Water powered saw mill

[@urbanlumberjack]

This is amazing. What an incredible machine

[@estervera3890]

Maravillosa obra de ingenierua !!! Nunca vi enmi vida tal formas de aserraje !!! Esta de 10 . Quien sera el ingeniero que lo planifico .es utilizar la a fuerza del agua para un servicio .guauuuuu.maravilloso y genial saludos colega desde lo lejos arg .

Gracias, agradezco tener noticias tuyas. ¿Eres de Argentina? Me imagino que tenías un aserradero similar en el siglo XVI. De hecho, este aserradero fue construido por un hombre genial y conocedor y puesto en uso en 1796. Sierra todavía muy capaz, ya que puede cortar troncos enormes con una longitud máxima de 9 metros. También tira de los troncos desde la orilla del mar con la rueda de agua superior. Avísame si tienes alguna otra pregunta, haré lo mejor que pueda en español...

[@estervera3890]

Ha ha le querías .su español esta bárbaro .y muy bien escrito .yo vivo en la provincia de mnes una de las tantas pcia arg .en mi lugar hay miles de árboles .lapacho , loro negro ,cedros , guatambu ,guachibira y canasfistola ect .sin muy abundante en la región .pero a jugar por el lugar parece Europa del este .!! Si me equivoco por favor corrijeme. Saludos colega desde mnes arg .

[@fredhiller6017]

What kind of pants are those ? blaklader ? They look nice 👍🏻

The tan and black are blaklader, the ones I use, all black, is LBrador or Helly Hansen. Both with more stretch. Especially the Magni series is a favourite. 👍

[@Andykille80]

Seems powerful. Think it should be able to drive two saw blades. Verkar stark. Vore det inte ide testa med två sågblad i ramen?

Yes, its powerful. Similar saws in the same area had several blades as time moved on. Thats not the case with this one. It had a smaller circular saw in the connecting room. So as it is now is very close to his it was in 1796.

[@pvtimberfaller]

Very cool! Looks like a very cold wet proposition! Too bad they didn’t run an overshot wheel, they would have gotten a lot more horse power.

[@aidyrazlan3902]

How many lumber it can processed in a day?

Depends on water amount and log size and length. It moves about a meter to 1.5 m per minute, so if only cutting logs for house logs, there's usually 4 cuts to make one beam and two boards. That's 30-40 minutes or more of its longer than 5 meters. Can cut up to 9m. Everything mixed in I'd say average 1 log an hour if all is good. Taking the bark off, winching it up from the sea, cutting and stacking.

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 20 May 22.

[@chintsogtch5841]

Wow. I have read about this saw mill on "The mysterious island" by Jules Verne.❤

I've never read that, maybe I should. Is it the shipwreck in the air?

[@Hoogee4]

With Todays lumber prices you could compete with modern sawmills :D

[@markwilliamson5796]

Would love to understand how the pawl mechanism advanced the log. What role did the chanin that ran along the bed play, or was that just the return chain being dragged out.

I'll try to explain. The top connected rod moves the up-down motion of the sawframe into the push-pull motion on the stake. The stake pushes the cog wheel 2 or 3 notches for each push. The axle from this cog wheel pulls that chain on the floor, advancing/moving forward the log bed. This is synchronised so that the log moves forward as the blade goes up. The blade has a lean so that the log does not push on the teeth while going forward. The stake is lifted from the cog wheel after a complete cut, and the outside waterwheel pulls the log bed back to start again.

[@markwilliamson5796]

@ That makes great sense. Thanks and what a wonderful machine the mill is. Love it

[@royramey5659]

Why not cut log till the end?

[@arneherstad2198]

The end holds the boards vertical until the log is finished. With that setup, it would be a nightmare if they didn't. Because I'm lazy and inauthentic, I'd cut the round end off with a bucking saw.

[@BertholdHinrichs]

ååhhh så herlig å se...

[@taggunter975]

That's awesome

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[@jolie-nielsen4827]

Praktfull nostalgi

[@meinikstorbakk9875]

gode minna på aursfjordsaga

Jepps, og meir håpe vi det blir

[@timothyrussell1179]

amazing

Glad you think so!

[@РамазанДжамалдинов-р2ш]

мечтаю такой построить

[@matthiasfortsch1986]

Das ist ein komisches Wasserrad sowas in einem Sägewerk habe ich vorher noch nicht gesehen

Sorry, i dont understand german.

[@matthiasfortsch1986]

@ That's a strange water wheel, I've never seen anything like that in a sawmill before!

[@matthiasfortsch1986]

@ I don't understand English either! I'm writing to you about a translation program

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

Why not just cut the log shorter? lol. Seems pretty stupid.

Well, every inch has its price, and every inch counts, especially 2-3 hundred years ago. If one is cutting off 8 inches on every log, one will end up with a few cubics lost every season. The ones afraid to work will cut them and throw it away. Or burn it.

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

@ not usable tho. its all messed up.

[@pvtimberfaller]

There is no way to hold the log in place if you cut all the way through. Logs are always cut with 6-12” of trim so you are loosing nothing. Normally you would just burn it for firewood.