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I think Rollag has 3 mills operating. One is a large mill, that they usually power with a steam thresher. It's been a long time since I watched it run, but it is impressive! I don't remember exactly, but there is a main saw and top saw, the Cottonwood they were cutting had to be 5' diameter. The sawyer rides on the carriage and he is getting after it! Rollag really has some impressive displays, you can't take it all in, in a day IMO.
A good friend of mine has portable circle saw for his steam engine. His Neighbors have 3 steam engines now that they have basically rebuilt from the ground up. They are 2 brothers that have both been machinists and farmers their whole life. I watched these steam engines show up on a flat bed literally in boxes. They rolled a new tube, forged their own rivets, the whole nine yards. Anyways, there was just a show at the Findlay, Ohio fairgrounds last week that is all steam engines and antique equipment. My friend takes his steam engine and sawmill every year. Here's a coupe pictures from a show they host at their house every year, steam engines from across the Eastern US. (Image hidden from quote, click to view.) (Image hidden from quote, click to view.)
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