Shingle Mill at the PA Lumber Museum

This video is about the shingle mill at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum.

[@fredericktownhomestead8094]

I was part owner and one of the operators of a 1894 Frink shingle mill in NewHampshire in the 1980s.

[@jcalpha2717]

I have helped operate a Chase Turbine Co. shingle mill and have one question. Who provided those nice square blocks and will that machine saw raw log billets?

[@ElizabethHanson-Smith]

1860 - 1900 horizontal shingle machine; possibly water-powered, not electric-powered.

[@КириллБарсуков-у7я]

Very bad! You are breaking the structure of the tree. It is necessary to prick, not ​saw. Then the water will flow through the fibers. And in this case, it will penetrate into the pores of the tree. Disgusting!

[@bruceharvey8810]

Not a very satisfying video. I was expecting more detail as to how the block was moved to produce a tapered shingle. I am also interested in what happens to the shingle when it is cu, where does it go?

[@jeremiah4248]

What mean you by "prick"?