Recent content by looseclu

Hi Bill, My blade is a slice of clear plastic drinking cup with a section of jeweler's saw blade epoxied to the bottom edge. The clear plastic and the joint between the jeweler saw blade were painted with my wife's charcoal/silver Revlon nail polish (my bottle of long unused silver enamel was...

After looking about at what was available on the internet about dragsaws, I went ahead and built what I had in mind. It actually would cut cut wood until I connected the drive to the steam donkey- the internal gearing and main drive are functional as is the blade guide/lift. It’s a Rube Goldberg...

Hi Bill, That should do it- I found an article in their (Evergreen Hill/NWSL) logging magazine on how to scratchbuild a large drag saw and have ordered the back issue. When it arrives I will be happy to scan it and send it to you if you wish- just let me know. Thanks again for your help. Roy

Mountain man, I guess I'm going blind but having invested half a day looking through 2 years worth of my NWSL Gazettes I couldn't find any such adds. Google and Bing also don't know of any kits- can you tell what company makes such a thing? It was an enjoyable way to throw away half a day but...

Nice work! I have the HO version and recently added a welding light to the inside of the crane house. That flickering light shining throught the planking really added to its image (I keep it set to low light setting). You've got the acetalyine tanks, might as well use them.

The bean counters in the office have decided we need a steam powered drag saw on the landing to cut all the long logs into 20' lengths. We've been doing just fine with two man gangs cutting them by hand but they say it'll save time and money so I have to build one. Does anyone out there have...

I have a Spectrum 3trk Shay and it will pull 9 loaded log buggies up my 5% grade. Normal operations only call for empties going up the hill and loaded buggies come down the hill. It easily handles 18" radius but I doubt those u-joints would stay intact on a tighter radius. My downhill run...