Deerfield Fair: Old Splitter/Saw

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thinkxingu

thinkxingu

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Jun 3, 2007
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Hello All,
Was at the Deerfield, NH fair today and saw these two devices I thought y'all would like. Both were belt-driven off old, very old, engines. Interesting demographic we have up here: a section of 10 or so old running motors (that's it, just old running motors) captivated an audience all day!

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thinkxingu great pictures, looks like you had a great day for it.


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those are old hit-n-miss engines. I have a John Deere one. Mine's a little smaller than the one in your picture. It's a John Deere Type E and is rated at 1.5hp
 

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Must be like our Old Gas Tractor Association. There is a big show every summer and it draws thousands. Strangely, we live only 5 miles from it and have never attended.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Strangely, we live only 5 miles from it and have never attended.
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Good thing... it saved you from having to fight the urge to cut the legs off that old vertical splitter so that you could use it sitting down. %-P
 
Just got back from the fair. Its worth it just to see the carnies in their natural habitat.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Must be like our Old Gas Tractor Association. There is a big show every summer and it draws thousands. Strangely, we live only 5 miles from it and have never attended.
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If you live within 5 miles of the Buckley show and haven't gone you are REALLY missing something. I go every year. I'm not into the tractors and steam engines as much but I love to watch the saw mill, shingle mill, chainsaw collections, and all the old equipment the old timers used for working with wood and metal. They have a complete saw mill operating and it's really interesting to see them turn logs into useable lumber in such a short time. You can see lots of OLD chainsaws, boat motors, and miniature that these craftsman's have built to scale. Every year I see something different that amazes me.
leaddog
 
We went up to the fair on Thursday and watched them splitting, boy it looked like a good way to loose a couple of fingers or worse, but it did do a nice job. Never did get to see the cordwood saw running.
 
leaddog said:
Backwoods Savage said:
Must be like our Old Gas Tractor Association. There is a big show every summer and it draws thousands. Strangely, we live only 5 miles from it and have never attended.
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If you live within 5 miles of the Buckley show and haven't gone you are REALLY missing something. I go every year. I'm not into the tractors and steam engines as much but I love to watch the saw mill, shingle mill, chainsaw collections, and all the old equipment the old timers used for working with wood and metal. They have a complete saw mill operating and it's really interesting to see them turn logs into useable lumber in such a short time. You can see lots of OLD chainsaws, boat motors, and miniature that these craftsman's have built to scale. Every year I see something different that amazes me.
leaddog
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No, I've not been to that one either. We live near the show that is west of Chesaning. I think both shows this year were the same weekend. Most like it better if they are on different weekend because then they can attend both shows.

btw, I know there are over 500 members of the club here but don't know how many Buckley has.
 
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