32 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



port for all the working 

 parts. Provision is made 

 to support a wood table to 

 cover the mandrel, on 

 wbicb a fence can be fas- 

 tened, also stops, etc., for 

 gauging the material be- 

 ing sawed. 



The mandrel Is of high 

 carbon machinery steel, 

 1% inches where the saw 

 goes, and 1% inches in 

 the bearings, and is beited 

 strong enough to drive a 

 20-inch saw. The bear- 

 ings are of ample length, 

 babbited, and connected 

 by a yoke. 



The yoke is fitted with 

 adjustable ball-b earing 

 rollers, which are grooved 

 to fit the ways, hence the 

 movement of the saw, 

 which Is .SO Inches, is not 

 . only very easy but like- 

 wise perfectly accurate, 

 consequently this machine 

 will do the most accurate 

 kind of work. 



The swinging frame is 

 the Smith method of belt- 

 ing the movable saw. 

 This swing frame Is pro- 

 vided with idle pulleys, so 

 placed as to maintain the 

 same tension of belting re- 

 gardless of the position of 

 the saw. It Is binged to 

 extensions of the boxes, 

 concentric with, but not 

 on, the shaft, thus insur- 

 ing great durability. The 

 top of this frame Is pro- 





ItV 11. B. SMITH MACHINE CO. 



;1.m1 with a rod and handle by which the 



L\v Is drawn through the work. This swlng- 



L' frame is counlcrbnlanccd by two long springs, 



K' in front and the other In the rear, both 



which come In contact with the yoke, so 



i to make the movement equable and easy. 



One 2(i-lnch saw is provided with each ma- 



liiie. The countershaft is attached and con- 



■its of a sub-stantial steel shaft, a driving pul- 



y. .\ fast and patented loose pulley, with bear- 



iss bnhliltted and self-lubrlcatlng. 



Fourteen feet of 5-lnch bolting are required 



! Ix'lt from the driver to the pulley on man- 



I The machine weighs 600 pounds and 



iiples a floor .=pace of 3 feet by 6 feet 10 



;i' s. The manufacturers will supply further 



I ails on request. 



Some Worth-Knowing Pointers About 

 Saws. 



I'r.b.ihly the average mill man by no imar- 



■reciatcs the extreme care and detail work 



. .ssiry in order to perfect and manu- 

 . lure s,iws of uniform quality. Manufac- 



r. rs who have made their product a stand- 

 ■i1 article have spent endless time and enor- 

 ous amounts of mone^- In securing the maxi- 

 um of excellence combined with absolute 

 liformlty. 



E. C. Atkins & Company. Inc., of Indianapolis. 

 hose .saws are known from one end of the 

 orld to the other, probably have their method 

 • which this end is attained, down to as 

 ic a. point as it Is possible to reach. Through 

 i"ir system there can be no variation. A 

 ,\v of civen specifications may be duplicated 

 (l.nnltelv, so that a buyer who places an 



,1-r to "send a saw like the one ordered 

 ,,. vears ago"— knows It will bring an exact 

 ninterpart not only as to size, gauge, teeth. 

 o . but as to temper as well. This wonderin 



, umcy is made possible by keeping an • ^ 



lvl.\.S LAlSoltATllUV. 



