Ottawa Log Saw in Action

This is an Ottawa log saw that was on display at the Florida Flywheelers show this year and the owner, Mr. Carl agreed to fire it off and show it working for me. This was super cool to see in action and I loved every second if it! There's so many cool things to see at the Florida Flywheelers shows!
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[@LabRatJason]

That eccentric that changes the angle of the blade is really cool!

[@leesuschrist]

This really makes me appreciate the efficiency of a modern chainsaw.

[@benjaminshropshire2900]

I wonder for how long that sort of machine was the state of the art.

[@Kenjiro5775]

That saw is a labor of love for the owner, you can see it in how well this engine runs. Simply awesome! 😄👍

[@katelights]

Well deserving of one of those "This machine predates safety" signs.

[@ScottPankhurst]

the operator provides their own safety. it's just not tolerant of idiots.

[@donhall2759]

Never seen a more terrifying power tool in my life. Our granddads were pretty badass if they logged with one of these.

[@MrFHLH]

Amazingly I had one of these in my collection many moons ago now. Never had it running so nice to see this one in action. Thanks Adam

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

A good display thanks for sharing and promoting the Florida Flywheelers antique engine club, Inc

[@jackcurrence263]

Not particularly fast by modern standards, but given that it doesn't even need to be manned once it gets started, what a time-saver! I love seeing the old machinery in action... it really helps put our modern world in perspective.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Very cool. I appreciate people who keep these machines alive for ours and future generations! It also makes me really appreciate my Stihl cordless electric chainsaw.

[@ZombifiedWatermelon]

PUTputPUTputPutPutPUT........that takes me back. My Grandfather restored old John Deere tractors as a hobby. He's gone 21 years and I still remember that sound.

[@machinemoverman4614]

That’s a cordless reciprocal saw! One of the first ones!

[@nope4239]

That is what I was thinking 😂

[@Joserocha-wm9de]

Defenetly a beautiful and rare piece of old engineering , we all know its not its not super fast but it did the job and still does back in the old great times ... Tyvm Adam

[@Dropbear237]

I always love seeing old equipment running. Where I am there is a lot of old sugar cane farm equipment stored in farmers sheds. My local museum has many items and machinery from cane farming in the area, they even have one of the original steam locomotives the sugar mill used to transport cane from the farm to the mill. That train was the world's largest steam locomotive use to haul sugar cane.

[@your_utube]

Like a shaper, these reciprocal machines add an recognizable human aspect to the automation of labour that must have happened as part of the industrialization of countries like the US. In it you can clearly see that the starting point was the same tool that a human worker would have used, now perhaps devoid of a handle. What is particularly cute about this one is the green guide at the top which is clearly there to fulfill the role of a human worker's left hand. Modern machines tend to be more rotational. Thanks Adam for this very enjoyable video.

[@KimbrellBrad]

Very cool machine and the owner has really done a nice job in keeping / making it run!. Lots of pride there for a good reason!

[@chetbiddlecom6016]

What a beautiful piece of machinery, thanks Adam.

[@revtmyers1]

It's hard not to admire and appreciate innovations like this. So cool.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

The older I get the more I love old machines. I just finished bringing a civil war Confederate pistol called a Griswold and Gunnison back to shootable condition. And I plan on shooting it. Before anyone asks I am a gunsmith and antique firearm collector. It's a fun hobby. As long as you are safe. Cheers

[@robertprice2108]

That is cool and you have to appreciate what the men back then did to appreciate watching this saw in action. Thanks for sharing stay safe.

[@joeheilm]

Very cool. I have several of those old saw blades, that i salvaged from my grandfathers shop. That is the first time i saw one at work. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@badmonkey0001]

Pretty clever to use the rotation to hold the saw down. I was expecting a spring or something.

[@douro20]

The city of Ottawa, KS was one one of the Midwest's largest industrial bases. One of the largest steelworks west of the Mississippi was once based there, along with the world's largest manufacturer of wire fences.

[@ekapus]

Oh man, wild. Another great example of "the past was the worst" though. Cool to see the old stuff working, glad to know we don't have to use it anymore.

[@JonathanFingold]

so easy, a child could use it!

[@frederickbramstedt8995]

I had never seen a drag saw. My Dad told me he used one in the early 30’s to cut firewood at the golf course in Cosmopolis. He said he was pad $1.00 per cord, split and piled.

[@bernardwill7196]

That is good to see the Flyweeler with the Log saw see in action . Greetings from germany

[@marlobreding7402]

An old friend of mine had one similar to this one, his was a Vaughn Drag Saw. Here in Oregon the old time Loggers called the two man hand saws Misery Whipps.

[@dougpark1025]

Misery Whips is appropriate. I learned to use one when I was young. I recall falling a tree or two and cutting them up. It takes some real teamwork and practice to make them work!

[@ronnydowdy7432]

Thanks for sharing this. It was great to see.

[@ValiRossi]

That's quite the dance. Even the chainsaw is getting into it.

[@lorrainebayford177]

My wife works at a forestry museum and they have about 10 of those. Unfortunately none of them run. They need a volunteer who works with small engine’s to work on them.

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting

[@glennford8844]

We cut 100s of tons of fire wood with one of those. 8ft lengths, hammers and wedge to split the logs, throw on the trailer and drag them home to a long belt tractor driven saw bench. No hydraulics, just hard yakka.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Adam, sure glad to be living and working in the more modern era. The pioneers were a strong willed group and were more close nit though. Fred.

[@passenger6735]

Bet there were a few one armed log cutters back then too.

[@codygooch510]

Wow man. It’s crazy how far we’ve come in such a short amount of time.

[@comictrio]

Half a bottle of cheap whisky later and the log is finally cut. I'm not making fun, I actually think this saw is cool. Thanks for the video, Adam.

[@mathewmolk2089]

From the looks of the sawdust I think it could have used a good filing. Check out the lumberjack contests and the 2-Man crosscut competition.....In the condition of that blade the guys there could have beaten it 4:1. Love to see this thing with a sharp blade, though. = No contest against humans, I'j bet.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jimoconnor6850]

Love it. When men were MEN! OSHA would SCREAM if they saw this running..! Thanks for sharing

[@donteeple6124]

Thats one heck of a machine !!! Bet a sharper saw woulda really helped alot though, and made it cut much quicker. 2 man saw competitors with their sharp saws would be thru a chunk like that in no time. Still an amazing machine, and a very neat thing to watch. Thanks for sharing !

[@frederickbramstedt8995]

My Dad ran one of these in the early thirties near Cosmopolis. Old growth wind falls cut and split for $1.00 per cord.

[@andyguyuk1]

Makes you respect the power and speed of a modern chainsaw

[@falksweden]

That's a wonderfully dangerous contraption!

[@David-xl8zf]

Is that the Abom-size sawzall? 😁 Amazing what lazieness can come up with. As much work as needed as comfortable as possible.

[@dleland71]

Not bad. That was some hard wood, red oak I believe. Hard to cut with anything. I love these 'old iron' shows and try to attend many in my area. Thanks Adam, keep it up.

[@imbok]

It appears that it's the weight of the blade alone that's providing the downward pressure for the cut. It's producing saw dust on each stroke, so you know it's working.

[@millomweb]

That circular saw in the previous video would split that log in two length-ways by the time this has got through half the diameter !

[@ellieprice363]

@@millomweb A little more weight would have helped but this demo was not intended to show speed, only that the old antique would actually cut.

[@millomweb]

@@ellieprice363 I'd expect far more sawdust from that blade we see. We don't know if they've bothered maintaining the blade in good condition as it's not really for business purposes. It ought to run faster too - again, maybe running slower as it's for demonstration purposes.

[@ellieprice363]

@@millomweb Just a demo only. Pay no attention to the very low cutting speed. It’s amazing that the thing works at all.

[@espenschjelderup426]

Notice that the guide rods for the blade is mounted to a lobe on the gear axel. I guess it will provide some downward pressure, and probably make the blade rock a bit.

[@singleshot2218]

Now that’s cool! Thanks for sharing Adam!

[@georgeescaped6035]

looks like a dry log much faster cuts in wet wood but pretty cool!!

[@thereynolds2725]

I bet a water or oil drip would speed things up a bit. Super cool tech.

[@quintonquill]

love this old tech you never get to see this stuff very cool.

[@odd-]

That thing could be terrifying!

[@peterhansen8216]

Cool machine. That blade is really dull though

[@richnfamous59]

that's what I thought. makes a huge difference

[@maggs131]

That and the log was old and dried out making it much tougher to cut than one dropped yesterday

[@natedoerfler652]

Yeah sharpen that thing!! Lol

[@cozmium]

I was going to say more pressure on it, as it doesn't look like it has much more than the blade and guide for the blade, but now you mention it yeah could need a good sharpen up

[@peterhansen8216]

as a thought maybe the blade is dull on purpose. so the demo can run longer.

[@metalslingr]

Coolest thing I ever…saw.

[@jessemurphy8871]

🙄 but in a good way lol

[@tmackinator]

That is just terrifying!

[@TwiztidPain]

That is an amazing peice of history ty

[@troywee4774]

fantastic old machines mate thanks for the share.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

that thing really goes to town! put a couple of really tired guys out of work

[@Rocket39Smoke14]

And that folks, is where the term "Sawing Logs" came from.

[@jasonbabila6006]

Back in the day technology.

[@angelramos-2005]

Thank you man.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Amazing...Thanks Adam...

[@kevkeelan5106]

Wow, I wasn't expecting that. Incredible

[@anthonymarino4260]

thanks for sharing

[@CrossesbyCharlie]

Im in a campground right now in Goliad TX with an Abom Taco Bake bubbling in the Dutch Oven, almost ready, smelling incredible

[@rayanator105]

I love these old machines.

[@tonyc.4528]

My grandfather had told me long ago that when he was logging, they limbed with axes and saved the bow saw (seen left of this machine) to cross cut to log length as the chain then was so brittle that it snapped if it chattered in the least.

[@julianstafford7071]

I wonder how they rigged them up when using them back in the day? That demo is going to have the blade cutting the sod and dirt when nearing the bottom.

[@t.d.mich.7064]

Engine is barely idling! This thing is jammed packed with operator safety features. I bet O.H.S.A. would love to find one if these in use. Actually cuts quite slow, but is does the job. Must been invented by Rube Goldberg!

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Fun "thing" to see. More convenient than a handsaw but way more slow than the chainsaw.

[@clarenceburton9654]

Wow awesome 😎

[@danielnorman8595]

OK I need one of these. My chains haul hurts my back after awhile. That's pretty much sit it and forget it

[@keel23345]

i wanted to see you climbing a tree and cutting it in sections with it🤣. Good video, nice to see old machines like this workin👍

[@melloman8210]

Seems like about 1/4 of that blade is being used and could be more efficient with a longer stroke.

[@Northrendish]

That was incredible to watch

[@earleclemans4836]

That damn thing is scary

[@yafois988]

The word "contraption" comes to mind.

[@thomaslawry5238]

Beautiful.... There's "Saws that sing" available for free, that details how maintain and sharpen cross cut saws!

[@mp6756]

Definitely a cool machine the good old days and definitely befor there was OSHA they would have a field day with that one.

[@HandToolRescue]

Muahahahaha!

[@kevinhaley8625]

I can watch a “hit and miss” all day long, course with a load on them they hit more times such as then it never missed a beat.

[@m_a_s6069]

old school cool

[@nashguy207]

Thats a vintage saw for sure. Seems to cut good just a little slow. Thanks for sharing Adam!!

[@wlogue]

@@ralphgesler5110 2 men on a misery whip would have had a much longer stroke, I.E. more chips per pull. That's a cool old rig, but probably not really profitable around here back then, in the big wood, plus the steep ground. No offense, but thats a flatland machine, cool none the less.

[@shaunybonny688]

That definitely beats using elbow grease.

[@bobkershner2377]

Awesome

[@michaelkoch2109]

That sounds like my heart! ;)

[@drlegendre]

I always get a huge kick out of automatic hacksaws, and to have an extra-large version powered by an old single cylinder engine with an exposed flywheel... well, I'm just not sure what to say. :-)

[@KennyEaton603]

With some file work, I bet that would eat through material pretty quick. I couldn’t run one. Running machines like that and having ADD doesn’t mix well.

[@justintime2277]

👍 From Cadillac Michigan

[@had2galsinthebooth]

It'sa giant sawzall with pruning blade!

[@rafo6577]

Nice old machine and some cleverness going on too.

[@21kadiris]

Cutting will complete at part 2. Hahaha. Nice engine

[@justanothercanuckian]

what a quick and effective way to lose multiple limbs at one time! :)

[@robostyle9773]

That was awesome thank you

[@jjbode1]

That's a well timed one-lung engine powering that saw. Any reckoning of its efficiency?

[@irakopilow9223]

Love those old hit or miss engines. That log wil go from 50% moisture down to 10% by the time that slice finishes. I know a guy that has one on a beautiful oak wagon and it powers an ice cream machine. That's right. A diesel powered ice cream machine!

[@RG-li5zq]

That's a neat saw. I wonder when the rusty blade was last sharpened.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

So Wile E.Coyote in its operation! Not sure if the blade was sharp, but the motor sounds like it could run forever. Some stakes pounded into the ground at the motor end might help reduce the wobble and translate more power to the cut. Very cool labor saver in its day.

[@knightsun]

Very cool,but imagine how fast that saw would cut with a sharp blade.

[@ellieprice363]

My dad had an air cooled hand operated saw that he and my oldest brother used. Two experienced men on a sharp cross-cut saw could cut a log in two faster than a chain saw. Lubrication was kerosene from a Coca Cola bottle stuffed with green pine needles.

[@SomeTechGuy666]

BS

[@ellieprice363]

@@SomeTechGuy666 Go to KZbin and type in “Crosscut saw versus Chainsaw”. You’ll see a competition where the chainsaw loses to the crosscut.

[@lelandbradley1076]

Those had a very specific use in the logging world, too big and clumsy to use out in the woods. They were used at the landing, cutting cord wood to feed the steam donkey. When the steam donkeys left the woods so did the drag saws.

[@ces188charles6]

Cool!!!

[@phased-out-24-73]

You should sit and have a couple of shots of whiskey...Then you can call it the " INTOXI...CUT."