Peckforton sawmill
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gregh
electronics, computers and scratchbuilding
My problem has been that I start out leaving space for buildings, then I decide I need more sidings, so the buildings have to go.
tac foley
Registered
Isn't that what gardens are for? What else do you do with them?
Yup, agreed 100%. MY backyard is simply a location to hold my train setup and an air pistol target pellet catcher. Oh, and my reloading shed, of course. Everything fits in very nicely, but then, it IS only 33 feet square.
tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
Air pistol target pellet catcher? Isn't that just a different way of saying "the backside of the cat that dumps in my flower bed"?
Air pistol target pellet catcher? Isn't that just a different way of saying "the backside of the cat that dumps in my flower bed"?
Now, now!
There are other ways to deter feline visitors, without reverting to those of dubious legality and morality..
Hmmm.. 33 feet..
So, with 120 foot, I would need a rifle?
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
Latest update:
Slowly but surely (hopefully), I have been working on detailing the interior. Just about finished the saw carriage and its track, though need to install a representation of the pulley/funicular system for driving it. The log dogs were a bit of a fiddle. I did try fashioning them from metal but my skills aren't up to it. Once painted, plasticard should look fine, though.
Thanks to a fellow modeller, I am now in possession of sufficient 3D printed pulley wheels of various sizes to complete the overhead lineshafts (once I've finished making all the machinery).
Rik
Slowly but surely (hopefully), I have been working on detailing the interior. Just about finished the saw carriage and its track, though need to install a representation of the pulley/funicular system for driving it. The log dogs were a bit of a fiddle. I did try fashioning them from metal but my skills aren't up to it. Once painted, plasticard should look fine, though.
Thanks to a fellow modeller, I am now in possession of sufficient 3D printed pulley wheels of various sizes to complete the overhead lineshafts (once I've finished making all the machinery).
Rik
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
I've had to glue the two halves together and then tidy up the 'print-outs' with a file. Otherwise, I agree, they look pretty good.Those pulleys look excellent.. You almost won't need to do anything to them, I reckon!?
Rik
KeithT
Hillwalking, chickens and - err - garden railways.
I still buy hails by weight at a couple of Local hardware shops.
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
Gradually populating the interior of the mill. Need to make another table saw and the mill engine, and then decide exactly where everything will be fixed into place and then I can start on installing the overhead line shafts.
As you can see, I tend to make use of all sorts of 'recycled' items - amazing what can be found in the 50p shop.
Rik
As you can see, I tend to make use of all sorts of 'recycled' items - amazing what can be found in the 50p shop.
Rik
Wow!Gradually populating the interior of the mill. Need to make another table saw and the mill engine, and then decide exactly where everything will be fixed into place and then I can start on installing the overhead line shafts.
As you can see, I tend to make use of all sorts of 'recycled' items - amazing what can be found in the 50p shop.
Rik
Gavin Sowry
Garden Railroader and Raconteur
Good stuff there. Love the signwriting, but, (or is it just me), shouldn't it have been in capitals. All this upper case/lower case stuff is a modern phenomina, is it not ?.
Just commenting.
Just commenting.
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
It's been a couple of months since I posted anything about progress on the sawmill - a few other things have got in the way - eg India, couplings, life, etc. However, I decided over the weekend that I needed to press on with it. Here's where I'm up to.
The interior is now more or less finished.
The machinery is done. Including the horizontal mill engine which is a much-modified model of a beam engine (ex Airfix, I think) which I picked up at a sawpmeet for a fiver. OK, purists will throw up their hands in horror, but it gives the impression of a mill engine - which is what I am after.
The headsaws are in place - various oddments from the local 50p shop pressed into service. Again, not a true representation of any specific prototype, just an interpretation drawn from various photos.
There is a logic to the placement of the various bits of machinery, so that the flitches from the headsaw are then trimmed to width and length (haven't cut any fitches yet (ie lengths of timber with the bark still on one or two sides).
The layshafts and pulleys have been completed. I think their layout would actually work - though I now realise that the final trimming table saw has been installed the wrong way round so the belt would interfere with the cutting process. A job for the future!
All in all, I'm quite pleased with the outcome. When the roof goes on, you will only catch glimpses of the activity inside. I did wonder if everything was a bit cramped, but looking at photos of real sawmills, mine looks quite tidy and spacious by comparison.
As with everything, there is more to be done. I'm currently working on the gantry crane for loading and unloading the wagons - and, of course, I need to build a boiler house for the mill engine.
All good fun!
Rik
The interior is now more or less finished.
The machinery is done. Including the horizontal mill engine which is a much-modified model of a beam engine (ex Airfix, I think) which I picked up at a sawpmeet for a fiver. OK, purists will throw up their hands in horror, but it gives the impression of a mill engine - which is what I am after.
The headsaws are in place - various oddments from the local 50p shop pressed into service. Again, not a true representation of any specific prototype, just an interpretation drawn from various photos.
There is a logic to the placement of the various bits of machinery, so that the flitches from the headsaw are then trimmed to width and length (haven't cut any fitches yet (ie lengths of timber with the bark still on one or two sides).
The layshafts and pulleys have been completed. I think their layout would actually work - though I now realise that the final trimming table saw has been installed the wrong way round so the belt would interfere with the cutting process. A job for the future!
All in all, I'm quite pleased with the outcome. When the roof goes on, you will only catch glimpses of the activity inside. I did wonder if everything was a bit cramped, but looking at photos of real sawmills, mine looks quite tidy and spacious by comparison.
As with everything, there is more to be done. I'm currently working on the gantry crane for loading and unloading the wagons - and, of course, I need to build a boiler house for the mill engine.
All good fun!
Rik
"Quite pleased "? I'd be more than pleased if I had built it!It's been a couple of months since I posted anything about progress on the sawmill - a few other things have got in the way - eg India, couplings, life, etc. However, I decided over the weekend that I needed to press on with it. Here's where I'm up to.
The interior is now more or less finished.
The machinery is done. Including the horizontal mill engine which is a much-modified model of a beam engine (ex Airfix, I think) which I picked up at a sawpmeet for a fiver. OK, purists will throw up their hands in horror, but it gives the impression of a mill engine - which is what I am after.
The headsaws are in place - various oddments from the local 50p shop pressed into service. Again, not a true representation of any specific prototype, just an interpretation drawn from various photos.
There is a logic to the placement of the various bits of machinery, so that the flitches from the headsaw are then trimmed to width and length (haven't cut any fitches yet (ie lengths of timber with the bark still on one or two sides).
The layshafts and pulleys have been completed. I think their layout would actually work - though I now realise that the final trimming table saw has been installed the wrong way round so the belt would interfere with the cutting process. A job for the future!
All in all, I'm quite pleased with the outcome. When the roof goes on, you will only catch glimpses of the activity inside. I did wonder if everything was a bit cramped, but looking at photos of real sawmills, mine looks quite tidy and spacious by comparison.
As with everything, there is more to be done. I'm currently working on the gantry crane for loading and unloading the wagons - and, of course, I need to build a boiler house for the mill engine.
All good fun!
Rik