Here because of algorithm. Staying because this is great!

Wow! Reminds me of the old Forested saw we had at Mariner Lumber in Brunswick Maine. This was back in the late 70's when I worked there as a teen and young man! Thank you for sharing!

Great mill! First time I have seen it in operation. Keep up the great work.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed watching:)

Here due to seeing this in a different video as a “to watch next” cue-up…. Plus I work in the cabinet industry, so it’s pretty cool to see how the lumber is cut to the sizes in the bundles we get.

Impressive feat! Can't wait to see the process of sawing a 14ft long 33-inch poplar.

Amazing how the saw cuts those boards

I like hearing what you are thinking.

Finally i found the Channel with the biggest hardwood!

Great video and I like your commentary. Keep em coming!

Liked the commentary - your reaching a good balance showing the logs get transformed and interesting insights to the process.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m creeping up on the commentary! In the future I’ll provide more. Along with just pure sawing videos:)

I like it when you talk about what you are doing

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’ll be speaking more here coming up! I’m trying to produce a good spread of videos

That’s some beautiful grain in there, I don’t think I’ve seen the inside of a poplar before

@Helmsburgsawmill

27 күн бұрын

My cabin logs are Poplar!!

Nice saw work ads usual and the commentary is just fine. Wouldn't mind seeing your dad doing some cutting though; Give your family my best wishes.

Panning around really helped give perspective on size of log. 😮

Enjoy listening to you explain what’s happening as you cut these logs.

Hello from Btown - fun to find a local on youtube!

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Hello! I’m glad people from Btown are seeing my videos! Help me by spreading them sir!

Outstanding! I'm subscribed to several sawyers and am still wondering what the fascination is watching logs turn into lumber. I'm a woodworker but deal mostly with imported exotic hardwoods. Even though I'm an old man now, (73), I'd still love to work in a sawmill! I've subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to your next video! Your narritive is also helpful! Keep up the good work!

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Making it now! Where are you from?:)

@snakebait5118

Ай бұрын

@@Helmsburgsawmill Coastal area of NC.

This cutter is very handy. 🎉 6:50

Good video 👍 Great commentary. Since you seem to saw a lot of popular, have you looked into cutting poplar rounds for targets at these ace throwing places that have become popular? Local, to me, sawmills are getting oak prices for poplar 🤷

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Honestly thought about it but not went through with it! But hey I’ll tell you a wood better for axe throwing boards! 8/4 Quaken Aspen!!! It absorbs an axe like a sponge! At least when I’m throwing😂

That was one big ass poplar stick. A real headrig log! Interesting to watch after you loaded the carriage and started to turn the log looking for the best opening face.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Honestly I’m not so picky on a normal sized log! But I’m trying to think 3-4 boards in advance

@johnmcgarvie4061

Ай бұрын

Thinking ahead is the sign of a good sawyer and saving and making your company money.

Beautiful lumber. I love working with poplar. Amazing skill running that thing.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thank you sir:)

Imagine having this sawmill on my farm. Omg. I would be set for life :)

This sawmill is awesome

Keep talking. Love the commentary. Hope you include it every video

A little more advanced than my Belsaw m-14 tractor PTO mill. . Nice setup.

Are you adjusting the horzontal blades or. is that automated for maximum yield ??

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m adjusting them

I always enjoyed exploring the Brown County area when we lived in Bloomington. I imagine your products are in a lot of local cabins

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

My family alone is responsible for sawing, notching, and setting over 300 log cabins throughout the state!! Dozens and dozens are in BC:)

I love the saw mill.

Like the video and love the commentary. You don’t need to talk nonstop but just some explanation here and there would be great.

Big circular head rigs about all gone.

Good commentary. 👍

Awesome setup

Thats another awesome video, thank you for sharing bro

holy moly thats a big saw

@Helmsburgsawmill

27 күн бұрын

56”!

Love the talking!!

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m gradually adding more to test out the performance!

@Bob61944

Ай бұрын

@@Helmsburgsawmill I noticed that and want you to know I appreciate your doing this. Telling us what to expect and then popping back in to update us as needed is perfect.

Make sure to share the video!!

Omg sweet ty your awesome 👌

Nice!

I've cut and nailed up millions of L ft of poplar moulding in my life

At 20:16 that was a stand for a sewage pipe from a camper to the main line in a camp ground .

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

20:16? The video isn’t that long

I cut some massive poplars in east Ky and western Va. always wandered how the mills managed those 3’-4’ diameter logs.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m going to go to a spot that’s by me and show you guys some poplars that have 4’ tip logs at 70’ up the tree. They’re ones I won’t be cutting or sawing though:)

Love the smell of fresh cut poplar..... worked the back end of a tie mill in Arkansas, love the built in edger, we had to move slabs from the conveyor to the edger table with gang saws.....we mostly cut red oak, gum, poplar and white oak when we could get it for stave mills.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing sir:)

Magnifique😮😮😮

That is one *heck* of a nice saw....very little waste!

Do those little green apples still grow Indiana in the summer time

I worked in a sawmill in central Wisconsin and the biggest 14' board i had ever handled was 32" x 8/4.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Dang!! I bet that came off of a 40’ log or bigger!

@richardlee2488

Ай бұрын

I worked in a mill in the 1990s and we were asked to kiln dry some Brazilian mahogany. Biggest pieces were 54 inch wide and 23 foot long. No defects at all and no heart shake. 33 inch is not big for poplar, they grow to over 8 foot diameter but not many mills left big enough to mill that big. As for waste, unless you have the funds to install a band mill or linebar band resaw you are stuck with thick saws and a giant kerf.

Tulip poplar? Very nice stuff

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Yes sir!!

What’s the bit speed in feet per minute your running? We are at 9,420. 48” saw spinning 750rpm. Thanks

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

10,250! 56’ at 700rpm:)

The people who buy that wood will they know how big that tree was

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

There will context clues!! Like boards that are 22” wide came out of a pretty big tree

What is the manufacturer and model of that mill. Thanks. Take care.

why is the carriage running backwards?

The first few cuts are the 2x4's at Hime Depot

we used Scribner Decimal C in the Rockies

Big logs???...Big Band!

Do u sell slabwood or do u chip everything

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

We chip mostly everything. We cut up just enough wood for personal use off of the stuff too big for the grinder

The several hundred million budget hollywood movie my gf was watching didn't seem particularly interesting so I'm here watching this instead. I've never before seen a sawmill with multiple blades like that. Fascinating.

did not know there was much market for Poplar?

Bagus sekali kawan salam dari Indonesia

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Greetings!

How long does a blade last?

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

As long as it doesn’t get wrecked, years and years

Where is this? Here in New York, I can mark and tally poplar trees with "sawlogs" but, more often than not, the loggers will cut the poplar tree and leave it lay in the woods to save time for skidding maple, cherry, birch, oak, ash etc.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I wonder why they would cut it in the first place:/ We’re in Brown County Indiana! It’s worth looking up:)

Is that poplar sycamore or cottonwood?

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Tulip Poplar!

I finally found the biggest hard woods

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I’m gonna fill this niche!

Who makes flooring out of Poplar?

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

Kiln dried poplar is harder then hammered hell

@trunkmonkey4938

Ай бұрын

@@Helmsburgsawmill Janka scale: Poplar 540, White Oak 1350: Look it up.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I never said Poplar was harder than White Oak….? Softer woods are used for flooring all the time. It’s not ideal. It’s better for paneling. Perhaps that’s what I should’ve said

Yo! Where are you located???

@Luzeon

Ай бұрын

Asking because I want some of that poplar, for a friend…🤣 brown town Indiana, dang! Shipping would be expenso!

is this after the bark is stripped? why is it so furry?

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

It just depends on the species and how hard it was debarked. Honestly I just want the surface off, so I don’t hit any dirt or mud. If it’s a little fluffy that’s still okay:)

Hi Ian?

Meow.

Die Videos könnten deutlich besser dein wenn du aufhören würdest pausenlos zu reden. Das nervt.

@Helmsburgsawmill

Ай бұрын

I speak for a few minutes… I would hate for the viewers to be ignorant to the process

When you talk, you talk like nobody except one of the 13 people who run one of these in Appalachia is watching. Ive worked on industrial equipment for 11 years, 5 of which as an engineer.... wtf? Explain, buddy. Or your channel wont grow.

Less talking more sawing lol