Gang Saw - 100 Mile House, BC
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N 51° 38.507 W 120° 17.928
10U E 686899 N 5724653
One of a small collection of machinery at the 100 Mile House Visitor Centre is this gang saw and featured as a roadside attraction.
Waymark Code: WM10WMY
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/02/2019
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This gang saw is doubtless the most contemporary of the equipment in the display, being driven in part by a three phase electric motor. A fairly complex piece of machinery, it used steel rollers which were pinched against a log or timber to pass it through the saw, which consisted of 11 saw blades, driven in an up and down motion to cut up to 10 boards from each log or timber which was passed through. The rollers were driven by the electric motor while the saw blades were driven off the large flywheel and crankshaft at the bottom of the unit, itself driven by a flat belt pulley in the centre. Said pulley might have been driven by either a steam or gasoline stationary engine, possibly even a (quite large) electric motor, since electricity was available.