[four-inch-samson]

Originally Posted by kitten

http://www.tractiontime.co.uk/module...e.php?pid=8922
What is this? Bandsaw or am I being dumb? Any more photos?

This horizontal saw was built in the early 1900s. Made by Kirchner of Leipzig (Saxony, ex-GDR), it was supplied to Llangedwyn Mill (Oswestry) in mid-Wales. Originally powered by a waterwheel.

More on Kirchner here http://www.lily-elsie.com/wew/kirchner.htm

More photos here http://www.lily-elsie.com/wew/k-saw01.htm

See also Old Glory (Feb 2005), 'Landy Lawley and the saw-bench squad'

RJS