A lot of the detail you went into about how to plan with the grain pattern is new to me and very valuable. Your reassembly of the tree was brilliant. Thanks for a great video.

Thanks Brian, wonderful demonstration.

Outstanding video and outstanding teaching! Thank-you!!

Great video Brian, very informative and helpful, thanks.

This is just the kind of information I need. I'm cutting up some cherry and have more logs stored and drying. I'm a novice turner so these basic topics are very useful. Otherwise, I get frustrated when I waste lots of wood due to lack of knowledge and experience.

Great video. It is a very simple thing that I and many other wood turners would not have thought of on their own. And I was just wondering what to do with that short gouge. Now I know. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop practicing rolling a bead with my skew chisel. I want to keep my tool chest full and you have helped. Thank you.

Great video! The approach of re-constructing the tree from the bits you cut and explaining why each section was cut a certain way was excellent! One of the best instructional videos I have seen. It is going to be my go-to video when I head out to cut up logs.

Wow, great video. I was looking for this type of video. You gave me lots of knowledge on how to see a tree differently

Such an excellent, clear tutorial on purposefully dissecting a tree. Thanks very much, Brian!

Great video, thanks for sharing.

Brian -- Thank you for the clear explanation of how you decide how to cut up a log to maximize its use for turning blanks. Lots of useful information presented clearly. Well done.

A very helpful tutorial. It is always a challenge when you get a tree or log deciding how best to cut it up. Thank you Brian.

What an amazing explanation. Thank you. You asked: an explanation of how to segment a pre-cut large-diameter trunk would be interesting.

What a great explanation. Thank you.

I almost didn't watch this... Boy, that would have been a mistake! Great video Brian, I learned a ton!

Great video; thank you. I hope I'll still be able to do this in my lifetime. Recently, I visited my local wood supplier (Stiles and Bates, England) and was told "...that's the last of the apple." They don't expect to get any more in...ever. A tree needs 50 years to attain a girth of 24", which is most useful. May I suggest any landowners watching this plant a few fruit trees? They'll be worth a small fortune in decades to come. The thing is, modern fruit-growers don't let their trees grow longer than 7-8yrs, not long enough to mature to a significant girth...which is why anyone over 50 may not see such wood for turning in future.

Great video, Brian. This is very timely piece for me as I have two friends with several winter storm alder on the ground and am about to help with cleanup. My work with the saw will be more focussed as a consequence. To answer your question, topics in this vein are very interesting to me. Many thanks, Gord

Brian, thanks for making the video. You have done quite a bit to encourage my wood turning with this and other teaching videos.

Thank you Sir, great lesson on log prep. I'm repetitively new to turning and having gone back to school I don't have the money to buy blanks, so I'm hiking the back woods for trees knocked down by storms. This vid will certainly help in identifying ideal cuts to take and hump out!

Excellent video, Brian. A couple of years ago I ordered “Turning Green Wood” from Amazon. It made me look at trees in an entirely different way. It has become my “go to” when someone gives me a few logs or tree cuttings.

Absolutely great video. As I got into turning i learned in short order you have to analyze each blank for maximum effect and that comes with experience. Thanks for your time. Keep them coming, Lee

Really information packed video Brian & so helpful to starting out turners like myself. Your videos covering so many aspects of turning have been a great help. Thanks for giving your time & sharing your knowledge. Regards ........ Geof Harris (UK)

very, very helpful, Brian, thank you!

Very useful advice - thank you

Wonderful job Brian. Thanks for taking the time to produce the video.

That is such a great video! I love the pictures during the video too very helpful

Looking forward to doing my first bowl blanks from a tree.

Awesome information.

Another great video, Brian. You gave me a lot of ideas. Thanks!

Thank you for a very interesting video. Apple is such a beautiful wood to turn and finish especially if can find a burl.

Excellent presentation as usual. Thanks!

Just got a big walnut tree. This will be helpful. Thanks, Larry

Thanks for sharing your thought process on this. Very informative.

Thanks Brian. Extremely helpful information.

Nice demo and discussion, Brian. Thanks for sharing!

Really useful information. Thanks for putting this one together and sharing.

Yes Brian we love this kind of info. Kind of hard for me to formulate the plan. You get the idea across quite well. Thank you.

Very good information here! Thank you Brian.

Love the break down that was such a great idea!

Thanks Brian, great video ....really appreciate the teaching/tips ....keep em coming :)

Nice video, really like the way you explained how the different cuts will impact what you end up making.

wonderfully instructive Video! I really love watching your vids because you explain things so clearly that the knowledge can be applied to to many diverse situations. Thanks again

Great Video Brian. I'd like to see more like this!

Great video and information. Thanks for sharing. Jim

Very informative Brian. Well done video!

Extremely helpful. Thankyou for sharing.

Great video, I really enjoyed experiencing your thought process and thoughts in this video Steve Krumanaker

Great video. Lots of good information for my own harvesting efforts.

nice video, very informative

Thanks for the ideas you trigger with your creative thoughts.

Very useful. Thank you for sharing

hello I'm ken I'm new to wood turning I like your show I have learned a lot from you thank you

Really useful. Thanks

yes i liked your explanation thanks

Thanks. Great video. You gave me some nice ideas and a lot of good info.

Fantastic overview and summary! I recently took down a red oak and had so much trouble figuring out where to make cuts! Wish I saw this a month ago LOL! Definitely will help next time!!!

👍Very informative!

great explanation ,very helpful

Good info, thanks

Thanks for the infos. It is appreciated. Marc

Thanks for the info. Great teaching.

Brian, I am just reading Michael O'Donnell's, "Turning Green Wood." Your video compliments it very well. Very helpful video and lot of work. Thank You.

brian great info. bob

Good info for when I start collecting wood to turn, thanks.

thank you for the informative video!!

excelente video .. muy buena explicación

I really like this kind of video as I'm always listening for the sounds of chainsaw "music" as well.

Very helpful.

thanks for the information. was good and useable

like the information

Very, very helpful indeed. Also, good thinking to reconstruct the tree rather than show the cutting process. It ended up more useful that way.

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Thank you for this it's great information to people like me who are just starting out , what did you use to seal the end grain ?

I have some oak trees that I fell last year but I cut them up into 6+ foot sections, primarily to add to other slabs I have drying in my garage, destined for a mongo wood working bench. They spent a summer in the shade and a very wet winter uncovered. Have I screwed the pooch for this wood to be viable for woodworking? This video is just what I needed to know when I start cutting up this wood this spring. Your explanations were very well presented and having different cuts for various uses was awesome. Thanks so much.

Hi Brian. That was really helpful. Can you please also explain what you do to seal/store/dry your blanks and timber pieces? I use end grain sealer until I get time to works my blanks. Regards Greg

Brian, this was great! I am cutting down an apple tree and wondering how best to proceed. I do have a question: did you do anything further concerning the pith, and what did you coat them with? Thanks!

Great presentation! I really like that you show a final bowl after describing how you would use the piece of wood. That makes it very understandable. I would like to see this type of presentation continued. For instance, what did you use to seal the green wood? It appears to be a wax emulsion. Also how long can you keep the wood in this condition before you turn it or do you need to reapply the sealer? Does it matter where you store it once sealed (outside or inside or in a bag, etc.)? How do you keep a bowl from warping when the pith goes from one side of the bowl to the other on the top edge? Thank you for the information.

Very useful information! Appreciate you sharing with us. Not sure if I missed it, but what do you use to seal the ends?

This is very useful information. And apple is nice wood to turn too. How did you treat the wood to slow drying?

Hi Brian, yes, I'll take all these types of videos you'd care to shoot! Very informative. Thanks! BTW, what brand of electric chainsaw do you use to cut up the large logs? Paige

Thanks for the video Brian! Did seal the log after cutting the sections?

Interesting video, I think some of those pieces would end up in our logburner!! I see you have a dozen or so handplanes, Stanley? I collect planes and I always like to see them in a workshop rather than a glass case. thanks James

Great video, do you find storage problem with the segments you left the pith in?

Brian, How do you dry these blanks?

Do you treat the wood to prevent cracking....?

C.S.I anyone?