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It would limit the length of material you could handle I would think.Bill
Yes Bill.Although, over time, the mills developed cast iron machinery, there was a great need for many joining pieces of wood. And thern there were the countless number of bobbins, spools and spindles that had to be made or repaired. The workshop I'm modelling is but a tiny, tiny portion of the workshop that would be attached to the mill. I'm only representing 9.5 ft. x 20.5 ft. of floorspace. The room comes toward us at least another 20 ft. to accommodate some of the newer heavy machinery developed close to the turn of the century for woodworking (photo 3). Note the line shaft peeking through the back wall of the engine room above the window. Hi John ,I used to have one of those Old cast iron bandsaws that is contemporaneous with the machinery in your illustration !! A grey machine and it was called The Comet so was it built when Haleys comet passed over in the 19century ??!!! This was when i used to make violins and cello's in the 1970's ...