[SEL] Widowmaker

[Ray And Erica Freeman]

My father has a Mobilco version of one of these. They were known as swing
saws. He used it for many years in the Red Gum forests around Echuca cutting
fence posts for a living. His is shaft driven and powered by a 6 hp JAP. The
blade was swung horizontal to fell the tree. The tree was cut into suitable
lengths and then the individual logs were cut length ways into segments to
form the posts. He never had a bad accident but I can remember as a boy
seeing the blade throw a piece of loose timber back between the wheels and
crack one of his shins.These were heavy machines and it was amusing to see
him struggling on one leg trying to get the spark plug wire off while the
blade is acting like a wheel and trying to take the whole thing away at 60
mph.
It also has a clamp on bench to convert it into a firewood cutter and I've
spent many hours on it as a young feller cutting firewood. 
Ray Freeman
Perth WA

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Edd Payne
Sent: Friday, 14 December 2007 7:32 AM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] Widowmaker

HMMM.I been scratchin something to stop itching.Guess
I got it wrong.
There are a lot of these saws here in OZ and are still in regular use in 
this area.Hargans and Mobilco are two that come to mind.Hargans  was  from a

town north of here called Coolah.From memory there was an article about him 
and his development of this saw in an old issue of TOMM. Blokes around here 
that have cut railway sleepers use nothing else and still do.They regularly 
come up  for sale at local auctions.I watched a bloke at a show at Gilgandra

a town north of here doing  wood sculpture using one of these and it was 
amazing to watch .He was an absolute artist.

EDD PAYNE
PO Box 364 Gulgong N.S.W
Australia
2852
Phone:0263742387
edsengns at optusnet.com.au
edsengns
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Widowmaker


> That's it Arnie, Ozzies have no balls! :-)
> Nomex on.
> Curt
>
> Arnie Fero wrote:
>> Hi Curt,
>>
>> That is SOOOOO wierd!!  Why the long cylindrical section in the middle?
>> It doesn't seem to have any purpose.  I also don't see any sawdust.  Ya
>> reckon no one had the balls to fire it up and cut something?  8-))
>>
>> See ya,  Arnie
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Curt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> PS - I'll bet they'd LOVE to see that running at a rally in Oz!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Reminds me of these Deutcher loggers we saw in Oz.
>>>
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>>>
>>
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