I think this link will take you to Ben'sMill video. It is quite long and slow going but packed full of great stuff for future projects. http://www.folkstreams.net/film,187
Bill
Wow! I sat there and ... COLOR ME IMPRESSED!!!
Mr Ben what a man !! A truly inspiration film they don't make them like that anymore
Barney
WOW!
Ben is my new hero! (Sorry Nick)
One thing that surprised me was how quiet all the machines were.
I have many of the same machines and mine are so loud!
Gotta love that line shaft!
Ben need a friggin broom though!
No wonder all those places burn down!
mj
Quote from: lab-dad on December 07, 2012, 11:41:54 AM
WOW!
Ben is my new hero! (Sorry Nick)
mj
Oh well , it was good while it lasted !
Thank you for sharing. What a wonderful treat.
Jaime
Enjoyed watching the film ;D
Wow! That was like a trip back in time.
I wonder what happened to the place after that fellow passed on? Where would you find someone with the knowledge, skill, and desire to take over?
Edit: Answered my own question via Google. Ben worked the mill until his death in 1995, and it is now a historical site, currently undergoing restoration.
http://www.bensmill.com/ (http://www.bensmill.com/)
lovely lovely vidio do you think that the machinery was water driven
regards kim
Quote from: 1-32 on December 08, 2012, 12:08:47 AM
lovely lovely vidio do you think that the machinery was water driven
regards kim
Ray, did you catch the video of them re-constructing the pentock?
http://www.bensmill.com/Home_Jan_13_2012_one/Restoration.html
I built a model of Ben Thresher's mill in O scale that I took to the Australian Narrow Gauge Convention in 2007. Search the HABS/ HAER web site for "Ben Thresher's Mill" for detailed drawings that include the crib dam and 25 black and white photographs. I'll try to locate some archived photos of the build if there is interest.
Gavin Beaumont
Quote from: SARSn3.5 on December 11, 2012, 05:25:42 PM
I built a model of Ben Thresher's mill in O scale that I took to the Australian Narrow Gauge Convention in 2007. Search the HABS/ HAER web site for "Ben Thresher's Mill" for detailed drawings that include the crib dam and 25 black and white photographs. I'll try to locate some archived photos of the build if there is interest.
Gavin Beaumont
I'm interested.
Jaime
Interested too!
Thanks for the HABS link, I always forget that one.
I emailed the video people and found a site that sells a DVD of the film.
Hopefully Santa will hook me up!
-Marty
I am also interested! My son's next door neighbor operates an old water powered millwork shop (although power is now a diesel engine) It takes me back to the sounds of the belts flapping at a similar powered millwork shop that operated near where I grew up.
If you want to order a DVD of the film you can go here;
http://www.der.org/films/bens-mill.html (http://www.der.org/films/bens-mill.html)
Marty
G'day Jaimie, Marty, Chester,
Thanks for the encouragement!
Took the model out of the cupboard: found a few insects and at least 1 eight-legged critter in residence. It needs a good dust and vacuum and I'll take some new picies. I have always intended to install it in a diorama with the stream bed and dam modelled. The stream bed always stumped me - trying to do justice to the sedementary rock strata in the bed, and the water flow. Suggestions for appropriate techniques are welcomed!!!
So, 3 photos from the build if they will load for me. (He promises to read the instructions carefully to understand how this trick may be pulled off)
The model was built around 3 cores, one each for the cider mill, the woodworking shop and the blacksmith shop respectively made from 3mm MDF. The weatherboarding was attached to each face as individual, prepared stripwood strips. The strips were weathered with a wire brush then stained with black and sepia acrylic artists inks diluted with isopropyl alcohol then overbrushed with white acrylic ink also diluted with isopropyl alcohol. The solvent invites the inks to mix on the surface of the stripwood to vary the degree of surface weathering in a subtly nuanced way. The windows and some of the doors are clearly identifiable as Grandt Line products. Rafter tails were set into saw kerfs at the top of the walls, and purlins and barge boards were added as needed. The whole was roofed in corrugated paper painted to represent rusted galvanised iron.
The photos show the blacksmith shop.
Well that worked OK, Add the third one!
Regards,
Gavin.
I like what i see so far ;) What scale is the building?
Nice, clean exterior board construction. -- Russ
1:48 scale - Should have mentioned before.
Gavin.