[SEL] Big drag saw with vertical engine

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Wonder how long it would take to saw through a log as big as the one 
pictured?  The Stover drag saw set up would beat the heck out of two men 
standing on each side of that log pulling a cross cut through it!

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



Patrick M Livingstone wrote:

>I would have to agree that it is an early Stover vertical. The carby is
>quite distinctive. It would have been an impressive rig to see running
>especially on a log that size!
>Patrick
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>Patrick M Livingstone
>Leichhardt NSW
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>A lady in Portland, Oregon found some pictures in her family archives of 
>her grandfather with a very large drag saw with a vertical engine.  I've 
>been trying to help her find some information regarding the saw and we are 
>fairly certain that it was sold by Mitchell Lewis & Staver, a very early 
>industrial supplier in the Pacific Northwest.  So far I have not been able 
>to figure out who actually made the engine.  It is a single cylinder four 
>stroke vertical engine that appears that it might be around 5 hp. in 
>size.  It is really an impressive looking saw unit.  Take a look at:
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/mitchel/
>to see the pictures she found and let me know if you have any ideas.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Larry Evans
>Arcadia, Southern California, USA
>MailTo:LFEVANS at pacbell.net
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