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Log Inspection and Project Goal Setting

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1st day Working at the sawmill

What happens here

Upon arrival, the host meets Matt, the sawmill operator. They inspect a large pile of logs, primarily pine, intended for milling. The host expresses excitement about transforming these raw logs into usable lumber for a log cabin, specifically mentioning "butt and pass" corners, which he plans to incorporate into a cabin referred to as "Shangri-La Duce."

Goal: Assess the available logs and confirm the milling objectives

Tools and materials

  • Logs — Raw material for the log cabin accents

What they say

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so matt started this sawmill about a year ago i think he's gonna be taking the plunge going full time matt how you doing buddy good to see you man thanks for helping out so this is the pile of wood that we get to see what we can make out of yeah this would be fun have you decided you're going full time yet uh i think it's a decision it's made it's just need to put some plans in action to get there he's like i said he started it last year so so this is it this is the this is the pile of wood and we're going to be taking this over to the sawmill so we're going to need i'm going to guess we're going to grab it carry it saw it i could probably do the moving with the because i'm more familiar with the skid loader than i am with your sawmill right i i want to keep my nose picker so i'll let you run the sharp thing [Laughter] it'll be interesting to see what we can make out of her this is what we're gonna try to make up in my cabin some of you guys know i call it shangri-la and the one i rocked across the lake shangri-la douche well we're not going full log on changrilla but we are gonna be utilizing some log accent pieces and this is what we're going to be attempting to build today but there's more to it than we initially thought in fact we kind of screw up the first few logs before we have our aha moment but i'm getting ahead of the story let's just see how this goes

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