Water mill with belt driven machines

[hiroller]

Hi,

Saw maker Isaac Smith of Blackburn Tools recently posted on his blog a link to this video made in 1981 of Ben Thresher and his water mill. In the video Ben makes a wooden tub and a sled. All made with his variable speed belt driven machines.
It is well worth a watch.
Video here : http://www.folkstreams.net/film,187
Isaac's blog: http://www.blackburntools.com/blog/a-movie-worth-watching/

[jhovel]

What a ripper of a video! Thanks a lot for the link!

[sion.dovey]

Lovely film, an hour well spent watching that. Thanks for posting! I'd like to have a go at making a trough like that one day.

[Colin62]

Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed that. :)

[camoz]

I really haven't had a chance to sit back and watch this video, but the bit I have watched makes me sure I will set aside time to watch the rest.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Camo