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I made this a few years ago, it never got properly finished until recently.
The saw blade is for a folding garden pruner which was well used (hence the irremovable staining!) until the handle broke - well, what else would anyone do with a perfectly usable and still sharp blade?
So it got repurposed, along with some mild steel flat bar, scrap wood and Meccano gears in a custom brass housing, the drive wheel is Mamod.
And it works quite well - here with the Jensen 65 for which a firebox repaint is overdue:



Hope you like it

Dave

That is excellent,  I wouldn't change a thing. 😊

I need something like this! 

It is indeed amazing how well it is driven by that little #65, but just imagine what it could do tied to a #20 or similar sized steam plant!?!?

Thanks guys, I am glad you like it.
As it stands it is really just for show although it does create a modest amount of sawdust and given enough hours of running would probably cut all the way through the log - any weight on the blade does however cause it to dig in and stall, a finer blade would be more suitable to cut realistically .
It will run with a less powerful engine, I have here an earlier video with the saw in its unfinished state and powered by a Mamod based portable which is a recent creation:



Dave