Portable Saw Mill

[Larry C]

Rick, Mike, and Philip thank you guys so much for your kind comments.

[Pennman]

Nice work on the bench and details Larry.
That Jerry is one heck of a nice guy, he and I have been friends since the dawn of Man! 

Carry on with more successes!

Rich

[Larry C]

Rich thanks; much appreciated. Yes Jerry is a really nice person; you can tell by the way he helps his neighbors...not many people would do that.

[Larry C]

After 3 attempts at making a log carriage to feed the log into the saw, this is what I was satisfied  with. The first 2 attempts just didn't look right to my eye. One of the flatcars I had ordered for my On18 layout apparently didn't print right and the wheels kept falling off and it didn't "track" properly so I just set it aside. I removed the wheels that came with it and added a pair of Hon3 wheels that I have had almost forever. Since its movement is very limited I really don't have to be concerned how it "tracks". I used 1x6"s to cover the deck and used scrap lumber to build up the front of the carriage to support the log. This is then fed into the saw manually and when another log is needed it's then pushed back and will be loaded with a crane; the process then starts all over again.



I've used an LP from Rusty Rail to give some perspective. The LP is one of the new 3D printed figures which looks quite promising for down the road if it paints up well; it does have nice details.



Lastly I made a belt from Tyvek (free postal envelope) and painted both sides. When dry I installed it from the vertical steam engine to the saw; this is a long one.

Now it's on to detail paradise as I start filling in the empty spots with whatever makes sense with the portable logging theme. Thanks for stopping by and for all
your great comments and/or suggestions.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry, 

Nice work with the feed carriage. The belt coloring looks fantastic.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Mike thank you so much. The paint I used for the belt is Raw Sienna craft paint .

[GaryMc]

Nice work Larry, the scene keeps getting better and better.

Regards,
Gary

[Larry C]

Gary thank you and thanks for stopping by.

[elwoodblues]

Larry, the scene is coming along great, that is one of the mosr realistic belts I've seen in a long time, what colour did you paint it?

[Larry C]

Ron thank you so much, your comments are appreciated. I used Raw Sienna craft paint that came in a plastic tube; painted the belt twice both sides.

[Jerry]

Larry it gets better with each post!
Like Ron said that belt is really realistic looking.

One question are you going to  make a fence so the log can't roll off that table?

Jerry

[Rick]

Larry, what you've built looks good.
However, that setup looks very dangerous to use.
I wouldn't want to be the person trying to push that log past the saw.
Like Jerry mentioned, you'd something to keep the log from moving side to side.
And there needs to be a way to set a log to keep each cut uniform in width.
I know you are trying to keep things simple so keep it the way you have it.

[Larry C]

Jerry and Rick thank you. What you've mentioned makes a lot of sense and I really didn't think of it myself. I think I have an easy fix so I'll check it out; thanks guys.

[Larry C]

The diorama is almost finished but I thought I would share what I have done so far. Waiting on a couple of detail parts from SW then I can finish things up. Added lots of details from my stash, most of which are from Brett, that are logging specific. I added the tree in the back corner to give the scene balance with the crane being towards the front. The track was ballasted with a medium grey ballast and added some weeds while I was at it. Because this is a temporary site I opted to have the details sitting on top of the ground instead of having the ground around them. Also added lots and lots of real sawdust.



Here's the other side of the diorama. The 2 sled runners on the ground are for the shed when everything gets packed up before moving to the next area to work. Once the details arrive from SW those will be colored and glued in place. After that I'll go back and do a few more touchups and add the fences for the saw table, as Jerry & Rick pointed out previously, which makes a lot of sense.

When finished I'll take more closeup photos and post the finished results. Thanks for stopping by and leaving all those great comments and/or suggestions; they are appreciated.

[Jerry]

Looks great Larry.  Details and scenery added a lot to it.
Keep up the great work.

Jerry