It’s a case of ‘waste not want not’ in this part of the world and this wedding present was cracked in the shipping container on its way out here. The handle had snapped off also. After cast iron welding it’s working fine now on the double gas burners (meaning it gets hot).

Pictures of our occasional annual visitor(s) to the school – presumably from one of the lakes below.

With The Midas Touch version of the video (don’t even ask): https://thetroutbeckschool.com/bush-saw-milling-with-a-lucas-mill-the-midas-touch/

The deal is the contractor does all the work and takes half of the output (planks) with the other half going to the land owner. Waiting to see how this turns out!

Including a free video for the country and western fans: https://thetroutbeckschool.com/the-lucas-bush-saw-mill-if-i-were-a-carpenter/

Christmas day 2020: meet Headlands (Headrance!) and Dutchman – two trained cows who are onsite skidding the trees burnt a year ago so they can be turned into floorboards and crating. Dutchman (brown) is the lead cow.

The video version is here: https://thetroutbeckschool.com/skidding-logs-with-headrance-and-dutchman/