steam powered vertical saw
steam powered vertical saw
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I am currently working on a 3D visualisation of an historical penal settlement in Tasmania, Australia.
Included in the site was a steam powered vertical and circular saw. The historical plans i have availiable dont offer enough detail in terms of its gears and expressions and alas i am simply a lowly 3D modeller not an engineer.
If anyone knows a publication, website, article etc which you think would hepl me it would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
Included in the site was a steam powered vertical and circular saw. The historical plans i have availiable dont offer enough detail in terms of its gears and expressions and alas i am simply a lowly 3D modeller not an engineer.
If anyone knows a publication, website, article etc which you think would hepl me it would be greatly appreciated.
cheers





RE: steam powered vertical saw
In the early days of US steam, much of the equipment was imported from England, quite likely the case there and many other places in the world as well. So information on practically any steam-powered-sawmills should be of use to you.
RE: steam powered vertical saw
Every steam engine mechanic and operator had the Audel books. Some of the steam engine groups might have some references.
I had several Audels until they walked off.
Wiley still publishes these handbooks so you might contact them to see who might have a collection of the older editions.
http://www.wiley.com
RE: steam powered vertical saw
RE: steam powered vertical saw
There were vertical saws somewhere in the line (to stay on topic) but, they were pulled by the line shaft, not independently steam operated. The only other steam operated equipment in the saw mill was the horizontal saw carriage and the cylinders that turned the logs over. (can't say their name in the venacular that was used.)
The chuk-plop chuk-plop noise of the valve action was mesmorizing. I am glad that I got the opportunity to see one of these monsters run in every day service. Sorry I can't help on directly driven vertical saws.
rmw