We have Juniper in Arizona they grow very slowly some are 500 years old. Since it's mostly on dry land in the higher deserts it's cheap to buy the land people sell it for firewood. Now with climate change here lot less rain and snow the Junipers are dying off.

@NorthwestSawyer

Жыл бұрын

They’ve been having problems with wildfires where this tree was from.

An awesome video to wake up to on this Saturday morning. One poster said that must be like our Eastern cedar, I agree, it’s looks the same except for the color. Beautiful wood. Love your attention to detail. I can only imagine you and Nathan down in Tennessee getting together for some jawing and sawing.....that would the ultimate sawmill video. 😃. Looking forward to more gems. Have a good one. 👍👍👍👍👍

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gaston. It’s probably he closest thing we have to eastern red. It sure is pretty stuff. Maybe one day I’ll pop in on Nathan 😬

I just LOVE the smell of fresh milled juniper. Can't be beat. Friends of mine were having triplets and I turned baby rattles out of juniper on the lathe. Finish-sanded with 1000. Smooth and delicious smell. Even the parents couldn't put them down. Haha.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I bet they were awesome!

Beautiful! Could you imagine the things we could build if money and time weren’t an object!

Good video!

Awesome!

Just got me a juniper slab 13"x8'x2.25" for $100. I've never worked with this wood mainly Mesquite and oak. I can't wait I've always wanted to make a table from this species

@NorthwestSawyer

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it will turn out great! It’s beautiful wood.

Those are beautiful. Don't believe I've seen juniper milled before. Barely knew what it was - so thanks for sharing.

Beautiful!

Yes, I agree, that Juniper is good looking wood with grain that'll be beautiful when planed, sanded and finished. I sure like to see the completed project(s) .

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Reg. I hope to visit their property this summer and I’ll bring back some updates.

@regsparkes6507

5 жыл бұрын

@@NorthwestSawyer Yes Please!

Absolutely beautiful! Juniper is my favorite wood to mill. However, as you learned, it is very labor intensive. With the extreme taper it's hard to get anything very long. If you are fortunate enough to get some trees that grew in a mostly pine forest you will find much less taper and way smaller knots.

Nice, great job!👍

Late to the party, but a few things to consider with Juniper. Our species that grows in most of eastern Oregon is Western Juniper....Juniperus occidentalis. As some have mentioned, it's a native species that has proliferated by fire suppression, and is considered weedy. It's the same genus - Juniperus - that grows east of the Rockies, and is invasive and weedy as well. That species is Eastern Red Cedar....Juniperus virginiana. It has a slightly different odor than Western Juniper. In my experience, once W. Juniper is milled, stickered and left to dry properly, it produces decent lumber. I say properly, because trying to dry it too quickly exposed to the sun and you will turn your boards into kindling. Here in eastern Oregon, juniper removal is an ongoing battle on rangelands, because it sucks water at an astronomical rate, and can be very weedy.

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

I have never seen a juniper that big, nice looking

I think I can smell that Juniper all the way here in southern Indiana, nice stuff. I laughed out loud when you forgot to hit the record button. We've all done it!

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

The joys of filming! I milled this near my front yard. It’s like someone hung an air freshener in my yard😬

I really enjoyed this video, and you gave some really great tips too! Thank you for your hard work, and keep up the great videos.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glenn!

Just finished a farm table from 150+ year old hemlock. Juniper would truly be a cool wood to make a table out of.

well, I'm speechless, I never had a clue how nice Juniper actually is I am really wishing Oklahoma had some type of diversity in the local trees. Great video! Hopefully we can see the mantle when its complete

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

For sure, Daniel! Stay tuned.

that wood looks great man, i wish i had some of it to make something. Greetings

Juniper because of its wide base and narrowing top is really hard to get much dimensional lumber out od it. Nice job on the table cuts and the end thins would be beautiful in a hope chest-daughters??? get on it.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Will do, William!😬

That juniper will make a beautiful table for sure......looking forward to more videos my friend.......stay safe and have fun with the family........ :)

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Don!

Amazing looking wood the knotty appearance the outside doesn’t affect some fine looking material once it’s cut. 👍. Great content.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Wymer’s Handy Man Service!

Now to keep those Juniper boards from warping, twisting and end checking into long splits. They've been known to walk right out of a stack. Just sayin...😏

Yahoo new video !

It has a oder of its own and trust me it would fully make closet liner. He sounded disappointed it seemed like but you can't do much but guess on trees like that. The smaller logs made the best wood... go figure. I like this stuff your doing, great machine

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Morgan. Yeah, there’s a lot of craziness going on in the shape of these logs. Hard to get much yield.

Lots of Juniper in Maine. It will warp and twist like a snake.

Amazing wood despite being a knoxius weed speecies. Three Rivers subdivision is nice place if you do not mind being off grid and far from the rat race.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

That’s where these logs are from. It’s a very neat community.

Great looking figuring

love your videos. Keep up the great work, and God bless.

That wood has some beautiful figure in it's grain absolutely beautiful will make anything stand out.

It does smell pretty good

I live in Culver! Culver is the only town that can claim Lake Billy Chinook lol

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Culver it is!👍

Nice truck & Trailor, your property is awesome! Do you watch fellow Sawyers? OTW out of Tennessee? You 2 are my favorites! Glad to see your Pro Sawyer hat! 🌲💪💪👷‍♂️ I just received my info with hat, mug & stickers!

The Juniper here in Utah is about 50 % sand ,rocks and dirt from the wind. Tough on chainsaws and bandsaws.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

It seems all cedar species’ bark is hard on blades. I was running Bi-metal blades to help the longevity.

How does juniper hold up as siding? Each wood being different and all... Thanks!

@VKMilling

5 жыл бұрын

It's essentially interchangeable with Eastern red cedar. Good rot resist and bug repellent when dry .

I would have thought that was thuja. But that only, because I haven't really seen any juniper trees over here in Germany.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Germany, Patrick. Beautiful land over there!

Real nice have you considered making a real nice solid hardwood work bench sells big dollars i had one sold it for $400.00 8’ long

@NorthwestSawyer

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in the process of building a shop right now. Once that’s done, I plan on building as many cool things as I can😬

I've never seen juniper before. That is beautiful wood. Do you know what it machines like?

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

It’s very soft like cedar.

The chest cam was very interesting, sprinkle some in your videos. Another enjoyable video, thank you.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andrew. I’m trying to keep things interesting.

I have the same mill and about to cut Juniper for the first time. What blades are you using? 7’s?

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

This blade was a 7 bi-metal.

@roughcutscanada

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Juniper and Cedar must be cousins. :)

@VKMilling

5 жыл бұрын

All in the same family (Juniperus ). Eastern Red Cedar, Southern Red Cedar, African Cedar, Juniper, etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper

@killingoldgrowthsince

4 жыл бұрын

@@VKMilling is not ,it's related to Cypress not Cedar.

@VKMilling

4 жыл бұрын

@@killingoldgrowthsince Juniper is in the Juniperus family as is African Juniper, Aromatic red Cedar and Eastern Red Cedar. Cypress is in the Cupressus family except Bald Cypress (Taxodium Family) and Australian Cypress(Callitris Family)

@VKMilling

4 жыл бұрын

@@killingoldgrowthsince www.wood-database.com/wood-finder/?fwp_name=C&fwp_paged=4

@killingoldgrowthsince

4 жыл бұрын

@@VKMilling And there all false Cedars. Juniper is not related to Cedar at all.

I've been wondering if there was a video showing our Juniper being cut. Was there much crotch figure or any other cool figure in that wood?

@barryhansen6854

5 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed your timber being cut he is a great guy.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

This stuff has some really great detail that comes out once the wood is finished.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Barry, this isn’t my client. I think he was referring to the wood being local to him.

That video went by too quick. I guess juniper is the west coast eastern red cedar.

@NorthwestSawyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ted. It grows mostly in the high desert areas here.

@killingoldgrowthsince

4 жыл бұрын

Not even close Ted.

But where's the gin?

Need to season those logs first or those slabs will be a twisted mess

@JCrook1028

5 жыл бұрын

How do you know how long those logs have been sitting?

@luckygalloway

5 жыл бұрын

JC1028 the ends would be a more grayish color

@killingoldgrowthsince

4 жыл бұрын

Not if handled right they won't.. SMH

The amount of waste he has in this video is mind blowing...those cuts could have been smarter and you could’ve made more use of the wood.

@NorthwestSawyer

4 жыл бұрын

The wood was cut to order.

@peepawsjorts

4 жыл бұрын

Okay then, sorry.