Weekend Steam

The American Thresherman Association puts on a great show at Pinckneyville, IL every August, with steam and gas engines, tractors, threshing, and sawmilling. Another fascinating attraction is the veneer mill. Before we had cardboard boxes, containers of all sorts were made from rotary veneer. In this brief video you can see how the knife trues up a new log to peel off the veneer. I really enjoyed the sound of the wood being sliced.