INSANE Cedar Log with Hidden Surprises - 15

My uncle felled a Cedar Tree on his property in the early 1940's and made nearly ALL the furniture for his 3 bedroom house out of it, including a Dining Room table with dimensions 12 feet long and 4 feet 6 inches wide in a SINGLE SLAB. No saw mills or modern machinery used!!

I woked on a oilfield construction job in New Guinea in 1974. We had a small sawmill that was powered by a Volkswagen motor. Being surrounded by virgin jungle there were many excotic trees there , it was also the area of battles from WW2. Often when cutting a tree for lumber the saw blade would make a loud nosie and wable a little as the slab of lumber fell away deep in the tree woulb be a 20mm bullet that had been fired by an aircraft from the war. As the trees were cut close to our camp it was decieded to cut more trees next to a river furter away from our camp with the idea to float the logs down to the camp. Trees were cut and stacked on the bank of the river waiting for a good rain storm that finally came using a bulldozer the logs where pushed into the river were they sank to the buttom of the river and lost. Seems the trees were a species of iron wood that is so dense the wood will not foat.

One of the best jobs I ever had was pulling green chain at a lumber mill, the smell of the fresh cut wood, the clean Air and the pine trees everywhere, it was amazing, nothing boring about it

When I lived on the western slopes years past we cut cedar and I will remember that clean smell the rest of my life. Your cedar is magnficent, and I am happy you were able to cut those beautiful slabs. I had visions of so many beautiful things they'd become.

I just spent half an hour watching a rotten tree get sawn up and ... I loved every second of it knowing that something new would come from the old.

I love seeing videos of people working on wood-mizers. My grandpa's legacy. With the 1 year anniversary of his passing coming up, it was neat to see this. Keep sawing!!

I am a 67 year old grandma, and I have always loved the smell of fresh cut wood. Play it safe please so you can continue to do this.

This wood is so beautiful. I would love to have what y'all think of as scraps!!

I love the fact that not one piece of that can't be used for a wood project of some kind. Beautiful.

Would love those scraps you were kicking aside. Gorgeous for Wall Art, Clock Faces, etc

Outragestly dramatic slabs! Can't wait to see the roots growing in the center. Resin guys would kill for it. 🇺🇸

You guys are living a dream. A place out in the country with a shop and equipment to do stuff like this for a living. Must feel very rewarding.

I’m from Australia and we were using band saws to cut a “cypress pine” logs which is actually a hardwood not a pine (a long story) we had to go back to disc saws because the band saws kept on moving around

That sawdust is gold! What do y’all do with it. Geez the fragrance must be heaven

I am a month shy of reaching my 94th birthday and referred to as a ' little old lady '. However, I am still handy with a rake, live alone, feed myself, take care of my water garden and enjoy [ with interest ] the video I just watched. I can well imagine the beautiful things that can and will be made out of this red wood that was saved from certain loss to Mother Nature. Good work. Dona Zack from the beautiful state of Michigan

When you are cutting cedar dont even waste the sawdust!!!! You can package that and sell to people to put in closets and cedar chests! I love the smell of cedar! And it looks great on flower beds and even flower pots!😍😍😍😍😍

Love the look of cedar especially when it has the off white outer and all knotty and nice red heart ! Some of the prettiest wood their is !

I caught a slab years ago. At a cedar mill I worked at. It has a walnut inside of it. We cut right through the the middle of the walnut. That had been inside that tree for no telling how long. I still have the slab. And the half walnut in it.

I had a fallen dead cedar in my backyard for 20 years. When we started to remove it, we cut it and the wood was gorgeous. It was well used on many projects.

You could literally have another YouTube channel dedicated to scraping the sawdust off each slab. So satisfying to watch. 😂