Steam Saw Mill

Steam tractor powered (mostly) saw mill. Steam tractor sends power to the mill by using the large strap attached to a power take-off. Logs are loaded onto trolley and sent against a fixed blade. Sawdust is taken out by a chain like device. Video was taken at Edgerton (Rock County) Wisconsin during the annual "Thresheree". A event held every Labor Day.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Steam
• Saw
• Mill
• lumber
• log
• steam
• tractor
• power
• take
• off
• antique
• blade
• circular
• saw
• sawdust
• chain
• pressure
• cut
• thresheree
• edgerton
• wisconsin
• rock
• county
• boards
• mill
• heavy
• equipment
• burn
• coal
• heat
• historic
• janesville
• shape
• lathe
• edge
• obsolete
• family
• fun
• kids

[soldiger1122]

i run one just like that but i dont have the board thing at the end we just have to keep flipping and cutting

[ipfeldspar]

Is yours used for shows, or do you make some money with it? Just curious as they are awesome machines!

[soldiger1122]

@ipfeldspar for show

[ipfeldspar]

Thank-you! I wish I had one. It would mess with the neighbors heads if I used one of them instead of a circular saw!

[12talkcrazy]

awesome! It's so nice to see some take the time these days days to put such a older but timeless technology in working order for all of us to see, my son loved watching this

[ipfeldspar]

Thank-You! I could have stayed there all day.  I think a number of people there did hang out for quite a while.

[narturkunstgruppe]

Cool!

[hollywood1340]

It's a fly wheels because it's integral to the engine itself. It's purpose is to smooth the pulses of the engine, along with the counterweight.

[ipfeldspar]

I don't know the tech too well. Would a power take-off be a direct shaft and a flywheel a strap?

Thank-You very much for commenting!

[hollywood1340]

Flywheel, not PTO:) Thanks for the video of this Avery in action!