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Egon

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Last week I was able to take pictures of several operator built sawmills. They are quite unique and ingenious.:D
 

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Nice pictures Egon. Looks like a one lunger type engine running the flatbelt? Some of us would kill for that silver age look of the lumber on the mills. LOL
 
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Any idea how old they are? Looks like some old school engineering, not that that is a bad thing.

MarkV
 
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Acadia Gas Engines Ltd, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

From what I could tell of the decal the one engine was an Acadia probably built just down the street from where I live.:D

The blades had knock out carbide tips.

No idea as to age of the one engine [the other was boxed in so I could not see it], or when the saw platform was built. I'm pretty sure we saw some of the recently cut planks being used to construct a dock just up the road.
 

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Always good to see yesterday's tech/iron still chugging along. :)
 
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Very cool. Thanks for posting these pics.
 
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How apropriate, I have 3 oak logs in my woods I am thinking about getting to the saw mill. The wood just wont let me cut it down for the pizza oven, it's too pretty.
 

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