 Provided with the local resource of timber Sawmill reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships even greater than the Joiner's Shop and gives the capability for longbows and crossbows advanced upgrades.
Early sawmills simply adapted the whipsaw to mechanical power, generally driven by a water wheel to speed up the process. The circular motion of the wheel was changed to back-and-forth motion of the saw blade by a Connecting rod known as a pitman (thus introducing a term used in many mechanical applications). A pitman is similar to a crankshaft, but in reverse |
Joiner's Shop
