Dutch windmill sawmill

This was shared on the handtools woodworking list to which I belong. It's a Dutch wind-powered sawmill -- still very much in operation.

The YouTube video shows them dragging the log out of the water using (presumably) the windmill's power; rotating the direction of the vanes to better catch the wind (they pivot the whole darned top of the tower!); and cutting big ole slabs off the sides.



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--GG