Peckforton sawmill

[tom_tom_go]

Glad to see the wheels worked out for you Rik rather than having to buy the brass ones I had and then grind them down.

[Peter Butler]

That's all looking very convincing Rik, the carriage will be fine after painting and the pulleys are going to be the finishing touch. You are correct about the support and help freely given by Forum members, I have had the pleasure of it myself and really appreciate it.

[ge_rik]

Between the three of us those pulleys are are looking pretty good Rik.
I like the carriage, log dogs, etc too, well done.
Looking forward to seeing this all finished, but possibly not till after India?

Yes, doubt it will be completed before we fly off to India (a week on Saturday). The fiddly bits seem to be taking longer than building the structure itself!

Just been catching up with Michael Portillo and now really looking forward more than ever to the Shimla train journey which (all being well), we'll be doing on Monday 2 April.

Rik

[LNR]

Brilliant work on the log carriage and dogs, and those pulleys, well congratulations all round. Going to look good all painted up. Hope your collecting lots of fine sawdust!
Grant.

[FWLR]

Nice work again Rik :thumb right: Philipy and Metalmuncher have done an excellent job for you with those wheels.

Have to agree with you on that point of helping members out on the forum, some of us just don’t have the skills needed, but there are always members who will lend a very welcome helping hand.

[philipy]

The fiddly bits seem to be taking longer than building the structure itself!

Thats always the case, and not only that, they always take 3 times longer than you expect!

[Dwayne]

Great work Rik.

I'm always thankful that others enjoy going in depth to create detailed scenes on their layouts so I can have something to enjoy reading and have pictures to view since I'm more inclined towards adhering to my 10 foot rule philosophy on my own layout.

[ge_rik]

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.

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Rik

[FWLR]

Rik you are really moving on with the sawmill. Love your models, look so realistic, I can see myself working in there.

[Soar Valley Light]

That really is superb Rik. I can almost smell the sawdust!

Andrew

[markoteal]

Great work - loving the little added details

and..............


You've got a 50p shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one

[steamer68]

Rik a superb looking sawmill your modelling is brilliant.

[FWLR]

No photos any more of your last post now showing on my , but on iPad and iPhone....weird

[FWLR]

Also now lost the forum on it too

[ge_rik]

You've got a 50p shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one

It's in the middle of nowhere a few miles from here.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Worlds-L ... 0565200740

They started off over 20 years ago with a small garden centre and billed themselves as the largest 50p shop in the world - which was (and maybe still is) probably true. They're still going with a vast range of 50p items but they also now have a £1.00 aisle and even a £2 aisle. Very handy when I need something with wheels which I can butcher into something else.

Rik

[FWLR]

I visit the pound shop at least once a week…

[FWLR]

Hi Rik

Seen this on garden railway centres, any ideas…

https://www.gardenrailwaycentres.info/s ... idder.html

[ge_rik]

Hi Rik

Seen this on garden railway centres, any ideas…

https://www.gardenrailwaycentres.info/s ... idder.html

Thanks Rod
I think this sort of thing was used in the field (or should I say forest) for hauling logs. Nice looking model though.

Rik

[GTB]

Seen this on garden railway centres, any ideas…

It's a Bachmann model of a North American style twin drum log hauler.

They were basically a specialised winch and some Aust. and NZ timber companies used something similar for snigging sawlogs out of the cutting area in the bush to the loading point on the timber tram.

When an area was cut out, the winch would be loaded precariously on log bogies and moved to the next site.

On the twin drum type, the larger drum was used with a heavy cable to haul in the logs and the smaller one was used with a messenger cable to haul the main cable back out for the next log. They disappeared after WW2, replaced by war surplus bulldozers and trucks.

I'm not that familiar with UK forestry practice, but by the time period of Rik's railway, I'd imagine most timber was imported into the UK in large baulks from Scandinavia and sawn down to size in the sort of mill Rik is modelling.

Regards,
Graeme

[IanC]

I have no idea about forestery practice for any country. However I do recognise superb modelling and whether or not Rik's sawmill is accurate or not it's a brilliant model.

Ian