Slabbing a RARE Chestnut Log that sat for 2 years
Slabbing a RARE Chestnut Log that sat for 2 years
Not a huge log, but a very rare opportunity to mill an American Chestnut log. Definitely one of our milling highlights.
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The American Chestnut Foundation
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OMG!! Those were some gorgeous slabs. I’ve never seen anything like it. 👏❤👏❤👏❤👏
Stunning wood, would you be selling some bowl blanks if so please let me know
God bless you both for the beautiful work you do and preserving our country’s tree heritage!
Just curious, I recall a few videos back you mentioned you guys might be doing an appearance at a Woodmizer event. Any more information on that? 👏
B E A Utiful!!!!
Definitely beautiful wood it makes me just alittle bit jealous.
Just like the emerald ash borer, came from China 🇨🇳, started in the Detroit/Toledo area in like 2002.
That was a beautiful log. I was unaware that the American Chestnut had been wiped out like. About all I knew about it was you roosted the nuts over an open fire. Thanks for sharing that information. It emphasizes how much more careful we need to be.
That is NICE. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous wood! Apparently the blight didn’t make it to Washington (west side of the Cascades anyway) so there are a few true American Chestnut trees that survive here. Not many though because they’re not native. Been trying to get saplings affordably, but no luck yet.
$$$$$- I laid up Wormy Chestnut veneer doors 30 years ago on the Veneer door line at Conestoga Wood Specialties in East Earl – beautiful wood – good luck with it
Beautiful wood what are the plans for those slabs
Hmmm What kind of pricing for the Chestnut blanks?
One of my customers was doing some renovations on there 1808 house basement floor beams were hand cut chestnut logs some still had bark on them was pretty cool to see amazingly solid except for a little on the ends and being only a foot or so off a dirt floor shame tree gone ash trees are headed the same path
I have been in the logging and sawmill business for the last 50 years………never seen or sawed Chestnut………..what a beautiful wood
Beautiful wood! Great video👍🏼🪵🇺🇸
We planted some chestnut trees a few years ago. So far they are growing and doing ok.
Great looking wood. I don’t think I’ve ever seen chestnut wood. Thanks for sharing your videos. God Bless.
Very nice looking slabs. The customer who gets those should be very happy
That wood is beautiful, going to make some nice projects. Keep safe my friends.
What an amazing piece of wood Chuck. You are truly privileged to reveal a lost American treasure. Thank you so much Chuck and Deb, great work.
It’s just like opening a birthday present or Christmas present LOL!
OMG that is so beautiful, hope it can be saved.
Forgot to mention the chestnut it self and value of it blossoms every spring for nectar for the honey bees and all pollinators. Sad
I also have three Dunstans planted, they are about 3-4 inches in dia today.
Friend of mine that swamp logs found 3 cypress logs burried in mud today. The Butt were cut down with an Axe. One being 5ft other two around 3 foot at the big end. Call me wanting it sawed up. My mill won’t handle those.
Nice American Chestnut. Hadnt never seen any around here.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
foggy mountain breakdown.
That’s really beautiful thanks for sharing with us.
Beautiful wood grain. Awesome slabs. Really enjoyed 👍👍
I contacted the foundation about 5 years ago about a chestnut on my folks’ land. It has since died and 3 months ago I was give a log 28 in in dia and 12 ft long. Getting the mill ready for it soon, I’ll see what it has inside.
That is a beautiful log amazing grain awesome job on it amazing grain
Wow….that was awesome watching each slab come off, thanks for bringing us along for the ride. 👍 😀 🍻
High guys. Incredible Vid. I know yal are feeling incredibly pleased to have the pleasure to saw the slab. It was so beautiful. If there’s anything non-human worth saving in this world, that species of tree is worthy. We have some beautiful, and huge Swamp Chestnut Oaks in Middle Ga. From the White Oak Family. Thks for sharing. AC
Chuck, that is some beautiful wood. Like the grain. I couldn’t find the site for the tee shirts. Would like one to help you advertise. Always like to watch you and Deb cut some wood. Take care my friends.
beautiful slabs
Oh my word! What a gorgeous piece of wood!!! I’m leaving PA on Tuesday. What a lovely parting gift one of those bowl blanks would be! Winkwink hinthint!!
What an opportunity to have. Those slabs came out gorgeous 👍 I’ve milled plenty of the smaller stump sprouts that keep coming up from the root systems (after they die of course) but usually I don’t find them larger than about 5-6” in diameter. The grain at that size “log” is rather boring, although still fun to work with. The largest one I found in the woods is 14” DBH and verified 100% pure American chestnut by TACF. If/when it succumbs to the blight, I hope to have it milled so that at least part of the tree is preserved into the future.
Hi folks! Nice slabs, and would love to have that tree back in our forests soon. We had a neighbor with several big Chinese Chestnuts I would love to have on the mill, but they are all still alive. Great video!!
No way it looks fantastic!!!!!
Beautiful wood and thank you for the information about American Chestnut. I hope we can get it back someday.
Lots of "Oh Wows"
We planted 10 hybrid chestnut 🌰trees. Beautiful slap. We are hoping the deer love them once they produce. Full play 230th like
Definitely beautiful wood it makes me just alittle bit jealous.
Great opportunity and very nice job!
One of my family’s heirlooms is a whole bed made of an American chestnut tree from the early 1800s that was owned by an American Supreme Court justice
I don’t know anything about wood that is good looking wood I can imagine that as unfinished furniture