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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
This video has popped up a few places recently but I haven't seen it here yet. It is a great look into the past … (when dogs had short tails).

 
#6 ·
AWESOME!

That's the way to do it! ... if you can…

Thank you for posting it!

Yes… a place where dogs tails were made shorter… LOL
 
#14 ·
A great video, it answered a lot of questions for me. I got to see a machine shop that run off a line shaft a few years ago, i found out last year that it was sold and the new owners sold it all for scrap. another bit of history gone for ever.
 
#16 ·
Thanks for posting that Paul. I can watch that old stuff run for hours ans never get sick of it. Tru-Temper ran a steam powered mill near where I live until about twenty years ago. They had a big engine that generated electricity and quite a few smaller ones on various machines. They processed white ash logs into handle stock. Too bad someone did not do a video before they closed. If you have never seen it check out fast sawmill on Utube. It is of to Bakers running a Frick circular mill.
 
#21 ·
Looks like OSHA would have a few modifications in mind for that mill. We had a machine shop in Sidney, Mt
that was run off jackshafts and belts that was powered by an electric motor in the back corner that was
about 2 ft in diameter. About 1956 he moved to a new building, him and his son built when the son got
out of the navy. Ingvar was used to laying tools down where he wanted to and remembering where he
put them and his son wanted everything racked in is special place, so a lot of good natured conversation
occurred. I left Sidney for college, and never did get to see his new shop.
 
#23 ·
Thanks for that Paul and now you got me looking at water powered saw mills , bringing me back to the mill across the river in my younger days .
I just don't think that kind of setup would fit in my garage shop .LOL
 
#24 ·
Oh man, too cool. I am old enough to have seen a little of the belt drive methods in a sawmill and some old farm machinery. This was just good old seat of the pants engineering and required operators to know what they were doing and to pay attention. It was one of the reasons I wanted to be an engineer. I have the highest regard for these guys for keeping this going.
 
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