Folks, if you don't already have plans for Labor Day, you might want to consider visiting Silk Hope, NC and attending their "Old-Fashioned Farmers Day event.
Their facility has a complete, steam powered, belt fed lumber operation that includes a sawmill, double planer, edger, resaw, and machines for making window and door moulding.
It is incredibly cool to watch in action, and Roy Underhill recently featured it on one of his Woodwrights Shop programs.
Here is a link with more information. http://www.silkhopenc.org/Old-Fashioned-Farmers-Day
They also have a lot of other, family type events, and some very cool old tractors and hit-and--miss engines on display (many running).
Silk Hope is just north of Highway 64, a few miles on the Pittsboro side of Siler City. It's about a 45 minute drive from Cary.
Scott
Their facility has a complete, steam powered, belt fed lumber operation that includes a sawmill, double planer, edger, resaw, and machines for making window and door moulding.
It is incredibly cool to watch in action, and Roy Underhill recently featured it on one of his Woodwrights Shop programs.
Here is a link with more information. http://www.silkhopenc.org/Old-Fashioned-Farmers-Day
They also have a lot of other, family type events, and some very cool old tractors and hit-and--miss engines on display (many running).
Silk Hope is just north of Highway 64, a few miles on the Pittsboro side of Siler City. It's about a 45 minute drive from Cary.
Scott
