I used to watch my dad work with wood when he would come home after flying, he was a pilot in the Air Force I love the smell of it I love the look of it I love the feel of it. I was in Home Depot in the lumber section When my brother called to tell me my dad passed away the irony was just being there and smelling the wood and realizing that that was a perfect place for me to find out my dad had passed away. Beautiful beautiful would

@thomasarussellsr

Жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear of your dad's passing, but yeah, the smell factor of you being in the lumber section when you got the news is an interesting twist to the story, for sure. Had to make you feel closer to your dad in the moment.

@nooboftheyear7170

Жыл бұрын

That's just like Jesus to arrange it to happen like that, lovely wonderful caring God 😚😚😁

@davidcox30004

Жыл бұрын

Very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your touching story.

@jayste9334

Жыл бұрын

💘

@taloniilm

Жыл бұрын

What did he fly and where were you stationed ?

I’m a Scot, a woman, I make soap & candles. I quilt & embroider & sew. WHY do I find these videos absolutely fascinating? I keep thinking of all the things I would use the beautiful wood for. I would LOvE to be there and help, to smell the wood as it is cut. Makes you appreciate furniture made of walnut. 😊❤

@Wildflower-xe8sn

Жыл бұрын

Me too, when you are brought up around art in various forms, your appreciation is there. ✌💚

@twatmunro

Жыл бұрын

Gun stocks. If that wood is any good, it's all going to make shotgun stocks. Possibly veneer but nobody's making walnut furniture in 2022.

@JEANSDEMARCO

Жыл бұрын

Back in the 70s, I installed a Vermont Casting stove made from auto engines!! When burning walnut logs, the house would smell like someone baking a cake!

@sancraft1

Жыл бұрын

I live in Georgia. I also make soap and candles, quilt and embroider. I love watching these videos also.

@LindaB651

Жыл бұрын

American woman, have quilted, made candles (not recently, am old, haven't had time lately) make soap, sew, crochet, embroider, garden, cook/clean, etc.,,, My hubby is a carpenter by profession, and does hobby woodwork, and it is fascinating to watch. The smell is usually wonderful (some wood stinks,) but I'm not a fan of the loud noise of the saws/lathes. I've beautiful bowls and boards made from both scrap and high-end wood. Craftmanship and art truly wonderful things to watch.

As a young boy working on a farm in upstate NY in the1950s, the Irish farm owner in his 70s told me that all farmers would plant black walnut trees so that when they were ready to retire and hand the farm over to their sons they would have their black walnut trees cut and brought to the mill for his retirement income.

@lindaj5492

Жыл бұрын

Lovely to hear, and makes me wonder whether some of those ‘retirement fund trees’ are still standing, accumulating value alongside their inherent value to wildlife and landscape.

A truly dramatic and terror-inducing production, gentlemen. Forget Netflix, this is your binge-watching destination channel right here. Thank you!

@cabman86

Жыл бұрын

I see a bunch of river tables in the future

@notagooglesimp8722

Жыл бұрын

Yeah unlike Netflix, I can enjoy this without all the politics and social justice injected to ruin it.

@el34glo59

Жыл бұрын

@@notagooglesimp8722 Oh ffs

It's crazy how I can watch woodgrain reveals, especially walnut, over and over again. No piece of wood is the same as the last, wood is just such a beautiful, gorgeous material and people who don't get that, well they're only fit for eugenics... Thanks for being my go-to revealer, Matt. My other favourite channel is also another Matt, Matt's Off-Road Recovery!

@user-sj6os5sm2g

Жыл бұрын

I love Matt's off road recovery!!! It's some good stuff. Some of his videos are crazy. One dude was stuck in a huge school bus for a few days trying to dig himself out!!!

@michaellong4897

Жыл бұрын

Gemstones make great reveals as well. Especially when we find agates, or amber with interesting inclusions.

@teresagoodwin7458

Жыл бұрын

Francois I agree with you 💯 million percent!! I absolutely love trees and wood and the secrets held within. When the wood into slabs for tables or odd shapes made into bowls or vases, some of the wood grain is so beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes. GOD'S BEAUTY IS ALL AROUND US TO SEE AND ENJOY BUT I SIMPLY LOVE TREES💞🙏🙏🙏🙏

@terryfelton6851

Жыл бұрын

@Wayne Johnson I so much agree with you. The beauty of wood is beyond anyone's comprehension of nature. God gave of the beauty to love and admirer. Unfortunately as you say it is all being overlooked and ignored. Wish I could learn what you do. There is no one here to learn from

@terryfelton6851

Жыл бұрын

@Wayne Johnson my friends had a coffee table made from a phenomenal piece of tree. I would have loved to had it placed in my home after he and his wife passed. Fortunately his granddaughter saw the beauty and kept it.

I have never seen two guys who love and develop the art of water splashing. I am glad that you got the log slabbed and gone. That was huge.

2 things- im glad u decided to make that stump into lumber its beautiful wood- and im glad no " animals" were sawn in to lmao

Holly Molly, that last slab was stunningly beautiful. It would definitely make an awesome coffee table or counter top. Coffee table for me.

So Matt, you did a great job on that log. You two can quibble over which Matt I'm talking about. 🤣 All kidding aside, that thing was beautiful. What a fun day.

I appreciate the awe and reverence. It was a very old creature. I really enjoyed this video

That last piece was killer. And to think that’s going to end up in someone’s house and they get to sit around it and admire it’s beauty. Thanks for sharing it’s just as enjoyable to watch and see what slabs come out of a huge old tree

Good work 2 Matt's. My dad (R.I.P.) had a 2 foot diameter walnut log ( feet and inches back then). Had it in his shed drying for 40 years, he did a lot of wood turning. His trade was wood machining, back in the Netherlands. Metric in Holland, and Australia was in feet and inches in 1956, then back to metric. That walnut was still drying after he finally decided to use it.

Matt, Many guys believe this to be less than masculine...but if you wear the cloth back rubberized gardening gloves when moving the sewn logs around, you will be absolutely blown away at how much extra grip force you will achieve with your hands...making it easier to move the log, plus as an added bonus, you'll no longer get as many splinters

That was cool. Also cool to know that the tree was a historic walnut tree in Hennepin County. Nice work. Good to see Matt again also.

@mcremona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan!

I'm imagining what Blacktail Studio would do with one of these. So pretty, even with the squirrel poop. I'd probably sweep that into my compost bin and my plants would love it.

After a day of raking and bagging leaves it was very nice to watch this video and learn about butt rot and various bug poops. Thanks Matt! 😀

@christomashofski9160

Жыл бұрын

First they sawed through the poop, then they got to the pith. 🙄🤣

Seeing the amount of good, solid wood in that gives me hope of salvaging something out of one we have here. It's been there for a while. Summer before last a storm took some of the top out of it, and while cleaning that up I found a 1926 Liberty silver dollar at the base of that tree. An old crow's stash? Who knows what might be found in that tree.

@melsafken764

Жыл бұрын

Back in the day, people buried money at the foot of a tree. They didn't trust banks. I had some friends that found little bags of coins at the base of a tree. They gave me an old coin. Early 1900's.

@infoanorexic

Жыл бұрын

@@melsafken764 that would seem unlikely here. this place was the county "poor farm."

@pamelakersten1032

Жыл бұрын

The jars they kept them in usually broke. Use a metal detector and you can find more. And if they had rolls of cash the wrapped them in burlap woth rubberbands so look for something that looks like a root of some sort. It could make you rich.

@lindaj5492

Жыл бұрын

Any traditions of paying the faerie folk to protect the growing tree?

That’s actually two trees that grew up side of each other and fused together. It’s uniquely beautiful!

@nooboftheyear7170

Жыл бұрын

I actually think that happens when you cut the tree once, it grows back with two stems...

@BEV0323

Жыл бұрын

@Danny Dirreso You're right, they fused together and made 1 big ole HUGE one. 👍

@erynlasgalen1949

Жыл бұрын

Walnuts tend to send up several shoots from the same sprout. I had two walnut trees given to us by family friend who sprouted them from a nut. They were double and tripartite. One came down in a storm several years ago, and it had three major parts. The stump keeps sending up multiple shoots. I'd like to find a good use for the downed trunks, and I hope the tree will grow again.

@seankennedy1377

Жыл бұрын

100% Agreed. Unique for its age. Very beautiful.

@toledoborn1392

Жыл бұрын

No None of what you said is true

No bad decisions, just missed opportunities. Interesting mantra for life. When your barn warehouse is finished do you plan to move this mill up there and reopen the garages for your wife and her car? Wishing you and your family a blessed week, gentle autumn weather and restful evenings. Peace Matt

There HAS to be an electric leaf blower sponsorship opportunity here. Watching you guys scrape and sweep dust. Dewalt, please reach out.

@HubertofLiege

Жыл бұрын

$15 dollars more and you can have a gas powered stihl. Run much longer than a battery.

The last piece was INCREDIBLE! It literally looks like an angel! 😇

@SeraphimCherubim

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Last one would make a cool epoxy table.

in high school woodshop my friend cut through a piece of walnut and cut a lead musket ball in half , He made a little wall shelf unit with the two pieces of shiny lead showing prominent , was pretty cool convo piece.

I had read many years ago that the root ball of walnut (Circasian) was highly sought after for gun stocks because of the unique patterns.

Lots of nice straight grain then some really interesting spots too. Nice history about it as well!

Matt, I see you struggle moving those heavy slabs off the mill.I too mill by myself and found a helpful one man trick to moving those heavy slabs. I use 1", 1 1/2" and 2" pvc pipes to roll or move the slabs onto the forks. I too enjoy being the first one to see the inside of a log. Thanks for all you do, DonR

@rorschacht8478

Жыл бұрын

Matt tried the pipe technique at his old place once, I remember a video he posted. He didn't like it because he said it was unpredictable and would quickly get away from you.

@carl4043

Жыл бұрын

It's ridiculous that they're struggling with those heavy slabs while forklift is parked right there

Tele-handler is got to be the best invention for folks that run sawmills (and so many other things). Great work Matt!

@sixupsprite5501

Жыл бұрын

As somebody who drives a reach truck all day... I see that telehandler and I'm like got dang it's a four wheel drive off-road reach truck! 😂 It really is such a useful tool for anyone with land doing any large projects regularly.

@vumba1331

Жыл бұрын

Great in wineries too.

I must agree that many 'mistakes' are really missed opportunities.

Matt, I like how you are adding definitions and such to the videos. Thank you.

In Europe, walnut trees were often "grubbed up", so that the best timber in the bole could be recovered for Gun stocks. I have made replacements for shotguns, and on one occasion for a punt gun, which was nearly 6 feet overall. On a visit to the Dordogne, in central France, I went to a large sawmill that only sold prime (very expensive) Walnut timber to buyers from all over the world.

@jefferyforeman7905

Жыл бұрын

How old is this log

@shrek_428

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, some of it has to be used for gun stocks.

Such beautiful wood. We saw huge grubs like that when we took down a hackberry. The chickens went nuts for them. I was a little sad you had none nearby to appreciate the bounty.

@meatavoreNana

Жыл бұрын

Could have eaten them himself..Fried up, taste like peanuts

Omg...just look how gorgeous those slabs are. Thank you for sharing this video.

I was a machinist for many years and if cut up some hellacious expensive pieces of material in my time. The more expensive the piece of material the more times you check it and check your saw and check your blade guides.

You have a good operation. My family surname included Sawyer. I have no mill, but I love to do woodwork when I feel well. I need a source of good hardwoods sawn planks for benches I make.

Mathew, you're the nicest guy. Thumbs up young man!

That old Historic Oak Log was a cut-up. Nice work and will live as somebodies living room table, entertainment bar, night table or whatever. The oak patterns are a thing of beauty and will be enjoyed as a piece of art.

@1982MCI

Жыл бұрын

But it’s not oak, that’s black walnut

Just awesome, Matt !!

That wood is BREATHTAKINGLY GORGEOUS 💞🤗💞🙏

Great presentation - happy working!

Fantastic log! That final buttress figure was just phenomenal. Loved watching logs get cut up into usable wood. Thanks for the vid!

I remember the first video with Matt. Hope he gave you a slab for the use of your saw.

Beautiful wood slabs, with great potential, I would love a finished product from these slabs!

Incredibly cool log. Not surprised to learn it was a heritage log!

I really do appreciate that what may have otherwise been made into firewood is turned into amazing slabs that will create furniture that could potentially last generations

@philhawley1219

Жыл бұрын

Walnut doesn't burn too well, but it makes beautiful gun stocks.

Satisfied viewer here. Really enjoy these special slicings

I'm often impressed seeing your forklift machine fully extended and lifting a heavy log. It must have an enormous rear counterweight to prevent it tipping over on to it "nose", Matthew. Can you imagine milling that log in the old days before mechanical saws, using a sawpit and a two-man handsaw? I wonder how old that walnut tree was when it was felled? That buttress piece with the beautiful whirly grain at thirty-eight minutes of your video would make a lovely wall plaque and a memorial to that historic tree too. True art in nature.

@tomahoks

Жыл бұрын

Over 4000kg the boom when home and over 1300kg when out all the way. It is a heavy hitter fro sure.

Wow, you was so gentle rolling it.

Sawing with Matt and Matt, great start to the day!

More suspense than an action novel.... That last cut was awesome! Thanks for the cool video! Cheers Terry

Loved the figure on that last slab...hope you washed your hands well after playing in that squirrel poop!! 😊

32:45 "What ever that metal was.." when a thin line runs horizontal, all the way across the grain, it's most likely an old fence wire strand the tree absorbed as it grew. Some beautiful grain in there !

At 38:08. That actually look's like an angel caring a baby. I would keep it just like that and mount it. Because of that, that piece might be worth more than any other plank you cut this day.

Beautiful cut pieces of wood! Make. a dynamic table. Magnificent

That is some of the best furniture walnut I have ever seen. ❤️ love it.

What you thought was a cavity that had metal in it is probably from a core sample to determine age/condition of the standing tree.

The markings and the location of the crack made Beautiful Angel Wings! Especially the "flare" on the bottom. Stand the piece up, its a natural art piece.

We need a tour of the property with so much change recently! Including a quick overview of the logs/stacks you have out there.

Thanks to the Matt’s for a fun day . What a wonderful way to spend a day cutting wood and what a story you told .

It's so interesting seeing what's hidden inside of a log. The different lines and swirls, tricking your brain into seeing something that's not really there. For example the very last piece you threw water on, to me, looked as if there was an outline of a squirrel from the chest up. Or I'm just nuts! Either way, thanks for sharing!

@gorillaau

Жыл бұрын

Wal Nut? :-)

@nooboftheyear7170

Жыл бұрын

You never know, it might have died in there

I always thought walnut was a relatively hard wood. Thanks to this video I now know it is softer than both oak and maple and only minimally harder than cherry.

@ericwright6672

11 ай бұрын

Depends on the tree

If I were young and healthy now, there is no doubt that I would have invested in a similar saw to yours. Where I live in (Norway), there is good access to timber and thick old stumps. The stumps are not of the greatest interest, they are heavy and unwieldy, but there is enough machinery to get them transported to the loading area. It costs a bit, but it does everything nowadays. The forest owners are usually decent guys, with whom it is possible to reach a viable agreement. I scratch my hands with desire to work, but when my heart and lungs refuse to cooperate, all I have to do is bend my neck and swallow the elephant. My field has been Tattooing, and repairing wooden boats, diesel engines and cars. A bit of a mix, but have never been able to sit still. Mixing work has therefore been a joy until I got sick, and it is a joy to see everyone using the saw. Good luck with the sawing.

Nice tree. It looks like two trees that tried to join together as one, or lightning struck it leaving a massive gash in its center. Either way, it's kewl to see... like that lower area that looks like magnetic poles with their beams coming from the crack. That last cut produced some truly awesome grain. So beautiful to see.

@dallasblair

Жыл бұрын

We call that a school marm in my neck of the woods

That last slab looked like an angel!

I hope you harvest the grubs because they are one of the best baits for fishing !!

That is some serous slabs of Walnut and the cap has amazing figure

Great job and informative!

The “Matt-Matt Show”. Love it! That last cut was the grand finale, and grand it was. You’d have to be pretty straight grained to not super appreciate that last slab!

@thomasarussellsr

Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. 😉

That was some beautiful walnut!! 💚💚💚

Great that you two collaborated on this beautiful log. Not sure I would want those slugs anywhere near my wood pile

@meatavoreNana

Жыл бұрын

Huhu grubs....you could eat them...Taste like peanuts.

What an interesting and spectacular log! Full of natural goodness!

Those Grubs ?! Chicken Candy !! You or your buddy's chickens will go absolutely nuts over them !! Especially Hens that are laying and have a high protein need/requirement.

wow! i really enjoyed you guys, what happens to the beautiful wood, i can’t wait to see what’s next! thank you 🙏 guys

I love watching these wood sawing videos!

Good to see you guys working together on a project.

Great for a large table with center pour of epoxy tinted with blue.

Beautiful wood.

Loved watching this. Thank you for sharing it!

For a funky old log full of poop it sure turned out a lot of board feet. Definitely a keeper

This so interesting. Glad I came across it. Thanks it's so cool to watch.

Wow! The stories these beauties tell and the natures art they reveal!

That would be amazing giant conference table looks like angel wings

I have some amazing autoharps in Walnut. Pete D’aigle in the luthier. Walnut has a very warm sounding tone. Beautiful colors in that tree. Thank you.

I absolutely love that. That is beautiful Wood, Both Matts Job well done

Just lovely to see the Walnut as it comes off the saw. SO much character to see & appreciate. You guys had a lot of fun during the process which was also great to see & listen to. Thanks for sharing all this, Don from South Aust.

Beautiful grain! Thank you for sharing your skill and passion with us!

So awesome! I had a Sawyer come to my house with his portable mill and planked/quarter sawed a 60 yo White Oak (only 60 in on the base and 52 in at the crotch and about 8 ft long) for me. I was thinking you might use a self-leveling laser that could help monitor your cuts and your blade aspect. I bought a Skil self-leveling red cross line laser for around $100 which is perfect for my rare applications inside a house. Really enjoyed Rubens freaking HUGE (Mine was a baby compared to this one)..LOL The professional I used had a metal detector to check the wood prior to initial cuts, and when he was nervous about certain aspects of the trunk. Again, so awesome watching the two of you work through the log.

One of my favorite woods! We done Matt! 👍🏼

Matt, you look so much happier out in the country. It suits you. Happy Thanksgiving!

That last piece you showed looked as though there was an angel in the wood grain.

You know? Almost all grubs are edible! You could do a catch and cook! I’d watch it!

@thomasarussellsr

Жыл бұрын

If other food is available, why way grubs? They're survival food only, for most of us that have access to groceries. 😝🤢

@annekabrimhall1059

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasarussellsr having access to groceries and being able to afford them is not the same. Lots of us are only surviving!

The walnut log you cut was something else. Walnut is a beautiful look. I like watching sir. I am a wood turner and wish I lived near you to buy some piece's you can't use. Thank you for your videos.

Great job Matt, thank you

Before next Winter- add a timber on the roof above the man door, to hold the Snow from falling on you when the wind slams the door- "Looks great a job well done. John from BC CANADA

My first video of yours. Quite the machine you have built there. I would have kept the compressed bottom part whole, for sculpting or turning. Having funky grain at one end of a board, plank, or slab is cool, but not as cool as turning the base into 3D art/furniture.

That’s some of the most beautiful wood I’ve ever seen!

Amazing log! Beautiful! 👍

I do enjoy watching your videos. I don't comment much, but I have been thinking about starting a hobby sawmill since I am in my retiring years.

Beautiful wood. Very cool info on wood grain.

New to your channel and your trade. Loving it all!

That was fun.beautiful piece of walnut and that saw is huge and sweet!

Gorgeous, just outstanding!