Still sawing western red cedar from utility poles that were taken down a few years ago. These boards will be used to repair siding on the historic Nathan Lester House owned by the town of Ledyard. The sawmill has been working very well! Still open for spring visitor season Saturday May 25, 1-4 pm. (And we’re extending the season for Saturday afternoon June 1st.) . . . . . #ledyardupdownsawmill #ledyardct #newengland #connecticut #ledyard #travelnewengland #waterpower #sawmill #oldmill #oldsawmil

We started out last Saturday by splitting and stacking sawn pine boards from the previous week. If there are no branch knots in the end of the log, the splitting is easy. We don’t saw all the way through on saw cuts: this leaves a wide base for the log for subsequent sawing, leaves more weight on the carriage, and also leaves a wide end on the tail block which makes it easy to drive in the log dogs. . . . . . #ledyardupdownsawmill #ledyardct #newengland #connecticut #thingstodoinconnecticut #led

Beautiful fall day at the historic sawmill last Saturday. Wonderful visitors including a couple of groups and enough water (barely!) to operate the saw. The millsaw is sharp and eastern white pine is easy sawing so it went very well. It was a great day for both visitors and volunteers! . . . . . #ledyardupdownsawmill #ledyardct #newengland #connecticut #ledyard #travelnewengland #waterpower #sawmill #oldmill #oldsawmill #waterwheel #waterturbine #sashsawmill #upanddownsawmill #updownsawmill #woo