Well G I had to LAUGH when you said if this is the Junior I would be scared to see the Senior or something like that 😂😂😂😂 I really started to get a good understanding of how it works and it’s really neat engineering but it looks like such a beast to get it back to your place! I read the comment about the little voices and I have to tell you I’ve been there so many times and at the end of the day it’s What will it take to load it and then what will it take to restore it and then look at your chequing account that’s kinda how I try to go about situations like this and I wish you all the best either way on this deal. I’m just a viewer so It’s different for you ! Take care G😀🇨🇦
thats a really need looking setup. hopfully someone gets it up and running again. i will have to gwt you a video of the saw mill at my large vintage rally ground at lake gold smith
Ideally I would get the Belsaw running to cut rough cut timbers for this one. I think rough cut timbers left to weather some would make this mill look great.
Well, not knowing the logistics you are faced with to move the mill.........from here in my easy chair watching your video........fingers crossed you make the right decision! Thanks!!
@@oldamericaniron5767not having to do anything personally I say go for it… if you do enough logging or have access to logs I made fat cash in Alaska with a mill a lot like this that damn near killed me every chance it got, especially moving it with just my young son, handyman jacks, winch & some pullys
if that mill was close to where i live i would be interested, i bought a m14 belsaw, but i would like to get something bigger. I think they used those sprockets to center the drum on the shaft .
Now after thinking about it I think you are right. It may have had a wooden drive drum which perished and this one made from a pipe obviously isn’t original and the gear was used to mount it. I’ll have to look at the pictures again but I believe there was no welding involved in the making of the drive, clever engineering doing it without welding.
I do see a Lane sawmill on marketplace with a long rack on the carriage to drive but I still think you are correct about this one. Another interesting feature on the Lane is it doesn’t have a track per say for the carriage but instead a series of rollers the carriage travels across.
@@oldamericaniron5767 I looked up the sawmill you are talking about on marketplace. I have never seen that design before. That is interesting, it seems that most mills went to a cable and track eventually.
Can't wait to see the next video when you load up the saw mill and bring it home Geoffrey 😁👍
Don’t hold your breath on that one.
Well G I had to LAUGH when you said if this is the Junior I would be scared to see the Senior or something like that 😂😂😂😂
I really started to get a good understanding of how it works and it’s really neat engineering but it looks like such a beast to get it back to your place!
I read the comment about the little voices and I have to tell you I’ve been there so many times and at the end of the day it’s What will it take to load it and then what will it take to restore it and then look at your chequing account that’s kinda how I try to go about situations like this and I wish you all the best either way on this deal. I’m just a viewer so It’s different for you ! Take care G😀🇨🇦
You described the situation perfectly!
thats a really need looking setup. hopfully someone gets it up and running again. i will have to gwt you a video of the saw mill at my large vintage rally ground at lake gold smith
I’d like to see that.
@@oldamericaniron5767 ill.be done there in september to do some sork on the machines so ill walk around the sae mill for you
It needs a total rebuild,...I dont know.
Awesome
Ideally I would get the Belsaw running to cut rough cut timbers for this one. I think rough cut timbers left to weather some would make this mill look great.
@@oldamericaniron5767 I agree
Well, not knowing the logistics you are faced with to move the mill.........from here in my easy chair watching your video........fingers crossed you make the right decision! Thanks!!
The little voice saying what I want and the little voice saying what I should do are doing battle.
@@oldamericaniron5767not having to do anything personally I say go for it… if you do enough logging or have access to logs I made fat cash in Alaska with a mill a lot like this that damn near killed me every chance it got, especially moving it with just my young son, handyman jacks, winch & some pullys
if that mill was close to where i live i would be interested, i bought a m14 belsaw, but i would like to get something bigger. I think they used those sprockets to center the drum on the shaft .
Now after thinking about it I think you are right. It may have had a wooden drive drum which perished and this one made from a pipe obviously isn’t original and the gear was used to mount it. I’ll have to look at the pictures again but I believe there was no welding involved in the making of the drive, clever engineering doing it without welding.
I do see a Lane sawmill on marketplace with a long rack on the carriage to drive but I still think you are correct about this one. Another interesting feature on the Lane is it doesn’t have a track per say for the carriage but instead a series of rollers the carriage travels across.
@@oldamericaniron5767 I looked up the sawmill you are talking about on marketplace. I have never seen that design before. That is interesting, it seems that most mills went to a cable and track eventually.
Can’t watch it , you don’t have your auto rotation turned on your camera, ok thanks see ya BigAl California
I’m sorry , I just forget to check phone before I record at times.