Turning a tree into lumber using a homemade Alaskan Mill
2015 ж. 23 Шіл.
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This video demonstrates a technique for milling a redwood log into slabs of wood with a homemade Alaskan Mill. Filmed by Julie Joynt. Interviewer asks basic questions so that a person unfamiliar with milling techniques can learn how to mill slabs of wood with their chainsaw without spending money for additional equipment.
Why would anyone dislike this video? Hardworking guy showing a useful method.
The woman was an excellent interviewer. Well done!
Agreed
I think I can hear an Irish accent mixed with some Canadian in her voice??
She really has a porn star voice it's NICE
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This is a man that knows what he’s doing. Wisdom is rarely caught on video.
This was the best wood cutting video I have seen on You Tube. I got into cutting trees on a ranch (dead hardwood trees) when I was about 60 years old, and found my greatest tranquility out there. Had I found out about cutting trees when I was much younger, I know I would have made it my life's work. You have a great life, and are quite a craftsman! Great job!
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Julie’s questions, observations and curiosity add a level of entertainment and interest not often found in most KZhead videos. A great piece of work.
I agree...Julie does a great job of knowing enough to ask informative questions.
@@DavidGrothsculpture I found her distracting and slowed you down.
@@deadmausish did you ever consider that David welcomes the slower pace working with such heavy & large sized lumber?
and i totally disagree. i find her annoying and obnoxious. she's doing pretty good with filmography... but the commentary... nails on a chalk board.
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The technique is so basic yet very ingenious. The interviewer asked the right questions for the unfamiliar yet didnt take away from the important aspects of the processes. This man has some very valuable expertise most undoubtedly handed down from generations.
My mind is blown when I find out skills such as these! 💯
When I was a kid one of the best summers I had was running a homemade sawmill with my ex gfs dad out in the woods. I had no clue someone my size could move such massive logs with a simple come along. The scenery, animals, and aroma of each type of wood left a long lasting memory which I hope to give to my niece and nephews someday. Excellent video
Use of the standing trees in the background as a cut wood storage racks was perfect (BEAUTIFUL in its efficiency and simplicity)! - Very well done!
Great knowledge and great video
I love Julie's narration. You, sir, are a great example of industriousness, and self-reliance!
+Julie Joynt Thanks for taking the time to video this and don't worry about the oohs and aahs for your were asking the right questions and I was doing the same thing as I was watching. He is very impressive and liked the setup. I liked David's statement at the end, you have to work either way.
+Katzbynite thank you for saying that and encouraging me! Love your name by the way!
+jujoynt Thanks. Hope to see more vids.
+Julie Joynt This is honestly one of the finest videos I've ever seen on youtube. Good work to you both.
Ms. Julie Joynt is obviously very intelligent. It's easy to tell that none of this is above her. Thank you Ms. Joynt for your patience and time.
+TheRjjrjjr thank you!. Actually despite 8 years together, I learn something every time I watch David work and that was why I started filming him - good thing I did as many have enjoyed this video ..... of a man who basically just gets on with his life in the woods!
Larry Woods here. Good to see you old friend. 71 years old now. Been since high school at McKinleyville CA. Good to see you alive and well. Good work.
Good to hear from you…thanks :-)
I like the lady asking the questions and saying "aaaaaah" 😄. It's nice to have a woman who is interested in things like this instead of the kind who won't step out of an air-conditioned house and is always worried about getting her hair messed up.
Soft spoken, humble, and hard working. Now that is a "Man's Man". I really enjoyed the camera lady as well.
Work quietly- let your success be your noise.
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yeah, she asks the right questions
I am really fixated on her accent. She sounds Americanish. Like, I cant tell but maybe I hear Irish behind it? A Irish lady who became an American a long time ago and now she sounds like a funny American.
Julie, the interviewer has probably been following him as he cut long before this particular job. She's just asking the questions to pull out the words from the sawyer who otherwise would just go about his work silently. Yep, she knew all the right questions to draw out this man's technique. I had the feeling they were acquainted with each other in some fashion. I would have liked to see who was behind that feminine voice.
I saw lumber for a living. I press a foot lever to kick the log onto the carriage. I push a lever to run the log through the saw. I saw thousands of board feet a day. I sit in a chair, and drink coffee. Seeing this kind of old school work makes me happy.
TheLoneliest Funk great safety tips too
No real joy there...just a job to U?
Yeah but this guy doesn’t get shit done compared to you.
GOOD
Lots of "old school guys" with "old school scars". Chainsaw mills are pretty crazy dangerous.
Your videographer’s epiphanies were expressed so beautifully. Great vid, thanks for sharing.
I love how relevant videos like these find themselves five short years later. Five years ago, this was a "hobby". Post pandemic/wild fires life has this being the way of life for a lot of people now.
Julie did a great job. The mill work was ingenious.
That saw mill is one of the absolute finest examples of bush engineering I have seen to date!Great video, very informative, thanks for sharing!Greetings from Germany
Awesome! The world over, although different, a tree is a tree, and it takes care and skill to work with it.
+Maplehouse Knives and Bushcraft It is straight out of the Fine Woodworking book by Will Mallof. He shows this set-up, and some that are "better" . Mallof figured out how to stand at the end of the log and winch the saw to himself, his guide system is also really simple and easy it walks down the log on bolt heads. I don't know who originated the stacked black spacer system but it was in the book. www.amazon.com/Chainsaw-Lumbermaking-Will-Malloff/dp/1626548447
Hondo Trailside Thank you for the heads up, I will check it out!
+Maplehouse Knives and Bushcraft There is a pdf project online copy also, but as that was starting the second hand copies were over 100 dollars. Nice to see print versions available.
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What a nice person he is. I bet he's happier than most of us!
I love your wife's added commentary. It gives this video an added element of explanation, entertainment and wholesomeness.
When I used to mill wood with my alaskan mill I always used a single section from a aluminum extension ladder and you can use long wood screws and plumbers tape with holes in it to secure the ladder section to the log and that makes a very nice stiff straight guide.
This man has got it going on. He is safe to his self and, thinks of the safety of others. Great job on all accounts. Nice video.
Ingenious Alaskan Mill setup. Incredibly informative about how, why, and even learned a bit about drying. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent video. I am the 9,632,907 viewer. It is a teaching for novice to expert and apartment dweller to a woodsman. Thanks to Julie for asking the "simple" questions on behalf of myself and perhaps others.
Wow, and we thought that no one would watch this video as when we made it, it was very long compared to the norm!
I am an indigenous person of the States and I grew up with grandparents who went out and cut their own wood in their 70s... I use to stack it and split the rounds. I miss the sound of the chainsaw and smell...I’m now almost 60 yrs old myself. God Bless this man and His love in making something by his own hands. Awesome 🤔🔑🙇🏻♀️💕
Thanks! :-)
terrific video. Very clear and informative. The conversation with the intelligent but non expert lady added another dimension. Julie has a beautiful voice.
+John Viggers I certainly agree!
The Lady served as photographer at the same time asking questions what a good job. I loved this Milling method especially if you're in rural area without electricity around.
Love Julie asking questions, wish more videos had someone that didn't know asking for more clarification. One of the better videos I've seen. Don't know if this is the usually setup but it works really well, you guys are a good team.
I like it because it's cheap
the only reason this video get a thumbs down is because there are too many asses on KZhead. This hard-working man deserves a big thumb up no matter what
Andy N I know this is a old video but I just had to comment. I'm like you I don't understand why anyone would give this a dislike, people now a days has no respect and no life and complete assholes. I'd say its due to bad parenting.
Exactly. Great job the old fellow has done. Got the job done well is all its about. My only concern was addressed by the woman right at the end...the foot pushing the board. But not worth a thumbs down for sure.
Probably the woman's overly sarcastic exaggerating "oohhhhs ahhhhhs and uhhh huuuhs" unnecessary antics added
Cary Howe wtf are you even talking about...Modding?
@@eyewokeupinhell "modifying" or modding. No need to get mad. Lol
This man is just impressive. So much knowledge. So much experience. Great respect!
And main thing- he has hair!
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The ingenuity and the patience and the work ethic all on full display. Very very good job man.
The women filming, is so positive and supportive as this man does what he is passionate about. That's very rare. Love the video!
Great video, the questions from the interviewer (Julie I assume) really made the video for me. The interviewer is clearly thinking about the task and asking relevant questions which get some interesting insights into the process that you don't normally hear.
+Wobblycogs Workshop Thank you, you got the point! Do check out some of David's other videos as although different you may enjoy!
Thanks for pointing this out. Too many simple minded imbeciles here making rude and inept comments about her questions and commentary. It's quite irritating. I found her questions very useful for understanding the process.
Wobblycogs Workshop hallloooo, great video. Can you tell me please approximately where this video was shot, exactly would be excellent but rough idea
@@jujoynt Julie, have you done anything else I can see on the web; I found your interview style and voice very intuitive and alluring, respectively...
Mad respect for this gentleman. I admire his patience.
Thanks!
I admire his hair!
David Groth what’s the location of this video please... beautiful area
I've been a woodworker all my life, but this was new to me! I love this whole video! Thanks to both of you! David, you worked your butt off for that! Nice job!
a lot of skill and knowledge this guy has.
Loved the video and especially appreciated all the questions the interviewer asked and the thoroughness of your answers. I like the simplicity of the way your top beam and mill is made.
+Matt Schwartz Thanks. The setup works quite good and I'm sure over time there can be additional improvements.
Appreciate the girl asking questions and allow the man to share his skills to us proudly, smart girl....
A woman actually interested in what a Man is doing... the most amazing part of the video
Good woman, lots of compliments, acts interested and ask questions.
I like the simplicity. You've got to be pretty smart to make something this simple.
Thank you so much David. You have ended my dilemma of how to slice my 26 inch tree trunk. I am going to be very busy very soon!
I have no business watching a technique like this, but Im watching anyway, very impressive.
The quality of this video is amazing. This man was very ingenious with his milling tool. I will remember to copy it when cutting trees back home.
Talk about a LABOR OF LOVE for this man. A literal tree hugger. God bless you sir. Amazing and genius process.
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Jealous of the woodsmen's paradise you have there, all that gorgeous wood, and the hair.
+John Fisher Jealous here in the UK too. Mr Groth seems to have a really nice patch of land to harvest from.
Oddly enough that thought came to me too - the amount of time to make those cuts etc, but since he lives there I guess you could say that its a way of life too with the amount of cut wood he has.
+John Fisher It only took him 30 minutes.
+George Rivera the video is 30 minutes mate, and it is edited to be shorter. It would have taken him a couple hours to cut that one piece, setting and measuring everything up. so 40+ pieces is a lot of work
Narcoticks Well, excuse me. I was sarcastically referring to his skills. I thought I was being complimentary.
I so enjoyed this video but for a different reason. I moved away from Montana 27 years ago. I was living an outdoor life and cutting my firewood (12-15 cords every fall) with a Husqvarna 65 saw with 26" bar. Watching this video brought back the wonderful sounds of a "Husky" firing up and cutting endless piles of wood to keep me warm during the winter. Thank you for letting me relive a special time in my life.
David Groth, aka MacGyver. I have never seen this video before,but I was mesmerised watching Mr.Groth cutting up his tree making it in to good pieces of lumber,and doing it with a Swedish made chainsaw !!! In the early seventies I worked in the forestry industry working with that Husqvarna chainsaw,a nice job. I also want to say thank you so much for the lovely women behind the camera,her way with the camera is excellent. I want to see much more of this. :) :) :)
Thanks!
Great video. And I thought Julie was good. Sure, some of the questions she asked were things that I knew, but some other things she asked helped me understand better. I think she had an idea that some people in her audience would want to know certain things, so she asked about it. Maybe some of the questions she even already knew the answers. It is an interview technique. You guide the narrative for the benefit of the viewer. Anyway, there are not very many 30 minute how-to videos on youtube that are worth watching. This one definitely was.
Thanks!!
Completely agree...Julie asked all the right questions in order to make the video informative!
*David Groth **6:24** she can't be impressed, must be old lady*
*David you did god job* *I'm looking for a job* *Can you give me work* *I'm from Mexico* *Thanks for your videos*
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I had no idea how much I needed to see this until youtube randomly recommended it. This is brilliant.
Thanks! :-)
You look exactly like my father, your mannerism, your explanations. I can't believe my eyes!
So refreshing to see a true blue tradesmen with a lifetime of skill beautifully presented .thank you!🎖
Dude! MacGyver could learn a thing or two from you! Great vid, loved the commentary and the end product! Props to the camera-lady, epic interview skills! Thanks for 30 minutes well spent!
One of those videos that make up for ALL the crap I usually watch. I will never ever do this but at least I know how now. Amazing guy and interviewer - kind of people you'd want to have over for dinner sometime. Thank ... YOU!
Innoculous I used to say the same thing. “Man that be cool but I’ll never do it” screw that, work hard and go get what you want. This year I bought a house in the woods on some land and a stihl 660 magnum and a stihl 390. Last week I just ordered my Alaskan mill and I’m gunna do it. I’m going to build my own barn. Knowing damn well I’m going to make some mistakes but when it’s done and ironed out I’ll be able to stand back and have a beer and say “damn I did it”.
kpeezle, would you do us all a favor and start your own channel? It's hard to find good content, presented in an entertaining but professional manner. So many of us have that dream, but for one thing or another, we just can't make it happen. If we get to watch you, we can share in your fun! David fits this category, but he can only make so many videos a day - lol! Lemme know, I'll be your first sub! Deal? Please???
kpeezle And working your ass off will keep you healthy. Double benefit. If you stay at it, you might build another barn when your first one wears out. Sit down and you’ll stay down. Been around awhile, I’ve taken notice.
kpeezle kneehole let me know when you get the channel running I am thinking of doing a little wood working video mainly for the disabled person possibly Ihave had several strokes as the last 3 years and the fact that the health care clinic has only started me on therapy and I am just about able to move or work with right hand side limbs but I hope to be up and working again in a year or so and then hopefully iwill be teaching disabled people to work with and make things like slab tables and the floating river type would love to be able to walk again and then hopefully make something I not alone in my prison of a wheelchair these evil devices are everywhere I look I will get to give mine away and gratis spas to help to many other kick disabled people when they are down
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Whoever was asking the questions did a great job. Little things are hard to remember when you've been doing it for so long. Seems so simple but it's what makes a good base to do this. Thanks for such a good video.
Wow....great job...you camera gal has a lovely voice...really adds to the video...asks questions we all would ask if we were there.
The interviewer's questions were exactly what I needed. I feel like I learned a lot from watching this (and as a city dweller will never use anywhere).
Ahhhh; OK! I like the woman; she asks the same questions that I would. She really helps with further understanding what he's doing. Amazing job, dude. Ohhhh.
lol I came to the comments to leave *exactly* the same comment as you. Every time I wondered about something, she asked the very question. Funny we were only 40 mins apart with this on a 4 year old video lol.
I think she is good so there
8 million views and counting because it is an excellent video. Thanks.
Thanks!
Awesome work!!!!! I’m going to have to make one of these!!!!
Your knowledge about yield optimization was most impressive; you have just passed your skill on to the next generation. The flexibility you demonstrated with the triangular heart crack slab was - wow. Many videos show homemade sawmill jigs, but none demonstrate the setup and reasons for it as well as this one. Thank you for sharing this. And +1 for the videographer's sexy voice!
You are an unbelievably talented individual. True craftsman! Great video.
Much appreciated, thanks!
Camera person asking good questions. Great video!
Great job Julie with the great filming and great questions! The saw milling was great too!
Superb video. Very nicely done. Intelligent queries by Julie, each answered succinctly and clearly by David. Purely excellent, folks!
this is one of the best videos i have watched on this system thank you
Glad you liked it, thanks!
Boo freddy
I love the Irish narrator and the real time footage 🎉🎉
Ingenious. There are many videos out there like this, but what sets this one apart is the attention to detail, the tips for avoiding pitfalls, and the imaginative manner he approaches this skill.
Thank you so much, Julie, for asking great questions and the great video. And thank you, David, for answering in such a way for a beginner to understand and showing so much. This might actually come in handy for me despite the fact I will never make such large pieces. The drying information and the boards shimming to keep from binding your blade are awesome! I have never seen that part of it. Nor the covering boards. I am so appreciative. Now I am glad I left that wood so long. I would have been so sad if the wood had been ruined because I did not process/stack it right and I would have been so frustrated with the blade getting pinched. That has happened before.
Thanks and good!
You inspired me to buy my own 60cc chainsaw and start milling my own lumber from the chestnut oak trees on our property. Props for inspiring me to do what seemed like the impossible several months ago. Although i will say, i wish i bought electric chainsaw grinding sharpener when i bought the saw, because i spend HOURS trying to learn how to sharpen right and never got it even with a file angle guide. As soon as i bought the sharpener my chain was factory sharp going into every slab cut.
Fantastic! What great slabs you will have!
Thanks for sharing I'm in the lower states and I am getting ready to start my own Alaskan. Mill the center of the log was something that I would have ignored .thank you once again.
Great old school method . . .your cut puts you in personal contact with your work . .nice to be able to see anything before you cut . . .your style of cut allows you time to appreciate your work . . .
Fascinating, I wish You Tube was around when I was a younger man say thirty years ago. A real joy to watch thank you.
@Liberty AboveAllElse .
David, as someone who loves chainsaws, and cuts firewood, cant tell ya how much I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Very cool!!! Thanks from Washington State.
Very glad you liked the video and thanks!
Dave thanks for the video here also! Very informative. Learned a few techniques and how to get it started!!! I foresee some Red Oak and Cedar planks made by my Louisiana mill in the near future.
Best milling class teacher video out there
Lady is so supportive of this guys hard work. Super cool video!
very informative and interesting. & she did a good job asking questions for those of us who have no background in this. and you explained very well. nice work!
Many thanks and yes I agree Julie does a great job asking good questions!
Lauren Turis
A very talented and rare breed of man. I doubt there are more than a couple of hundred in the entire country that can do what he did. I would have liked to have helped just to have learned from his experience.
Thank you +George Rivera !
+George Rivera Thank you!
+George Rivera dude I know 3 guys in my county with a alaskan sawmill. Matter fact we use procut chainsaw mills around here. you should google it
not a particularly rare or difficult skill, but a good self reliant skill to have nonetheless. i do think a homemade band saw mill is the way to go however if your milling allot of wood, allot easier to use and allot less waste. but there is no arguing with the simplicity and low cost of an Alaskan mill.
True!
Drinking coffee and eating ice cream on my couch watching this.....
Promo video to move to Alaska lol. Woodworker paradise.
This is what youtube was made for! I feel like I learned something.
The guy has master skills. he is thin, but you know he is very strong, even at his age.. The guy is humble, but bad ass.
Yup, in great shape.
totally!
I'm sure he has that he is so "everyday strong" that when he shakes your hand it feels like a vice just tightened down on you. Total respect for his skills!
All men who have been working in the forest for years are very strong men, even if their body weight seems small to you ... never let yourself be fooled by the man's weight, working in the forest is not for everyone, many would not even resist at least a year
@@hordori And not the kind of vice that is squeezing you on purpose to be an asshole. A genuine squeeze, firm but aware and gentle.
Total Old School - A great example of what can be done when you meld a good mind with a strong body. Fantastic video, I could almost smell the saw dust. Thanks
I love this video,me an my wife are building a cabin on our property,an I have a chainsaw mill, giving to me from a man I built a house for,I love milling the wood myself,an I particularly love watching a video of someone that has experience and a knowledge in the craft of milling,which you sir convey,into wisdom and,I will use your video as tool ,thank u for this video,and thank u mam,for being a good narrator,be blessed an safe.........
Really nice and informative video and totally enjoyed it. Reminds me of a similar project I did (being a city boy) in a cabin I helped build in Maine. Made a 20ft cedar staircase (with 4 winders) using 5in wide stringers and 4in treads. The newel post was an amazing old old 18" or so wide cedar tree and hand mortising the joints for the winders. Just peeled the bark on the face of it and left it live. White wash stain and poly and looked fabulous. Somehow it ended up in a log home magazine not sure how. Anyways, wooden dowels and tenon joints and not a single screw or bolts used. Oh...almost forgot why I started this comment. My neighbor down the way had a 52" circular mill with a big ass diesel engine that ran the blade and it is how I cut my slabs for the project. The cedar came out of a cedar swamp that was on the property. Really proud of myself (me being a city boy and all) and amazed at how it was done a looong time ago.
Enjoyed being with you. Good emphasis on the heartwood cracks. Applies to all lumber - observe the piece from all angles. A really nice presentation. Oh, and your home made rig is a pearl. Greetins from the forest (ca175yrs old here).
Hard to find a video as good as this
That is a man who is more confident than I am with a chainsaw.
I watched this wonderful video 4 years ago. All in it is still relevant, highly instructive and awesomely entertaining. Thank a lot David!
That was an incredible 30 minutes! Simple concept executed perfectly and you explain the steps very well all along the way. I especially like the final comment summarized here "Sure, it's a lot of work, but you wither go to work and earn the money and then buy the wood or you skip all that in between stuff and mill your own." THAT is how you gain experiences! Thank you for all facets of this video.
+Dan Altenburg Thanks for the great compliment...I must give credit to Julie for making the effort to become familiar enough with the process to ask questions that encourage me to fully explain the process.
Hello from Turkey...... This is the best informative video I've ever seen. Thank you both.
You don't know how much you have helped me with this video thanks a lot for sharing this.
Gawd you remind me of my wife's grandfather as a younger man. "Hang on while I drink my coffee and then let's go do some amazing s&*t." Among other things he's my inspiration for growing old....he was thin and always watched what he ate but more importantly he never stopped moving, I mean never sat still..through his 80s. There was no job he wouldn't tackle. I've adopted that strategy. Loved Julie's camera work.
Thanks and yes Julie does a great job!
Thanks and yes Julie does a great job!
That sounds just like me. Thin build but not too skinny. Constantly moving and working. I'm 40 and have the body of a 25 yo.
Any tips and advice for a 22 year old?
Until I blew out the L4, L5, & S1 discs, (when I was 50-51 years old), ...I could still do situps that could be matched with any 18 year old, ... could out work them too, ... all day long, ... but since I got my back messed up, I can’t seem to do squat, ... you must take care of your back, otherwise other issues like diabetes will take over your life, ... I still can do what ever I want, but not for very long, or even staying in one position, for very long, ... and let me tell you, chronic pain is a no fun, kind of lifestyle, ... you have to make pain your friend, use it’s strengths to your advantage, ... it is how I am getting by, ...
Very interesting ! I am not even working with wood and I don't like listening to english, but I had to watch the full video and I loved, how she keept asking good questions and how he explained it. Very neat methode
I could watch this guy for hours! I learn so much.
I live in a city and I find this video enjoyable to watch. Now I want to move out in the woods.
I bet that smells amazing. Freshly sliced redwood. The only thing I can think that might smell better is freshly sliced bread. Kinda looks like you MacGyvered that beanie from your own dryer lint, too. Self made man. Pure Awesomeness.
make a small alaskan mill for doing bread and get those slices perfect!
The smell of 2 stroke?
Lmao
Domi radio
shut up Ben
That was so beautiful, I might call it poetic, except that it was also very informative.
This is very interesting to me! I have never seen anything like this, I live in Iceland, and we don't have trees like this here. There is a joke, what should you do if you ever get lost in an Icelandic forest? Stand up straight and look around! ;) Great video, thank you!
That is a clever joke!
This is just the sorta thing one finds when going down the KZhead rabbit hole. I would have NEVER searched for something like this...but being a voracious learner/student of all subjects...I chanced upon “Alaskan Mill.” Having no idea what that was, I watched...all 30 minutes...and learned. That really was interesting. Well done and thanks for sharing that knowledge.