When a man turns from constant "nose to the grindstone" and also becomes an educator, he's at the top of his game. ☺
Your business has been going threw lots of changes and upgrades over the last year. Great to see you growing.
Nathen I just want you to know you have helped take my milling to the next level thank you so much
That made me laugh..the old sawer I work for only saws with a circular saw mill. He calls bandsaws "Knot Hoppers" ..LOL
Can smell that fresh cut pine and getting that pitch all over my hands. Nice joiner and can't wait to see it on action. Have a great week.
With today's field trip I was hearkening back to the days when you were cutting out in the pasture!!---Lovely wood! (But you already knew I'd say that!)
Another enjoyable video. In today’s hectic world it’s nice to slow down and relax with a great learning experience.
When I was a little fellow, a few decades ago, I would "help" my dad scale logs. It brought back a lot of memories when you showed that scaling stick.
Thank you, Sir, for answering my question -> more feed speed = less blade chatter 👍🏻 Again, thank you for your good work. You have a wealth of sawing knowledge and expertise.
Good afternoon Nathan, trust all is well with you and yours, enjoyed the video, can’t wait to see the joiner in action!
I love watching your videos. You seem to live a great simple life out there in northeast Tennessee. It's very relaxing to watch. Especially after a busy day working at a big manufacturing facility that specializes in machining oilwell completion tools.
I like that final little boop that you include when you shut down the saw, where that inflatable thing disinflates. A nice little added closing statement. I think the BugsBunny/Roadrunner cartoons had a technical name for that sort of cinematic event, but i can't remember what it is.
I have a 1916 Colladay 12" jointer that I made pillow blocks for because it was babbit bearing. I'm using ball bearing on maple and a monster 2hp repulsion start motor . . . it's a beast
Have a great night brother and to your family
That was a pretty nice piece of pine once you got into it Nathan. I was also quite impressed with simple but very effective way to calculate what lumber you can expect out of each log. Very useful piece of equipment. Cheers mate, Don from South Australia.
Nathan when you adjust the forks on your tractor. Take and tilt your forks to where the tips of the forks are touching the pavement. Then go to where the forks are on the frame and it should slide real easy. I hope this makes it easier for you if you try it.
That jointer will make an awesome addition to the shop! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and tips my daughter Evelyn and I are still watching every time we can. Got a dump trailer today to help growing myself thanks again!
I don't what kind of camera you are using but the picture quality is amazing. The best I think I have seen on You Tube.
Thanks for sharing with us Nathan, enjoyed the milling and looking forward to the new machine being hooked up and running. Fred.
That scale was interesting, I have a friend getting ready to buy a mill from some company out of Canada, I'll have to tell him about it. Along with turning him onto your channel so he can shorten his learning curve, think it's a smaller mill. Looking forward to seeing the Timber Frame work with Dad and those new tools being put to use.
Growing up on a farm in Ga. we heated our non-insulated farmhouse w/wood burning stove fueled by pine slaps from sawmills. Had a 34 chevy sedan w/back half cut off and a bed made to make it a truck. Jacked up the 34 chevy & used a wide belt hooked to the back wheel & a huge circle buzz saw on a homemade table like platform. Piled 12 in slaps of wood 10+ ft high. Ran out of large pines & sawmills/slaps on farm & changed over to coal burning stove.
Congrats on the delivery Brother!
Thank you so much brother
Good to know about the blade chatter, thank you.
Looking good, Nathan. See you tomorrow.
Bill
Very informative! I learn something new every time I tune into your channel. Thank you.
As Always, You have a very interesting, and informative video.
Appreciate all the information you share on your videos sir. Much appreciated, looking forward to seeing your next video
Wow, the new joiner. It is a blessing to have quality equipment to increase production and profits.
I bought the Lufkin folding ruler. But you are absolutely right, a doyle scale is a great tool for buying logs.
Doyle is known to under scale small logs and over scale large logs. I have seen it said that is because smaller logs cost more to handle, so rather than subtract from the actual footage, the Doyle scale automatically covers the extra handling cost.
I worked for a log buyer and was taught to always measure the log inside the bark as different species had different thickness of bark, sometimes up to an inch thick. It could make quite a difference in the log's yield. Something to consider.
yes, you should measure inside the bark. Nathan's log didn't have much bark.
Good Morning, Nathan !! As always, I find your channel very interesting. Your explanations are always very interesting and informative !! Love your accent, too !! Very relaxing !!
I did have a question on your sawmill. What are those white strips that hang down at the front end of your machine ? They don't appear to do much other than drag along the top edge of the log......? I look forward to your response 😊!!
@@johnking8679 The "Wind Chimes" ensure that the lumber is pulled straight back & doesn't move to left or right.
Always good information from this channel, keep the information coming
Excellent machine. You will like it.
Now that's a big machine. Great video thanks for sharing.
Learned something new…thanks Nathan.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks Nathan, very interesting as usual
Thank you for showing the measurement tool. I have wondered for a while how one comes up with an estimate of board feet.
This should be an episode called Over-Haulin'. After that big tree trunk chuck full of nails and fencing materials in it.
Thanks for the good info on the Doyle scale, Keep up the videos.
Useful measuring tool. When I studied forestry in Australia measured both ends and worked off the average but using the small end speeds things up.
I don't have the equipment or means to do all you do Nathan but I am an A+ student under your teaching. Thanks for letting me into your world. That pine must have smelled wonderful on the cut.
Great video
Gosh that doyle scale tool sure seems like a great speed tool for sure. Thank you for sharing and have a fantastic day sir!😁
That Doyle feller is perty smart.
That Doyle scale works just like the mileage calculator the trucking industry uses to pay their long haul drivers. It's amazing how it always comes up short compared to the actual miles you drive.
Really enjoyed you explaining the Doyle Scale. Wouldn't mind if you shared some more knowledge about stuff like that in your videos here and there.
Thanks for sharing, Nathan...calculating bf has always been a challenge for me and now I see there are additional scales to learn of...thanks again, and please find some walnut or spalted maple to saw!
Thanks as always great video
wow i just watched spalted maple vid from 5 years ago. you really are advancing nicely on equipment.
Hey Nathan, I would think another twist to that measuring stick is it most likely is figured measurements on logs being sawn on the old traditional circular mills that has a much wider saw kerf. I think your mill cuts either 1/8" or less while a circle mill cuts about 3/8" or more. That being said the old mills have turned every 4th board into sawdust. A good sawyer on a good bandmill can make a significant higher number of board feet.
Let me make you feel better ... from a Texan living in the French Riviera ... where Diesel is now running $12.02 per US Gallon !!!
Waiting to see that new machine in action.
Love watching your videos and seeing how you work to convert logs to boards.Have a bit of sympathy for us folks in England though, I've done the maths and diesel over here is now costing the equivalent of just over 9 dollars a gallon.
old sayin goes "tougher than a pine knot". now that's tough
Here in the UK diesel is around $9.57 a gallon wish it was the same as there
Boy, you must sell a lot of wood. Good video
Appreciated the explanation on the Doyle Scale. I knew generally of scales but not how they actually work.
Major kudos as your video production values continue to improve. Shot selection on this one, your best sawing video to date. Overhead of log turner was outstanding! Editing is also great; very smooth flow from shot to shot; good variety, nice cut aways. Have you had video editing training or are you self-taught? I did tv news for over 4 years so I know a little bit about it. You’re doing some good stuff. Mike Morgan has been doing some interesting work, incorporating music with his video but your camera angles have him beat hollow. He’s gotten a lot better over the years but you’re staying a step or two ahead of him!
Being old and having a bad back , I use a dead blow hammer to help adjust the forks on my tractor..
I think Doyle favors larger logs and penalizes the small ones. I use Int. 1/4" here. Diameter Inside Bark (DIB) x length. If the log looks oval, I take two measurements and average. Half inch gets rounded up. I've had a LogRite scale for many years now, great tool. On road is $4.99, so farm is probably $4.50 delivered.
Sounds like old Doyle had his thumb on the scale.
Nice video bud.
I appreciated the demonstration of the LogRite board footage calculation! I trucked logs for years, but never paid much attention to how the board footage was calculated. The board footage never made any difference to me as we were paid by the weight we hauled!
i am in ky & we paid 5.50$ a Gallon the other day for regular Diesel fuel & today we paid 20$ for about 4.5 gallons i think it was 450-460$ a Gallon today ! we spent 60$ in diesel just 3-4 days ago for the tractors & had to buy more today be for we ground any feed for the cattle ! its killing us ! our off road diesel is about 3.75 a gallon but they have a huge nozzle they dont go in our 5gal jugs we have a tank on the farm but its like 50-75 gallon with a electric pump but no power at the barn..lol.
I own the Hammer 30 jointer/planner. Great tool! I only had I repainted once ( my fault)
FYI.. I fueled up last week @ $1.76 CDN per litre diesel..
Hi again, £1.06 per litre today, 500 LT min +VAT (20%), 500lt is 110 gallons £530 + VAT = £636 to US $1.31 = $833 or $7.57 imperial gal, this is the delivered cost, but not to Tennessee
My diesel is 480 volt 3 phase........I am very lucky to have it we got it years back when the power company would work with you if I wanted it installed today I would be charged enough to cover several years of diesel fuel and my mill would be powered by harnessing high compression internal combustion !
Man Nathan, a ride in the track and no shot of the Allison logo. What will the haters complain about? 🤣
Can't tell ya what farm diesel is, but pump diesel here is $5.79 a gallon. It hurts! 😲
How one of those machines took about 8 months to get it before the covid ever started Love it
Love the videos Nathan. Do you have any logs in your stock that you think will produce some really spectacular/beautiful slabs? Love those reveal shots!
Hi Nathan.
Been following you for a few months now. I am really impressed with your sawmill and with how you are setting things up.
I write this with sawmill envy. Lol
Keep on with creating videos. You brighten a lot of people's day.
Sincerely, Ed from Chicago
Felder: Austrian company, sells three product lines under the names Hammer, Felder, and Format. Hammer is the hobbyist line, Felder is pro, Format is for mass production, roughly speaking. Their Felder table saws are awesome.
Diesel is $2.05 per litre here in Nova Scotia. 3.76 let to 1 US Gallon. That’s $7.70 per gallon. Adjusted for exchange rate, $5.78 USD per gallon. Regular gas is 1.73 per litre.
I like that scale Doyle lol
Doyle, International and I think the 3rd scale that I know of is the Scribner scale. Been 25 years since learning the difference between the 3. Have to go hunt down my lumber books from back in the day. Oval logs, I believe you measure across both long and short dimensions and take the average.
Crikey. Good one.
I would love to see the control panel and how you use it
Enjoyed the video Nathan. Hope y’all are doing well. Haven’t seen your dad for awhile.
At the moment here in UK we are paying the equivalent of just over $8 for 4 litres of diesel which is just a little over a US gallon double yours .😩
I would be really interested to hear what you think of the Hammer Felder 16” jointer/planer. I’m thinking of buying one as well. The model I’m looking at doesn’t have a thickness planer though. Like you, I already have a 20” planer. Right now I’m using an ancient jointer combo machine. It has a 10” jointer, a nice big mortiser and it had a small but dangerous tablesaw that I removed.
Thanks for the great videos!
At the moment here in the UK diesel is about £7.74 a gallon which equates to $10.18 a gallon - but that is for road diesel not red or farm diesel
It's that high partially because you get socked for huge fuel tax to pay for your social programs.
@@ralphpezda6523 Which the government refuses to fund by taxing big buisnesses, also because they greedily tax fuel twice
@@alanslater4206 Business passes the tax along in the form of higher prices to you and other consumers. My state also has a tax added on and calculated after the federal gas tax, in other words a "tax on a tax."
@@ralphpezda6523 YUP - roughly for every £1 spent at least 80 pence are tax on fuel
I don't run any diesel farm equipment, but I did fill up my car's gas tank yesterday. Hold on to your hat: 12.3 gallons of premium @ $6.25 cost $76.88. I hope the state (CA) rebate comes soon!
Nathen is the Doyle scale based on the kerf of a circular saw or band saw being that if it is based on a circular saw kerf if using a band saw you should get a little better recovery with the smaller kerf of the band saw. Nice looking pine. Jim
Thanks Nathan for the video's. I went to website to buy logrite scale rule. came up $52.00, OK no problem, but then came up $28.00 shipping. Had to pass on this one
Diesel in the UK is about $8.20per US gallon and going up in price.
When cutting fine woodworking, a Tennon Saw is started by drawing it toward your body, because pushing makes "chatter" cuts.
I went to the trouble of reversing the rotational direction of my Bandsaw to make it a Pullsaw for that reason, but found out it made lifting and diving in the cut more sensitive.
This is all the normal process "in the Bush", Australia, you can ask others but probably not get the best answer for your particular conditions, so "when all else fails, read the Instructions", which is treated the same as any other advice except they do know their own Saw.
The Textt Books tell us about metal stretch and Saw Tension, that if the Blade of any Saw is set and sharpened correctly, it will pull straight naturally, not so if you push it.
Not having any experience with the Woodmiser, I don't know the exact reason for the chatter at slow feed rates.., but the Bandsaw I once had did not have either chatter or waving problems, (or guide rollers and stops), once I understand what is the primary reason for Japanese Pullsaws narrow kerf, and why they sharpened them so exactly, was all about when applied in my particular Saw Milling situation, especially with Australian Hardwoods. (Satisfying, even if a bit finicky)
What's the name of the scale lumber yards use for boards that are already sawn? When i've bought lumber they use a scale stick like that to come up with board footage out of the stack
Doyle scale also goes by a quarter inch kerf not the narrow bandsaw kerf.
In Victoria Australia we're paying $10 a gallon
taxed is around $5 a gal. off road is from$4.25 to $4.65 that was 2 days ago. feed, seed and fertillizer are really high to. take care, be safe and well.
4 .35 gallon here in northeast Michigan
Hi Nathan, just wondering how do you keep tracked of what you have in the stacks your air drying. Do you record board feet, date, and type of product? Do you tag them? Just would seam an old guy like me might forget how long and how much was in each stack by the time it's ready for the kiln. Thank in advanced
We pay appr 8.5$ a gallon diesel in Denmark and I know it is more expensive south of Denmark. You are lucky having such low prices og gas and diesel. And by the way wood prices here are also MUCH higher than in the US. Congratulations to your new machine. I have had the same for a couple of years
I absolutly love you videos, and I will never troll you. I noticed that when you unloaded you jointer it looked like you didn't have your brake set. This isn't a big deal but if you should accidently slide your truck it could take out your park pin in the transmission. this could get expensive and no one needs more cost.
Log Scale Used In Video: logrite.com/Item/log-scale