The Mill at Jacobs Creek

[Ray Dunakin]

Holy carp, that is a lot of very excellent work!

[Rail and Tie]

Holy crap on a cracker!  I too missed all the work going on in this thread in such a short time. That is impressive scratch building.

[Barney]

After 5 attempts and a change in scale - I surrender and I need to hang up my tools (not for long I hope) The Mill just did not work out for me even after trying different versions - so its into the reclaiming wood yard and re-think Some rough shots of the last version below
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at rest !!

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Back Soon  - revitalised and going for it !!
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[Bill Gill]

Barney, Glad to see your post that you're going for it! Gremlins be gone!

For a number of...years there were various temporary small mockup sawmills on my layout. They were roughly represented by a mix of Legos and Duplos. Somehow none of them were a convincing scene. Reluctantly I quit and turned the area into a pulpwood loading spot.
I'll be watching when you return from your fishing expedition!

[Lawton Maner]

     In my part of Virginia it is the season for Azaleas to bloom and June will be the time to trim them back.  Then it will be pulpwood harvesting time.  In O scale, the bark gives a nice texture to the bolts representing hardwood pulp.  February was the season to harvest Crepe Myrtle for pulp and saw timber.  After cutting and allowing to air dry for a month or more, once my wife is out for a day, I bake the new pieces in the oven to kill off any unwanted critters.
     
     The East Broad Top RR once had a freight shed in Robertsdale, Pa where the foundation was portions of bark on tree trunks.  Probably White Oak or Locust timber.  When building my model of it I reached for Dogwood twigs to represent the footings even though you cannot see them under the finished model.

     Now if someone can suggest a suitable raw material to use for Tanbark so that I can fill a model of an EBT car hauling bark to a tannery.






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[finescalerr]

Barney, what don't you like about the previous iterations of the sawmill? The craftsmanship and basic coloring are, as always, first rate. So is it the basically rectangular footprint or something else?" -- Russ

[Barney]

I got a few things wrong - and I could not live with it - also got a bit carried away with the Phillips Brothers Mill which is a sizeable mill - wanted more of the small size with less complications - photo below
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Before I start the Finish I will see if it works !!!!!!!
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Well it appeared to work - swift drink now required and continue after dinner feeding time
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After being inspired by photos by Nick of smaller Saw Mills and a quote from Bill" Gremlins Begone"
decided to start another saw mill project
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yes NICK was let out from his corner for the day