Bolt Mill ID?

[Bullheaded]

I know the pics stink, but can anyone take a guess at the make of this old bolt mill? These are the best I  could get without taking the tarps completely off. Parts look factory and parts look homemade. Thanx!

[Bullheaded]

Another pic

[beenthere]

Nothing to see there. Are you thinking it is a bolter mill that has a trolley to mount/hold a log that is then hand-pushed past a saw blade? 

[Bullheaded]

I realize that the pics are less than informative but was hoping that someone might recognize the construction of the headblock advancement rack. I forgot to get a pic of the setworks when we partially uncovered it. It has a conventional Heacock belt feed with a square link chain to the carriage feed drum shaft. The light duty carriage is approx 6' long with 3 bedblocks.

[Bullheaded]

Anyone recognize the carriage, dogs, or setworks?

[Ron Wenrich]

That looks like a real antique.  I was going to say that it might be homemade, but I found one that looks similar on Pinterest.  But, the dogs don't match.  Those are unusual dogs.  If you can match the dogs, you'll probably match the mill.  But, sometimes owners made upgrades or repairs by robbing parts from other mills. 

The problem with old mills is that sometimes companies that made farm equipment also made sawmills.  Farquahr out of York, PA was one of those companies.  They made them for the local trade and there aren't a whole bunch of them like Frick.

Are you trying to restore it or just getting it to run?

[Bullheaded]

Ron, 
Thanx for the input. I think bits and pcs are homemade repairs but overall, it looks like a factory rig. Not sure why my pics post at such a low resolution and hence not good detail. My intent is to get it here and functioning as intended, then do upgrades and restoration as time allows. I talked at length with Mark at Moraska Saw yesterday. I hope to put a new 32" inserted tooth blade on at some point but know that will entail a new 2"mandrel as well. I would love to find a nice used 2" mandrel and now regret scrapping a couple rough ones last year. I have hauled (4) derelict old mills home in hopes of building a nice one. I can now see that was a waste of time and resources. This endeavor is strictly a HOBBY proposition. I intend to cut planking for buildings and flat small 8-9" Norway Pine cabin/sauna logs. I will set this up for trials and debugging with a 25hp Wisconsin V4 and a blade speed of 1200ish. The previous owner ran it, and apparently made some cuts with it belted to a Ford 9N. I am guessing blade speed with that setup was sub-400 rpms looking at the mandrel pulley......and it actually cut! I will post pics as I make progress. Right now its under 2' of snow 1/4 mile back in the bush!

[Bullheaded]

I Brought the bolt mill home today. Another pic, hoping someone may recognize a manufacturer.

[Bullheaded]

Here is a pic of the setworks and carriage.

[Nebraska]

No clue but it looks kinda fun. 

[Bullheaded]

I have several hours of cleanup, freeup, and assessment of the bolt mill. With the 33" swedged blade running at 820rpm, I will be edging and making stickers at 7000sfpm. Existing feeds then work out to 7/8" feed and 2 3/4" gig back per rev of the blade. Since its a lefthand mill, I am adding another arbor to feed the mandrel. This arbor will be 540pto driven and step up the mandrel to 820rpm. Should make a nice little edger/sticker mill.