{old school} cutting firewood with a 100 year old engine

[JRD77VET]

One of the guys on the Smok Stak forum ( from New Zealand) just posted this video of his 1918 Lister model R 8 hp cutting firewood. I like the homemade guard he made for the blade. The sliding table on the saw is weighted so when you stop pushing "in" , it rolls back.

Here is a video and a photo of my Lister "R" 8 Hp circa 1918 belted to my firewood saw. my Son Is home from From Western Australia and is giving me a hand with a few jobs that need to be done around the place.We have spent the last two days splitting and cutting firewood, all up about thirty cube. He manages a sawmill in W.A

A lot of it was mill slabs from the last lot of timber I milled and the rest was from the branches.

The other engine I use is a 6 1/2 hp Blackstone hot bulb circa 1908.

Merv,



My 1918 8 hp Lister R working on the firewood saw - YouTube


You can see the water pump at the back of the engine. It takes water from the back of the tank, pumps it into the bottom of the cylinder and it flows out the top. It then cascades down the screen to remove the heat.

[Black94lt1]

Looks slightly dangerous :D

[Aerovette]

Looks slightly dangerous :D

I don't know man. It looks safer than my table saw. :Jeff '79:

[mrvette]

Pa. was famous for all kinds of old/very early equipment shows, the appearance of that above is so similar.....The concept of the old leather belts spanning fair distance, and flipping the belt over to reverse direction of rotation....

an old friend owns an old grist mill on the Conococheague?? Creek on the Md/W. Va. border, he on the Md side of the creek, he bought it for a song, literally and last I heard the property is worth some serious bux.....and inside it is the old generator which was belt driven off the water wheel.....it's a very neat old place with lots of history....Kemps Mill Rd...... first exit off I70 after I81 as you head west on 70 We have canoed that creek all the way down to the Potomac River.....

:dance::seasix:

[69camfrk]

I would like to have a Lister engine to power a generator. I think kits from India are as good as you can do on those these days.

[JRD77VET]

I would like to have a Lister engine to power a generator. I think kits from India are as good as you can do on those these days.

The previous administration altered the rules to make importing them more difficult. ( was that a nice was to say obuma dicked us AGAIN )

You can get replacement parts but certain main parts are more difficult to get now.

[JetMechZ16]

Looks slightly dangerous :D I'm sorry, we're going to have to confiscate that engine because it's Non OSHA compliant. :D

[69camfrk]

The previous administration altered the rules to make importing them more difficult. ( was that a nice was to say obuma dicked us AGAIN )

You can get replacement parts but certain main parts are more difficult to get now.

Obama amazed me at the things he could F up. And libs still revere him as some sort of demi god or something.:issues:

[JRD77VET]

Obama amazed me at the things he could F up. And libs still revere him as some sort of demi god or something.:issues:

he's not totally worthless, he can always serve as a bad example :yesnod: