Thank you Mathias for not becoming a rocket scientist. I receive some of the very best ideas from your channel

For anyone now wanting to do some bandsaw milling, I would recommend Matthias' bandmill plans. I purchased them the other day and I'm really impressed. Brilliant, comprehensive plans and great value for money :)

That’s one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen in a workshop, and yet somehow, brilliantly creative. Very, very practical. I’m so impressed by your resourcefulness.

I very much appreciate that you show the times when things didn't't quite work out, as well as when it all went smoothly. Very instructive.

I like this guy. He doesn't talk more than necessary, he speeds things up, and the stuff he's doing is freaking amazing.

impressive!

@timothyzhelnovakov5586

2 жыл бұрын

Impressive indeed!

@davidwrobel8089

2 жыл бұрын

Save your money and just buy a well designed mill. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel while risking your well being.

these are some of the best planned, shot, produced, and narrated videos on youtube. thanks for sharing your start to finish milling of a tree, that was fantastic !

You're certainly a different breed of woodworker. A kind of mad genius. Love your work.

WOW! I just started watching your videos, this one blew me away that you could do that with a band saw you built out of wood!!! You're amazing! Thanks for sharing your videos with us! :)

Lol-'Let me just cut a huge chunk out of my band saw I spent weeks making'. I guess that's the benefit of making your own tools-versatility and customizable

I've been watching your content for a very long time but I don't think I've commented. Great work, really like all the builds, tutorials and special notes, and thanks for staying truthful about your peers. Very important when ads are evolving and becoming less and less noticeable.

Mattheis you get a lot of positive feed back and you deserve every single ajative. My feed back is that I very much appreciate your mistakes. I joke with people saying, "Skilled wood workers never make mistakes. We just change the plans." The totality of your work helps me keep my own work in perspective.

I like it when you don't immediately explain what you're doing like in the beginning of the video, so we have to try and figure out what all of it will come to. An then there's the clicking moment, the "Oh, right" moment :) Love your videos, keep doing what you're doing :)

@MaxMakerChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Vermoot I always wonder if that is a good idea from a content creator standpoint. Making videos to "difficult" could put people off. Thats why modern TV shows are so simple that really everybody can understand what is going on.

@grayem76

7 жыл бұрын

agree

@wobblysauce

7 жыл бұрын

+

@bknesheim

7 жыл бұрын

ref: Max Maker Well I don't watch TV any more, so that should tell something

@willyshie

7 жыл бұрын

plywood machine

I tried this with my bandsaw just recently using a similar configuration. I made a four-point support cradle to lay the bandsaw down with the blade cutting horizontally. I supported it on car axle stands, which allowed some adjustability. Then I pushed the log through underneath secured on a cart with casters. I got fairly good results with an ash log about 2/3 the size of yours. For me the biggest problem was finding a location with a smooth and even floor. But when I found it the system worked well. Would have worked even better with a blade like the one you're using. Great video (as ever) thanks.

Is a software dev/computer scientist, I think this is beautiful. It's not often you see someone in another field pull apart a tool the have made, generalise it, hack in extra functionality and fully re-purpose it.

@kalkan4

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Are you aware that Matthias was a software dev/computer scientist at RIM, and while there he essentially wrote the original operating system for the Blackberry? The underlying theme of his KZread channel and website is "An engineer's approach to woodworking", so rather than seeing him as someone in another field, I see him more as a combination of fields.

@xurtis

7 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I had forgotten he had worked on that. Whilst I am by no means a woodworker, I like watching these videos for the underlying thought processes and approaches to problem solving.

If there was anyone who could ever build a wooden sawmill, it's this guy.

If Matthias ever built a wooden spaceship, I'd volunteer for Mars

@1stMrSceptical

7 жыл бұрын

Couldn't do any worse than NASA with thier Green Screen fights of fancy..

@cochbob

7 жыл бұрын

1stMrSceptical and those edited picture supposedly taken from space where they try to make the earth look round! /s

@lindachaparro8773

7 жыл бұрын

Featured News

@louieargana3124

7 жыл бұрын

Advection357 Can I go with you!

@thelad6338

5 жыл бұрын

“This might be a little to much to ask for out of this dishwater motor but I think it will work.”

His “quick and dirty” sawhorses look better than anything I’ve ever made

Another great Matthias video! I love watching how his brain takes on projects, obstacles that arise etc.

You are a very brilliant man! No matter what you do, it’s a pleasure to watch you work!

Problem erkannt, Problem gebannt... Wieder mal ein hervorragendes Video!

And Matthias surprises us another time by cutting up a log in an entirely different way than everybody else does.

@bowlchamps37

6 жыл бұрын

I doubt he saw me doing it that way (like 90% the same) but yeah, this is a pretty standard method to do it.

@reshadnuriyev2529

6 жыл бұрын

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@kaukekaike512

6 жыл бұрын

Max Maker cu

@SandeepGupta-uz8zo

6 жыл бұрын

bowlchamps37

I always find it fascinating to see the history of a tree as it's sawn into boards. Fun video - thanks for sharing!

Another brilliant video project. It is always a pleasure to witness your endeavours in progress.!

love your ingenuity matthias. i've watched all your videos ha. keep them coming!

This is an awesome idea. You could use your v-wheels and track concept from your first mill to take some of the worrying out of the push. And since your saw design can incorporate any base, maybe a weight-carrying base would help further stabilize the saw. The saw horses are risky but you already figured out the problem areas there. This is an awesome video for aspiring weekend millers, thank you so much for the inspiration! I'm running out of reasons to not buy your saw plans and get on with it.

@jeanmichelneveu4606

6 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Buehler loo

i´ve been watching your videos for a few years now, and I salute you for your wisser besser attitude(as oposed to besser wisser wich is not you) you end your vids in a glorous manner, nothing more needs to be said and thats it! I love it!Thanx for all the good stuff. its truly a gift.greetings from sweden

It's great when all your effort comes together in a task such as this. I have great respect for your talent to create and use machines out of recycled parts and timber. Your father would be proud.

Perhaps an open bottom v-groove track on the floor for the wheels to ride in to let sawdust fall through but keep the saw moving straight.

that is awesome matthias, i can't wait to see what you make from it!

@MaxMakerChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Luke Hill We just have to wait for two years or so.

Good stuff, this guy never stops impressing me 👍

Watching the videos with the old basement shop makes me really nostalgic of discovering your channel in late 2009 and watching your videos over and over again for hours. You are one of the biggest influences on getting me into woodworking

When Wandel takes of the shirt, you know shit just got real!

@jerrycattau97

5 жыл бұрын

180 o/o

Been looking forward to this video. Why did you choose this direction of cut, (vertically) instead of your previous tests with the band saw where you cut horizontally?

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

because this was simpler

This is so insanely resourceful and clever it's not even funny. Well done man!!!!

Its obvious your dad was one of those one of a kind people who could fix most anything with what was laying around somewhere and taught you what he has learnt from many years about mechanics and woodworking. Keep passing it on as the skill and knowledge to do with what you have instead of the typical "got go to the store because im short a couple screws" logic.... is dying off fast! I enjoy the videos for just seeing that logic in action. The rest is icing on the cake.. :)

That was fun to watch. I felt pain when you had to hack away at the frame of your saw though!

@buildwithtom

7 жыл бұрын

me too!

@iantsai2351

7 жыл бұрын

Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) this was the exact comment I thought of

@dr.kraemer

7 жыл бұрын

I was kind of in awe at how fully he owns the tools he builds. He's just like, well, I guess I'll take off this part!

@meanders9221

7 жыл бұрын

Me too! Hard to even cut up a jig I've spent a couple of hours making, much less a bandsaw.

@BJEAKE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I could not believe he was cutting away parts of the saw. But that is why I watch because he is willing to do stuff like that. :)

great video man. Really unique use of the tool vertical

Pushing the handheld power tool concept to the limits ! You're a fun guy Matthias. Keep doing the vids, they are great.

Thank you Mathias for letting us into your shop.

This video was satisfying to watch

We wouldn't want to risk scratching the green paint on the bandsaw would we Matthias?

@porilster

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I know yeah, but cutting up a tree is fine

You are very industrious and you find ingenious ideas! Great job!

Thanks for your Visio. Enjoyable, and nice to see you work around when everything does not go as originally planned. I know the feeling.

In regards to the additional noise and being nervous, I've heard that pilot's call this "automatic rough". It happens when you're flying a small plane over a large body of water, such as from Florida to Bermuda. The moment land disappears from view, every noise is amplified and thought to be bad.

@modansikari2327

6 жыл бұрын

Captain Buggernuts

@kthcsh

6 жыл бұрын

Captain Buggernuts or when your driving a Volkswagen

"Today I'm going to build a homemade chainsaw from old lumber and a furnace motor I found in the trash."

Haha what a prototype! Good results, i liked the fact of chopping a part of the band saw frame! Very cool to see it work!

Ohh I do love watching you make stuff and come up with legendary ideas

Next to build. A sled and rails for the bandsaw to slide on when using it as a sawmill.

@wolfgollnitz899

7 жыл бұрын

Otto Niittymäki My sentiments exactly. Would love to get my hands on those slabs. Nice, aren't they?

@JDeWittDIY

7 жыл бұрын

Make some rails out of angle iron, and run 4 flanged steel wheels on it. Sounds good.

@denisl2760

7 жыл бұрын

Iron? What sort of sorcery is that? Around here we use wood for everything and anything.

@kerrygleeson4409

7 жыл бұрын

Otto Niittymäki Yes good thinking with some more mods would be a great thing

@PanteraDeNoche

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Denis a wood blade would be nice.

That's great. When did you build your own forklift?

I rate your videos as the finest quality because you speed up the boring parts to not waste our time and your editing it great. Other channels look for any excuse to stretch out their videos for extra youtube money and they suck.

Wow! Just incredible. Great video Matthias.

Old movie making trick, roller skate wheels on a steel fence post! glides like butter!!!

matt cremona is proud of you

@mcremona

7 жыл бұрын

Cèdre Vetter always have been

I really enjoy your videos and watching you work "outside the box"! Your push band saw idea really worked quite well. I look forward to seeing these boards when you surface them.

VERY resourceful. But I can tell you are a resourceful guy by your homemade bandsaw as well. Nice job. I bet this won't be the only time you do this.

Would it be possible to compress the sawdust into blocks, and would they burn better/longer than loose sawdust?

@dr.kraemer

7 жыл бұрын

Or you could make pykrete!

@Krommandant

7 жыл бұрын

Next video: Mathias will make a wood pellet extruder to compress all the sawdust he made and stored over the years!

@macbeth2354

7 жыл бұрын

A *wooden* wood pellet extruder :D

@warmwxrules

7 жыл бұрын

He could do it too.

@rochat

7 жыл бұрын

I've heard of people making fire starter with saw dust and paraffin wax.

I came for the sawmill, I stayed for the fast-forward hammer sounds.

Your amazingly skilled and creative, a true craftsman. Thank you for the video !

Hahaha... I've been following you for some time and have never seen this one! You sir come up with some WILD ideas. How you always manage to pull it together blows my mind. One could make a living off a simple PIECE of your creative intellect.

WAIT A SECOND.... YOUR TRACTOR ISN'T MADE OUT OF WOOD??!!!?

by 2020, that band saw will be able to service your car

@javanbybee4822

4 жыл бұрын

This is true

Excellent video. I liked the new sawhorse design almost as much as the bandsaw work.

I liked this video very much. I dont know why but the sight of a sawmill and sawdust just is awesome.

How much would planks like that cost? If you were to buy them?

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans

@jumpleadsx2

7 жыл бұрын

In the UK, ash is about £40 per cubic foot. I believe. I might be way off.

@plavins1

7 жыл бұрын

No,no I meant planks, boards, like the ones you cut. I bet you saved quite a lot of money.

@RayneAngelus

7 жыл бұрын

Taking a quick look online, I'm guessing around $500 USD, given those look to be mostly 2x12x8 boards.

I actually yelped when he cut into the bandsaw with a circular saw.... oh well, if things didn't turn out, I guess he can always build more bandsaws

Love your courage and creativity!

My Friend you are Amazing ! Vic from Vancouver , Canada

Kiln build for next project?

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

Air drying works just fine.

@guitstikkustoms4448

7 жыл бұрын

I am going to be building a solar kiln to dry the lumber I cut in 30 days rather than a year. I was hoping that Matthias would be building one so that I could see his, oh well.

@reaper1874

7 жыл бұрын

Holy wow. I have 2" maple boards, been drying for a year this spring. I guess that project will go to next year.

@cdouglas1942

7 жыл бұрын

Store them in your house like Matt Cremona does occassionally. Fan and heat help dry immensly

@guitstikkustoms4448

7 жыл бұрын

Then you run the risk of case hardening the wood.

As soon as I saw the tractor I thought, "Oh! No!, not the TRACTOR!!". Then the comments will start with loopy people saying that they didn't sign up for tractor videos, and they're going to relinquish their high priced subscriptions, (they forgot it was free), and the arguments would continue for weeks on end . . . But I need not worry - all the loonies have unsubscribed already, and no one can remember who they were or where they went.

@nuskoljajic3645

5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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I love the amazing speed with which you are able to work :D

The increased video speed (on most videos) makes for a much better watching experience as the viewer can connect the steps easier. This video was excellent, thank you!

@mckenziekeith7434

7 жыл бұрын

You can watch videos at 1.25 or 1.5 speed using the options. I do this for other people all the time. Through the magic of signal processing, the pitch of their voice is not changed. But usually Matthias's videos are already quite concise, so no speedup necessary.

unseasoned timber = good propellor boards

genial

Man you keep surprising everyone. You are amazing

Just a note to you to say haw much I appease your content . I work at a major art museum in new York and I wish there were people there there with your talents . You are an insperatation . Bill

Do you regret cheaping out on your casters? :)

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

I just used a dolly I already had

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

I intended to use a different dolly with better wheels, but when I put the saw on it, I realized it was too small

@TheTechnosasquatch

7 жыл бұрын

Going to build a new dolly with better wheels for mill mode?

@Jeffferguson1911

7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps pneumatic tires would work better in this case unless a 4" hose was hooked up to collect the dust?

@rainerzufall689

7 жыл бұрын

I think prior to installing new tires I would try to get rid of the sawdust by sucking it up with some kind of improvised dust collection. Like with a hose that gets clamped where the dust falls down. Would be better than driving with better wheels but still on piles of sawdust.

Quote: "Oh! This sucks!"

WOW some nice ingenuity you had there! Loved it!

That was thinking outside the box on this! Well done!

My first thought was "how did you get the tractor out?" (I am watching with no sound -so it may be explained in the soundtrack)

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

The tractor lives in the garage. That's why I backed it in.

@PWARHOLM

7 жыл бұрын

I just read the description on the homepage ;-) On the film there hardly looks to be space ! ;-) Great video By the way!

@surajmeena2546

6 жыл бұрын

mohan

Tree huggers attacking Matthias in 3.......2.........1.............

That worked out fantastically 👌👌

Matthais !what I have seen done is mounting the Bandsaw on angle Iron Tracks, that way the bandsaw runs parallel and now dirt buildup. I love your ideas.

I'm always cringy when I see someone handle a chainsaw without the necessary protection... Other than that, Matthias, I love what you do.

@Tjita1

7 жыл бұрын

Uhm.. Yes it does. But mainly, it helps if you DO know how to handle a chain saw too. Anyone can have an accident.

@brh4015

7 жыл бұрын

That is not true. There have been zero deadly chain saw incidences in professional work since they made them mandatory in Germany. The only ones still managing to kill or maim themselves are amateurs. Of course dozens of professionals are still killed by falling trees, reversing machinery and other stupid things.

@gregoryf3079

7 жыл бұрын

If you can't be safe running a chainsaw in flip flops and shorts. Then you shouldn't be runing the saw at all. safety is you own judgment and responsibility.

@leadboots72

7 жыл бұрын

gregory forster That is the dumbest thing I have read in the last several thousand hours of my life. Thank you for making the entire internet less intelligent. Well done.

You forgot too say "timmmbbeerrr" ... what would Mr Wranglerstar say!!

@matthiaswandel

7 жыл бұрын

He'd say far too much, that's for sure!

@nolanconville6523

7 жыл бұрын

+Matthias Wandel sweet burn!

@markmaragopoulos8711

7 жыл бұрын

Glenn Townsin μο

as always a good video, look forward to Fridays for the weekend and to see what you are working on next.

One of the coolest things ive seen you do. Looked dangerous but so much fun,,,,

first!

Woow😚😚😱😱😱

Ash makes really attractive wood turnings too. Beautiful wood grain.

The fast-forward sound is so satisfying 😍

six haters at the time of this comment.. :)

@bienflores1355

7 жыл бұрын

must be. 16 safety coppers atm. SMH.

@Del350K4

7 жыл бұрын

I´m sure Matthias doesn´t find himself affected in this way, but I find I feel deeply wounded by every single "thumbs down" which appears beneath one of my humble posts. I´ll post a video and be all happy while the "thumbs ups" slowly mount in number, then one day there´ll be a "thumbs down" and I´ll find myself wondering why at random moments for days. At least with a negative comment you get to find out what it was that the viewer disliked about the video.

@theorganguy

7 жыл бұрын

they can kiss his Ash...

You are an inspiration to watch. I always enjoy your videos. I live in Montreal so kind of far from where you live but makes me proud to know you are from Canada :)

I can't believe you did all that in 9 min, it took me that long just to watch it...

Nails instead of screws on the sawhorse gussets for greater shear strength?

love your videos...they always make my weekend great 😀

As usual you have really good ideas for what, to you anyway with spare trees growing out back, solves the problem. I'm just pleased to have a small plot for flowers. Here in UK land is at a premium, your farm would cost a small fortune. Anyway, just love what yu put out, thanks.

Hmm.. Storing and transporting a chain in a paint can seems like a really good idea! Thanks for showing!

It's awesome you're able to make your own boards. I hope to be able to this summer