WM Shay No.6 Delivers Logs To Sawmill a the HPJ-RR

Awesome!  I like the integration of the operating accessories with you detailed layout.  Video was great!

Awesome video.  Thanks a bunch!!

Nice work!!! Having ridden behind WM #6 many times I'd love to have one on my layout too!!!!

Great video!

The entire layout looks very realistic. If I had to find any critical comment it would only be that the track needs weathered a bit. At least in the video it appears very shiny and bright.

Keep up the great work!

Dave 

Fantastic Alex!!

Alan

Very well done. Clever name for the lumber-I mean saw mill.

Hi my great friend Alex,

I really enjoyed this video, too me it felt so realistic. Thanks for a great ride and a great show. The layout looks beautiful as always

Alex

Alex, you are having way too much fun! 

The Lionel saw mill has always been one of my favorite operating accessories.  It is such a great illusion that many times even adults ask if it is actually cutting the lumber.

Thanks for sharing the video,

Don

Alex, Once again, fabulous! Your abilities never cease to amaze me. I don't seem to recall it from your thread, but this video seems to indicate that the turn onto the trestle is banked; did you shim one side of the quietbrace on the trestle? Rich

Very nice!

--Greg

Alex, this makes we really want, desire, these accessories. Are you going to be selling any of your inventions or ideas. If so, I think I would be in the market for these. I do not own these accessories, BUT, with the way you have them working, it is a whole new ballgame.

Keep the inventions and videos coming. Thanks for all of your hard work to make the video.

Very nice video. As previously stated; great craftsmanship.

Can't see video, can somebody re-add it. I'm on my iPa. 

Very very nice Alex

Ken M

How much are the log refills or do you glue them back together each time?

Nice video Alex.

Jrmertz, Bruce, Dave, Dave, Alan, Matt, Alex, Don, Rich, Greg, Roger, Spence, David, Ken, Patrick –

Thank you all! I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and your comments.

Jrmertz. Most of the guests who have seen my layout appear to really like the operating accessories. And this does not mean just the kids – the adults always have something to say. Those who have visited several times always ask first what have I added to the layout, referring to scenery and buildings, and then specifically ask for new ‘operating things’.

Dave. Riding behind a Shay must be a blast!

Dave. Yes, and one of these days I’ll start making the rails look more real.

Matt. The big city in the layout, which comprises the second level on the east side of Hidden Pass Junction, is called Madera Heights. I just didn’t have enough space to add the sawmill within the city limits.

Don. One of our friends (a lady, last week) thought that the logs were actually being cut, I wasn’t not right there at the time, and her husband let her keep thinking that the operation was real until he and others started snickering, and she caught on.

Rich. The entire length (10 feet) of the trestle, both curves and the straight section, are on a constant 2% grade to match the entire section of double main in that part of the layout. As you noticed, it is slightly banked. The outer side of the curved sections is about 0.090-inch higher than the inner, which makes a superelevated curve. I built-in this when I made the trestle bents and did not pay any more attention to it. Nobody has noticed this before, and I don’t know if it makes a difference as it is very slight.

Roger. As you know, I have automated several accessory operations already. And now that I am working with the Arduino, I have thought of several more to do, including new ones as well.

Patrick. Well, I make them out of Ø3/8” x 36” long oak dowels, so I always have a fresh supply of logs ready for sawing.

Thanks everyone!

Alex

very nice.

Makes me want to sell everything off and build a point to point layout and own one engine. (grin)

Mike,

You gave me an idea: Post the layout and the route of the Shay (yellow line) from the log loader (upper right) to the sawmill (center right). 

Thanks to all again!

Alex

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That was fantastic and I like how you integrated that whole run in your layout. Since my layout is going to include logging around Flagstaff and I wanted a loader and saw mill, I may have to borrow your idea.

Alex,

This is my fourth time watching this video, it's get's better every time.

Thanks for taking the time too do this.

Alex

Alex, WOW great job. Thank you

I'll second that WOW! Very cool and a great way to integrate the operating accessories with the scale trains. It looks fantastic!!

Alex:

Loved both the way you integrated the loading and sawing into your layout and also the way you did the video.  I love lots of action and activity on a layout.  I'm sure it is enjoyed by all kids (small and BIG).  I would however suggest you talk to your mill supervisor about yield.  One board per log seems a bit wasteful.

Dave, Alex (again), Bill, Pete, Fred -

I really appreciate your comments.

Fred wrote:

"I would however suggest you talk to your mill supervisor about yield.  One board per log seems a bit wasteful."

Well, I just talked with the sawmill supervisor, and he said that the center slab is shipped (by truck) to another mill and cut into 2x10's. The left over rounded sides are cut at this mills with a chipper and used to make chip board .

Thanks to all!

Alex

Very Nice! By the way, Love the trestle bridge.

Alex, that was neat. A nice video from raw materials to finished product.

I still regret not having come by for a visit again to talk trains.

You have a great layout, pictures just don't do it justice.

Dan

St. Louis

Very, very cool Alex.

Uncle Fester, Dan, Brian -

Thank you!

Uncle Fester, in case you are interested, there was a nine-page article on how I build that bridge in the OGR April/May 2012, Run 256 Issue. I built that bridge during the early stages of building the layout.

Dan, now you will have another chance - look here so I will see you then?

THX!

Alex