Ben's Mill: An Excerpt
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Uploaded by folkstreamer on Feb 15, 2009
This film is available from Documentary Educational Resources at http://www.der.org/films/bens-mill.html.
Ben Thresher's mill is one of the few water-powered, wood-working mills left in this country. Operating in rural Vermont since 1848, the mill is a unique link between the age of craft and the age of modern industry. In this 1981 documentary, Ben uses his machines and finely crafted tools to first adapt a neighbor's pitch fork into a sod turner, and second to build a wooden watering tub for cows (a task that he accomplishes in one day). The film evokes the quality of rural New England life, and at the same time provides a close, step-by-step view of Ben's woodworking processes.
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you sir....are a GEM !!! They dont make em like Ben anymore
saholben 2 months ago
I worked with Ben over the course of a couple of weeks in '74 to make up a set of threaded silo rods and turnbuckles, to pull in the sides of a near-collapsed barn in Peacham. He was honest, hard-working and efficient. Working as I was as a solo contractor, doing renovations of older buildings in the Peacham-Danville area, Ben and his mill were an invaluable resource.
When I was a kid my dad (who worked summers at Fairbanks-Morse) took me to a machine shop in St. Jay that was like Ben's.
michaelbix 8 months ago 2
Can U believe he paid him $1.50 for all that work bending the pitch fork! Pay the guy $5 bucks for cryin' out loud! I don't care if he asked $1.50, pay him $5! .....(smile) ....kidding. kool vid!
MrHarborFreight 1 year ago
This about my favorite documentary ever. I've watched it many times since I taped it off of PBS years ago. This clip seems to have some footage that I've never seen before.
zarchy55 1 year ago
No turbine is 90% efficient. Here a francis turbine is used, and it reaches up to 85% efficiency, but 90% efficiency is to high, usually such turbines work in efficiency range of 72 up to 80% efficiency...
But a good documentation
SteffenReichel 1 year ago
No it's not running anyore but now it's a historical site. The Barnet Historical society runs it as a museum.
HockeyMetalRPG 2 years ago
I always wanted to visit the mill and almost did a few years ago when traveling within a few miles of Barnet. Just didn't have time to stop. I watch this film all the time, it inspires me. Is the mill still running?
lonedrumer 2 years ago
A true piece of American history
morpheusduvall 2 years ago
Wonderful film. Well made and captures a man and a piece of history that deserve to be remembered.
Thanks,
Ron
evvysguy 2 years ago
Ok, that makes sense. No personal experience with powered jointers, so I was unaware of such a neat trick.
maldinero 2 years ago