Itasca Sawmill
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this episode, we get a private tour of the historic two-story Julius Neils Reddy Sawmill that has been restored and reconstructed at Lake Itasca, Minnesota. This is believed to be one of the only working band-sawmills in the country that has a shotgun feed carriage operated with a steam cylinder.
The sawmill has a lot of history and we're going to get that story in another episode as well as learn about some of the peripheral equipment the volunteers plan to add to the mill including a multi-blade edger running off the same power line as the band saw. We'll also save for another episode our visit to the saw shop they use for maintaining and sharpening the band saw blade.
But for now, we're going to follow Bryan Mesich, president of the Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers, as he shows us how the band saw, log turner and carriage feed operate.
#sawmill #LakeItasca
Great job by the guide; he really knows his stuff. Great video work also. Bravo!
That was a good demo and explanation....it never ceases to amaze me how ingenious and elegant the machinery from that era was/is
And to think the sawmill was powered by its own waste product.
I've seen this saw in operation. It's truly amazing to see. I could watch it for hours.
WOW!! This was incredibly informative and entertaining.
GREAT job.
Very cool, I'm glad I found this video. My dad worked at a mill here in north idaho with a steam shotgun carriage. He trained to be relief sawyer in the late 70s, Probably the youngest generation to operate a steam shotgun in a commercial application. I would love to make the trip out in the future!
Very interesting and informative video! I am machinist and a fan of vintage machines and the history of logging in Minnesota. I love it when folks take the time to preserve these machines. Hope to visit the sawmill sometime!
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Very good video, F.H. Stoltze Lumber company just west of Columbia falls Montana used to have a shotgun carriage feed. Stoltze is from Minnesota also. They used to run 4 Dutch oven type of boilers. They are still in business today, over 100 years, but with a new boiler/plus generating power for the valley grid. They use a dc drive for the carriage now. J. Neils also had a large sawmill in Libby, Montana also. A lot of us here in the Flathead valley migrated from Minnesota to here to follow the timber industry. Plum Creek timber company also came from northern Minnesota, A lot of timber history here and in Minnesota.
Excellent presentation, well explained and detailed enough but not too technical. Would have been nice to hear a little more of the blade slice its way through the log. Love that sound!
May ZZZ God prayers That this beautiful museum can hook up the generation and sells part for museum revenue 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
What an interesting commentary! The guy knows his stuff.
That guy knowing his stuff is an understatement!
'Corliss' NOT 'coreless'.
great video regardless
They bought a multi ton 117 hp steam boiler off of Facebook. Rad
Too cool. Love that kind of tech from yesterday.
These engines fueled mills all over New England until the common distribution of electricity. I pass the site of the old Corliss Mfg plant in Providence every day. It's a medical office compound today.
Just took two log turners out of operation that look similar if not identical, they were converted to air operation some time ago, installed hydraulic powered log turners. I work on this equipment everyday!
It sucks that the movie Fargo all but destroyed the Minnesota accent. You listen to these guys talk and they would normally have had that accent if it wasn't for Hollywood.
I like the sound of a steam powered saw mill. This was interesting to watch and should be shared in schools. I noticed that the carriage of this mill didn’t have sweeps on the wheels.
Great description of that type of engine.thanks.
Great Work.
Greetings from Germany
I think I will go see it, I really like this old equipment
Thats my grandpas sawmill.
Awesome! Love the old sawmills!!!! Thank you!
Does it power the pop machine too??
That's CORLISS
hi there great show . so much good and interesting info. thanks for all john
….it’s so quiet
Balls out, so that's where that phrase comes from....very good video!
Just asking, why were some of previous , and constructive comments and concerns about safety deleted from the comments
Wow, I grew up not far from Rushville, Indiana..
Great show
Mate I could spend days at this place just working out and chatting about how it all works.
I guess "Balls to the wall" is a bad thing
This needs to be made again and used more often in our industries! It might look antique but it really works!
You are right let Gretta stick that in her pipe and smoke. It😂
I'm surprised the Amish haven't mandated boilers. They'll use diesel engines to run all kinds of things and workshops.
You really think if it was more efficient companies wouldn’t be using it. Obviously you have never seen a modern sawmill
@@kingduck3192 Yup I had to stop myself, at first I was all "this is amazing! why aren't we still making these engines?" Then I realized I have no idea how modern sawmills operate.
@@dylanstandingalone I was wondering what the energy loss total is. If that's 117 HP engine how much HP is making it to the end process (mechanical loss and such). Then you gotta wonder how much fuel oil they were burning vs run time. Either way I'm sure it's incredibly inneficient albeit very cool.
Balls out! Now I know where the saying came from. The awesome and incredible brains of the engineers who invented this equipment.
Do they offer Tours or any help reconstructing?
we have that same steam engine ( corliss ) that runs at our museum in california
I was Baptized in Rushville, Pennsylvania in 1947!
I had a farm in rushville Ohio. I use to go to a horse sale in rushville Indiana where the boil come from.
Just love watching these videos
As a injury 🤕 logger am very interested in any logging and milling
I've thrown wood in that boiler
Best video I've watched in a while.
We're down here Joe...
Great video
Bright guy.
Enjoyed the video
How awesome
Exelente vídeo!!!👏👏👏👏
That young man is very special, I hope he is teaching others what he knows. I do question 10,000 feet per minute band speed.110 miles per hour?
@rexhav...
I just calculated 10,000 feet/Minute my result is 304.8/hours.
@Jayleno