HARDWOOD RECORD 



ing the panel between, and so on until tlie 

 men meet at the center and fasten the last 

 rail. The projecting ends and pegs of the 

 rails are then given a coat of glue and the 

 other outer stile fitted on them. I'pon re- 

 versing a lever the machine compresses the 

 entire door to such an extent as to make tight- 

 fitting and strong joints. The whole opera- 

 tion is completed in a couple of minutes and 

 the next door started immediately. Two in- 

 teresting facts in connection with this phase 

 of the operation are that the bottom rail of 

 a door is always made much wider than the 

 top rail, and that glue is not used in fastening 

 the panels to the rails except, perhaps, in 

 the case of a single panel door. This is 

 usually not necessary, for the panels are en- 

 tirely surrounded by stiles and rails which 

 in their turn are firmly fastened to each 

 other. 



The varnishing or shellacking of doors is 

 also comparatively simple, althougli great 

 care is taken in finishing up outer ones espe- 

 cially. This varnishing is, of course, done 

 in a separate room in order to lessen fire 

 risks, and from this room the doors pass 

 ilirectly to the storage or shipping depart- 

 ment, as the case may be. 



A new idea in regard to doors is now 

 lieing worked upon by a manufacturing 

 i(mcern of Chicago. Their idea for "the 

 door of the future," as they call it, is to 

 conform to that ever increasing demand 

 for sanitary types. They make a perfectly 

 flush door by veneering hardwoods on a 

 softwood core and decorating the whole 

 l)y means of inlaid work. Thus any de- 

 gree of elaboration may be obtained, and 

 the result is often very pretty indeed, for 

 by these means the natural beauty of the 

 wood itself is very forcibly emphasized. 



The Record is fortunate in securing a cut 

 of a pair of hand-carvp.l hardwood door- 



made by the True & True Compauy of Chicago. 

 These doors show a large amount of very in- 

 tricate workmanship to which a photograph 

 fails to do justice. They were made of straight- 

 grained red birch, and the hand-carved 

 rosettes on them are of the very best grade. 

 This is shown by the fact that the labor in- 

 volved in the making of these doors is equiv- 

 alent to forty-five days' work for one man, 

 including twenty-seven days on the carving 

 alone. The other large cut shows a unique 

 pattern of an interior door made from Wis- 

 consin brown ash, as does also one of the 

 smaller cuts. The remaining cut shows a 

 plain red oak outer door with an oval glass 

 and carved decorations. These last three 

 doors are from the stock of the well-known 

 Morgan Company, who have done much toward 

 popularizing hardwood doors. 



Cl.\rence Boyle Jr. 



An Attractive Souvenir. 



The Russel Wheel & Foundry Company of 



Detroit has just issued a handsome booklet. 



.beautifully illustrated witli a large number of 



photographic views showing different tj-pes 



of Hussel skidding and loading machines in 

 operation, under widely varying woods condi- 

 tions. The company considers the appliance 

 of steam to the handling of timber from 

 stump to car an engineering problem in each 

 operation, and. in order to design machinery 

 capable of producing regular daily require- 

 ments with the greatest economy, a careful 

 investigation of local conditions is desirable 

 in each individual case. In the booklet the 

 company cites numerous reports submitted 

 to it, covering operations in northern hard- 

 woods and hemlock, southern pine, mountain 

 hardwoods and river bottom timbers, showing 

 a cost reduction for handling standing tim- 

 ber on to cars or sleighs ranging from 15 to 

 50 per cent, attributable to the use of Russel 

 logging machinery; also testimonials from 

 users agreeing that it is feasible to more regu- 

 larly log their mills with Russel equipment 

 than is possible with animals. Several typical 

 timber operations have been selected and nu- 

 merous views of each presented, showing the 

 topography of the land, and the various stages 

 which are passed through in the evolution 

 from stump to car. 



The little book is attractive from an artis- 

 tic as well as a utilitarian viewpoint, and is 

 well worth looking over — especially by those 

 interested in securing the most practical and 

 up-to-date logging appliances. The Russel 

 Wheel & Foundry Company will no doubt be 

 glad to supply copies on request r.i its De- 

 troit office. 



Badial Knife Setting Gauge. 



The vital import 

 cutter-head knives 

 attractive pamphic 

 Knife Setting i;:n 

 issued by the .« A 

 Boston, Mai-s. N 

 tions and cli:n i 

 simplicity and ui 



: accurate setting of 



ag the title "Radial 

 hii h has just been 

 ■ Ma. hino Company, 



lian.Kinne illustra- 

 i"ii< .Muphasize the 



aiiuracy of this 



gauge, which is so designed that the knives 

 can always be set in a perfect cutting circle 

 with relation to the center of the cuttsr-head. 

 The booklet will interest every user of plan- 

 ing machinery, and a copy can be had on 

 application to ihe S, A. Woods Machine Com- 

 pany. 



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