[SEL] It's quiet!/Shingle Mill

[Richard Strobel]

Jerry, I am using ponderosa "Blue" Pine only to demonstrate.  They would have used sawed dimentional lumber without the bark.  Shingles are usually 16 inches long and in this neck of the woods would have been cedar or redwood as they contain their own oil and last forever.  Not used too much anymore as they do turn an ugly color and fire insurance would kill us.  As far as the thickness, ours has #8 sprockets and there were others available for different thicknesses.  As Tom mentioned you could see the sun thru the roof, but it never leaked.

  Today you would have to go or have a sawmill that would cut the proper lumber...and we did just that at the Barnes' Steam and power show.  A buzz saw was used to cut it to proper 16 inch lengths.

Take care,
Rick




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Evans<mailto:jerrye at databak.co.za> 
  To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com<mailto:sel at lists.stationary-engine.com> 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [SEL] It's quiet!/Shingle Mill


  At 06:00 PM 25/08/2010, you wrote:
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  >Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:27:38 -0600
  >From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com<mailto:Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>>
  >Subject: Re: [SEL] It's quiet!
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  >I guess now is a good time to show off our Chase Shingle Mill.  Close to 
  >two years have gone into this freshen up job and still needs some 
  >tweaking.  I have now moved the carriage rollers up two inches and should 
  >cut an eight inch shingle.  What your seeing is "Blue Ponderosa Pine" and 
  >not what we'd like..that is cedar or redwood which is way too far 
  >away.  You'll see the blue show up about half way thru the block or "bolt" 
  >as it was called.
  >   It's been a real joy and hope you enjoy the video also.
  >Sorry for the html
  >http://good-times.webshots.com/video/3055285890039077051cRBfFc<http://good-times.webshots.com/video/3055285890039077051cRBfFc<http://good-times.webshots.com/video/3055285890039077051cRBfFc>>
  >Best regards...Life is good in "The Big Sky."
  >RickinMt.

  Hi Rick,
           Hope you are keeping well.

           That's a really great setup. We never used shingles in South 
  Africa so it's something unique to me - may I ask a few questions?

           i)I do understand that these were used as cladding on buildings 
  and I assume overlapping each other for water runoff. Were they used on 
  roofs as well as walls ?

           ii)Those in the video looked very thin (the light shone through 
  some of them, what is the thickness and did they get any kind of 
  preservative treatment before being used?

           iii) Are they cut "with the grain" ie. does the grain run 
  lengthwise on the final product? It would appear the best way but the 
  reason for my question is that I found it interesting that to do that the 
  "bolt" would have been a crosscut piece of the log and that itself would 
  need some pretty impressive machinery to produce.

           iV) Are the "bolts" still readily available from sawmills or is it 
  a bygone industry?

  All for now.

  Keep the revs up (or down)
  Jerry Evans
  Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
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