Scratchbuilt Pile driver

Glen Haasdyk

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I jst finished my scratchbuilt pile driver that was sitting in a box unfinished for about 3 years:

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It's entirely scratchbuilt with no comercial castings except a handful of grandt Line NBW castings. The dokey engine is a mix of styrene shapes and clock gears. The boiler is a cut down rifle shell with a homemade spark arrestor on it.

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Now I can go back to finish my sawmill project...
 

Glen Haasdyk

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No the pile driver has nothing to do with the sawmill, except that it's on my logging spur. It is used for driving , of all things, piles for trestles and other structures.