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Indeed many great memories creating this kit with Brett, a highlight of my time modeling.
Looking forward to following closely and enjoying your build.
(Good to see the scale rule in the picture to give an idea of the structure size.)
Jerry
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Finally managed to make some progress on the SawMill. Getting time to work on it has been difficult due to looking after my wife with numerous medical appointments also it was hard to find a supplier for the extra timber and brass rods needed for the machinery. Did eventually find someone who helped with the timber, however had to resort to music wire instead of brass rods.
With the saw husk had a couple of challenges firstly when trimming the blower shaft to the correct length had to use a cutting disk on my rotary tool and due to vibration, a number of parts came a drift. Also with the actuating lever made the error of it slopping into the frame to far so had to carefully remove it and re assemble.
Still need to add sawdust to the Circular Husk also more stumps to be added to the floor.
Stumps added to date were cut using a fret saw but with the rest I will use the desk saw I have just brought, using the fret saw did not do my arthritis any good.
A big thanks to Karl Allison for pictures of his build of the saw husk really assisted with my build.
You've made some great progress so far and everything looks superb, this is a very exciting time in the build, when things start to come together.
Glad to read that you have been able to source the materials needed, the saw looks terrific, I found the rest of the machinery easier after learning on the saw.
We're all looking forward to following more of your progress on this amazing kit.
Keep up the great posts.
Terry
the first step is the biggest, (getting started), after that, no worries...
Progres to date on my sawmill project. Log roller, Log Carriage and Live & Dead Rollers.