We had a particularly bad winter storm this past January. The storm started very windy and ended with ice. We lost power for 4 days and we had a tree fall on our house. Luckily the tree that fell in our house did not do very much damage as it just tipped over and touched the side of the roof. And luckily we had all of the branches trimmed off the next day which saved us from the tree being weighed down by the ice storm and crushing our house. I was able to mill up the tree into larger slabs. It is just pine but I'm sure I can find some projects to do with it. Later, through a neighbor, I found out about a large oak tree that had come down nearby. I milled up this red oak and was able to get a lot of turning blanks and small slabs out of it.
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0:00 (introduction)
1:49 (red oak)
17:41 (pine)
18:50 (chainsaw mill winch)
24:43 (pine slabs)
30:27 (conclusion)
I saw this and thought, "I'm not watching this now, I don't have half an hour to spare at the moment." So of course I got sucked in and watched the whole thing. Your production, timing, narration, et cetera are all top-notch and the time just flies by. Thank you for your videos!
I really appreciate the long game you play with future projects. The fear of running out of projects is real!
No long game like that here. Stacked outside. The termites would find the pile after the first year😢
@@ronjones9373 Termites in Portland?
I appreciate that you use the smart YYYY-MM-DD date format when labeling your pieces.
Its so the blanks sort in order automatically
@@AdamEarl2 Yes, exactly!
Hey frank, love seeing a random video with the tree company I work for show up on KZhead 😂😂 very glad all was taken care of 😁 we love our job.
Holly molly,, that's a lot of work by Yourself.😮
By the time the turned pieces dry out and are ready for finishing, Frank's back shouldn't be sore any more. I'm seeing many red oak projects in Frank's future. This is the way it goes though. Suddenly you get a literal wind fall, and have way more wood than you can use.
I know its a video about nothing in particular, but this is one of the best Frank videos I've seen in a while. Its got arborists, milling, metal work, turning, some of the best Frank-off-topic tangents, and your modification of the chainsaw mill with the winch was so fun to watch.
I was just thinking to myself how much I’ve been missing your videos. Thank you for them, they really are wonderful!
"Bought the winch a few years ago and has been sitting there" Nice to hear I'm not the only one who buys stuff of projects years in the future😅
Yeah, we are not alone!
I believe all of us in the Frank clan suffer from TAS- tool acquisition syndrome
Love your pickup...especially parked next to the Tesla. Two different worlds.
You were given plenty of lemons. The winch is like a second man. Kudos to you Frank. Thank you.
I feel sorry that you had such destruction through your neighborhood, but you made the best of it with a great stockpile of future material. Bill
We'll be here in years to come to watch what you do with all the timber. Thanks Frank
Portland sure had a bumper crop of firewood this winter!
Have you ever thought about making that cup attachment for your lathe from something like delrin instead of wood? That way you wouldn't have to true it up every time you want to use it. Thanks for the content!
Awesome job, Frank. Former sayer here - it’s really important to have the stickers line up vertically, that will help prevent the boards from bowing. Also if you can find a strapping machine to bind them together, that helps, too.
First time here. Likely will not be the last. Your deliberation and perseverance is admirable. Thank you
A very comforting episode...the storm news was worrying, even without the home forest. You really went to town on all that bad news!
A good woodworker knows the trees from which he fabricates his wares
“ a video about the work before doing a project” so would that be the prelog then ? Another great vid Frank, thank you from all of us aspirants.
Frank, I was amazed at the amount of prep you did alone here. Keep safe.
Frank epic line, it'll probably take 10 years to dry... gave me a huge LOL to close out my evening.Thank you my friend
Brilliant. Also, we share the same date format. Thanks for sharing.
Frank, your videos are like a fine wine.
In about two or three years you will either have some nice slabs or more firewood. I hope it's the former because of all the work you put into the project. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
These milling videos are the most satisfying thing ever. Keep it up Frank!
I literally EAT UP Frank's videos. Even if they're 30 minutes long, they bring so much calm and peace to my day, they're priceless. I wish I had equipment like this expertise like Frank's to do this sort of wood work :(
Hope someone sponsors you a mini electric tractor loader soon!
I love that you have the opportunity to experiment and play. It will be fun to see what unexpected things we learn as well. Love the video.
I love your ready & friendly laugh! I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for taking the time to make it and for describing your process so thoroughly. Well done, sir!
Good video it’s a lot of work but now you have a good supply of material on hand. Thanks Frank
The storm was super lucky. No damage to your house and thousands of dollars of "free" wood.
I'm glad you didn't have much storm damage. I had two big erosion gullies, 3 to 4 feet deep and wide, across my backyard this year. Both times the rain water went into a gopher hole on my neighbors property and out a gopher hole on my property. No risk of major damage but it was a real pain hauling the dirt back up the hillside to fill in the gullies. P.S. The gopher population has seriously declined on my property! 😬 Jim Y
That was a crazy storm, we were without power for 3 days at first and then 2 days. A lot of trees down but luckily none on my place. I was thankful for my fireplace or it would've been a scramble to get down the hill to a hotel to stay warm. As far as the crane lifting the last piece high, it may have been with the wind and weight, needing to shorten the length so it doesn't swing as much. Keep up the great work! Always like seeing what you make.
Haven't watched any of old mates content in an age. This was a great one to come back to.
Bonjour Frank Vraiment content de voir une nouvelle vidéo de vous Super la récupération de tout ce bois et la préparation de tous ces futurs projets Bravo 😊
Well done and Thank you for sharing. Keep the chips flying 👍👍
Hello Frank, I have to tell you how much I enjoy watching your videos. You’re a lot like me in the way you do your projects and how you go about figuring out how to make things work. I really wish I had a shop like yours but I’ve come to the realization that getting older and tired of arguing with the wife about what kind of mess it will make I’m down sizing and selling off a lot of my equipment. Please keep up the great job. I always look forward to your videos
I love that that is the first time that I've ever seen a pair of bolt cutters used for what they're called
Watching from Vancouver Island 🏝️ 🇨🇦👍
You are in a very good shape, Frank. Those logs are heavy!
Oh boy, that spark plug story. I'm glad you were able to get the saw fixed quickly rather than wait weeks!
Love your ingenuity and that you take us along for the whole process. Great to have another of your videos pop up.
always such a treat when one of your videos come out, thanks as always frank!
Truly inspiring
That was so nice of the shop not to charge the $50.00
Good morning Frank!!
Not lucky - blessed. Big difference. Much love ...
Good work. Good story telling.
very interesting Frank thank you
You really need a good two wheeler trolly Frank, love your work.
That shit is so heavy man, I watch you moving it in all your videos and you still have a back. Good job!!!
Great effort Frank. Love the winch.
Would love to see a house tour. Architecturally it looks very interesting. Love your videos.
Highly enjoyable to watch all that work. Thanks!
Thanks frank. That was a great video.
thanks
I always enjoy your videos. Hopefully we'll see you at the AAW symposium in Portland next month.
So great
Awesome! Thanks for sharing…!
Good work mate.Lot of great wood for future projects
Another awesome video!! Thank you!!
Wow nice!!!
Nice! Should be able to make some nice bank .... Selling the slabs as they dry.
I screw 2x4 or 2x6 pieces to the ends of the logs, get them parallel with a digital angle gauge, then screw my ladder to those to keep the twist out.
I've been wondering since the storm when this video would show up!
One of these days you should invest in an appliance hand-truck. It'll save your back in the future! You could even splurge for an integrated scissor lift to help move bigger pieces up and down to your truck bed/benches!
Well done!!
Might be a good idea to place "winding sticks" at each end of the ladder to insure the ladder doesn't have a twist in it before cutting the 1st slab on each log.
Excellent video, very well edited and narrated. Thank you. I am going to put the winch on my mill, it seems to work great.
Very entertaining video
For sealing green wood, Titebond makes an all-purpose white glue that sells for about $16 a gallon ... does a great job of sealing green wood. I apply two coats ... been using it for a couple of years with no problems.
Another great presentation a lot of work,looks great!!
Lots of work! You need an assistant! Thanks for sharing!
Always enjoy watching & listening to your creativity & spectacular video skills...like that 'twin' making..( ya know when you clone yourself= 2 of you making stuff at t same time !!😊) & then the enlarged bowl in top right of t screen while you are at the Lathe making another copy. .just super impressive computer graphic/image manipulatons ..just great to watch! Stay safe handling those heavy slabs & rounds..carry on Frank! A+👍✅️🤠😊
Love the winch attachment on the chainsaw mill. I don't know if it would be beneficial but might be able to adapt a drill or something like that to winch to get rid of the need to hand crank it. It might almost be hands free at that point and kind of like a band saw mill
We got lucky here in KF. Even Bend got an inch or thicker of ice. We got 40F and light rain
Always entertaining
I think you need to build a small saw mill area and get a small fork lift to lift the wood. Diesel creek guy bought a dozen last week 😉 Appreciate you weren't at home this time.
Frank, this is so cool! Hope you get some nice, use-able wood out of this!
Thank you for the winch demo. I’ve had one sitting next to my mill for a year now wondering how I could set it up.
Gorgeous work you have lost inventory good red oak
Spindle roughing gouges are know for snapping at the shank when they used for anything but roughing a cylinder. And a gallan of cheap PVA while glue from is less expensive than wax for sealing ends.
Could you be a little more specific on the glue? I would love to try this out!
@@rorywallace7335 Elmers white glue works great. Some think it does better than anchorseal. All know it doesn't make your floor slippy when you finish turn.
This video showcases the limits of Frank's strength, it touched on some milling but mostly strength limits.
I enjoy the milling videos. Turning what would be fire wood into woodshop gold.
Lucky!
Just happened across this video. I haven't seen you before. Enjoyed the video and looking forward to seeing more of your content. Thanks for taking time to make them.
Go thru his back videos! Truly worth it.
I like this kind of video.
The Oneway Big Bite is awesome!
Hope you gave the dudes at the shop a tip.
Let that stack of wood be a warning to the other trees...
you should make a shaving bricket compressor like @New Yorkshire Workshop
You can also try adding a drill to the winch
Frank, a Sundial would be a nice piece to design...
When chucking on a thread, wrap a wire around the thread and the jaws will bite into that, keeping your thread clean
Suggestion. Change the rope to a smaller diameter, like a Kevlar kite string or 550 cord. Add a small boating pulley to the end and run it straight back to the center of your mill crank from your clamp jig thing you fabricated.
It’d be kind of cool to see a side by side experiment of multiple bowls carved from the same wood at various thicknesses to see how they dry out
Nice video for better results. Paint 1" down both sides where you painted the end grain, you protect the corner of timber and get better results like how you should get timber from timber mill. Cheers
Классная работа!!!!
18:28 They lifted it up so high because they’re really happy with their insurance policy. The only reason I can think of, anyway.
Frank, I’ve done a lot of chainsaw milling. The two best mods I did to my chainsaw milling were to always find a way to lift one end of the log and let gravity help push the mill and building a custom exhaust manifold that I put a small motorcycle exhaust pipe on to, this made the saw quieter (didn’t piss off the neighbors as much😅) and it directed the sound up away from me operating the saw, which makes the job less tiring. Looks like you got some great wood there, I look forward to seeing the future projects! Cheers from Tokyo!
I was wondering about a way to make it quieter. Also maybe direct the exhaust away from going directly into my face.