Chris is by far one of the best and most entertaining personalities on KZfaq!!

I love how you said it's the worst cut you have ever done, and it still took two days to make it. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

I do not envy you the frustration and annoyance this cut brought you. I envy you for the workout... Thanks for sharing, Chris!

Whew - reminds me of the photographs of those lumberjacks crosscutting huge sequoias by hand back in the day!

Great message! Jealous of the wood you have that we don’t have here in Texas but not jealous of the cold!

I couldn't believe it when those pieces fell off, ah but that spalting, magnifico!

I just came across your site, and oh man do I feel for you on this one! The hammer through was the best! Sorry it didn't come off like you hoped for but glad to see you made the best of it.

Entertaining as always. I laughed out loud @"This piece is c o m i n g OFF"

I really appreciate these videos (again, for the six year old). Good to see the struggles and the perseverance

Awesome perseverance!!! I loved it!!

You don't quit very easy. Great video.

That was hard work Chris !!!.

Anyone else feel extremely lazy sitting on a sofa watching this? Keep it up, Chris!

Your mouth got so cold you turned into Clint Eastwood for a second there.

Thumbs up for the passion and cuss words

So, that's what it looks like when your fun meter is pegged. Be careful to not blow your rotators out! Happy new year, wishing you a successful and interesting year!

Who needs a Gym? A great example of never give up. Great video Bro. 👍👍

Four hours and you’re getting tired! You’re a beast brother!! We’ve all been there I think, at least most of us anyway, I’ve had my fair share but like you I’ll make something happen out of a malfunction. Whenever it happens I usually need a beer break, usually a very long several beers break👍

Congratulations to the 100k "coming soon" 👍♥️🕯️🕯️🕯️

I saw your thread on Reddit about your car and was curious when someone mentioned your channel. Just subscribed and I loved your lathe video.

So close to 100k! Congrats

Good to see the master himself have "bad" days. Good job showing that log who's boss!! :) Yuval

bless your heart some days things just dont work right

I kept thinking you were going to hurt yourself somehow! Glad to see you didn't!

I enjoyed the video. It is nice to know that even the best have a project go sideways. 😀 I love your videos.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

That is dedication to the task at hand 👍

This is a great video, it does explain determination, I know what you mean , "THAT PIECE IS COMING OFF" I've been there before, not necessarily cutting a log but worked so long on something and get to the point of defeat but you can't stop , you gotta win the proverbial game. Lol

Your idea of a "brisk" work out is my idea of a death march 😂😂😂

Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles

foot powered Band saw. Now that sounds pretty cool. If you could power one with a bicycle made for two, and get a couple kids from the local track, football team... or something like that and come over and do endurance training a few days a week. that could work! Nice video. nice looking wood.

4 hours? Amazing!

Dude - you kill me - keep going

hey chris loved the slo-mo very satisfying

That is a lot of work. Congrats on being stubborn. I can relate to that.

Glad you got it worked out!!

Saying hello from Singapore.

Jolly good fun!

Great Vids...Love it. Greetings from Germany.

Great video, I like all the hard work put into this project. Explains why they want so much for these types of tables lol

I could look at a one or two man Bucky tooth for 6 or 5 seconds before my hands cramp up to the point that I couldn't pick my nose. I grew up in southern Missouri on a farm that was entirely fenced with split posts. A simple process. You fell a tree with ax and saw. Cut to necessary length with a saw. Split each length with ax and wedge with sledge. Sharpen each post with ax. Dig each post hole with bar and clamshell. Our bar was a sharpened model T axle. It was of great importance as each cubic foot had more rock than dirt. Stand up in the pickup bed to drive the posts. In a straight line if you please. Then you only had to run and stretch the wire and hammer in the staples. I hope you have enjoyed reading this. I will be in hot soaks for the next two weeks and that won't begin to mitigate the nightmares. Ah, the good old days. No chainsaws. No metal posts. It was difficult to avoid being in shape.

if you dont use the crank and just push the carriage through the cut on my mill, it's basically foot powered :D

after all you've sought after all you have sacrifice its ends with another stunning failure

mother nature is tenacious.

Wow. Super work! Just amazing! Great coffe table in process! Merry Christmas! Feliz navidad!

You have my sympathies Chris, that looked like hard work. Your comment at the end about a foot powered bandsaw made me think though... have you ever seen any foot powered saws? I was thinking that a reciprocating design powered by a treadle might be possible, a bit like the old saws in those water wheel powered sawmills but on a smaller scale.

Holiday time take some time of things do get better . Happy trails young man AND AVER MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.

Hahaha I love it Chris :) We would be like lost non-identical twins if I was there :D I'm probably half your size but that would be a nice workout for me. I love the excitement in your voice when you looked at that spalting. My wife is going to laugh so much at this when I show her :) Thanks for making the day and you are right, there is no such thing as a failure, only a love of what we do. Merry Christmas and I hope you find the parts for your foot powered bandsaw under the Christmas Tree hahaha ॐ

Notre Dame 21 LSU 17. Great Citrus Bowl win. Congrats.

Real hard work man...

I would like to have a Chop with Chris decal for my truck.

"That piece is coming off!"

Hi Chris, nice job and perseverance on this cut, it made my arms tired just watching! And what kind of wood is that? the reason I ask is because it looks like your saw is 4 teeth and a raker which in my understanding is for soft wood such as pine, 2 teeth and a raker is for hard woods, I don't know if it would have made a difference or not but you may want to check that out, Am really enjoying the videos, please keep them coming!

I've done exactly that kind of cut on a big ol cottonwood that was maybe slightly bigger. It was almost as hard to do. I just couldn't get a straight cut with my big cross cut saw. Do you think it has to do with how it's sharpened? Much a like a chainsaw will curve if it's not sharpened symmetrically? I thought about building a pendulum type device that you could slowly lower as you cut. Don't know if it would work but might keep your cut straight?

My everything hurts just watching that

Almost 3 weeks! I'm going through withdrawals, let's get choppin'!

At first I thought that you where going to find a piece of metal in the wood.. maybe a piece of a chain, or a railroad spike, but as you started to put more and more pressure using the wedges I did get total assurance, it was going to brake! sorry!! been there done that. many times..Great video do!...

Great video Chris but I think at this time of the year you should watch out with those curse words cuz Santa will put you on the naughty list hahaha! Merry Christmas and happy holidays my friend to you and yours!

😁 awesome video !

You need a bicycle powered band sawmill

after four hours you are "starting to get tired"!? Us mere mortals would have died doing that for two hours lol. Need to change the name of this channel to Chop With Superman! :)

That sucks bro😖 He sd " No,,,, that piece is coming off"........😆🍻

Have you any idea why it kept binding even after you cut so much of the circumference off? Merry Christmas to you and all of your family!!

Funny, a chainsaw started up next door while I was watching this.

ur site should be on the comedy channel, just so funny

Awesome channel..

You know why they call that a 2 man saw? He he.

I have found PVA glue to work better for end grain sealer. That would probably soak down in a ways, especially in the cracks. Don't know if it would color it or not. Since I am not a youngster like you, I resort to the chain saw. Just too much labor for me the 'armstrong cordless tool way'.....

Let's go Irish Fight! fight! fight! (4 hours later you would see me saying screw it HONEY WHERES MY CHAIN SAW!!!)

U got this

Omg that was funny. Your pictures. I'm so sorry. Next time take breaks

Foot powered saw mill 😉

This is exactly how my great-great grandmother Hardass died.........just last week. Silly old cow that she was.

If you use a crosscut saw you need two people. One on each side.

Oh I remember this from the reddit gif. The audio made it better.

What were you rubbing on the slab at the end and for what purpose?

Beau boulot

There's two handles for a reason. Call me next time and I'll come over and help. On second thought, I'll send my son. Looking forward to seeing the project progress.

Makes me tired just for saw XD crazy!!! Good Lucky master ^_^

Do you have to replace the shocks on your car every year?

didn't they use a littl oil on the saw to stop it from binding back in the day?

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU :D

I always admire your tenacity Keep up the good work Oh do you repost nutcracker Merry Chrismas to you

good job sir

Where do you get tools you use I can’t find these tools anywhere

nice video!!

darn heck that hurt me..

Oh, how they do!!

guess it's not to late to call it chainsawing with Chris. ;-)

Did you figure out why the saw was binding?

Um trabalhão .muito bem.

Bravissimo

I will help you build a bandsaw. we just need to go up to cremona's place and conect a flywheel to his saw!

.... chainsaws have been a thing for about a hundred years, Chris...

Your a beast

So Chris, why were you getting so much deformation in your kerf?

band saw is not a bad idea but will be lots of work , be safe, have good Christmas and a better new year to you and your family ehhh

IT'S SNOWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

I'm thinking two men on that two man saw would've allowed the saw to do the work. That's my thinking on the pinch factor? Heart breaking when that happens. I think we tend to work more alone these days than when saws like that one were the only option. Friends with like minds are handy to have.

I do not know how you do it, I can not conceive my life without a chainsaw