Glad to see Levi in some of the videos. He was kindly like the lost member of the family, always working out of the cameras view. Lol. Good job.

Not often we see Levi, it's nice to see you working together. I worked most of my adult life with my father and it was a great experience.. Enjoy it while you can.

My suggestion to you is what I would do with the expansion of your workspace by adding 16 feet of new width for the entire length of the structure. I would advoid partitioning the space with a wall. Some of my reasons are added costs, limiting access from side, making use of layouts more restricted and fixing the layout before I actually used the added space, and as the wall can be easily added in the future after you have been active in the new area which allows test various use patterns/layouts while allowing a no cost actual a reduction in initial construction expense while you test use the new space. Ray

Morning Mike and Friends, pouring rain here this morning, guess it will make the grass even greener... Pete 🇨🇦

I was laying here a little after 2:00 am watching here in Missouri. When you were talking about the lean to and having a place for tools I just smiled. You will do what I am about to explain! lol I put up a 30x40 building in 2010 behind my house. Originally for boat lawn tools and ZTR storage. I got rid of the boat soon after and it turned into a shop. I was in the Masonry business since I could pick up a brick and go with my dad. Retired now. Grandfather was a Carpenter, I loved cars and a brother in law taught me mechanics. I do wood work, metal work and mechanical everything. I opened the back wall and put a 40'x16' lean to on it and am in the process of buying a 40" container to put now two ZTRs and a tractor that I didn't have in and the lawn tools in. Kind of got off track, sorry. I have a 3 car garage on the house with 3 cars. A now 40x46 shop filled and soon a 40' container! Where I was going is you can NEVER EVER have enough room and the part I smiled about, you will be duplicating almost every tool you own. I walk down and back one too many times to get a tool, said that's it and went on a tool shopping spree! lol Keep doing what you're doing, that wood shed packed looks pretty wild! I wonder the weight in there...

Now you are set for firewood for yourself, and I can't wait to see you working on the west virginia cabin.

Good morning, every time I see wood I think of you. We love to watch you, have learn a lot.

That belt sander idea might have been me, I’ve done it before and I think it’ll give you the effect you want. Have a day.

You do an excellent job maintaining your equipment and it will reward you will many many years of reliable service. Well done Mike

Need to cut the embankment behind the logs back, use the blocks to build a wall, then place fencing top of the embankment. Keeps some one from falling off, (grand kids) as well as bouncing the noise of the equipment back towards the woods. More room, and happy neighbors. Keep it going..!!!

Surgical cuts on those boards! - Magnetic Parts tray would work great on the mill for the loose parts.

Nice to see Levi gracing us with his presence. He is not often seen. You talk about him, Mike, very often we just don't get to see him much. Keep those videos coming.

Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Fabulous and Blessed Day 🤠

Mr Morgan it does me good to see a man take care of his equipment like you do! That's a very nice sawmill! You've all very nice equipment! And I'm the same way as you on the knotty pine. That's sure enough pretty anywhere you use it. I'd love to have completely wood walls inside my house.

Levi, I would love working with you. I have never seen firewood stacked so neatly! Even when you are stacking boards off the mill they are piled so neatly. I know your dad expects that from you and maybe even thinks he doesn’t need to compliment you for it. My dad was the same way! Anyway, I wish he would compliment you once in awhile in the videos. You deserve it. If he had to hire people off the street he would maybe realize more what an asset you are to the team.

Hi Mike and all, I'm sure i would be running that red pine thru the planer and then lightly sand, at least one board and then compare the results to see what you like better. For me i like a smooth surface, it's just nicer on the eyes. Good to see Levi doing his thing, family working together, can't beat it!! Have a day!! Jay from Pa.

Just a suggestion for your interior siding I would put up some black roofing felt to back it for in case of shrinkage after installing it all you will see is black. It’ll create some depth to it also. Even with installing it tight to each board you will still get some movement in the wood.

Hey Mike, That felt on the saw mill, you can soak that in ATF that will keep the top rail clean and lubed. Ron

Good morning y'all !!! Looking forward to the next phase of cabin build! Enjoy your day everyone, and hello from British Columbia.

Hello Mike, just a thought about the wiper you cleaned on the mill. I think the holes in the top of the cover plate are there to ad oil to the wiper. Check with your Woodmizer friend, also you might want to use a dry lube especially on exposed surfaces. Take care & stay safe

I like that mill. My son run a woodmiser mill for a year or so and i got all the slabs!! I cut them at 6’. And sold them for fencing

I love the variety in Mike's videos. You never know what you're going to get. Love me some outdoors with the Morgans! Long time watcher.

Mike, For surfacing the paneling take a look at running them through a drum sander with sanding brushes instead of sandpaper. Very cool 3D effect on pine with its early wood and late wood - hard/soft grain.

👍👍👍👍👍👌Wow very productive and busy video full of planning and organization, very enjoyable with detailed camera work and tips, taking care of the equipment that takes care of you !!!

In our family, I was the one that knew how to run everything, and showed everyone else including my father how to operate the equipment. As it turned out it was a good thing I did that because they could take over when I became incapacitated.😮

Alot going on at the wood pile. Had some good help. Maintaince is very important Love the channel.

Hope it works out for you to have that 16 foot extension put on the pavilion the way your yard is laid out and the way you handle the firewood logs looks like the addition will be in your way

Seeing the woodshed completely full almost is as good as those perfecly stacked rows of firewood you used to have😊😊.

Very nice video. Working hard. Accomplished a bunch of wood split and stacked. Fresh load of logs. Material cut for cabin. Maintenance on equipment. Great stuff!! Blew the bolts off, dang, i thought something broke! Lol, that's just usual for all of us. Extra stone. How good is that!! This is an all around, very nice video! 100% joy! Thanks for the camera work Mike.👍🚜❤️🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲

“Well as always, things are going well and I do something to screw it up” 😂😂😂 I’ve never related more to something in my life

Watching 👀 👀 your firewood operation Mike, is like a huge dream time, I dream about having just a operation but back 40 years ago from my firewood experience, the new extension from the pavilion will absolutely be the best choice in the world mate, it's winter here now and Watching you is bloody awesome. ❤❤😊😊.

Nice to preventative maintenance done properly, as it is always the way to finish before starting your next work job. You do a good job blowing away all the saw dust as that can cause hours of cleaning if you let it build up and solidify of the saws main wearing parts (especially caked on Pine resin). Keep safe and enjoy your day and thanks for another informative video.

Good to see you doing routine maintenance on your equipment. My Dad always told me "Take care of your equipment and tools and they will take care of you". I have always done this and things last so much longer. Enjoy seeing Levi working with you. The sawmill always goes faster with 2 people. When are you going to introduce Eva's boyfriend?

Good Tuesday morning Morgan family. Beautiful week here in SE PA. Unfortunately sidelined after tweaking my lower back this week. Hopefully your week is better and more productive.

You should use a wide drum sander, you will be able to feed a board every couple of minutes. A lot faster than a hand electric sander

On our machine we drilled a 1/2 hole in the cover in line with the fitting, only remove cover once a year to clean everything 😎

I think Eva found a worker. Nice to see.

Good morning from a clear and beautiful NCNC! Watching OWTM and running 80-85 rpm on an exercise bike. It’s a good day!

Mike, I am the one that suggested to sand your ruff cut boards, another trick you might try to give the boards a weathered color/look is to paint the raw wood with a vinegar/iron mixture - fine steel wool dissolved in vinegar. Wash the steel wool with dish washing soap to remove the oil on it and put it in a 1/2 to 3/4 full quart jar of white vinegar. Paint on the wood, and let dry. Gives the gray look of weathered wood. Try different strength's of the mixture, stronger = darker/ grayer.

Mike it must be wonderful (most of the time) to work side by side with Levi and share these experiences together?

Mike, no such thing as 'extra gravel' at OWTM! LOL....Nice visit this morning...Greetings rom the Old Jarhead in WNC

Good Morning Mike, looking forward to you sprinkling some Man Glitter Sawdust on the Cabin in the Woods. Nice Episode bet Eva appreciates you keeping John in Shape and Sprinkling him with some Morgan Man Glitter. 😊👍👍👍

Looking forward to the cabin project. Should be some good video. Stay safe everybody

Mike rent a rockhound to finish the new area it will pick up rocks and small roots. No hand work or very little.

.Nice to see Levi. Good to see taking care of equipment. Greeting to Hunter and Melissa. God Bless

I watch another channel called Donn DIY, he uses the IBC totes for storing logs also, he cuts the bladders in half at a 45 degree angle and sits them on the top of the tote baskets like pointed hats to keep the logs dry. He ties them on at each corner with cable ties so they can't blow off😀.

I watched you trying to oil the bid chain on the sawmill. Unless the recommendation is to use a certain weight of oil, there is a product that will make cleaning and oiling chains very, very easy. Dirt bike riders use it frequently to keep their chains clean and lubed. Comes in a spray can and when you spray it, it comes out foaming. Might save you some time and aggravation.

Good morning sir, Looks like you were cutting 3 times the wood on the mill with Levi's assistance. Definitely worth the expense and it will free you up for other things. PM on equipment is underrated by a lot of folks. I can't think of a more useful way to spend my time than staying up on it. It definitely pays in the long run and may even prevent a breakdown out on a job site by perhaps finding a weak link in your chain of mechanical items. It has me. Don't believe youve ever shown that wood storage packed so full. Nice--huh?? 😁😁

Mike rearranging the wood in the wood bunker reminds me of Srooge McDuck swimming in his money bin 😅

suggestion if you wire your cabin use armored cable for wiring mice cant chew thru it they chewed all my wiring in my cabin nasty critters

Mike, sawmill sawdust idea. Cut two of the plastic containers that the totes come with at a 30 degree angle or so and screw them to a pallet each. Then when they fill up you can forklift them out and dump them. It's not going to be perfect but there will be a lot less shoveling involved. You might only need 3 halves but for the real long logs you can have one on the end.

Hey, Mike! Have you given any thought to using a Wood-Mizer Out-Feed Table with the Board Return? Seems to me it would be much easier on the 'Morgan Bodies'; and with the lean-to side being added, you'd have the room for it? I've seen the table being used and it sure saves a lot of running around in handling the boards that are coming off the saw......... Tks, D!

Mike, great video. If you’re putting the pine on your interior walls I’ve found out from past experience, put some kind of dark material over the insulation so if & when your pine shrinks & it will you can’t see the shiny insulation through the cracks in the boards when it shrinks. A lot of times I paint with a dark color in corners etc. so you can’t notice the wall behind the material you’re putting on. Again, great video. I wait for the next one to pop up. Dave D. from Southern Me.👍

Great video. When does your kiln arrive? It's good to work alongside your Father or offspring. I didn't work with my Dad often as he was a carpenter and I was a mechanic. Not too much in common but good times anyway.

It's funny lol. Up here in Northern Canada we don't use IBC totes for firewood at all.

Nice Mini Mike! Folks have been telling me I need to get one...I AGREE!! LOL

Do you think you should have made the wood bunker bigger? Nice video like how you have improved their quality since the early days. Wanted to thank you and Melissa for giving us some joy and entertainment during the dark days pf the past! Best wishes to you all!!

Hi Mike. “Been there, done that” on the lost screws when working on things… I use a magnetized metal bowl now. Keeps everything safe and in one spot! Just a suggestion… Have a great day!

Concrete floor will make getting rid of the sawdust at the mill so much easier. Scoop and blow, all clean again.

I've never known what a log load costs here, but I saw a log truck on the way back into town and I asked the driver how much a load of logs is, but he said he didnt know, but he transports a lot of hydro poles over firewood

When looking for small metal pieces I find a magnet works well

My suggestion to clean up the rough Timber would be to use a burnishing machine with the right flappy desk wheel. For how much you have to do it would be worth investing in one. It won’t take out your saw marks, but it will take off all your stringy bits.

Thank you for another awesome video. I really look forward to seeing your notifications! God bless you and yours always!

Mike you need to get a Drum Sander to sand them down. Dad had one he used to uses to sand his wood . Great seeing Livi and you working together.

Great video Mike. Love that red oak. We really enjoyed it. Thanks 👍❤️

Maybe the first skim-cut with a planer and then the sander, to save you a little time. Or, and/or a drum sander. If you get a big enough sander, you can sand a tabletop. I normally liked doing a little skim-pass on the backside with the planer to flatten it some, and then finish the other side (it worked out better that way).

Wondering if you will need to find a system where you don’t have to lift rounds up to the splitter. We’re not getting any younger. That looked like the big advantage of the Australian machine

GOOOOOOD MAAAAAAAAWNIN EVERYONE OUT THERE IN OWTM’s VIDEO LAND!!!….Nice video Mike! Glad to see Levi again. One day you’ll have to introduce John too. You definitely got WOOD 🪵 now! Thanks for sharing Catch yinz on the next one Have a day HELLOOOO Hunter 😁

I want to see that Hickory log when slab it

Loosing small items is easy done I always put them in my trousers pocket every time you know exactly where to go

Looks like the wood bunkers needs to get bigger.

I put oil on the felt to lube the rail as it moves back and forth. You called it a "wiper."

Great Stuff...You may have already considered this, but I thought I would make the suggestion to prewire a modest amount of 110v outlets for future situations where you will need them. You could terminate the wires near the hallway to the planed Bath house that could be used for a main electrical entrance. One never knows what the future holds.

Love how you take such good care of your machines Mike!….

Hello Morgan’s! REALLY nice looking oak log there on the first grab off the truck. The back one. It looked perfectly round. Them are some nice saw logs! How does Levi like the new ear muffs?

Use a router and cut a lap joint on each edge so when you install them there will be no gap between them…

Have you had a chance to take blueford’s little brother, baby blue, out for a spin yet this year?

piant the knots with linseed oil. helps the knot from shrinking over time and seals them from bleeding out when stained. personally i like to use danish oil on all natural woods.

Hey Mike, love your videos, when I saw you greasing equipment, I was kinda surprised you weren't using a LockNLube® grease gun coupler, I wouldn't do without one mow after a few years with it.

Mike,another excellent piece of work and video looking 👀 like 👍 Levi has been a great addition to the team as far as in the wood 🪵 yard 😮😊❤

I have a lt 40 and I put atf on that wiper you lost the screws on. It keeps the rail clean and lubed up.

Great videos Mike - always enjoy them. I live on a similar piece of land and am struggling with the math to invest in the sawmill and even a nice log splitting setup. I was curious how you amortize your overhead and see how the money shakes out. Appreciate you and all that you do.

With the extra help you have right now, wouldn't it be good time to get all the firewood poles in the new clearing bucked up and brought to the woodyard? It would also allow you to prepare more of the clearing for seeding. Just a thought.

and you bought most of this equiptment with other peoples money ..real nice !!

How in the world do you keep up with all the different maintenance times and different things you have to do on all the different pieces of equipment you have???

Hi Mike. Great video. Say Hi to Melissa, Eva, & Hunter. 😍😊😉👍❤️💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

At the rate you're splitting, you're going to need more IBC totes and another yard to stack them in...Another month or so of splitting and you could put a dent in winter '25. Keep up the great work. Thanks for the videos. Mark K Ps. I really enjoy your creativity with camera placements. Pps. Seeing as you don't use Bluford much, it might be a good temp home for the red oak. You could split into bluford and dump/stack when needed.

It looks like you can use a couple more layers of mafia blocks on the wood bunker 🍻🇺🇸

Your firewood bunker looked about 99.8% full Mike, but then again my eyes aren't quite as calibrated as yours. 😊

Beautiful wood, that's gonna look great in the cabin :)

Finally, the cabin build. Groovy.

Would it be better to run your interior cabin planks through a planer thicknesser machine rather than sanding them ? I think Tom Haus has one in his workshop. He could advise you maybe.

Mike, rabbit the edges to get a small overlap. Avoid gaps later

Thank you Mike. Can you do a video on your planer equipment and and techniques please.

Awesome Video Mike!! Thank You!! Keep Smiling On!! 😅👍👊❤️

A little maintenance now prevents big problems later.

Have you considered using an extra heavy duty rain and shade cloth once you have your shelter completed?? Perhaps offer protection from rain, snow and even sun should you store lumber. Just a thought

Good Morning Morgans ! Have a request, Is there anyway you can make the videos longer or add another one during the week ? I absolutely love the channel.

Bet the cabin’ll be glad to see ya!

Mike, you have a great voice and I’ve found that as you are narrating and running the excavator that I don’t have to watch the video to be able to follow along. It made me think that you would be very good at a podcast. There are many topics you could bring up and guests that may be hesitant to be in front of a camera may visit with you on a podcast. So many topics that I feel many people would listen in on. Just a thought, I know you are always looking to build your business. Have a great day.