Thread: My 1930's Farm Shop

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I enjoyed your video as it brought back memories of days gone by, thank you. On a side note, the furniture shop at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. runs a set up very similar to yours and is quite fascinating to watch.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

I enjoyed your video as it brought back memories of days gone by, thank you. On a side note, the furniture shop at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. runs a set up very similar to yours and is quite fascinating to watch.

Ken,
I talked to one of the fellows in that shop several years ago when they were just getting it going, and he shared that they found the shop, basically as it is today, sitting in an old building which housed the W.O. Perkins Lumber Company. They basically diagrammed the layout, then took it apart, labeling pieces as they went, and then built the new shop based on the dimensions of the old shop building. If you're going to take in SDC anyway it's definitely worth spending some time to look at their furniture shop - table saw, drill presses, band saw, shaper, jointer, and maybe more, all belt driven from a main shaft like Mike's, but about two or three times longer. It's an amazing shop, and they make most of the furniture they sell in their Heartland Home Furnishings store on site.