How A Wind Powered Sawmill Works- AMAZING

I often wondered how the Dutch made such fantastic ships hundreds of years ago now I understand I love just about anything wind powered. You could say it blows me away.

I'm not there nor will I ever likely be... However, I can only imagine the wonderful scent that this place puts out. i wood go for that alone

That last detail about soaking the logs for a year... Game changer. 🤯

That has got to be one of the most earth friendly methods of lumber production!. Thank you so much for posting this.

The Dutch are world class innovators. Wind Masters, land reclaimers on a level matched by none. Incredible. Awesome.

That is an incredible sawmill. My Family has owned and operated different kinds of sawmills since the 70's. A 48" round blade, 60" round blade, and now a 167" band sawmill. I can tell you the technology hasn't really advanced that much. 100 years ago, there was a 90 gang sawmill here in our local township. That's 90 blades going up and down in unison, powered mostly by a watermill and at the end, diesel-electric. But they sawed their selves right out of a job, as their main function was sawing large logs, 3'-4' and larger. So now it's easier to transport the logs over the road to the mill, or take the mill to the wood, as a portable bandsaw mill does. But it's really cool to see our history in action,with the old windmill.

This is simply amazing. No batteries, no gas or diesel and multiple board cutting. Ingenious!

What a wonderful design. A windmill sawmill. Beautiful functional artistry. The engineering on this sawmill is more complex than a Swiss watch. Absolutely outstanding piece of machinery. Love it. Thanks for showing us this Cody.

Thanks for sharing,... I just sent this to my Dad :) He was born in Amsterdam in '42 & has always talked with pride of these saw mills that enabled the Dutch to build ships much faster than others :)

I was expecting a round blade, but was surprised and impressed to see those gang saws. I've never seen such a setup. Very interesting.

Nice to learn from an American about our wind powered sawmill. I worked in and with a traditional grain windmill.

Thats one of the coolest things ive ever seen. Always wondered how a windmill works. Thanks for taking us with you

Just to say I visited this place last week and was totally amazed! The windmill was pulled down in 1942 but rebuilt with those amazing plans in 2007. And the guide said at their peak there was nearly 200 of these sawmill windmills!

I am really enjoying these travel vlogs. Your excitement over the older technology warms my heart.

We just got our sawmill here on the homestead. Can't wait to get it running! I'm so happy to be able to make our own lumber.

Wow.. That architecture and design is so amazing. Think of the engineering that went into the design of that thing. Back in the days of no auto cad or computers.

Thanks for posting this marvellous old tech, Wranglerstar. I've seen the buildings up close while I was visiting Holland as a child, but never got to see the inside works, which being a 10-year old boy in the 'mid-50's, I REALLY wanted to do. Most of the windmills were grist mills, though, not sawmills. Now I;m off to check out your video on how klompen (Dutch wooden shoes) are made. I've always wondered.

Damn! That was interesting! I, too, was impressed by the workmanship of the building. Thanks for posting. (There's a windmill used as a flour mill about a mile from my house - interesting to see another application of wind power).

Holland, Michigan has a large Dutch community and is locally famous for wooden shoes, tulips, and windmills. This was a really interesting video, thanks.

Very pleased to see that you were visiting Holland! Thanks for this amazing YouTube doc. about the Wind Powered Sawmill. Now I know I want to visit it for sure. This mill is located 150 miles from my own 'homestead' but never visited before. God bless you and your nice family.