This is amazing to watch two people working together like a well choreographed and well rehearsed dance. One know what the other ‘s next step will be and move in to support. Everything has a right place for and all equipment returns to its proper position. There is no wasted movement and no wasted material either. Great team work. Wish you the best!

@gilbertvanleeuwen8395

3 ай бұрын

specialy the women works hard

I really enjoy watching you guys at work, I really impressed with the dispatch that your wife puts forth, she just never stops moving!

It's really wonderful to watch two people who are SO good at what they do... It's almost like watching a ballet!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Donna M. Schmid Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching! Linda

@bradhollister8323

7 жыл бұрын

They're a working team!

@LindasSawmillCinema

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting! Linda

@robertevans6481

5 жыл бұрын

I agree you guys and gal work very well together..it like one is thinking and the second one doing...👍

@1234cdsarver

5 жыл бұрын

Donna M. Schmid Amen

I have a friend who sawed up a bunch of Pine logs for me to build my shop building. My neighbor gave me a big old bull pine that was next to his 7 acre pond. A hurricane had blown it over. When he cut the first 2X6 off one side it had so much tension in the grain that it jumped up and hit the head stock on the mill. Shook the entire mill and scared me half to death. Amazing what years of standing in a huge field and being twisted by wind will do to wood grain.

I am always amazed, watching your videos, how the two of you work so well together, yet almost never speak. Even to the point of you turning around to grab an piece of wood at the exact right time, despite never having watched the cut...

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment! You are very observant! That comes from decades of working together and listening to the mill sounds. Thanks for watching and commenting! Linda

It is a pleasure seeing you work together so well. It's like a well oiled machine! Congrats to you. I hope you much success as you work as needed. Linda, you may be the hardest working female I've seen in a long time. You remind me of my wife.

Thanks Linda for all you videos. I always enjoy your postings. A huge boost when teaching next generation about the sort of help needed to support and be part of a production team and for the leadership role women play as examples in that team. At the end of the day the company owners know who they were and can recommend them before sending them onward. A great example. Keep on slugging.. Luv You All, ... Peter

What a skilled team. That is one hard working lady right there, an equal to anyone you could have in a shop like this. They work smart, effecient, and are a pleasure to watch practicing their craft. What a great setup they have with that monster electric motor on that WoodMiser mill. This is just impressive on many fronts.... Joe

I love watching you all. It's like clockwork. Thanks! (2/5/21)

Linda is an incredible woman. More power to her. Those couch potato men should stand up and take notice.

You two have amazing energy. Smooth operation, not a wasted step. Fun to watch ! Good teamwork !!

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we try to be efficient! Thanks for watching and commenting! Linda

Thanks for the video. I'd rather watch the two of you mill timber than TV any day. Love the smell of sawdust.

When I first saw that big curved log on the mill the thought "Are they going to cut that thing on a curve and get straight lumber out of it?" actually flashed through my little mind. That piece at the 2:35 mark would have made a cool kitchen island top. Thanks for the videos

What a great team, no wasted effort.

Loved the video, been around sawmills all my life, 68+ years.

I get my daily exercise watching you. I feel for you. Good job you’al.

Fascinating to see how efficient you are even with a challenging log. I agree with the comments that it would have made some nice live edge slabs but of course you must have a market for those. Thanks for sharing and God bless.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Pettigrew Woodworks Absolutely, and the market isn't there for bent Hackberry. We have some in Walnut and Cherry, though. God's blessings to you, as well. Thanks for watching! Linda

Those curved fibres give amazing strength for roof constructions, if cut parallel to the curve. You are of course well aware... I have made such beams but I don't have a band saw so used my chain saw, cutting free hand. I notice other woodworkers have made similar comments, we envy those lovely curved logs you have. Great work ethic you have, best wishes to you all.

You 2 work together like your just another part of the Machine.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Dave Lynch Thank you for the compliment, and thanks also for watching! Linda

I've enjoyed your videos. very impressive how you all work so well together. even more impressive is the fact that you as husband and wife can work together all day long. that shows allot of love and respect for each other. be safe and bring us more videos when you can!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Mulligan Thank you, I am glad you enjoy the videos! We have our good and bad days, but know that no matter how upset we are the end result is worth working for. I try to fit editing in to my spare time as often as possible. I enjoy making them and should have a new one in the next week. Thanks for your feedback and thanks for watching! Linda 😊

Hope your feeling better and glad to see you back at the mill.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+liveinmyamerica Yes, I am feeling better, thank you. After 2 weeks I still have a nasty cough, but I'm sure it will be better soon. Bad flu bugs anyway! Thanks for watching! Linda

You ought to look into supplying wood boat builders with logs like that. They look for the specifically to make support timbers for planking.

Linda, a few of the first cutoffs, would make an EXCELLENT coffee table, especially if the bark was still attached! Wish I could get my hands on some of those cutoffs! steve

My wife and I work together also, you two are a well-oiled machine.

Are we going to see some new video's in the future? Love watching the family work together.

Great to watch Linda - you guys are so coordinated and work together so well :-)

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Gary McLean Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching! Linda

Hackberry is good for steam bending. Like it’s already got ahead start. Stay awesome...

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

That’s right, it is and indeed these pieces are halfway there! LOL Thanks for watching! Linda

I remember we had one very large (what they called hackberry tree on our farm) when dad got ready to cut it a company came down and bought the tree. they took almost all the limbs as they war large. they were going to make barrel staves out of the wood they said. Dad got a good price for the tree. Thanks for a very outstanding video.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+John Moore Interesting, White Oak is commonly used for barrel staves and I did not know that Hackberry could be used. Thanks for watching and commenting! Linda

They certainly have a wonderful work ethos, and know what each other is doing.

When you get two people that work together like that they are hard to beat! I had a fore that thought we were mad at each other then we done a little sign language and he walked away shaking his head

Enjoyable watch , Great to see the harmony and work flow

Great woodworking skills and love all your videos here in Australia your a brilliant team thanks

Great Team Work...... Love It!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+RanJo Believer Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! Linda

@killerbug888

8 жыл бұрын

I am watching everyday ! I love your ideal !

Always hate to see one of those roll up on the mill, I was taught to start by cutting the horns off first. I did slab an ash up once and the people made a round bench seat around their fire pit out of it. Looked pretty cool.nice set up.

Linda, I am selling crooked boards with the bark on for a multiple price of straight ones. Straight boards from bent logs make crappy timber and lots of scrap. Love your videos!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Franz Mayerhofer Same here, they bring more money (when they sell). You aren't kidding about bent logs making crappy lumber! Thanks for watching! Linda

Love to watch the dance of a great team at work. An Idea I had. You might make some type of adjustable measuring device like a bar inside a pipe with nut welded into the pipe to lock down the bar so the person running the saw only has to measure the pipe/bar to set a length and measure the pieces against the bar and not taking out the tape all the time.

Wow - watching you and your family work is amazing. Like a well oiled machine... perfection in motion. You all are living my dream. When I saw your videos my heart melted - finally - someone who gets it. Well - right up to the point of 14.01 where you take the most highly figured wood which should be used as a bar top or counter, and cut it up...lol. Maybe out there, you don't realize that people pay top dollar for that sort of stuff... that is the business I want to get into being so close to the really old trees out here in NorCal. Would love to chat about this stuff, as having someone who has already walked the path and is as knowledgeable as you? I need you on my side...

Yep, that was a very bent log for sure. You made short work of it. As always, I enjoy the videos. Great work.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip Iacobacci Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching! Linda

Wish you had lot of update videos I really enjoy them 😊🇮🇱🇺🇸

Inspirational hard working mother , why does she have the hardest Job ?

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+david kenyon My husband and I have a 22 year business understanding, I enjoy what I do and he enjoys what he does. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching! Linda

Hackberry? Never heard of it, oh well. As others have already said, you two work very well together.

wow are yall mind readers? yall work together the best i have ever seen!!👍😀👍😀

I've never seen two people work together so well.

That piece at 14:25 would have made a nice coffee table. Then again you can't save everything. I am tried from watching you both work! Great teamwork!

Beautiful team work guy's...

Those stacks that are close to the saw don't get used near as much as the scrap cart back behind the camera. I don't know the layout of your building except the area shown in view of the camera. It looks like you'd walk about 10 miles less per day if you switched the locations of those carts! I'm just guessing, but I'd say you sleep very well after doing that all day! Beautiful shop, and a great, hard working couple. Thanks for sharing.

I would have cut it flat to the curve and used it to make headboards. Nice natural curve.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+GNiessen If we had a market for the bent Hackberry live edge slabs, we would have sawn it that way, but we just don't have much of a demand for the bent pieces. Thanks for watching! Linda

I like the voice over explanations.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Cecil Broom Even with the stuffy nose? LOL Well, I'm glad you enjoyed them. Thanks for watching! Linda

you work good as a team.

The closest I ever get to milling wood is sharpening a pencil, but I love watching these.

boat builders would love a bent log,

those pieces are probably best cut into slabs. Some customers like curved slabs like that. Great video

Glad your back making videos

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Gerald Rundall Yes, I had a bad flu bug that put me out of commission for a couple of weeks, but I'm on the mend. I should have another video ready pretty soon. Thanks for watching! Linda

@choonmah9932

7 жыл бұрын

Linda's saw I'll cinema bx

@choonmah9932

7 жыл бұрын

LindasSawmillCinema

I now realize just how little use a bent tree is. Wow. Thnx

@axadude1

4 жыл бұрын

Bent timber has lots of uses, especially in frame-construction of buildings. We need to get out of the fixed idea that all lumber must be straight.

A tough one, this one. Great work.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment! And thanks also for watcing! Linda

HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus is the Way... Thanks for watching! Linda

I love arched logs. I look for them wherever I can find them. It makes a great novelty lumber. People can use it for signs, bar tops, curved seats or whatever fancy strikes them. But I never treat them like a straight log because you lose too much material and you destroy its uniqueness. I preserve the curve and leave the edges live by cutting only in the plane where it lies flat. Then you end up with curved but stable lumber and it's very cool. It's tricky though. You have to stop in the middle of the cut, shift the log and finish the cut. Obviously this can really mess you up. But the problem is solved if you screw a guide board on the bottom to give you a flat, non-shifting plane that won't alter the cut when you un-clamp, move the log and re-clamp. Then you can flip the log over, remove the guide, turn it end for end and utilize the flat you cut to keep the kerf straight and cut through the log right down to the bed, whilst of course moving and re-clamping the log half way through each pass. It takes time and a little cursing but the result is totally unique, stable and wonderful lumber! 2" lumber seems to be the most popular. That's my $.02 for the day... :) Thanks for the video Linda! I love all things sawdusty!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+3Sphere Oh yes, we do some curved with the live edge, but the market isn't real good in our area, especially for bent Hackberry. Thanks for watching! Linda

In the old days of wooden boat building curved logs had high value and hackberry is hard to work with but very strong.

It is amazing you can take a piece of wood as curved as it is and get useful lumber from it. Lots of practice.

Boy, wish I were close enough to come get some of your scrapes.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO LOOK AT YOUR MUTUAL WORK

Great teamwork!

Another great one guys!

awesome team work

Great teamwork

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Flynn Thank you for the compliment and thanks for watching! Linda

Never seen hackberry lumber I used to cut it for firewood makes great firewood.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Hackberry is pretty cream white with lots of grain. It does make nice firewood. Thanks for watching! Linda

Beautiful video, Man my hands itch if i see this, would be awesome to help you!! All the best to you!

Hi Linda , I wasn't expecting a reply but that was very nice , don't think I was trying to be a wise guy ( American slang ) it was just an observation , we have a similar setup here in the UK but we buy and sell pianos and my wife is very involved also . Very best wishes Dave

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+david kenyon Absolutely no offense taken, I just take things in stride, but make sure anyone who thinks otherwise knows the real story. 😀 I am glad you & your wife make a good team. Husbands & wives can make the best teams, as long as they are dedicated to being team players! I wish you and your wife well!

Curved planks can be useful. i would rotate the log 90 degrees for slabbing.

Use the bent slabs for quirky shaped signs!

Good system you got going there

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Chippy Vidz Thank you and thanks for watching! Linda

Whatever brand of jeans you're wearing should sponsor your videos. 😉

Whow whow whow, there is a market for bent logs, instead of turning the log, lay it on its side, and cut bent planks, C shaped planks, grains that bend like this are invaluable to boat builders, if you steam bend a strait plank it stresses the grains, and makes it want to break or return to strait, bent grains can bend farther and hold its shape better, also, the flat area you rest your hands on the rail that is approx 6-10" wide is cut from bent boards, on a work skiff, this piece is structural and bent boards are needed, not for the degree in radius, but the grain that you can cut a radius from, please, explore this, you won't be sorry

Hi Linda....the head seems to be hydraulically driven along the bed....do they make an option to hard mount the Control Station to a fixed location so you don't have to walk back and forth? As always, loved the video....a great study in working together, and crew cooperation. Thanks for the Video!!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael McGill The head is powered by a couple of electric motors. Yes, there is an option to have the Control Station in a fixed location, but we chose the option we liked best. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching! Linda

Bet he forgot to tell you running the saw is easier than off bearing ha ha. It would be nice to have a chipper with chute to a trailer outside for all the trash slabs ect.

That boy put your GOOD WIFE TO WORK .👍😁😁😁 . NICE MILL WORK 🙌

There's quite a market for bent wood in the boat building. Depending on the type of tree you could probably get a premium price for otherwise useless lumber.

you need to get a debarker love the video

Its a shame they stopped making videos.

a very good team!

Hackberry trees are considered a nuisance here in central Texas; fast growing, short lived, tend to split or fall over, variable stability, not pretty. But I think that's wrong, fast growing in a place with erratic rainfall is good, the wood is quite hard, not particularly pretty, but can have interesting grain. You just have to protect it from rot, it's not durable at all in damp conditions. A little used wood that could find a niche. If that curve is due to it being a limb, or if the trunk is hung way over, you'll have compression wood on the lower side and tension wood on the upper. Compression wood is generally weaker to much weaker in bending applications, tension wood is often superior to the average properties of the wood. For any structural application you'd have to factor in the grain runout in a curved piece like this. If this were a more durable wood old time boat builders, like me before I retired, would love a nice big squared off, but with the curve intact, baulk of that size, to sit out back and cure up for a couple of years waiting for the right job.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct about compression and tension on a horizontal limb. The more horizontal it is the more stress it has. These are for blocking, so it isn’t a big concern. Thanks for watching and commenting! Linda

Linda, I would advocate that there is a better use for logs curved like that. I'm a timberframer and I actually looked for curved logs like that for naturally curved knee braces. Depending on the log, I might cut two 4" thick(actually 4.5 inch to leave enough for planing after they dry some, also incase there is any twist while they sit, it can be planed out) on either side of the pith. If it's a particularly big piece I might try for 6 inch thick(6.5). I cut curved stock on either side of the pith. I leave out the middle 1.5-2 inches. If you're interested in discussing it or exchanging some pictures, message me on facebook Brad Baber in IL. I use curved and crooked wood for timberframing members - collar ties(5-8 inches thicked boxed heart centered), forked posts(8-10 inches thick heart centered), wonky tie beams(8-10 inches thick heard centered). It's niche product that many timber framers would like to use, but don't always have time to search for. It can take a little more time on my manual mill to set them up, but I like making the organic looking pieces for a frame.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+falfas55bgas Thanks for the ideas, we do dabble into live edge pieces, but mostly in Walnut and Cherry. This just seemed to be a novel piece for an interesting video. Thanks for watching and commenting. Linda

@spudpud-T67

6 жыл бұрын

I know people that seek out curved logs for chair making. Seemed a pitty to straighten it.

@ChimeraActual

5 жыл бұрын

falfas55bgas , I had the same idea as a retired boat builder, but Hackberry is pretty useless in a marine applications, knees particularly as they are often the most vulnerable to rot. And you'd have to check for compression wood. See my earlier comments.

finaly a new video...

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Enzaie I do my best to find time to edit, sometimes it takes longer than I want; thanks for your patience. I should have another in the next week. Thanks for watching! Linda

I think I would have laid that log on the bed at 90' - curve down flat - and cut across the curve. The curved boards that result would likely have been stable. I see 2 thick slabs for a table joined at the ends, and the resulting eyeball or oval shaped table with a open center would be fantastic. I know wood pretty well but what is hackberry? Looks like poplar or willow? Okay, just now saw that last piece on the bed - birdseye! I think you could have sold the curved slabs in say 4" with that color and markings in San Francisco for half the value of your mill. I am going out tomorrow with a come-a-long and pulling a young black oak over at a big angle for my son to mill when I am long gone. Thanks for the inspiration! On edit I now see some more comments about my curved slab idea. With your exposure on the internet, you really can have a market for such unusual slabs. I do recall in the OLD days ship builders in England would go into the forest and bend young trees for future bows of large ships.

No disrespect, not sure why your milling hackberry? I'm a wood cutter and hackberry doesn't store or season well. My customers who burn it are fireplace customers, after it seasons for a year it gets really soft. Thank you for your wonderful content really enjoy watching you mill lumber.

It is ironic. I have some friends that will buy wood that has an arched grain like that and put it in a steam soak to then put in a bending jig for three days. Yes, even hackberry. It would be neat if they could procure the bent wood without it being straightened out by the sawyer and start with the natural curvature of the wood.

Жену совсем не жалеет.поставил бы её на своё место.

Thank you for your videos Linda. I'm a retired furniture maker and in my time I would have loved to have had access to your bent wood. Have you looked into this market for you folks? Thanks, Billy, Canada

Love that machine.

Is there a reason husband isn't wearing a mask but wife is? Love your videos!

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Jon Hammond No good reason; I have to wear it, because I have asthma/allergies, but he doesn't like to wear one. I am glad you enjoy the videos, thanks for watching! Linda

@rogertycholiz2218

5 жыл бұрын

Why is Linda doing all the hard work and all he does is run the saw?

I am NEW to your channel, but I was thinking that maybe you need to get in touch with speciality custom furniture makers and let them know that you do have NATURALLY CURVED SLABS OF LUMBER that could & would be ideal for some custom pieces of unique furniture.. Some of the lumber coming off of that curved tree log would be great as a front hall bench or patio seating..! Again I am new to your channel and you may have already reached out to custom woodcrafters, but if not they are always looking to build unique statement statement pieces to make them stand out over other furniture builders...!?! Just a thought. God Bless.

Still one of the hardest working women on the tube. I have to ask.....this video looks like almost double speed, and still 18 minutes to saw through. So half an hour ? Could you make money on this log ? I'm not sure what you ended up with for material

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Dave Price Thank you. The sawing part of the original video was exactly 30 minutes. This log was not a money maker, but it needed to be processed into something. Probably half was firewood, but we got some usable blocking to help fill the order and the rest went into skids to ship out lumber. Thanks for watching! Linda

I think I could sit and watch you cut wood with that saw for hours....what will that kind of wood be used for? Do you heat the shop with the junk wood? Keep it up...always nice to see the out come.

@LindasSawmillCinema

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Morris I'm glad you enjoy the videos. The wood is used for blocking, or furniture if it is nice enough. Thanks for watching! Linda

I can't take it, why didn't you come up on search? I subscribed because this is magical, a total waste of time for some two by's in a bent log

That was odd. The obvious choice seemed to be to cut it 90 degrees the other way to make use of the curve. Woodworkers would have loved that.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Hackberry doesn’t sell very well as furniture lumber, and bent boards take a really long time to sell. These were for blocking. Thanks for watching! Linda

Well that opening statement sounded pretty ignorant. People make curved wood items all the time and then have to deal with non parallel grain when cutting a curved shape out of straight grain inducing weakness. They would loved curved lumber! Way less waste and grain running true.

I've been watching the Tips from a Shipwright channel and Lou says he looks for curved lumber that no one else wants. Do you ever sell the bent lumber to boat builders?

What would you say is the retail value of that bent log by the time you sell it? I'd give $50 for just the log all day long. With that much sweep and clear...that would make a great timberframe curved brace. A slab cut on each side to make it 9" or 7" thick and I'd pay that milling cost too(or I could mill it). Then I let it set in my barn for a year to stabilize enough and then plane the two sides clean and parallel to 6" or 8", draw knife the bark and sand the live edge.

This is the first indoor sawmill that I have ever seen which operates as a family business and not as a large industrial operation. The operation its self, seems to progress smoothly and efficiently throughout the entire cutting process, but it also appears to be a very strenuous work load on all those involved. Additionally, it appears that your operation is not into purchasing or salvaging tree trunks or other unwanted logs and then slabbing those into lumber for resale to customized furniture builders. Therefore, I assume that "Linda's Sawmill" operates only or mostly, on a by order special sawing of logs for customers who bring their logs to your mill and state how the logs are to be cut. If I am right in my assumption, I am curious to know if there is a reasonable percentage of profit in that type of operation. If my assumption is wrong and you actually run a different type of milling business, than I have assumed, I would be interested in learning what your primary business is.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

Over the years we have milled lots of grade lumber for big mills, custom milling for small guys, as well as lumber in our sales room, for sale to hobbyists and professional full time wood workers a like. We also mill our own logs for trailer planks and blocking. Versatility keeps life interesting and food on the table. We are thrifty spenders and don’t require a big income. Thanks for watching! Linda

@theshadow1559

5 жыл бұрын

@@LindasSawmillCinema Thank you for your informational reply and the operational insight concerning your family business, that your reply gave me. I know and understand that you have very little free time to answer a fan's question, so I am quite delighted that you found the time to answer mine.

@LindasSawmillCinema

5 жыл бұрын

You are quite welcome! Thanks for your appreciation!

I hope you wouldn't do that with a bent piece of oak? Take off the sides only, and cut through the centre of the resulting (bent) slab, you've got two beautiful curved braces for someone to use in a frame building. Not all building lumber has to be straight!