Here is a shingle mill made by Perkins and Co. from Grand Rapids, MI. The shingle mill has a horizontal blade approx. 36" diameter. Some parts of the carriage that holds the wood and slides over the blade is made from wood. It has a guard around the blade with raise lettering with patent dates and company name and location. I grabbed onto the blade the best I could and tried to wiggle/shake it back and forth and couldn't really feel any sloppiness to it so the bearings must be in fair shape. There is one high spot on the blade for about 30 to 45 degrees of rotation. Alot of the parts were froze up from it sitting out but the previous owner got the majority of it loose.

Below shows the shingle mill disassembled for cleaning, priming, and painting.

Below shows assembling the oak skid.

Below shows the shingle mill all finished up and mounted on the new oak skid. New hard maple wood was used for the carriage portion that holds the wood (seen in the fourth picture). Also new 'grippers', that dig into and hold the log, were cut out and bolted to the old worn out ones (also seen in the fourth picture). Last picture shows the newly sharpened blade. It will just need the angle and thickness of the shingle adjusted when belted up for the first time.

Below shows two parts that are broken on the shingle mill. The two parts are 'ears' that are used to tighten up screws used for adjustments. They still function even though they are broken. I chose to not weld them as they still tightened down on the threaded rods and served their purpose.

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