Save this old Saw Mill or Scrap it?

[shelbycharger400]

what makes it big?

well with that mill, figure atleast the footprint of a small car just for the pulleys .

my belsaw... when i picked it up, was 48 ft long track, roughly 3 ft long.     

the one you have in pieces in picture,  figure atleast 4 to 6 ft wide, not including the pulley set(transmission essentially)

[OldIronMan]

what makes it big?

well with that mill, figure atleast the footprint of a small car just for the pulleys .

my belsaw... when i picked it up, was 48 ft long track, roughly 3 ft long.     

the one you have in pieces in picture,  figure atleast 4 to 6 ft wide, not including the pulley set(transmission essentially)

OK, I gotta'cha Shelby.  Thank you.

[beenthere]

Here is a interesting video of a steam driven saw mill.  In the video, the guy briefly mentions that the blade is cantered by about 1/8 inch to prevent heating to the blade.  Does anyone know what he's talking about here? 

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2900/2907.html

I think he said the blade has "lead" (pronounced lee-d) to the saw. Common term to the setup of the circular saw husk in relation to the carriage rails.
Good video ('cept havin to listen to the chatter of the questions). ;)

[OldIronMan]

Here is a interesting video of a steam driven saw mill.  In the video, the guy briefly mentions that the blade is cantered by about 1/8 inch to prevent heating to the blade.  Does anyone know what he's talking about here? 

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2900/2907.html

I think he said the blade has "lead" (pronounced lee-d) to the saw. Common term to the setup of the circular saw husk in relation to the carriage rails.
Good video ('cept havin to listen to the chatter of the questions). ;)

You are right and thanks for the proper term.  In my mind, I guess that means the face of the saw blade and the carriage are not exactly parallel.  Is this correct?  And then if so, would the cutting edge of the blade be positioned toward the carriage slightly?

[beenthere]

A search on this forum and a skim through Stan Lunstrums book on circular saws will help clear that up.

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/misc/circsaw.pdf

p 42 of Stan's book if you can download the pdf

[OldIronMan]

A search on this forum and a skim through Stan Lunstrums book on circular saws will help clear that up.

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/misc/circsaw.pdf

p 42 of Stan's book if you can download the pdf

Downloaded and read page 42, you've confirmed what I was thinking.  Hey BeenThere, I guess you really have been there, thank you very much for that tip.  I'm going to print a copy and start reading it from the beginning.  Oh, if I can ever help any of you folks with wind mills, I prolly know as much in that area as you all know in sawmills.  I'd be happy to help.

[LOGDOG]

I've wanted to find an old mill set up like this and make a living room arrangement out of it. I've had notions of making a couch out of the carriage with the head blocks as the back rest. Those pulleys have nice detail and curves in them. I could see them laid on their side with legs fashioned and a glass top to be used as end tables and coffee tables. Trouble is, a lot of people assign an unrealistic value to these old mills as they stand. By the time you were done fabricating the arrangement you'd have quite a bit of money into it. I think it would look great in a log or timber frame home though.

I like the way you think, maybe make a "man room" with it, put a large log in the carriage and make it bar

I can totally see it. If I found a set up like this cheap, I'd definitely pick it up (as long as it had good bones) and it would become part of my living room. Fortunately I'm blessed to have a wife that loves this stuff as much as me. 

[Taylortractornut]

Save the mill if you can.  I dont know what it is up with scrappers.    I offered a great price on an old log loader 2500 was what I offered.     Wouldnt have it,  I left my name and number and the  guy sold it to a scrapper for 750 2 days later.        Banjo Picker and  I knew a man that wouldnt sell much when he died his rotten kid  sold tons of good stuff to the scrappers  but not anyone else.

[WH_Conley]

Scrappers don't think like the rest of us. Had a guy here that had an old corn picker gave to him. I offered $50.00 for the hydraulic cylinder off of it. No deal. He took the whole thing to the junk yard and got $70.00.

[Corley5]

Dad sold his old #5 Corley mill and Cat 13000 power unit for about scrap price.  The fellow he sold it to had his Grandad's old Corley mill which was about identical to Dad's and was getting ready to move and restore it.  Dad felt good about selling the mill.

  His mill is sitting in a couple barns undercover waiting for me  to do something with them.  The husk and other stuff we hauled home at Thanksgiving is still chained to the gooseneck backed in a barn.  I need to put hay in there in the next few days and will unload it in another shed    The D13000 is bolted to a foundation under a tarp waiting for a roof and a mill to run.  None of it will the see the scrap yard  8)
  Good luck with it if decide to restore it  8)  If nothing else save the saw wrench  ;D
 

[Steamenginesmitty]

Was this mill saved?

[Jeff]

No way of knowing if the original poster is even still kickin.  He was on the forum for about two weeks, and never came back.

[zopi]

That mill and planer are tributes to the patternmakers art...I hope it gets saved...but not holding my breath. Fellow up the road had his dad's working Turner pony sawmill, amd the scrap thieves took it.  He told me he wished he had sold it to me...I about cried when I found out the mill had been stolen.