We've spent four year restoring an old Mackies scutching turbine. It was last in action in the 1980's in a mill in Coagh. It's been like a giant jigsaw puzzle but we've had fun figuring it all out.
We had a real breakthrough a few weeks ago when Charlie realised that we'd positioned part of the machine about 3 inches out of line and it was throwing the whole thing off.
We are now at the stage where we are wire brushing, greasing, oiling etc. Finally got flax travelling the whole way through. Yay.
That is so exciting 👏👏👏