Sawin' logs...

This is a demonstration of the old sawmill in Jerome. Feel free to skip if you're not at all interested in the historical doings of cutting wood.

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• jerome
• sedona
• sawmill

[PolskaMTK]

Sawin is a little town in Poland

[haemony]

@PolskaMTK fascinating. I'm sure glad I used an apostrophe to represent the missing g. :)

[haemony]

Heh, I'm from Oregon in the United States, though I've also lived in California. I'm dying to visit Scotland someday...it's actually the top destination on my list!

[joferg70]

Hi that was interesting. I wonder if I may pick your brain?...I am a sawmiller, I have modern wide bandsaws, however started with an old wooden bench similar to what you have, excpet mine is all wood, with hand made bolts and a hand powered handle to feed the table, the rollers are also made from timber. I want to now restore it and I am trying to find out the sort of age range of the saw. Do you have any thoughts on that?

[haemony]

Ah, I'm afraid you're asking the wrong gal. That wasn't my saw or anything...I was just a tourist. That particular sawmill, located in Jerome, Arizona, is part of the old camp near the copper mine (now defunct and considered a "ghost town") and is basically out of commission. They really only run the mill for interested tourists.

[zonkozonko]

A 30 inch saw blade should rotate at 1272 rpm giving a "Rim speed" of 10,000ft per minute.

[scrideout]

we used to saw using a flat belt....this one is definitely too slack

[NathansBackwoods]

you need a belt tensioner. and is the saw spinning at low rpm or just dull, saws of that size usually spin 500 to 550 rpm.

[besamemucho5]

what a waste of energy....

[butkatrello]

sounds like a metal rock song

[joferg70]

Hi me again, just to add, I am from the West of Scotland in UK, where are you from?