Instalation almost complete in the 1970's.

January 2001. Cutting walnut for a customer on nearly the ocassion that the machine was run.

The plank is lowered onto the rollers.

A freshly cut plank starts to fall away from the saw.

Hydraulic rams load another log onto the bandmill carriage.

The operator's view.

The carriage prepares to to run back passed the saw for another cut.

One of the two overhead cranes.

Splitting the slab offcut so it can be chipped.

The yard lifting equipment.

Left: Keith, the manager. Right: Pip, the foreman. Centre: Norman, everything else.

The Sawmill at work: Kiln Drying