Matthew, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your videos on cutting slabs of wood and how you admire the beautiful wood grains, keep laughing and having fun. I see a lot of other videos of and they don’t seem to enjoy woodworking like you do, thank you for that. Congrats on the purchase of your new property/homestead wish you and your lovely wife and kids many blessings. 😎

It's amazing to see the array of grain patterns that show up in the crotch pieces. Great work, Matt.

Matt, I always envy your ability to saw logs like you do. Glad you share your experience with us. Thx.

you had a great point , commercial mills would not touch most of what you cut because they want as little defects of limb inclusions as possible and want a 8' finished length, thus the log has to be at least 8'6" or greater length before they will even buy them and they also have a upper size restriction for diameter due to their saws capacity on top of the risk of embedded metal from yard trees ,, they are looking to cut the most board feet per hour, with the least loss or down time , ,,, it a shame really because a lot of beautiful trees get turned into fire wood or get chipped , because of the lack of people like you who are willing to take the time and effort to recover what is in most part old or older growth wood, on top of finding the high figured pieces that most wood workers love ,

I enjoy listening to Matt in these early videos. His flippant diction belies a keen intellect. Norm Abrams films show a bit of that, as well.

I’m glad to see the Garden hose I’ve been wanting to get you one lol

I learned recently that in traditional wooden ship construction, the crotches and bends in tree growth are exploited for their grain orientation. When you need a strong joint between the deck and the side of the ship, you find a tree limb that matches the angle and use the natural strength of the wood to reinforce the ship.

More beautiful pieces of lumber. I wish my shop could accommodate something like those.

Walnut never gets old!

I'll bet that smells amazing to cut. I love the different smells of wood being cut. Walnut and cedar are some of my favorites to cut.

Thanks for tip about grain orientation good info. I always enjoy you videos.

Great as always. It was wonderful to finally meet you in person. Ben

Matthew, beautiful setup. I've followed your vlogs for years, always fun to watch. As a rule, I always debark and scan with a lumber wizard any yard logs. If I don't debark, I will cant it first with an old blade, usually something that's already been sharpened 6 + times.

Matt, Thank you for explaining and demonstrating the terms rift sawn and quartersawn saw cuts. Your explanation was the clearest, best i've ever heard/seen. Now its obvious what to look for to get good straight grained wood for furniture legs. You are a genius!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

I could watch these long videos of you cutting on the mill all day

Wow, those are just beautiful!!!!!

Matthew. The internet has spoken. The Chewbacca table MUST be made!

love that Walnut. A hand held metal detector is a must .

Nice Info as al ways, great looking wood, hard work pays off in the end

Great video Matt 👌 enjoyed the process of deciding where to cut and what you will get 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great video Matt, thanks for posting.

That would make a beautiful grandfather clock! I want to build one out of walnut someday.

nice addition with the log tongs.

Great explanation of grain orientation and how to get the best yield from a log.

Great stuff Matt!

I learned so much from today's video. Thank you, Matt!

Matthew, you produce some of the most enjoyable content on KZfaq. Keep at it, creme always rises to the top.

My friend paints in oil, she paints on small slabs with the bark showing. One that I like is a painting of a out house and a 2" round she paints a key. It has the peoples name on the house. Very nice. She painted me a picture of a Indian and the frame was wood with knot holes. Very pretty.

Great video Matt!

Really interesting to go through that with you. Enjoyed it!

Matt... my buddy runs a portable mill and scans with metal detector for these type of logs before sawing I agree good gift idea.....:-))

Absolutely beautiful

OMG finally you got a hose out there instead of the bucket!

Thanks for sharing that, wow big slaps

Hey Matthew really interesting to say the least your mill saw does an awesome quick job on those logs really enjoyed your video amazing as usual 😊😊😊

I am jealous Matt. I really am. I am in Calgary Alberta. I have to order my slabs from Paul in Ontario, Westwinds on the island and Goby across border.

The oval shaped one would make an awesome sofa side table

thank you Matt

Such gorgeous wood.

finally a hose !!! good work thanks

Please blast the next batch of wood you saw with a few water balloons! I always learn so much from your videos, great job Matt.

Really like your videos !!!

Lucked into a few walnut logs like that at a tree cutters yard last week. They leave the logs for takers. Unfortunately I don't have big truck so I had to cut them into smaller sections I use for making bowls. 20" diameter. Beatiful wood.

Just use those for tables ! So beautiful

Such beautiful wood.

With all the left over firewood, might be worthwhile to make. Friends with a local bbq / smokehouse. Might even get a free meal for the family out of it ;). Cheers, thanks for taking us along, and “thanks for not knitting. “

Thank you I love your videos God bless y’all

Great information. Thankyou

I wish you could get those slabs dried as I sure would like to see them in a project. Beautiful wood.

Very cool slabs. Keep it up!

Awesome slabs dude. You will have to think a good bit to get an idea for a project.

outstanding!!!

Matt excellent tutorial on wood grain orientation to path of the blade ..Until next time!

U gotta love walnut!

Lindsey Cremona - Christmas gift idea for your hubby: Metal detector wand. hahaha

how the heck will you ever remember which one had what figure in it LOL, I love the feel of timber and its beauty, so its cool seeing someone with the same love of the hunt, with the unveiling being a completely unknown, while we may have an idea of what we may see its still the first time anyone is ever seeing the Beauty inside of the tree. Keep up your amazing adventure, Cheers from Garry in Australia

I wanted to say, when are you going to get a hose instead of filling buckets of water. Ha ha good move. Love your videos Matt.

Matt the log slabs look great but the crouch pieces are stunning.Great video 👍👍👍👍👏👏

I watched your last video on grain orientation, but I could use a few more...:) great video as always.

I wish I had the opportunity Matthew to work with wood as you do, especially the Walnut alongside White Oak, Red Oak, Walnut, I think those three species are my three favorite Woods.

Hey Matt For Leg stock there is a reals simple solution I use. Tale Quarter sawn out of the middle in both directions. That leave 4 wedge shaped pieces with bark or wane on them which can be trimmed up to make perfect rift grain legs.

Hi Matthew that is some very nice lumber you cut don’t know about your other watchers but I’m very jealous that you have a very large bandsaw and plenty of room to store/dry your timber and able to get such loverly lumber as well as April’s big bandsaw 👍👍

If you were to put down a tarp and collect all that sawdust it actually makes pretty good flooring for a chicken coop. It makes it pretty easy to collect all the chicken poop and mixes it with some brown material so that it can be turned into a pretty good compost

Nice job 👍

Rift sawn is perfect for cabriole legs with the ball and claw foot

Matt, Nice lesson on selection of cuts for leg blanks. Lots of oooo and ahhhh on those little crotch blanks. I’ll bet your thinking “doors” for those. Hope you and the family get out in the beautiful weather.

Matt Take a hr or so and add a water tank for gravity feed for the blade so you can dispose of the spray bottle and have a constant lube/cooling thru your entire cut ! Just a thought ! Thx’s for Sharing, Great Looking slabs !

Beautiful wood nice explanation of rip sawn

Thanks

That my idol wood walnut yeaaaah

Those crotch slabs can make some beautiful tops for side tables, end tables, and nightstands. I was also thinking that the big crotch piece could have been cut very thick to create some bowl turning blanks. Some of the ovals and the like can be used for making clock faces, or serving platters, or cutting boards.

What the hey!? After years, I watch a random MC video, and he does perfect reveal splashes, and USES A HOSE! I'm flabbergasted.

I would so much love 20 or so pieces of this 1/2 inch thick and 12 inch square! I'd get my scroll saw back out.

Another great video Matt, what do you do with most of this stuff, use it or sell it?

Matt, after seeing your videos for a while, I have to say you are a seasoned logger and furniture manufacture. I mean you take wood from a trees and engineer how to cut it for a specific project and build it, which I have to say there is no such thing from a single person point of view. That is a skill that is so unique, most people that watch this video don;t realize it. I bought furniture from HOOKER and 25 years ago it was made in the USA, recently bought the same brand name furniture and all over the box is marked with Made in China. Sad, all of these things move over seas and the manufacturing of the furniture is nothing compared to the old Hooker furniture. craftsman ship is not in the vocabulary of the Chinese. I look at what you do it take the RAW material analyze it cut it and prep it and then make the final product all from one place. AWESOME!

What a very interesting video Matt. I will never get my own saw mill however you make the entire process enjoyable informative and entertaining Harleymike/chicago

Finally found the name of that song! Covent Garden by Pamela RS

Cool

Awesome. I would love to have a chuck of that wood so beautiful, man you live to far from me,

could you take the crotch sections and cut them into pie wedges to make a round or hexagon table top?

Great vid! More metal less wood next time. The sawmill build was the best

Hats off for the Andrew Camarata shirt

Thank you Matt I enjoy your videos. Where do you get your loge do you buy then?

Crotch pieces make GREAT bowl blanks.

Great video, definitely something to think about next time we run our mill. Is it time to build a gantry???

I see several chair bases in the "y" cuts.

Hey my brother that is some beautiful wood,I wish I can have something like that Bro lol awesome video to later :)

My mind is blown Matt with a hose what

exactly

Walnut , I think is the prettiest wood.

Tee hee you had me at "main crotch section." Matt ever thought about setting up a gantry or bridge crane above the mill? With a chain hoist and some log tongs you might save smashing your fingers....

Do you prefer to cut Black Walnut green or dry? What do you use to seal the end of your logs. Thanks and as always a great video.

Matthew if I ever find out where you live I am coming to steal your awesome sawmill.....

Cutting it in U shape would be appealing to boat makers.

Ever think about orientation of cutoffs for bowl turning? Just saying there's some people would love those.

'Main trunk' is technically known as the 'bole' in the UK.

Hi Matt Love watching your videos. Do you ever cut/sell bowl blanks for woodturners?

Nice wood

21st century. ‘’ don’t tell anyone I have a hose.” 😂