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As an older person I still find Matt entertaining his humour and vitality are infectious I just hope he continues to grow

Matt, I've watched your videos for several years and I have really enjoyed the variety of projects you have shared. If you are feeling in a bit of a slump, remember that it *is* January. (I know this was filmed earlier, but the happy hour is current.) For what it's worth, I think you should look for ways to spend more time doing your favorite kinds of things. You have been in the middle of huge projects for several years. No wonder you have needed some breathing room. Best wishes, and thank you for the inspiration and motivation you have given to many, and for the beauty of domestic wood that you have shared.

Matt's like "know what I'd do if I had $1M dollars? Two logs at the same time!"

That last slab would make a very interesting corner desktop.

I know you've been consumed and very focused on your big projects (house, garage shop, then the barn, and now the kitchen) but I was wondering if you have harvest any new logs lately? Perhaps those videos are in the works. Kind of missing them. I love all your content in any case. Always excited to see a new video up! Keep up the great work Matt!

I was waiting for you to dump a pail of water on the board, and have a block of ice fall out and bounce across the board's face!

Always enjoy watching slabs be built.

I was thinking that the bullet kind of thingy might be a shotgun slug. They are hollow on the beck end. I enjoy you videos and now that a friend has gotten a sawmill I get to help cut up some stuff. We did max that mill out pretty early on with a big green ash. Had to trim a bit off the top and sides to squeeze the mill over it. Lots of fun.

Absolutely beautiful white oak! Thanks for sharing! 😊

Beautiful White Oak. Thanks for sharing Matt !

Thanks. It’s always something new and different when you open up a log. Take care.

like the shine on the boots looks good

Literally is there anyone left on social media that is not pushing AG1?

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

Can almost smell the white oak saw dust - my favorite to work with. Just finished my kitchen remodel with white oak cabinets. Nice slabs - thanks for sharing!

Best video ever!!!.. That was awesome buddy!!!.. and that’s hard to say because I’ve seen most, but this one definitely took home the prize!!.. great work man!!.. 👍🏻

So you’ve gone Diresta on us! Would love to see a video on the creation and install of all the decals.

Hi Matt over the years I have been watching you and your lovely wife build the business you have got now and your 2 children growing up you both can Beverly proud of what you both have accomplished from building the sawtooth your trailer and the beautiful house you are both creating hope you can continue to keep use amazed at what you are doing. 😀😀 Love the colours on the white oak stunning. 👍👍👍

Warm; wait for spring!

I imagine there are some straight grain enthusiasts who will pay top dollar for these slabs. Glad the last slab you showed was more to your liking. We both see something good coming from this. BTW, I happened to notice KZfaq likes flip to 681 when I started watching this video. I was like #781. A hundred in a half an hour. Nice!

Beautiful stuff!!

Matt I can see you having a steel frame structure/building with a gantry crane. You could winch the stock in on an extended table track once placed on a sled to the saw. You could have a canvas sides to drop Dow in the cold with garage type heaters inside 🤔 You could lift & flip the slabs with a vacuum system.

Good video Matt! Thanks for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP

Matt ​​⁠ your talents and skill level are amazing. I’ve learned a lot about wood from you. I tell my friends you need to watch he really knows a lot about crotches! 😊 As an artist myself we all go through stages, I went a 5 yrs hiatus after my husband passed, he was my biggest cheerleader and supporter. To get back in the groove a painted a few portraits and sculpted a few statues. It’s different now. I’m not a woodworker, but I love it’s art form. 80% of the channels I watch are woodworking, wood turning etc. personality and skill are what I look for in a channel. ❤❤

Good Morning Cremona Family.

Love it so much keep it up as always 💘

love your saw. Terry, Becker MN

The lead you found a lead round ball fired from a muzzleloader from its location it was in there for 100 plus years!

Awesome stuff Matt! 😃👍🏼👊🏼

Sometime would you please show us how you've taken advantage of all the "character"(as opposed to plain straight grain) in the wood in your builds? What about your old timey dresser or desk? Any in there?

I'm sure you were kind of glad to be doing something different than what you've bee doing for the last few videos even if it was really cold like it looked like it was. It is enjoyable to just watch someone cutting slabs on a saw mill. I seem to have noticed that the sound of cutting that frozen wood seems a bit different than it does when you are cutting in the spring, summer, and fall. Who would have thunk it. LOL

Great idea you put your sawmill FAQ’s directly on the mill. I’m probably late to noticing that. Nice video.

Pruning cut looks like Michigan lower peninsula

He has three garages and his car sits outside. Just like mine. Uff Da

Do you ever sell the branch cutoffs, like that "donut" and the limb knobs? Not a wood crafter, but I love to make small rustic things for my home and back yard.

That's a huge white oak, The White Oaks in my area are only half that size... only the Red Oaks get to be that large around me

Matt, I would like to see you quarter sawn some white oak to see how much you get from a log and if there’s really increase value in having that.

Thank you Matt! Can you explain the “Logs Sawn” panel on the SLABmaster? Surely you have sawn more than 100?

Wow, what a freaky illusion when cutting the tree. It looks like the tree is moving though the blade. The camara plays tricks! LoL

Another interesting video.

those slabs should make some great tables.

The low angle shot of the blade cutting through the log is cool, and it showed that your shop lights were all on. You do not have any Swedish blood in you apparently.

that looks like either a mini ball from a muzzle loaded rifle or a shotgun slug depends on the diameter.

wonderful, i missed the slaburdays

HEY MATT, DO YOU HAVE PLANS ON MAKING A SMALLER AND NARROWER SAWMILL MAYBE ONE THAT DON'T REQUIRE WELDING BUT NUTS/BOLTS THANK YOU

Beautiful Wood ❤. Matt, how old was that tree?

Wow Matt, those things must 75 yrs. or more old.

What is the oldest slabs you have cut based on growth rings?

should mount a small elec heater in the winter just to keep you kinda warm ha ha ha

I’m in the process of making my own mill but I don’t see being as ambitious as you although I do have two 48-54” white oaks which are throwing me for a loop. Do I make a massive mill that will mostly do

what reason do you cut slabs at any certain thicknesses. some of the slabs look 1 1/4" and some look 2" or do you cut for some orders?

Hey Matt, do any of your boards end up cut up for luthiers supplies? I'm in the UK, so buying from you wouldn't be practical, but I wish I could!

Matt, just a quick question re: handheld metal detectors. Do you have any recommendations for one. I recently was given access to a 1930’s era home that is being torn down. All of the framing is true sized Southern Yellow Pine (I believe) and rough cut. I will be removing all of the cut nails and 16p nails and spikes that I can see but, worry about the hidden metal and my planer. Any recommendations would most appreciated. Thanks, Scott R.

So when are you going to install the motor to drive your cutting head? :) (rhetorical question only.) :)

It was still some very nice white oak 🪵 , cool figured center 😮 !!!!

I'm proud of you son.

Buddy when are you growing to to add a feed to that beast? Even a friction cable drive running in V pulleys would improve your mill out of sight, look at how they winch crab pots . So simple and if you do it right any jamming the cable will just slip in the pulley . Love the show

The metal may be a civil war era bullet They were hollow based to seal in the bore better

How old do think the tree was?

Matt how would you rate the refrigiwear jacket for warmth? I appreciate your work

Hi Matt, would it be practical to put an electric winder on the saw to save your arm working overtime?

Warm up? You mean to say it was cold the week you shot this? In MN of all places?

Nice looking slabs, can you ship one to Connecticut?..😀

4:44 Are you having fun?

I'm surprised, after all this time, you haven't added a motor drive to your trolley.

Wish you made a mini version of your sawmill. Bigger than an Alaskan sawmill and smaller than your machine. Somewhere smaller than a Harbor Freight and less than $2K. You need a challenge of something we diy’ers can make for smaller logs. Not that you aren’t stretched thin enough, but something for us in- betweeners and for you to sell boatloads of plans. You may have hit a wall temporarily in your mind, but you will overcome and be stronger. Will miss your weekly content even if it’s only sawmill videos. Maybe you need to get a CNC and learn programming??? 🤔💭

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Why do you have to reach inside of the live electrical box every time through many videos. I would think the company would have and external switch to power off more easily assessable to shut it off when needed? What am I missing?

WHATS THE TEMP OUT THERE ? AND WHAT DATE?

Been waiting the last two weeks for a kitchen video. You were a no-show the last two weeks and now a log sawing video.

With all the mess and noise this generates, I’m surprised you haven’t moved the saw away from the driveway, and closer to the barn.

Hi Matt, long time stalker . I can't help but say something regarding the lack of guarding around the long belt off the motor. I just noticed it now . Next project should be to cover that incase it snaps and goes flying at someone, not to mention (but I guess I am) entanglement. They are accidents waiting to happen.

You should ask AI to look at all your saw videos and calculate the sawn board feet 😬😊

Matt your arms are gonna be bigger than your legs . Google " slab arms " 😂

LOGivator? Cute name,! Lovely oak, if a bit... boring, lol

The wood looks great but I don't see the point in slabing every log! The world don't need that many 2-3 inch tables if it did you would not have so many slab piles around your house it would have already been all bought up... but on the other hand, wood workers go through standard demintional lumber all the time. Nowthat you slabed that log it would take great effort to turn it I to standard demintiinal lumber and you would most likely end up wasting part of it.

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so courious, why would you want a loud log cuting operation so close to your house, truely the noise has to to be disturbering with young children and it's very messy. You have so many different options . HELP me understand

Big projects with no end coupled with family needs take a man right up to the edge of his ability to cope, and scatters his life to the wind. Spread thin isn’t a good enough description. Step back for a while, reimagine your life and come back strong.

After all these years of hand feeding your slabmaster why haven’t you upgraded it with an automatic feeder?

get some bigger cfhain

I'm having trouble seeing the figure lately.

75-85 yrs old???

Looks like you can skip leg day.

If you don't want them, I'll take them just plain white oak how terrible

My arthritis begs you. Get auto feed!

you sound so disappointed at the "clear white oak"

Not that matters but would that log be more valuable if it was 1/4 sawn or are the thick slabs where it's at?

I came to realize late in life that one of my strengths is to listen and hear what others are saying/revealing. During your latest live video/podcast you said that your task at your firm was producing content for social media. Then you went on about how you are going to reduce the amount of content you will provide in the future. Also mentioned indirectly was lack of measurable subscriber growth either in actual numbers or rate of change. Further you could not see the need for an assistant to help with and/or learn woodworking skills. These are classic symptoms of what many founders go thru with success. You then identified a lack of inventory of already developed merchandise because of suppliers no longer being available. You in my opinion have become jaded/bored with certain essintial duties that for any ongoing concern are critical. You also said you enjoy teaching and have a list of projects that time constrains you from resolving. My advice is think about what you revealed and solve the issues so that you gain your or rather spend more of you time on issues that you are passionate about. Hire a video dept. and set goals as to getting an increase of content that you identified as central to your companies needs. Add personnel to you purchasing and shipping dept so that your merchandise is always in stock and your websites are kept up to date. Start or rather restart the teaching seminars on a regularly scheduled basis which can be a new income stream, as this takes advantage of one of your great assets in that you and your family are very moral and likeable. Just increasing your produced video count seems to me to be another income sream that would more than pay for itself, in other words profitable. If you and your life partner make it a priority to take an introspective audit I believe your passion for what you do will grow. In any case best of luck I wish you continued sucess. Ray