On30 sawmill from scratch -- progress photos

On30 sawmill from scratch -- machinery (7)

Cut-off / trim saw:

               

             

             

             

             

 

On30 sawmill from scratch -- machinery (6)

The upper part of the husk was completed. I used some pulley and bearings from Crow River Products:

              

              

               

Locomotives

Here are my On30 scale locomotives that will be run on the layout.


0-4-0 Porter. This will do the shunting in the yard next to the sawmill.

2-4-2 Forney, will be used for passenger transport:

2-4-2 Climax:

2-4-2 Shay, used to transport the logs from the logging area to the sawmill:

On30 sawmill from scratch -- machinery (5)

Building the circular husk hardware.


The base is built from scale lumber:

I have printed out some saw blades and glued them on cardboard. Cut them out and painted them silver:

The flywheels are from Crow River Products. I scratchbuilt the small ones.

Here is the main axle with the sawblade and flywheels on:

Test fitting the axle on the wooden structure:

The wood is weathered:

Here are the othes axles on the lower assambly with the nut-bolt castings on:

Next is the upper saw blade and adding the belts.

On30 sawmill from scratch -- log raft at night

Some night time photos of the raft:

The focus is on the workshop inside:

 The focus is on the front of the raft:

Looking inside the window:

On30 sawmill from scratch -- log raft

The log raft is used to push and sort the logs in the pond. It is much safer than riding on a log.

I have seen a raft like this in the "Red Stag Lumber" On30 layout and decided to duplicate it.

The floor is made by individual boards on a wooden frame:

The building on it is framed from square scale lumber:

The side walls are corrugated styrene spray-painted in red:

I painted a workshop board for the raft building:

The building with the walls on:

The door is operating (made from four wood strips) with "Crow River Products" shingles:

The roof is made from corrugated aluminium glued on a cardboard strip: