♪ >> THIS IS HOW A WORKING MILL OPERATED BACK IN 1805 WORKS.
>> WORKING ON A MILL LIKE THIS GIVES YOU A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THE OLD BOYS TO COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED.
>> THE TAYLOR SAWMILL IS AN HISTORIC SITE IN DERRY LOCATED IN THE FOREST.
THIS IS MADE FOR THE MAN WHO REASSEMBLED THE MAN -- NAMED FOR THE MAN WHO REASSEMBLED IT IN 1940.
>> HE WAS LOOKING FOR A MILL SITE.
HE BOUGHT TO THE PROPERTY IN 1940, AND STARTED BUILDING A MILL AS YOU SEE IT TODAY WITH THE HISTORIC BUILDING.
>> BOB IS THE HISTORIC CARETAKER AND HE SAYS THIS SAW IS WHAT WAS USED BACK IN THE EARLY 1800S WHEN ROBERT TAYLOR OWNED THE SAWMILL.
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE HAD FIVE SAWMILLS IN DERRY.
THE EACH WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO A LOCAL FARMER MAY HAD BROUGHT TREES DOWN.
>> WHEN ERNEST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, HE WAS DETERMINED TO REBUILD IT FROM 1805.
POWERED COMPLETELY BY WALTER.
-- WATER.
♪ >> THE UP AND DOWN SAW AS A TYPE OF SAW THAT WAS USED IN THE 1700S UP TO ABOUT 1860.
HE WANTED TO REBUILD IT AS AN UP-AND-DOWN SAWMILL BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE REMEMBERED AS A YOUTH HAVING ONE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> AS BOB TELLS IT, THE UP AND DOWN SOUGHT REPLACED THE OLD SAW WHICH FORCED TO MEN TO SAW A LOG BACK AND FORTH MANUALLY.
>> IT WAS TWO PEOPLE STANDING ON A LOG AND WORKING A SAW UP AND DOWN.
ONE PERSON WAS DOWN IN THE BOTTOM.
THIS REPLACED THAT MILL.
WHEN THESE GUYS WERE DOING THIS, THEY WERE BUILDING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF BOB’S JOB IS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE VARIOUS SHAFTS, BELTS, NUTS AND BOLTS COME TOGETHER TO CUT A PIECE OF TIMBER.
>> THIS ARM IS GOING UP AND DOWN ALONG WITH THIS SASH.
THE PIECE HOLDING THE SAW IS SLIDING UP AND DOWN.
YOU HAVE THE ARM GOING UP AND DOWN.
>> IT IS TRIGGERED BY THIS ONE MOVE THAT GETS THE WHEEL MOVING.
>> ONCE A LOG GETS DOWN TO THE END OF THE CUT, WE STOP AND I HAVE TO MOVE A LEVER OR TWO.
THE CARRIAGE THEN COMES BACK TO THE BEGINNING POSITION.
WE PULL THE PINS AND WE MANUALLY OPEN IT TO ANOTHER POSITION, WHATEVER THAT IS, WHATEVER WE ARE CUTTING, AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
SO, EACH CUT, WITH A 12 FOOT LOG , IN THE SETTING WE HAVE, TAKES ABOUT 12 MINUTES.
>> CERTAINLY NOT A FAST PROCESS FOR A COMMERCIAL MILK, BUT THIS IS A WORKING PIECE OF HISTORY, AND THE WOODCUT HERE DOES NOT END UP AS FIREWOOD.
>> WE HAVE A 70 ACRE FOREST YEAR.
WE HARVEST TWO OR THREE TREES A YEAR THAT WE CUT FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES.
SOME OF THAT’S LUMBER HAS BEEN USED ON OTHER PROJECTS LIKE HE ASKS AT THE PARKS OR FORESTS.
WE WORKED OCCASIONALLY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS, BOY SCOUTS FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF SCHOOL PROJECTS.
♪ >> AS I WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD, I SEE IT OPEN AND I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR.
>> MICHAEL TO LEAVE LIVES IN SALEM AND HAS ALWAYS NOTICED THE MAIL -- MILL BUT HAS NEVER STOPPED UNTIL NOW.
>> I WAS AMAZED AT THE EVEN THE TECHNOLOGY BACK THEN THAT TODAY HAD.
THE INGENUITY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
>> BUT, THERE IS MORE TO THIS PARK IN THE MILL.
THERE IS A POND FISHING AND PLENTY OF WALKING TRAILS ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
FOR BOB, THIS IS A DREAM JOB THAT NEVER GETS OLD.
>> TO HAVE A SAWMILL IS ONE THING, BUT TO HAVE IT WATERPOWERED IS A WHOLE ANOTHER.
I GREW UP WORKING ON DAIRY FARMS AND I’M USED TO BIG MACHINERY, AND IT WAS JUST FASCINATING TO SEE THAT YOU CAN TAKE WATERPOWER AND TURN IT INTO MOTION FOR A FASCINATING SAW.