Maxim I Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) Damaborg Sawmill Damaborg 622 AE The hamlet of Damaborg was in huge need of wood. More than a regiment of MAESTRO soldiers are stationed here and the exploration operations needed resources to fuel their success. Food, clothes, medicines, weapons, drinks, pleasure, apples, ... . Ofcourse that meant that bigger buildings were needed to store and trade them. In combination with the first defensive structures, a huge wooden wall. One of the main ingredients of this bustling place would be wood. Also for the expiditions itself, timber would be very usefull for chariots and smaller sloops for exploring. Luckily there are trees enough in this area. But cutting them and sawing them by hand takes a lot of time. And time is precious. So construction began of a sawmill. Based on the ideas of Cornelis Corneliszoon, a windmill was constructed, connected to the saw by gear. Through the neverending powersupply of wind, the proces of sawing wood into planks became so much quicker. Soon the speed of the development of Damaborg would be unseen! Will be licenced as a large factory in Damaborg (The Lowers). Thanks for watching! C&C much appreciated :) (ooc) While looking for examples, I discoverd the first sawmill powered by windenergy was developped and octroied by the Dutch farmer Cornelis Corneliszoon in 1593. It took some research to discover how it works and I hope I managed to bring it into LEGO. The proces isn't that clear here and probably not 100% accurate (it was a vertical saw, here I used round sawblades as I had no clue how to make it work otherwise). I always wanted to build an historic windmill and this was the perfect opportunity to build it with a saw factory. Edited March 18, 2022 by Maxim I Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD Posted March 18, 2022 This is a very beautiful sawmill! There are many interesting details. I like the construction how the windmill with gears makes the saw work. It is also very interesting to see the workers at work. There is also a horse-drawn carriage on which the sawn wood is loaded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Thaum Posted March 18, 2022 That's a beauty ! Wonderful sawmill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff of Clubs Posted March 18, 2022 Excellent execution and well researched. Thoroughly enjoying this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ayrlego Posted March 21, 2022 The shape of the windmill made this stand out for me, brilliantly done. Then I noticed the details connecting it to the sawmill and driving the saws - really great attention to detail. This may just be my favourite BoBS sawmill to date! Well done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spud The Viking Posted March 21, 2022 Great build - so many nice features! Kudos for doing your research Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roadmonkeytj Posted March 22, 2022 Very nice build indeed! Definitely love historical based builds! You mentioned the blade being vertical ... I'm assuming they ran a cam and crank to just "saw" the blade up and down? A plate and the 1x2 curve with 45 edge might work ... Or even the 2x2 triangle tile with rigid hose and clips. Unless those blades were tiny on the original. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted March 23, 2022 You are going digital? What will that mean for our next BrickMania? Will we all just set up large computer screens? Fine mill, still Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxim I Posted April 4, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 6:38 PM, NOD said: This is a very beautiful sawmill! There are many interesting details. I like the construction how the windmill with gears makes the saw work. It is also very interesting to see the workers at work. There is also a horse-drawn carriage on which the sawn wood is loaded. I tried to think about as many aspects of how the whole process would be, so happy you appreciate it On 3/18/2022 at 10:18 PM, Professor Thaum said: That's a beauty ! Wonderful sawmill Thanks! On 3/18/2022 at 11:10 PM, Jeff of Clubs said: Excellent execution and well researched. Thoroughly enjoying this. Great On 3/21/2022 at 9:42 AM, Ayrlego said: The shape of the windmill made this stand out for me, brilliantly done. Then I noticed the details connecting it to the sawmill and driving the saws - really great attention to detail. This may just be my favourite BoBS sawmill to date! Well done. That's making me blushing It should all work if it wasn't digital On 3/21/2022 at 6:20 PM, Spud The Viking said: Great build - so many nice features! Kudos for doing your research Thanks! On 3/22/2022 at 6:16 AM, Roadmonkeytj said: Very nice build indeed! Definitely love historical based builds! You mentioned the blade being vertical ... I'm assuming they ran a cam and crank to just "saw" the blade up and down? A plate and the 1x2 curve with 45 edge might work ... Or even the 2x2 triangle tile with rigid hose and clips. Unless those blades were tiny on the original. Blades were tiny. There is a Bionical blade that would have been perfect, if it wasn't way too big to be practical haha I also prefered something thin over a solution that was a brick thick. So that's why I went for the round blades. It was also a bit more easy to work out as it makes enless circles and is not something that goes up and down. On 3/23/2022 at 5:46 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said: You are going digital? What will that mean for our next BrickMania? Will we all just set up large computer screens? Fine mill, still Hmmm excellent idea haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
