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'Old Timey Sawmill'
A friend of mine in AR, who is always 'trading', got this Old Sawmill, set it up, & built a shed over it.
I used to work at one in my younger days, the logs were rolled on to the 'carriage', secured with 'metal dogs', (clamped down) a man sat on a seat & rode the 'carriage' , moving the log forward for each new cut.
'The sawyer' operated a lever which moved the carriage forward to the big sawblade.
After a slab was cut off, it was removed by a 'slab bucker', & thrown in a pile, ( we used to burn the slabs, or make firewood out of them).
The carriage then moved back & the rest of the log was made into 'boards', & 'three more slabs', as it was turned three times.
The logs were turned with 'cant hooks', a handle with a curved , barbed hook.
The boards rolled down on 'metal rollers', & were stacked according to size.
One 'old timer', interviewed in 1968, told of seeing a hundred wagons of lumber lined up to be 'planed' in his town. (timber was king then in the 1800's, & later).
The carriage was moved with 'wide belts', ran with a 'hugh gasoline motor'.
These are almost 'museum pieces' now.
There is also a pic of an 'edger', which trimmed the bark from the boards.
Fossis...............
A friend of mine in AR, who is always 'trading', got this Old Sawmill, set it up, & built a shed over it.
I used to work at one in my younger days, the logs were rolled on to the 'carriage', secured with 'metal dogs', (clamped down) a man sat on a seat & rode the 'carriage' , moving the log forward for each new cut.
'The sawyer' operated a lever which moved the carriage forward to the big sawblade.
After a slab was cut off, it was removed by a 'slab bucker', & thrown in a pile, ( we used to burn the slabs, or make firewood out of them).
The carriage then moved back & the rest of the log was made into 'boards', & 'three more slabs', as it was turned three times.
The logs were turned with 'cant hooks', a handle with a curved , barbed hook.
The boards rolled down on 'metal rollers', & were stacked according to size.
One 'old timer', interviewed in 1968, told of seeing a hundred wagons of lumber lined up to be 'planed' in his town. (timber was king then in the 1800's, & later).
The carriage was moved with 'wide belts', ran with a 'hugh gasoline motor'.
These are almost 'museum pieces' now.
There is also a pic of an 'edger', which trimmed the bark from the boards.
Fossis...............
