Santa came early!!! Nice machine. I lived in Ohio about 30 miles from a large Amish community. There was one fellow who made roll top desks of red oak. His entire wood shop was powered by a diesel engine. A line shaft ran the length of the shop overhead. Flat belts dropped down to each machine from the line shaft. Even though I am a wood worker I had to buy one of those desks. It is made from one inch red oak and I included a hutch that sits on top. It is beautiful. It is now about 40 years old.

When we lived in Indiana we had the pleasure of the Amish make our hardwood floors and it was a real treat to watch the process. Oh my - boys and new toys - can't wait to see the videos. Stay safe.

Thanks for a great video!!! Enjoyed watching the different places you and the team use to procure wood. Thanks for showing us how the Amish lifestyle is different from our "modern" lifestyle. Very interesting.

Great video. It should be noted the Amish or Mennonite buggies are typically over 100 years old. The buggies get passed down from generation to generation. They are almost all made of Oak. They cut pieces of oak when they need to fix or change something on the buggy. They take good care of them. In the winter time, they use kerosene lamps as heaters. They get pretty warm. When the Amish move into a farm, one of the first things they do is take down all the electrical wires and poles. The Amish commonly use Standardbred, American Saddlebred, Belgian, and Percheron horses for various tasks. Naturally each breed is used for different things. The Belgian horses do all the very heavy pulling and other heavy work on the farms. Other Standardbred horses are fast so they usually pull the buggies and light farm duties. Unless they are hauling heavy loads. I grew up on a dairy farm about 8 miles from an Amish community. They are such nice people. Unfortunately there are people out there who do hate crimes against them. I don't know why someone would do that. Believe it or not they rarely use the police unless it is something really big. They teach the kids, German before English. It makes me homesick to watch this video but I really appreciate the work you guys do and I appreciate the video. Do you get all of your ash and oak from this mill? I had a great childhood.

Thank you for this. It made a change from all the epoxy tables. Not that I don’t like your tables but this was a refreshing change of direction. Sorry to hear about the ash, I agree it is a beautiful timber to work with. Look forward to seeing more of your videos next year,have fun with the new SCM. Merry Christmas to all the team. Cheers Michael

Very informative info! Nice to see you guys got some new equipment 🎉

I believe that shaft thru the wall from the diesel is called a jack shaft. At least in Wisconsin its called that. Amish are craftsmen from another era. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing

"Thier cheating" craked me up

4:21 BEST tshirt ever - I have the very same and will buy more when I’m at their show here in Sydney next year - up the Irons 🤘 Also, I went to purchase 3 of the pens listed in the description above and the shipping to Australia was $113, that’s either a mistake or……. Not gunna happen at that price.

This was a very interesting video. Love your road trips

I have the same planer. Absolutely love it !!

SWEET! LOVE IT!! CANT WAIT TO SEE NEW STUFF FROM YOU ALL! FABULOUS VIDEO DAHLINS!

An interesting video. Thank you. The Amish are hard working and devout.

Love touring places like that , my kinda fun right there boys 🍻🍻🍻

Love seeing those manufacturers 🌲🌲🌳

I use diesel power for a 30" thicknesser , a 32" circular, edger is diesel powered so is sander and bandsaw lol . Each machine has its own engine so not wasting fuel 😆😆 an in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 uk.

Sniffing out some logs hah

I have to give a shout out to the video team. You guys create incredibly high-quality content. It was nice to see you geek out on new machinery and dive into the details of the source materials used in your woodworking videos. Your passion and professionalism really shine through!

I love my older scmi 16” jointer planer. I went to surry BC from Tacoma WA to pick up a delta rc-63n 15hp 24” planer with a shelix head in it for a sweet deal. Those older machines are just made to work, but would love to use a new gen planer.

Had no idea your pen kits were from William Woodwright. They have excellent products. Looks like a trip to Calgary is in order.

Really enjoyed your video, will have to ask to see the new machine next time in

Very cool thanks for sharing

Looking at ingenuity and minimal modern technologies, I like the late 19th /early 20th century sheep shearing sheds (I'm Antipodean ~ we have lots of sheep) where the "stand" was driven from an overhead drive shaft. Initially, these shafts were driven by steam engines (though I wouldn't be surprised if there were water wheel /windmills versions), then diesel and electric motors.

You sold me a piece of bocote yesterday sold as “cocobolo” for way over priced, I have a friend at ctv and he will certainly be hearing from me!

Can I come play in your workshop? I promise I won't break nothin. LOL

Where I was from, you wouldn't get a sliver of ash or elm. the cut and landfill all the trees the city cuts. I couldn't even get any for firewood.

how to their engines work without any batteries or alternator their diesel glow plugs etc? what are the belts made of instead of rubber? wild the modifications needed to work like that in hard mode. fascinating

How did you guys come up with your web name?My great grandfather actually had the first steam powered mill in Germany in the Black Forest.They milled Larch and still do to this day

They should make some exceptions with technology ,and embrace wind and solar amongst other alternatives to tree clearance/CO2

How are they welding things?

Great tour , Were all the places in Ontario ?

Anyone else hate videos that you have to wait a day to actually watch?

6:20 That is not a wood burner! It is a wood degasifier...

What’s the name of the custom sawmill company? Old Order Mennonite?

All the ash trees in WV have been killed by the ash bore worm

Brooooo idk if its allowed but yall maybe should have brought an artist or sketch artist to draw those who help or operate the machines but still pay respect to their beliefs. I bet they would have loved a picture of them being drawn

Funny how they don't use electricity but combustion engines are more modern than electricity

Charlie has a compadre eh?

The Amish got corn oil? They should be able to run ethanol …

Amish is so crafty, i thought Macgyver was cool growing up.

The most perfect Woman Just Wow.

I hate watching people destroy high quality wood by flat sawing it.

5:28 - mind the pronunciation! There's ash all over the place... 😂

I mean this with no disrespect intended to the Amish.. but I wish I could understand some of what feels to me like just a huge contradiction. Like... electricity from power lines is bad, but burning diesel fuel 24/7 to run wood kilns and push all those pollutants into the atmosphere is...good? It would make a ton of sense to me if it were things like solar and wind power charging up batteries, but I guess they can't use batteries. I don't know. I'm not trying to be harsh, I would like to understand the thought process behind it. But either way, I won't deny that the ingenuity involved in powering all of those big tools is super impressive.

Why don’t you go and make the videos

That blond at the pen blank factory was 🔥

That gas engine uses electricity in the ignition system. Someone's going straight to hell

The blond with the huge.. knowledge.. geez..

Amish hypocrisy.

Really cool process. And that blonde is super hot😂

don't pay taxes nor serve their country. won't see an american flag at an amish homestead.