Recent content by Schwenk Industries

Very nice story thanks for sharing it, I wish I had gone over to the old sawmill I had spotted by my uncles house in mt. Vernon IL. It looked like a similar setup but was larger they had an old 52 ford dump truck that was beat up dented and rusty but was still used to haul stuff around the mill...

Good work so far keep it coming. There is nothing I hate more than breaking stuff I just got. or well for that matter breaking stuff anytime.

I check it to, keep it coming!

Do you think you could share how those where built? I have been wanting to build some but have no clue where to start. Thank you very much.

Now don't give me any credit (I am terrible with computers) I just used a program that a baby can use. :D (I wish I had the skills to do that though.) The program is called Pixlr-o-matic try it out (free), just takes a little tinkering. http://pixlr.com/o-matic/

I just really liked the picture you took of Gus so I figured I would give a little "patina" to it. (It's my new desktop background) I really have enjoyed reading this whole story (keep it up) and have always been interested in old things even the small stuff. especially those homemade...

I was looking through this thread when I spotted the axle grinder and remember I had found plans for this a while back, Is it possible Mr. Johnson found these plans as well back when it was in the magazine it was printed in? Either way it is quite cool, and very nice job on the shop keep it up...

nice truck is it a 51 or 52?