s Take A Look—See What’s Inside

This is Lesson #4 of our extremely popular series, Sawmill School.

And in this video, Dave takes some stubby little stumps, begins slicing through them with his Norwood Sawmill…and comes up with…

... Cookies! Seriously. Take a look.

Then there’s the junky chunk of elm he scavenged from a tree service.

Here’s a hint.

Dave starts with his chainsaw…puts the rest on his sawmill…

And the slab tells the story.

Isn’t that cool? It’s like time travel with your sawmill.

That’s one of the many fantastic reasons to have a portable sawmill in your life.

So many trees. So little time.

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[tomsommer]

This was one of your best videos Dave. I really enjoyed it. That was a great back jump too. LOL

[ejsocci]

This New Englander loves your outlook and the way you do things, I retired in northeast Missouri.

[kennethhacker]

Thank you brother, I will be getting a mill in the future .

[whistlelips]

Wrestling these slabs gives this sawyer a strong back, but it was the standing reverse high jump he did with the chain saw that really impressed me.

[jeffsbloom]

These videos are great! Dave is an excellent teacher, and he is not afraid to show past mistakes he has learned from. That acrobatic, reverse leap on top of the log, had me laughing for days, best thing I have seen on Youtube for a long time!

[zachcyrus]

Sir, the magic chainsaw log jump was 👌🏻, also the Jedi force always comes in handy!

[kennethhopson]

The musical instrument is really nice.

[chaplainand]

So, we are about the same age. I'll be 74 in a few weeks. When I watch you working your magic, I wonder, what wood it take to get started? We live along the 45th parallel in NW Lower Michigan - in the heart of hardwood and pine forests. The greatest challenge I see, at the moment, is getting to the logs or getting the logs to the saw. I'm working on it. Thanks so much for the outstanding videos. Warms my heart to see another well aged man doing something he loves. Thank you.

[johnmccarter]

Dave, you are one crazy cool cat that I would truly enjoy hunting a log and sawing up with you. Good times for sure!

[richardallen]

Staying active is the key to good health, along with good nutrition. I enjoy your videos, and agree that work is all in the eye of the beholder.

[pilkingtonfarms]

thank you sir, for taking the time out to make these videos. very informative.

[AmericanSurvival]

I like the 5 gal bucket idea for catching the sawdust. Thanks for the great tips and ideas! All the best from Tennessee.. Be safe..

[jbbrown]

One trick cut I look forward to doing I saw an Amish men with a Norwood mill doing.
He put the 8" cedar log down between the rest and up onto one rest. Now then could cut oblong cookies.

[MyBeautyEvolution]

I'm just imagining all of the wood crafts I could make with all that wood 🪵 😋. Thank you for your time and knowledge 🙏.

[AfricanFlightStar]

Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing! Love the ability to recover beautiful wood from discarded pieces. 👍🏻👍🏻

[jamesstroud]

Dave Boyt is a true inspiration. Thanks for the video. I wish all of the nay sayers of Norwood HD36 sawmills would watch this video. To them I want to say, "folks, this is what a Norwood HD36 can do when a person who knows what he is doing and is willing to do it is operating it." I have sawed some huge slabs on mine HD36 but so far Dave still has me beat by a couple of inches. I had never thought of taking the guides off of it until I read about it in one of Dave's posts on the forum some time back.

[markrankin]

That was amazing to watch, I had know idea how versatile these saws are. I really appreciate your expertise, thanks so much for sharing. You are helping me make up my mind on my sawmill purchase. Also, love the tire/bucket modification on the sawdust exhaust port.

[garthhughey]

I agree your videos are quite informative, at 65 I still pour commercial concrete, I am buying one of these mills because I live in Oregon and they're just way too many trees around, thanks for all your hard work in making these videos keep it up

[lloydr.]

Thank you Dave, It may be several years old but this video was really useful
I am about to order a Norwood having enjoyed your videos old and new and have several large butts that I can now mill thanks to your example with the sycamore.
Again, thanks from Wales.

[johnnybrace]

your idea of fun is right up my alley sir