Graham of Perth – Portable Sawmill Bench in action and history
The details and information were sourced by Tam Anderson, Perth, and passed to Forestry Memories. Tam accessed the image above from a screen shot of the video featured in the second internet link below.
The two links provided have to be copied and pasted into the reader’s preferred browser page. The first reveals a page on William Graham by Peter from Hole Ousia. By scrolling down to the bottom of the screen Peter provides past newspaper articles on the sawmiller and a series of haunting images of his former base at Upper Lanrick Farm. The newspaper articles reveal that he was previously in business in Forres and also had a bobbin factory at Novar, Ross-shire.
The second link is that of Youtube featured Casterton Vintage Videos showing Yesterdays Farming event in Somerset. Some really nice old machines but the W. Graham, Perth, saw bench of interest is near the end of the video and shows the rack bench loaded with a log being hand cranked the old hard way through the saw blade.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc2wnT5MIpQ