HARDWOOD RECORD 



Prosperous Sawmill Machinery House. 



In common with other lines of trade the aver- 

 age sawmill machinery institution is running on 

 short hours, owing to slackened demand for its 

 product. However, there is one prominent house 

 of this kind which is enjoying such business 

 activity that it has run its big plant for months 

 past without any diminution of hours or number 

 of employes — the JX. Garland Company of Bay 

 City, Mich. 



Siuce last fall this company has equipped more 

 than a half dozen new sawmills. Views of tnree 

 of these plants arc presented on this page. The 

 new model double band sawmill of the Richard- 

 son Lumber Company at Bay City presents as 

 high a type of construction for a hardwood plant 

 as any in the country. It is doing most excel- 

 lent work and its owners are highly pleased with 

 the complete equipment of Garland machinery 



has 



lleil. 



Qodel 



The second plant 

 proof construction in connection with the big 

 modern flooring factory of W. D. Young & Co. 

 at Bay City. This plant has been installed as a 

 single band Garland equipment and has made 

 the almost phenomenal record on Michigan hard- 

 woods — cutting almost entirely inch stock — of 

 68,000 feet in two ten-hour shifts per day. W. 

 D. Young & Co. have placed orders with the M. 

 Garland Company for a second band mill to be 

 added to this present equipment, to be installed 

 under the same roof within sixty days. A more 

 detailed description of the sawmill and flooring 

 factory of this concern will appear in an early 

 issue of the Record. 



The third mill pictured herewith is that of the 



Forest Lumber Company, of Tower, Mich., which 

 is said to be one of the model single band plants 



Garland Company are specialists in 

 machinery and have built 

 Hills, notably in the state of 

 famous for its- accurate and 

 ■u of lumber. In addition 

 of machinery product the company 



automatic transfer ma- 



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chinery, and have many original and practical 

 devices for the handling of everything from logs 

 to mill waste at a minimum of cost. Their as- 

 sorting devices are recognized as standards the 

 world over, and they also make many appliances 

 for the handling of pulpwood and waste in con- 

 nection wiih iiul|i and II ipfi- mills. Another line 

 of prn.l n I i- liic aiaiin::,' liar of equipment for 

 wooil (In nil 111 iil.im- III '.vliii li they are the chief 



An Improved Hardwood Floorer. 



From time to time inquiry is made tor some- 

 thing above the ordinary in the line of hardwood 

 floorers. As a successful result of effort along 

 this line there is herewith illustrated a new 

 and improved type of machine, which, though 

 it has only been on the market a short time, 

 has proven a wonder to flooring manufacturers 

 because of its excellent work, ease of adjustment 

 and rapid feed. 



The machine will work material 5 and 10 

 inches wide and S inches thick. Its frame is 

 solidly built, open style, heavily ribbed and 

 girded throughout. The feed is the main feat- 

 ure of construction. It consists of four double- 

 geared, down-driven rolls. The two upper in- 

 feeding rolls are carried on a pair of side hous- 

 ings and are raised and lowered simultaneously 

 by hand, as shown in illustration. This ar- 

 rangement insures perfect alignment. The out- 

 feeding rolls are driven from the in-feeding end 

 ol the machine by chain and sprockets. The cut 

 shows the spring pressure to the upper in-feed- 

 ing rolls, which does away with the old system 

 of cumbersome weights and levers. 



The matcher spindles are adjustable across 

 the machine and may be drawn clear to the side 

 out of the way for surfacing the full width of 

 the cylinders. The latter are solid crucible 

 steel forgings, four-sided and slotted. Upper 

 cylinder bearings are rigidly yoked together and 

 raise and lower on large square-threaded screws, 

 mounted on ball bearings. The lower cylinder 

 is adjustable for alignmfiit. and with bar after 

 cut draws out at side i>i' iiiai liin- I'm- conveni- 

 ence in setting and shai i" nin- ili. knives. 



The machine is eqiiipiMMl with imlent roller 



