Old Steam Powered Wooden Box Factory

[crabo]

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs?ytsession=ms_XrV_SY8ZPHPgEA3wKZd5DKdAz FA1UydJB0LRkBEWY38J_Q-fBUBTt7wI6Ix4E5okyToJkSOABtbHvszNLywrSE923GbigdPp0 fHAx0CZ5wSs7lph__X6rrDyZLKWB8--42xnM5yEz6jrOWAePfg

[TES]

My great grand father was a sawyer. His tombstone showed a steam engine..this is awesome!

[41 mag fan]

That was pretty cool

[Spruce]

Great video, glad to see the old mills still running.

[Mumblypeg]

I love that old stuff !

[Sweetpea]

Something tells me OSHA hasn't been there in a while...[smilie=1:

[Wayne Smith]

"Safari cannot download this file"??

[RoyEllis]

Pretty neat! Thanks for the link.

[Wal']

Wonderful.............todays automation will never have the same handmade quality.

[KCSO]

Wonderful! I would love to work there.

[Maven]

That was also posted on the American Longrifles Forums several weeks ago. The comments are most interesting:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=26744.0

[OutHuntn84]

That was very interesting to see! Thanks

[opos]

Thanks...I belong to the Antique steam and gas engine and tractor museum in Vista, Ca. North of San Diego...lots of working steam and antique gas engine displays and big shows the 3rd and 4th weekends in June and October...if you are in the area it's well worth the day.....info link posted below...There are some huge working steam exhibits, several big traction engines and some really impressive antique gas engines...The video was great and really shows the complexity of the old line shaft operation...only thing that gave me the willies was the gal with the long hair around rotating equipment...only takes once.

http://agsem.com/

[DCP]

That made my day
Thanks

Like to know how they made those belts didn't see any seams, but they had to have them

You got to love the dog.

[7Acres]

Love the video! Mesmerizing to watch and listen. Thanks for sharing!

[pressonregardless]

Thanks for posting this !!

[44Vaquero]

Very cool! It is also apparent how the dog had his tale shortened.:D I actually have the Lord of the Rings box shown.

[rr2241tx]

That made my day
Thanks

Like to know how the made those belts didn't see any seams, but they had to have them

You got to love the dog.

The belts are most likely several plies of leather with the splices interleaved and skived to lay flat, at least the drive belts at the old Dittlinger Flour Mill were when I worked there. The belt was only ever cut through if it was being taken off and replaced. Steel staples wouldn't be good for the wheels, so no metallic splices, ever.

[HeavyMetal]

here in LA, within sight of the old school City Hall building in fact, I have a drop forge company that has been here since the 1890's the entire plant is steam powered!

Nice old dirty plant wondered why it's still here?

My contact tells me the city has tried twice to "aquirre" the property ( imminent domain) and has backed off both times because they don't want the Haz Mat liability issue that comes with the "acquisition" of the property!

Place is ron off one big steam generator and the drop forge equipment all runs steam power.

[mhat]

very cool.

Mark

[enfield]

makes me wanna fire up my little Mamod steam engine ! I agree that the dog may have wagged his tale too close to a flywheel

[GL49]

Wayne...Safari worked just fine here. Neat old mill, I just had to go to their website to see more. Another steam powered mill is Hull-Oakes Lumber in Monroe, Oregon. I believe they can cut a log up to 85' long.

[opos]

Some of us get a bit carried away with steam power...no room for the real stuff so we play with models...

[10-x]

Thanks for posting. This type of machinery made America. There were many "factories" back in the 70's-80's that still had the line shafts. Most were run with electric motors and the newer cloth woven belts joined together with staples. Remember going into one plant that had been closed the year before, still had the creosote wood block floor. Roof leak caused the floor to heave up about 3 feet under the leak.Those were the days........

[JeffinNZ]

How cool is it that one lil old steam engine can power ALL that machinery?

[Gliden07]

That was a GREAT VID!!

[walltube]

Steam. Perhaps the ultimate re-newable 'energy'. Crabo, thank you for posting the link.
opos' post, (no. 13), is spot on about the young woman's "big hair".

Regards,
Wt.

[Driver man]

Just love that old technology. I bet it smells great too.

[snuffy]

How they run that plant WITHOUT somebody getting killed on a daily basis is a wonderment. Apparently OSHA ignores it because of the historical listing. Clearly no safety boss, or it's just a label in-name-only.

Safety glasses sitting on top of a hat, long sleeves and long hair around all that UN-garded rotating machinery!

Reminds me of the steel fab shop I worked at just before going into the Air Force. Fresh out of high school , first job. No glasses or any type of PPE. Forced inside a 60 ft long steel tank 12 feet in diameter. Withe three other men all with Milwaukee plate grinders, grinding weld seams. No ear protection! Huh? Yeah that's part of my vocabulary.

People cuss about OSHA, their sometimes silly regs. Well if they'd have been around back in 1965, I wouldn't have this incessant ringing in my ears.

[bbqncigars]

Awesome video! I really like the old equipment. The sculpted thumbscrew on that one c-clamp is indicative of beauty and function combined.

[John Guedry]

I hardly ever watch any video from start to finish. This one I did. Loved it thanks for posting the link.