Threshing Bee 2012

That’s quite an EVENT!

I think you had a wonderful time!

Thank you.

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Here’s some video of the event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKDoIQrGcA&feature=youtu.be

Ohh hell yea … i dont need no stinkin riving knife! You would have found me camped out in front of that tent all day watching boards comin off that steam mill. Thanks for the vid.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

That’s really a COOL operation!

I was thinking of how accurate the alignment between the steam engine and the saw had to be to keep those long belts track perfectly all the time without any waiver at all…

Looked like a nice red cedar tree… the smell would have been SO NICE during that operation… Yes?

And, that sawdust control system using Zero Micron filters was a SUPER achievement also! LOL

Were you able to get a piece of that wood? small piece?

Thank you… very nice!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Hi Joe,

At the beginning of the video, you can see the saw operator signalling to one of the tractors to adjust their alignment a little… I’ve watched the whole process of the tractor getting connected and it does take a while, they are huge!

The only thing you can smell there is the smoke from the coal and the hay from the thresher!

The wood is from logs that someone brought to have cut (that has to be arranged ahead of the show). So if I took a piece, someone would not be too happy with me!