Steam powered sawmill video

[Ianab]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJh8TK0Zhhw

Very cool old sawmill that has been restored.

Ian

[metalspinner]

That is really neat!  I like how the boards go right through the planer off the mill.  And the waste right into the firebox. I thought the sawyer was going to cut himself in half reaching around to throw the slab out of the way.   Maybe the perspective from the camera made it appear closer than reality.

[Robert Long]

metalspinner

Thanks for the tip........Safety standards people were not around in those days!

Robert

[Daren]

As a steamfitter and a sawmill guy that interested me. I am always baffled by the belt drives on the water/steam driven machines. It seems like there is alot of power loss (not to mention upkeep and danger)  At least they don't have any mill slab to get rid of  ;) I bet that is one hot mill shed in the summer, but that is a step up from the pit saw for sure. Kinda makes hitting the ignition switch on the gas engine and peeling the lumber off look easy. A stoker/sawyer/offloaders sawing a little log I could do myself on my manual mill in 20 minutes and walk away. It would take 2 hours to get that boiler going from cold, unless you had a tender keeping it warm.
Cool video, showing the past and some guys preserving it.