What happens when you age Poplar for a year?

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3 ай бұрын

Welcome back to the mill!
In today's video we are going to be continuing our series where we take a look at different types of logs after they have been aged for a year!
Today we are sawmilling some poplar logs!
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@zusclhz 2 ай бұрын

This is a cool channel, neat info, cool thoughts, thanks for the tips about poplar.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@PineInTheAshMilling 2 ай бұрын

Another good video guys.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thanks again!we appreciate you watching and commenting

@Bushman9 2 ай бұрын

First time viewer. Gotta say, sawing lumber and bluegrass music sure go good together! 🪕🎻

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!thx for watching and commenting 👍

@Peter4253 2 ай бұрын

Just found your channel, love the video, agree with your comments about poplar, have worked with all kinds of wood for 40+ years and poplar is probably my least favourite.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx Peter we we appreciate you watching and commenting 👍

@TheOldManAndTheSaw 2 ай бұрын

Good video. Thanks.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! thx for watching and commenting 👍

@markeustice618 2 ай бұрын

Great video. 👍

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837 2 ай бұрын

Great video ! I have cut some white poplar a few years back & I'm in pretty dry climate here, The only way to get the color is let it get really wet dry out a bit get really wet not on the ground but close to it in the shade & piled 3-4 logs high then the middle ones never really dry out that's why they color but lose the strength, I have some that have been down 3 years but piled in the sun I cut last summer & still pretty much white no rot on the outside at all, Makes some awesome fence planking :)

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Great tip! Thx for watching 👀

@mikeandcolleenk9831 2 ай бұрын

So for poplar let it dry in shade slowly ?

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes if you're wanting some more color in it if not cut while green for best board strength

@mikeandcolleenk9831 2 ай бұрын

@@BeardedLumber thank you

@karencary3312 2 ай бұрын

Pretty straight boards. ❤❤

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx Karen 👍

@marcuscicero9587 2 ай бұрын

nice shop.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@jasonpinnix1905 2 ай бұрын

That would make really nice Pictures Frames 🖼

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes I really like Rainbow Poplar

@garygreen1787 2 ай бұрын

Rule #1 - Best time to saw a log is the minute it hits the ground.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx for watching and commenting

@SawMillJunky- 2 ай бұрын

Great content. I've saw a few poplar like that. Sold it to a guy to make picture frames. ,👍

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍I appreciate you watching and commenting

@flat6fever680 Ай бұрын

It almost looks like you guys know what you are doing! Nice work. Question regarding Black Walnut please: We cut a couple very large trees down over the winter and they are up off the ground on 4x4's but getting wet from rain and starting to sprout all along the top. I need to get them covered back up. They are 27-30' diameter. Massive logs. Straight. I had to cut them into 12' length so I could move them with my equipment. Is this wood going to be ok for lumber? It's already 5 months cut. Also, what would be a good thickness to cut it for some basic furniture building if I can find someone to do it? How much should I expect to pay someone to cut it? I can deliver it to them. Sorry for all the questions : )

@BeardedLumber Ай бұрын

Black Walnut will be just fine outside. Do not cover with anything it will hold the damp in Let it get wet and then dry out . This for logs not Lumber Cut into 5/4 & 9/4 boards and maybe 4x4s for table legs average sawing coat is going to be $650.00 per thousand board foot higher if you have someone mobil milling Thx for watching and commenting 👍

@KeithChastain-YouGotKeith 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video I really enjoy watching. I have a terrible time distinguishing White oak from hickory after it's cut. They seem to look alike to me. Any tips you can give me would be appreciate it. Thanks again

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Great point! I have trouble with White and red Oak you can paint the ends White or red to help after it's dry thx for watching and commenting 👍

@mcpiddler1135 2 ай бұрын

I've heard that sweet gum benefits from sitting for a year or so in that it will dry straighter. Don't know from personal experience. I'd be interested to see for sure.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

We sawed only straight, mostly knot free logs it's going in the Kiln within a week. Well see how it does .

@danvanhoose6783 2 ай бұрын

Spalting started on the poplar.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it does, but it's not very pretty like a Maple log is

@williamroberts805 2 ай бұрын

I hope you video sawing some sweet gum don't see many of them on sawmills

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx we have a video coming out Saturday with sweet gum in it thx for watching

@marcuscicero9587 2 ай бұрын

nice lookin wood you're gettin outta that log

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@marcuscicero9587 2 ай бұрын

how cold does it get in January, February where you at. betcha it's hot as all get out in the summer months

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

It's not too bad average 40s with occasional lows in the 20s. The worst days are windy rain in the 30s

@anglingmailbox3236 2 ай бұрын

How is durability of poplar for siding in that climate (SE of United States the temps, moisture and condensation in buildings, not to mention insects I know is different to what climate does to timber buildings up north in colder and damper environments). I came a lot from mechanical, ventilation and plumbing trades. So I understand why mechanical systems in your climates actually help to maintain integrity of building services. Anyhow, I plan to focus on poplar timber I harvested, as a material for saltwater lure fabrication (balsa is the material of choice owing to extreme lightness, but popular isn't bad). It gets feather weight light with age, and almost brittle like. It doesn't mush like pines do. And that knocking audio quality of the poplar time (kind of like that quality of wooden musical instruments has a quality in fishing lures made from poplar, that balsa for example can't match). In fact, few woods have that loud, hollow knock like the poplar does. I think it's all the air gaps left from sucking up moisture to grow so fast. Like toast gone rock hard, if you don't eat it a day later. I'd imagine a structure clad with poplar siding has a nice sound to it when rain falls, or a light breeze blows. My guess. We don't do much wood siding at all in mild, oceanic climates or islands. As life span is too short (we go with stone, masonry etc).

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes, Poplar can be used as a siding material. However, it will need painted or stained to do well outside. Thx for watching and commenting

@anglingmailbox3236 2 ай бұрын

@@BeardedLumber My experience runs over a few decades dealing with teak hardwood casement windows in colder, wet, oceanic climates. So I know just what timber maintenance can look like. One could argue that wider, flatter, less complicated siding surfaces are a bit easier. As sanding and treating the casement windows eats time. Hotter, dryer climates could be equally as harsh to timber I reckon. We don't have as much direct UV light on our facades, that is a plus. But what happens to cedar in western Atlantic coastal climates, when it became trendy to put exposed cedar cladding on office and public building before (the cedar was meant to turn silver and age gracefully). Well, that notion came from Spain to British Isles, when we got rich in northern European countries. And now there's a lot of black cedar cladding about, that looks like it was left on the ground for too long. Even though it was installed on sides of trendy architectural facades. All the designers went on a junket to Barcelona and Madrid once, and brought this bright idea back to Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin.

@thundermountainatv 2 ай бұрын

I've got some large oaks standing dead from the last few years' dry summers, are they suitable for milling?

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes they will just be hard as a rock

@Nonconceptuality 2 ай бұрын

From what i know, Aspen is a types of Poplar, correct? I have a lot of Aspen. How much will those boards warp? Cutting green doesn't lead to greater warping as they cure?

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

I've never had any problems with Poplar warping thx for watching and commenting 👍

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

I'm unsure how aspen and Poplar are related .

@tonyhemingway7980 2 ай бұрын

@BeardedLumber I was under the impression that quaking aspen is just another name for poplar.

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

According to Google your correct 🙄

@dennisvestby4432 2 ай бұрын

❤🔆✌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤗

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx Denis 👍

@user-fh4xe9oh8h 2 ай бұрын

Stained

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Yes thx for watching.

@jakebroesky4409 2 ай бұрын

horrid viewing angle IMO showing it so close and then you can't appreciate what's being done or the full shape of the log

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx for watching

@jakebroesky4409 2 ай бұрын

@@BeardedLumber good watch overall and informative and fun ... that angle though where the camera sits literally above the log is not to my liking at all

@BeardedLumber 2 ай бұрын

Thx for the information. we're not too rigid to learn or try new things.We're learning every day, thanks.

@Nonconceptuality 2 ай бұрын

@@jakebroesky4409 OH no, not to your liking? 😂