That wood is gorgeous, how wonderful nature is ❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

It really is! And wouldn't it be wonderful if the trees could talk as well 🤗xx

Wow beautiful wood. Back breaking work. I would love to see kitchen worktops and a beautiful kitchen table with benches hope you both feel better soon the cold misty weather doesn't help. Take care.❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Sharon great idea 🤭

a wooden chest would be nice in chesnut. It would be a nice vlog and a different theme and the chest would be usefull🎄🎄🎄

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!!thank you 👏

The wood is drop dead gorgeous Use it for table tops, counters, bed headboards, dressers, wardrobes, doors. Anything that involves a large flat surface.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great suggestions thank you Rita 🙏🏻🥰

A live edge dining table would be beautiful in the sweet chestnut, but whatever you two decide will be incredible. I'm amazed by all you do, and you continue to surprise me with your skills and accomplishments. I've been with you from the very beginning, and staying with you through your journey brings me happiness and hope.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! and it makes us feel great when people actually get some thing from our videos especially happiness and hope all the best Budo 🍺🤠👍🏻

That Sweet Chestnut would make some great garden furniture, with only mortice and tennont joints.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea joep thank you 😊 xx

My father always said that wood heat warms you three times. Once, when you cut the tree down, once, when you stack the firewood, and once in your woodstove. But I always added a fourth time when you had to clean the ashes out of the wood box, lol.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

2 ай бұрын

We love this it did make us chuckle fir sharing this with us 🤗

Those planks would make stunning floor boards ! Thank you so much for the inside view opportunity in your masters of such a beautiful and aklnoledmtfull profession !!!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! and great suggestion 🥰🙏🏻

Take a look at wood turning blanks, pen turning blanks and knife scales. That 1 slice of chestnut is worth more than what you paid for the full log to the right people. The amount of chestnut, oak and fruit trees that you mill would make you a nice little piece of pocket money. ( pen blank is less than 1" square about 5’ long and worth over £1 each now). Great show again love see Budo grafting away.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi Dave yes you are right mate ill be looking into lots of things in the future like this when i get the work shop built and finished but at the moment i have to focus on the renovation and building our homestead up thank you buddy take care Budo 🍺🤠👍🏻

Loving thlog splitter too, brilliant tool 🎉

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

It is a great asset to the Homestead Kim we ate glad we bought it 😀 xx

Did you hear that door when Tracy came outside - solid, strong. 👍 I have a thing for doors and windows. 😊 The wood is gorgeous, beautiful! What a blessing to have the talent and skill to work those logs into building material. Both of you are so amazing!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow! thank you meri for your lovely comment 🥰🙏🏻

The Timbers you are using are some of the best, It must be a real thrill to be milling and then creating products that add to your life’s pleasure. I can only imagine the Timber perfume

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

They truly are Jean and yes Budo is blessed with his trade as a carpenter 🥰🙏🏻xx

That wood is beautiful. It has to be made into something that shows off that grain. Really the options are endless with Budo’s skill.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes we totally agree it is beautiful 😍 and yes you know he will make it into something beautiful 😍 xx

Beautiful wood - Budo you will make magic out of it and Tracy you will finish it to perfection! a live-edge refectory table and/or flooring.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds great! And yes the grain is just beautiful 😍 xx

Omg that chestnut wood is so beautiful. I have no suggestions but I can hardly wait to see what you two Magicians will come up with.🥰

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Us too! Thank you Luminya it is beautiful 😊

Lovely kitchen table it would be amazing

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!! Thank you 😊 xx

A staircase with the cgesnut would be lovely, image stepping on treads with that grain? It would be socks only!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds wonderful 😊 it would be hard not to keep looking down as you walk up the stairs 🤗xx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds wonderful l would keep looking down as l walked on the threads 42apprentice and yes 100 % only socks 🤗

The music was very fitting, with you guys sitting on the log, having a cuppa. The words were so made for you both and your adventures. Glad you both are on the mend, the cough drags on though. Thanks for sharing. Sincerely in San Diego

@phyllisburrell8661

4 ай бұрын

Oh, I would love to see you use it for some lovely, wide floor boards or on the stairs you were telling Mr Bloke and Pam about. Going to your upstairs level.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Phyllis 😊 glad you enjoyed and yes it does xx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love wide floorboards Phyllis a great idea and our thinking as well and yes Budo thought of this as well xx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea don't you just love wide floorboards especially made from Chestnut 🤗

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes most definitely Phyllis ❤

That wood would make a Devine large kitchen table and chairs and matching kitchen cupboards.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea! Pam thank you on the kitchen I'm making for our farmhouse its going to made with tulip wood and finished as a hand painted with oak embellishments hard to visualise at the moment but trust me you will all love it all the best Budo x 🥰😘

22:23 lovely wood ,i would like for u to make a nice table out of it and maybe a couple of benches 2 for all them family diners when everything is finished

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds perfect Theresa 🥰

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds perfect theresa thank you 😊

Wow what a chainsaw that’s the dogs nuts 😂😂😂😂

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Nicely put Jimmy it sure is 🤣😅

We live in Oregon and so enjoy your series. My husband is a woodworker and loves to see the work Budo does. He thinks that the planks would be beautiful as a large farmhouse table or for the treads of your staircase.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Kate great suggestions and we are glad you are loving the videos thank you for watching 🥰xx

@jandolph7509

4 ай бұрын

What is your private email address if you don’t mind?

Flooring with chestnut, and a table for your kitchen. Would be gorgeous.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!! Thank you 😊

I would love to have a few slabs for floating, live-edge shelves.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Nice idea Ant 🤗

i think the wood would be perfect for a long farm table - two large plank mirror image of each other would bring up the grain pattern - so beautiful .

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you great suggestion 😊

The chestnut is gorgeous! I’d use it to build the kitchen cabinetry.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!!Karen thank you 😊

I am not sure that you can turn a block of chestnut wood. But I think a bench would be comfortable. I hope you finally get over your bronchitis and start feeling better. I am always amazed how much you both do. And your relationship shows a lot of love between you. Thank you.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi Chestnut splits easily so l would think you would have to taker care while turning and thank you 🥰we have been together 42 years so we must be doing something right 🥰xx

The chestnut is beautiful - I am seeing a dining table with live edges!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea thank you 😊 🙏

That wood ❤and the smell must be out of this world! I can see a nice dining room table, side board, shelves. The sky’s the limit really and with your skills, anything you make with it will be beautiful. But since it has to dry for a year, we’ll just have to wait and see what you use it for. Greetings from a very snowy Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Some lovely suggestions Rita thank you 😊 and yes Budo will make some lovely things l am sure 🤗❤xxx

That’s one epic start to a good vlog. Bodo with his hat backwards toting that huge chainsaw with metal frame around it. Music matched a PERFECTLY ♥️♥️♥️ love that splitter.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Love it he lifted the chainsaw like it weighed nothing now that is macho and we thought the music suited it perfectly and yes we are super pleased with the log splitter thank you for watching 🥰🙏🏻xx

The chestnut looks so good 😊

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

It does! John thank you for watching 🙏🏻

You look so happy together in this video, making big plans together. I'm sure you can feel that you are making good progress this year.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you June and yes we do its going to be a good year I'm sure all the best Budo x 🥰😘

I like Tracy’s idea of using it for flooring. It would make amazing flooring!!!!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes you are right it would make fantastic flooring thank you 😊 😀

Beautiful! Could you make a big kitchen table with this? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of furniture made of chestnut wood! I like that log splitter! Very powerful. Other ones I’ve seen on vlogs are terrifying! They sound like a shotgun and they THROW the wood like a slingshot! Not very safe. This one even Tracy can safely use. Good buy that. Hope you’re both feeling better soon. You both still need to rest more! ❤❤❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great suggestion kathy the grain needs to be shown . The log splitter is perfect and yes l will be using it as it is safe 🥰🙏🏻xx

That fresh cut wood is so pretty! My father In law use to manage a lumber mill in Northern California and he would be drooling!❤ I live the dog sitting with you on the log!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

That is awesome! pam thank you for sharing this with us and yes Chezzy loves being around us 🥰

Now that log splitter definitely needs a time lapse lol much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS I love your videos!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Working on it! 🤣😅😂 you could have a sleep while it was playing 😁xx

Love you deep appreciation for the wood ..it is beautiful!! Lovely people both of you present to us an honest genuine relationship and kindness toward one another… so nice to see

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Your very kind Vicki thank you 😘 🥰

Oh stunning wood. I look forward to seeing what you finally make with it. Glad you are feeling better.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sharon it is beautiful 😍 xx

The planks will look amazing whatever Budo ends up making, yes the grain is amazing... Sounds like you guys are still suffering from your illness hope you are fully recovered soon.. take care and look after yourselves Robb Torremolinos Spain xxx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes it will be Torre thank you 😊 my cough has gone but Budos is still here there calling it the 100 day cough. Take care love us two ❤ xx

I love Timber and I think flooring for sure otherwise a built in wall unit, table/furniture. I ALWAYS hit the like button for you. Hope you both get better soon and love your vlogs. 😘🌹

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

I totally agree! And thank you we really appreciate it 🙏 😊 xx

I feel for you both, I’ve had what sounds the same virus as you, since Christmas Day and still struggling to shake it. Get well soon. 😊 On a better note that chestnut wood looks great. 👍👍👍

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

It is taking its time to go but we feel healthy but thank you 😊 yes it is beautiful 😍

The grain is gorgeous. It would make so many nice things. How about a box for storing memories in a size to sit on a bookshelf perhaps.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Lovely idea Sally thank you 🙏🏻🥰

The grain in the wood is beautiful!!! Hope you both get better soon. It was good to see you relaxing on the log and having a tea with the pup. Liked and shared. Best. PS to make with the chestnut cut wood: Planks for the floors of your home, birdhouses, cutting blocks, some type of funky coffee table, and maybe a treated flower box or a tea tray. over and out. ps for your coughs, put some eucalyptus in a pot of boiling water for about an hour. It is the main ingredient in all cough syrups and cough drops.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your great suggestions heather and thank you we need to get to 10,000 subscribers 🙏🏻thank you we normally use crystals in a bowl and you put your head over the basin with a towel over your head and inhale but we are always open to suggestions 🥰🙏🏻xx

Hi Budo n' Tracy. That's beautiful Chestnut. I can't believe how little you had to pay for it, lucky you, especially if you're able to get more at a later date. I have a vision of kitchen cupboards made from it. It's a beautiful grain. Though I guess that as you'll want to be getting on with the the kitchen build you won't want to wait for the planks to season. The chainsaw and splitter look like great peices of kit. I always look forward to your videos. Top quality. I don't think it'll be long before Tracy will be using the splitter herself.👍

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you great suggestion Kenneth and yes we have the Tulip wood for the Kitchen cabinetry. We are happy with both tools great additions to our Homestead and yes l will be using it as it will be one less job for Budo to do 🥰xx

Gorgeous grain on the chestnut planks. While very useful, that upright splitter will become a back pain, literally, if you plan to do a lot of firewood. I went with a horizontal electric 7 ton splitter that is fantastic. We set up a 'starter' table for the logs, the splitter is on a raised table with wheels, and split wood immediately goes into a trailer on the other side to haul to the woodshed or keep them at arm height for stacking depending on where we set up. Almost no bending. With age, we've learned to work smarter, not harder.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes the grains are beautiful we love them and thank you, we have to definitely think smarter as we get a bit older thank you for watching 🥰🙏🏻

Think about using large planks of Chestnut in Counter tops and tables to show the most of the beautiful patterns

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea Sharon thank you 😊 xx

Your chestnut boards are fantastic. I'd suggest: 1. Dining table. 2. Sideboard for dining room. 3. Guest room headboard/footboard/rails. 4. Bench and/or cabinets for Tracy's She Shed or Budo's Work Shop or simply save some of it for that cottage you'll tackle when time allows.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Some fantastic ideas there thank you and glad you enjoyed the video 😘🥰

That wood is beautiful, what a wonderful table it would make. Whatever Budo makes will be beautiful craftmanship . Take care both you still sound a bit rough😊

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you it would and yes it will be beautiful 😍 xx

Beautiful grain on the wood. Chopping boards would be good, flooring, but tables would be nice so you can sit there and admire it! I once saw a picture of a console table for a hallway with the live edge facing outwards, all polished. Looked fantastic! Our whole family has had this bug over Christmas. The kids have shaken it off much sooner but in our sixties now, it's still lingering on. Just at the occasional tickly cough stage now. Looking forward to seeing the kitchen progress when weather and health permits. Get well soon.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

The Chestnut is beautiful and great suggestions thank you. This cough virus is lingering on and yes as soon as the weather breaks then Budo will be on the roof tiling, we are doing jobs inside for now 🥰🙏🏻

There are so many ideas, but you'll do wonders with it, I know. It is just beautiful wood.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Kathryn I will do good by it when it's ready 🥰😘

The wood is so beautiful! 🤩 And loads of fun tools! 😊❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

It really is Pam and yes great additions for our homestead 🥰🙏🏻xx

Flooring, Flooring, Flooring

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you sounds great 👍

Amazing the woos splitter love the wood grain amazing skill Budo xxx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Eira 🥰🙏🏻xx

Wow, that wood grain is spectacular. Whatever you do, it needs to showcase the grain. Maybe one project could be an outdoor bench with back. In the US, we call them park benches. I hope you both continue to recover. BTW, that sawmill is brilliant.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea Joanne and yes we agree the grain is beautiful and thank you 🥰xx

Chestnut trees are almost extinct in the US because of a blight. So I enjoy seeing that beautiful wood and what you will do with it!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

That is such a shame 😞 and yes it will be made into something

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

That is such a shame and yes you will love the future projects ❤

Covonia

I would love to see you make a Welsh dresser for your kitchen with that beautiful chestnut. I'm probably biased though being Welsh.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!! Thank you 😊

Your entero for the video is much better now Cheers for Very Cold Alberta -30C

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you glad you are enjoying 😉

I would love Kitchen Bench tops made out of that beautiful wood 😊

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

That would be nice meredith thank you 😊 🙏 x

A coffee table/side tables/ sideboard or as Tracy suggested flooring. The grain is beautiful, with stain it will be a wow!🇨🇦❤️

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you! Kelly great suggestions and l would love to see the Chestnut turned into wide floorboards 🤗 xxx

The chestnut is gorgeous. I'm sure you have plenty of uses but I'd use it for something that would show off the grain.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great suggestion Wayne thank you for watching 🥰

Beautiful wood. Whatever you make will be gorgeous but I'd vote for some bedroom furniture or even kitchen cabinets. That splitter is a beast, too. Thanks for sharing.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Thank you John and a great idea on the bedroom furniture and a little heads up for you im slabbing the rest of the chestnut into 2 and 1/4 inch then sending them of to the dryer to use as kitchen work tops all the best Budo 🍺🤠👍🏻

We need to get you up to 10k!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes please! Jackie you all have to share share share and then everyone needs to like and subscribe xx

Absolutely beautiful wood! I’d love to see it used as cladding for your new kitchen extension, though I suspect there’s not enough. I think it would be a fantastic contrast to the stonework. That splitter is a game changer. Howdy from Perth Australia 🇦🇺

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you we love it great suggestion and yes the splitter is a great tool for the homestead 🥰

Sorry to see you are still coughing. I hope its not as long as me I'm still coughing since Oct. I would love that wood to make panelling in your living room and to have raised panels in the center to show the grain of the wood 😊😊😊😊

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Denise thank you. Apparently its called the 100 day cough !!! 🥰xxx

Beautiful wood. live edge shelving, work tops etc.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

We agree! thank you for your suggestion 🥰

That chestnut tree is going to be beautiful! Shelving, cutting boards,benches, etc.

It's always a joy to watch your videos as I always learn so much! I've never seen a tree cut into board lengths.....and found myself just waiting to see the beautiful pattern in the next cut! One of my sons built a table top for his large bar b que grill with a beautiful piece of wide redwood. He then put a thick coating of resin on top of it and it is stunning and will withstand the weather. I adore your little porch addition and once I close on the property in the Loire, I hope to build a similar entry porch. Cheers!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you jill and it sounds beautiful and we are so glad you love the Porch 🙏🏻🥰

Kitchen cupboards, table perhaps an outdoor bench

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea! thank you 🙏🏻🥰

A fireplace mantle, coffee table or possibly cutting boards for Tracy to sell on Etsy?

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!! thank you Cynthia for your suggestions 🥰🙏🏻

@cynthiahudson7528

4 ай бұрын

any item you choose the work and finish product will be superb. Good luck@@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

Sweet chestnut is beautiful, the colours and the grain. What to make? A table? Bread boards? Bread bin? Not sure. He showed us the tulip wood for the kitchen cupboards. It too is stunning. Tell me, how does he decide on which wood to use for specific jobs?

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is absolutely beautiful we l9vevthe grain and good suggestions thank you. Budo knows because of his experience and knowledge 🤗

The chestnut is beautiful. The grain is gorgeous. Can't wait to see what the two of you decide to make out of it. The wood splitter is going to definitely spare your backs and arms if you had continued to chop & split the wood by hand. I would think with all your equipment, tools and machinery you're in need of a large building to house it all must be in the near future.! Hope you get over your coughs soon.😊

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Sue it truly is and yes the wood spitter was a great buy and this is a good idea thank you for watching 🙏🏻🥰xx

Wow what a chainsaw very useful tool, clever frame for it. Enjoy Budo

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Phil it's a great bit of kit for our homestead buddy

In the US people make live edge tables out of wood like your chestnut and get thousands of dollars per table!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi Susan yes the same is in England to ive seen tables go for over £40.000 pounds but its different here in France there isn't as money here and French people generally are not looking for that sort of thing 🥰😘

The chestnut is stunning. I think a live-edge counter or table would be lovely. But really, anything would be beautiful.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

We totally agree! Thank you 😊 xx

Just so you know, I watch your channel on my TV, so too difficult to comment 🤨

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Well thank you now for commenting 🤗xx

What a beautiful log! I can just imagine how lovely it smells!! Wish i was there to enjoy it! It would make beautiful floors and an amazing table!! You guys make such a lovely couple and work partners. I just love watching the two of you work together and i love your channel. Sure hope you get over the cough soon !! Try some hot ginger tea with honey

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you souch for your lovely comment and we will as we love Ginger l cook alot with it 😊 xx

Hiya folks. Can you make a chopping or cheese board in different sizes with your logo. I could use 2. You could do them with or without waxed. Do a kit form with on line video lessons. Just a idea. Keep up the good work. X

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi joanalden yes I will be making charcuterie boards cheese boards and chopping boards in the future for Tracy's Etsy shop so watch this space and thank you xx

That wood is so stunning I absolutely love the colour, would you use it to make your kitchen units or just the doors? It would look so beautiful in the kitchen, love watching your channel xx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Great idea! Kim Budo will be using the tulip wood we bought for the Kitchen units ❤❤xx

Happy new year from Chicago🎉…. From the scrap make SPOONS, SMALL TRAYS, CUPS, FRAMES, CHOP Sticks….

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Happy new year to you Sonia and thank you great idea 🥰😘

Budo, the wood is so lovely, would make lovely shelves with the bark left on or coffee/ side tables ? Cant wait to see what you do with it. Get well soon xx

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is thank you lorna 🤗

I was at a forest stewards in the Seattle, WA and I saw demos of portable mills including the Alaska mill. All very interesting.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us Rita very interesting 🥰

Actually once you have cut the first slab off the log you now have a flat surface on which the chainsaw can ride for subsequent cuts. There is no real need to use the ladder as a guide afterwards unless of course you want to. Eliminating the ladder gives you a bit more stability as the slide a chain are now closer together.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Hi I keep the ladder on because there's less friction so the saw moves through much quicker as you only have contact with the 1 inch ladder runs either side because if you are directly on the log and it's wet and sappy it's slows you right down you should give it a go William you will be amazed at the difference buddy 😉

Just WOW! that chestnut is beautiful! Can't wait to see what you make from it. Definitely cutting and charcuterie boards.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Julie and yes its stunning 😍

Budo, you make me smile😄. You are like a little boy with his favorite toys, but Your toys are Huge and Dangerous! I’m so glad you have the area to work with these machines too. Always teaching, always creating. ❤❤❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

I couldn't of put it better myself Kathy men always love there toys they just get bigger as they get older 😂🥰xx

Wall paneling, cupboard doors, bench tops, doors, window sill,, window seats. 😉💋❣️🥰 your imagination is your limit.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Love it!! thank you lna xx

@sylvanaire

2 ай бұрын

I think I’d die if that beautiful wide plank was cut up & used for bread boards! 🫣

That chestnut is lovely I’m trying to imagine the smell I think anything made from it would be fab perhaps an ottoman great with the smell shelving could it be used for kitchen boards !!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Great ideas!! And yes the smell is lovely 😍 xx

love the grain of the wood🤩, i saved that saw brand , to buy once i got money again 😉

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Hi yves if you buy this saw be very carful as its very powerful and you really need some experience with a mid powered saw first mate as this one could easily catch you out its 122cc 8.4 horse power its like holding small motor bike side on 🍺🤠👍🏻

Use the off-cut to make some merch!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Good idea thank you 🥰🙏🏻

@lislchester5266

4 ай бұрын

I commented too early because later you asked for ideas 😂🤣 key chain fob, pizza trays with handles, coasters, book ends, simple shadow boxes.

If you cut the planks thicker, ie 3-4 inches, you could make some incredible blanks for Woodturning. Unlike the uk it is so difficult to get decent bowl blanks in France.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Hi geofftidy I'm not really a turner as such but on the two large chestnut logs I'll be slabbing them at 2" 1/4 and 3" but more for construction of furniture in a couple of years any thank you all the best budo 👍🏻

@geofftidy8745

3 ай бұрын

@@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries that’s a pity as with those figures they would make beautiful bowls plus you could get premium money for them.

It would make beautiful countertops

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

They definitely will thank you 😊

Too good for chopping boards.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Indeed! lna maybe floorboards, staircases furniture xx

Thank goodness you know how to deal with this beautiful wood. It would have been such a shame for it to just have rotted on the forest floor.

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi Jane yes I am blessed to work with this beautiful timber and will be collecting much more thank you Jane all the best Budo x 😘🥰

Beautiful

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

The grain in that wood is like the contours on an OS map! I'd like to see it used to make a dining table with bread board ends. Budo could use the opportunity to teach everyone the proper (traditional) way to do the ends that allows for seasonal wood movement.

Wood is beauiful! Kitchen countertops?

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it is! Very beautiful and Budo is fortunate he can make wonderful things with it as well 😊

That’s one down, can see a lot of rings on the log. How many you reckon you’ll get Budo? Oh wow is right, am picturing it already with your homemade oils on it, beautiful and rich!

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Budo reckons about 8-10 planks Ina and yes so can we 🙏🏻🥰

Absolutely beautiful. I would love to see a table made with live edge. Either a large rustic refectory table or a coffee table. But as Tracey said it would make a spectacular floor, maybe for your dining room if you can get more of it.❤

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Both your suggestions thank you 😊 xx

I’m two weeks behind but catching up. A nice island top for the kitchen or work area top would be nice. 🇨🇦

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

3 ай бұрын

Hey mate that would be magnificent but it would have to be from 2 inch stock and I would need to wait 2 years for them to air dry 😉 but great idea thank you

Kitchen units look nice can you please tell me what your dog breed is well done 👍

@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries

4 ай бұрын

Hi Joaosilva thank you her breed is a Patterdale from the UK they were bread for ratting there like a jack Russel on steroids and will tackle foxes too 🍺🤠👍🏻