Yes, that sounds like a sawmill for sawing a log lengthwise for lumber. chas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] Buzz saws > At 02:09 PM 4/21/2008, you wrote: >>Mary Jane, >> I had never given it a thought that buzz saws were not common >> knowledge. Of course, now I realize that many younger people never saw >> one. >> you said, they were sort of a big table saw made for sawing , >> primarily, limb wood. Usually it worked best if you had gathered up >> a big pile of limbs and then got together a crew of three or more >> men to buzz it up in a short time. One man would do the sawing, >> that is roll the table with the limb/limbs into the blade letting >> the short length fall to the ground. In avoiding that, one man >> would take hold of the cut pieces and throw them away ten or >> fifteen feet away from the saw, creating a big pile that didn't >> interfere with more sawing. As the sawyer moved the limbs forward >> several other men would be carrying more limbs, as many as could be >> handled readily, put them on the table to keep the sawyer busy with >> a continuous flow of wood to saw. A whole winter's supply of wood >> could be cut in one day. One farmer usually owned the saw and >> neighbors would all come to help when they had accumulated their >> own buzz piles, then switch around from farm to farm. >> I will have more to say about my personal experience with them >> in a later note. Chas > > Chas, > > Your note reminded me of two things - > > - first the big circular 4 foot diameter saw blade in my back > yard. I believe it was from my grandfather's saw mill. There were old > tracks with what one would think was a carriage of some sort that > logs would sit on as they were wheeled up to the saw. I don't > believe any of the track survived except for a 4 foot rail, which is > heavy with a capital H. There are some of the old wheels / axles in > the woods across from my parents house but way too heavy without a > tractor to move. > > - secondly, things that youngins would not know about, including my > spell checker and that was be - a run of buhrs. > > Tim > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1389 - Release Date: 4/21/2008 > 8:34 AM > >