A little history ( Bert Clouse's Mill ) up and running in 2012

I can't see it and you know I've been waiting to see what it looks/runs like now. U do great work

 

That mill runs better than alot of slatmills that I have seen, nice.

 

Picasso: Love your videos, watched them all on you tube, then I went out and bought my first pitt. I am 62 and just getting started. Pops

 

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Looks good Sos!

 

Thank you Sadie, spent a couple of hours on it, lol

 

haha you're good looks brand new!

 

were are you ,and what size is the turntable please i live in england to far to visit maybe sme measurements and pictures

 

Your gonna have to ask C2K & Knightmare they seem to know all. I'm sure they will chime in and help you out.

 

WOW!!! Now that's something you don't see every day. Beautiful restoration! I keep hoping one day I'll run across one of these.

 

An Americana museum full of old bulldog history would be cool to say the least. Clouse mills and Corvinos turntable would have to be the main attractions with Colbys infamous door...
A friend found value in Snootys gravestone from A.Brewer when he moved from his property...
Im sure there are alot old barnfinds and gems outthere if someone dug deep enough...
Couple questions maybe someone can answer...
Didnt TG and friends start a pitbull museum in europe somewhere? I seen pics of a Chinaman mural that was painted outside of the building during construction and wonder if it was finished?Any info on it would be great...
I know TL Williams got Heinzls collection which is a small fraction of his collection that he shared in his books...
I heard one of the Yankee Boys has an extensive collection that would be great to document also...
So please share pics and stories of your old bulldog finds, this thread has been really good and could be great!!!
Thanks for sharing any pics and or stories you might have...

 

I believe I was told the Museum is in Italy. Not exactly sure where or if true but it came up in a convo or two before.

 

the italian museam lol
set up by a bunch of heavy peddlers
called iron kenels before .....
thay asked me picture's to ..no way .....
the pic peddler's /thiefs...also a bunch of them out there
donno if the musea stil excist

 

starting a musea ...hardly matched a dog lol

 

A John Colby slatmill that belonged to Bert Clouse??? WOW...
Both the quality of the original build and craftsmanship of the restore look to be second to none, GREAT WORK!!!

 

To the best of my knowledge the mill was built by Joe Corvino and used by Bert Clouse. There was also a carpet mill that Bert used from John and it is stuffed in a barn next to his turntable. Thank you for the compliments on the restoration. It took a really long time to wire wheel the frame to prime and paint, building the belt was also very interesting.