This is exactly what I needed to see today. I’ve got a tree cut in half length wise I want to turn into a bench. All the “flattening jigs” are for live edge 4/4 or thinner boards. This shows me exactly what I want to do to flatten the tree. Also gave me the idea of using two stumps as the support for the bench. Thank you so much.

I dont know why there are so many critics out there decrying what hes doing wrong. He's come up with an ingenious solution to a common question. It works for him, and if you can do better, then post your own videos and let us judge them.

Can’t believe I’ve made it through 62 years of life without knowing how to do this. My life is now complete.

it would have been really funny if when you were done you would have split it up for firewood.

Thanks for sharing. I've been struggling with leveling rounds and stumps. This will change things for me greatly.

Awesome work! For some reason I love the log with the bark on...

@Ayo_Its_Mikey

2 жыл бұрын

Removing the bark prevents bugs and rotting... Leaving it on would do more harm than good

Great video again. If you were to square the trunk to the support table via wedges your first cut will be parallel or 90 degrees to the trunk. Then the second surface would also be parallel to the first and the trunk would be square/true to the top. Also this will balance it for the lathe if you so desired. Your first cut is at the mercy of the person that cut the side that is laying on your support table. Not important, just mentioning it. Thanks for sharing.

@samuelbrayford6989

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis and Helen 8ii

@upyego

5 ай бұрын

It’s still gonna be flat on both sides , it only changes the angle that the stump rises from ground to top

@setdown2

2 ай бұрын

@@upyego. If the log is not sitting plumb and you cut the first cut level when you flip it to cut the second level cut the log is sitting flat and level but the log is not plumb…the two ends will be parallel and level but the log will not be plumb…weather it makes a difference is up to what your looking for…for me I’m setting a anvil on it so I want the log to be as plumb and level as possible…I hope I explained myself clearly…🖖

You always amaze me with your ideas, your work, and your passion to do anything !! You're an example, and a very good man, i'm sure about it !!! ( Oh by the way, France won the World Cup, and you can even imagine how happy i am, i'm only 22 years old, but this is an amazing souvenir that will stay in my mind forever !! )

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Way to go France!!!! :) :)

That is one technique I'd like to do in the future. Especially for an end grain cutting board. Putting them in the planer need some preparation and the size is always a concern. I might use it also for my woodworking table top that is no longer perfectly flat. Thanks for sharing!

Very clever idea in making the surfaces perpendicular. Nice work.

I was thinking about you last statement right before you said it. Great idea!

Very nice. I have an old slice of a stump I want to make into a tabletop and now I know how to do it. Thanks!

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Glad my video helped!!

And if the log is too canted off and a wedge section from the side, I'd guess that shimming the bottom while leveling the top would be the way to do it? Also wouldn't using an axe or adze to hew off the bark be more effective than that power tool? Sometimes that bark will split off in a big ol' chunk and it goes faster than what you did there.

I think parallel is more accurate. Since one end is a larger than the other, it may be a challenge for them to be perpendicular. Really enjoyed the video.

Simplicity! I love it.

Thanks for the tip I do a lot of wood milling and stuff

Reading the title I thought I was going to see a tree stump get squashed in a hydraulic press.

Thank you for this video! Now I know how to flatten and parallel-erize(?) a three foot wide maple log!

Nice job. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

So simple to do, great Video!

Excellent video collection. For this you could have used a traditional bark remover tool and kept all the natural shape of the tree 🤓😎

Great tip! Thank you kind sir!

So why are we getting all hung up on terminology!?!?!? It's the method he's trying to demonstrate and I congratulate him for an ingenious method.

Good set up. Was given a 150 year old white oak. This will help.

I don’t own a stump, but this is a good technique, borders on genius.

I'll be on the lookout for a nice oak log now to true up and it will be heavy enough to put an anvil on!

Hi, if I wanna keep the bark on it can u help me how to clean it out and then to seal it with some kind of clear.. tnx

it can be done with the same jig if you turn the stump horizontally and find the centers as pivot points so that you could rotate the stump instead manually

Neat as always!

WTF you just gave me a terrific idea I'm going in the stump grinding business for fun and profit !😂

This should be titled, "How to Give Yourself a Hernia!"

Very nice job...well done. And beautiful property you own...Im jealous.

Nice video. One might say the top and bottom faces are parallel rather than perpendicular. I enjoyed watching.

Terrific idea. Excellent for an Anvil stand.

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Never thought about that. Would make a nice solid anvil stand for sure!

@robertheinkel6225

6 жыл бұрын

We had one our our farm. That thing did not move.

@willtube61

5 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought

@Andrew-kw9sq

3 жыл бұрын

The very reason I'm here!

@purneshshah4399

3 жыл бұрын

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Great idea, thank you!

Another great no bs video….

Hi, thanks for making the video. But i couldn't find the link for the jig. It would be great if you added it to the description.

Thanks for the tip!

Effective way! Good video!

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This guy picking up this log today will feel that poor decision when he's older.

@BourneAccident

3 жыл бұрын

@John Manci Same here. Thought I was invincible. Been suffering ever since.

that router is powerful! you could be a hoof trimmer

How do you know the height to set the the side rails to the router sled to flatten a log?

This is great! I have some stumps that I need to flatten and I was initially going to use a chainsaw, but now going try this.

Great video!

Love homemade lathes would love to see your design 👍

@jamesnaughton1

5 жыл бұрын

No you don't.

Never would have thought to do this.

Hernia is easy to spell,but hard to recover from

I've got a 220v 3hp Grizzly G800 lathe I've never even run you can have for $4k. Professional level machine. Center is 12" over the bed so you can turn a 24" piece, and has 60" long bed. Has an open end so the 150# power head can be turned around and you can turn up to a 60" disc. Solid cast iron, weighs about 600 lbs. Grizzly stopped importing them bc there wasn't enough profit due to China iron embargo and not enough buyers. A similar quality American-made lathe costs two to three times more. I live in So California. Reply if you're interested. Harder to move than a piano.

Maybe leave the bark on one time? The bark is so beautiful maybe you could incorporate it into your build but it was pretty interesting watching you nonetheless good job!

I don't think I'd put that in a lathe to true it up. The natural curvature of the trunk is more attractive. IMHO

They make a spud (like an oversized chisel) for hand debarking logs. Works much faster.

3:32 - perpendicular ˌpəːp(ə)nˈdɪkjʊlə/ noun: a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

@curtisaitken7027

2 күн бұрын

Definition of a nerd and someone who never got a splinter from actually doing any physical labor much less “work”…the person whose comment I am replying to.

lovely! Brilliant too

Where can I get the flush bit of that size?

Is this possible to flatten the top with a hand planer and sander? I don’t have a router

Was hoping to see the block get squashed flat as a pancake...

Can you do it with Hydraulic Press?

Please show us the type of levelling router bit used

Hey thanks for that. It's easy when you know how.

A solution to a problem that really Stumped me…

Good job friend

Nice video and nice job

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter!

Can you send the link for the jig you using please 😮

Question: Why remove the bark? Is that just for aesthetics or is there some other reason? (I'm new to this stuff!)

@frenchriversprings

3 жыл бұрын

Yes aesthetics. In a day or 2, I am uploading a video of me making a log chair. I removed the bark with a Festool planer. Worked really good!

I need a really cool man around like you

Thanks for vid bru. Why not start on the low side for one pass ? Askin for a friend

This is nice Sir !

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Where's the link at for the jig it's not there

adj the rails ?...just slide a couple boards under stump to raise it higher..

graet idea in theory! but it seems like there are better ways!its alot of work for starters it isnt to hard to do with a chain saw the practice cuts would be easier than your jig!

Do you just plug your router into the nearest tree when your in the woods? Why not cut straight to begin with?

Add some holes for depth cutting on the guides for quicker adjustments just a suggestion.

@frenchriversprings

6 жыл бұрын

Yes will definitely add holes next time. Thank You!!

Don't you want to leave a crevice in the seating area for the hemorrhoids to expand?

Thanks my stove only fits 21 13/16" logs . just jokeing . It would make a good anvil base if i had one . O yes i do. Becarefull with your back you only get one take care of it. No bull the owner of the machine shop i work at used the giant borring mill to do one for a anvil for in the yard .

Nice powerful router

Maybe just me but I would have left the bark on unless i was going to use it as a chopping board. Cheers

Great video, Now I'm gonna do the same thing to a 28" Dia. maple stump. about 250lbs

@frenchriversprings

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Good luck!

Lovely.

good vid u get a e for effort!

How to flatten a stump and destroy you’re back at the same time. Just a little advice my friend, you better stop abusing your back because you’re gonna wind up in the shape I’m in. Just because it’s quick to just reach down and pick up something and get it done fast doesn’t mean that’s the way you should do it lol. If you don’t have a way to lift heavy things use your mind and not you’re back. In this video you could have used a board to roll that block of wood up on that table and I’m not being a smart ass , I’m telling you this because I have destroyed my body by doing things the fast way,so be safe and take care of yourself young man.

@johnperdue7541

6 жыл бұрын

Calvin smith Made my buts hurt just watching him struggle

@johnl563

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got a hernia from doing stuff like that. I had surgery for it but I’ll never be 100% again.

@cranki6316

6 жыл бұрын

Get strong.

@TheGodsrighthandman

6 жыл бұрын

1000% this ^^^^^^^^^

@TheGodsrighthandman

6 жыл бұрын

Ain't fuck all to do with being strong. You could have the ability to bench press 1000Lbs but STILL fuck your back picking up a kitten . . . Let alone a fuck-off great lump o' wood.

3:36 "perfectly perpendicular", nope. Perpendicular is 90 degrees from each other. The top and bottom as you were trying to say are PARALLEL to each other. Since you were going to do both, the top and bottom. You very easily could have cut the first end PERPENDICULAR to the log side. THen flipped it and then just cut the bottom parallel to the top, therefore making it PERPENDICULAR to the sides as well. That way the log would not look like it was leaning. Unless leaning is what you were after. You can also get a piece of thick plexiglass and attach it to your router deck. Example 30" long and the width of the diameter of the table on the router. Then affix your boards and run the new "table" back and forth, left and right, etc without moving the "track" for each pass. I've been doing this for many years. It is much easier with the movable "deck" attached to the router. A plunge router is the best way to go as well. A time saver, so as to not have to move your tracks.

If I wanted to use that log as a seat on wet on grass . What would I need to do to maintain its life …

Nice jig idea and video. I have two comments. Take it from a guy who used to lift and work just like being portrayed in this video. Eventually, you are going to blow out some lumbar discs. I've had two surgeries from years of doing the same in the video. Second, you mentioned the ends are "perpendicular". I assume this is in reference to perpendicular to the sides of the log. Actually, the two milled ends are parallel to each other. The sides are not necessarily perpendicular. The sides could actually be many degrees off, but the ends would be parallel to each other.

@frenchriversprings

5 жыл бұрын

Oops ya I mean parallel. I don't lift heavy things too often but your right. It could only take once.

I guess next we're going to circumcise a water buffalo

cool technique, but the term you are thinking of is that the two surfaces are parallel

@shadewoodhull2489

6 жыл бұрын

flat to their respective planar surfaces and parallel to each other.

Can find the link for the plans

Should have used mallet and chisel for better and more natural looking effect. Other than that good work.

Where can I buy this router bit ?

@frenchriversprings

4 жыл бұрын

Amazon

I know one thing, if you keep lifting heavy logs like that, your babies will be born naked..

Yer goin to fast A. The flattening part is what we wanted to see A.

I flattened log on table saw

Oh! Herniawaiti gtohappen. Oh! Hernia waiting to happen!

@frenchriversprings

5 жыл бұрын

I guess I don't learn. Already had hernia surgery on my left side.

The faces are parallel, not perpendicular.

Not really sure what the 600px

I don’t know about flattening the log, the log almost FLATTENED THE GUY.

Just stand it up and run the woodmizer through it. Lol, make cookies all day.

How to get a prolapse disc!

I don't understand how one side can be flat if it's sitting on a flat surface and the bottom side is already tilted

Oh yah. You betcha.

I would never use a router in that fashion. But hey, everybody's got their own thing I guess.