Comments: - - Very very cool. I worked as a temp for a company who makes gears of all kinds. They have two machines; one make in 1898 and 1901. They still work as good as new and with great precision. If properly maintained they will last lifetimes. Great video!
Saw something similar in New Zealand but it was called a Deal Frame from memory. The log ...about 4ft in diameter and some 30 ft long was carried on a sled. Fascinating! Not like a fully automated modern mill with one operator sitting in a room watching screens in case of a jam.
Although today’s sawmill would rip a similar log to exact dimensions in seconds, this is an art form of woodcutting imagination and marvelous engineering. As you say, amazing!
Wow, work smart. Get behind the saw and guide when using the alaskan mill. Have a hand low and a hand on the height adjustment rail, you'll find it easier on the back than bending double and pushing sideways, we're not built to do that! Beautiful old vertical mill, really nice!!
Traditional milling in Germany/Austria or perhap Switserland was interesting. I could see reasons whysuch quality lumber is worth the price. The Alaskan bushmill is nor extreme nor special. Fact is that it could be wise to offer such beautiful log to bigger companies for efficient sawing.
That is a sash gang saw, and used in the USA years ago. Info on where this sash gang saw and edger saw operation to convert logs to lumber would be helpful. Appears to be a museum demonstration of older equipment for sawing logs.
