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See the New Berlin "87" 



Hardwood Flooring Machine 



In the manufacture of hardwood flooring there are some operations that can 

 be eliminated in order to reduce costs and save lumber that ordinarily becomes 

 degraded. The new Berlin "87'' is designed and built for the manufacturer 

 who wants that saving. 



There is not a single feature on this 

 new machine that is not a proven success 

 in the largest wood-working plants of 

 the world. In building a machine of this 

 type we have realized the weaknesses 

 and shortcomings of all machines on the 

 market today for manufacturing hard- 

 wood flooring. This includes our own 

 machines as well. They were good foi 

 what the average manufacturer required 

 of them. 



But witJi our new "S7" it is another story. 

 "We have made further improvements. We 

 have gone farther than to meet the ordinary 

 requirements. And in this new Berlin "ST" 

 we have embodied new features that pro- 

 duce a better finished flooring* at 125 feet 

 a minute than has been possible at 80 feet 

 on the average machine. 



Yet there was never a machine built so 

 simple in construction and so simple to oper- 

 ate. There is nothing about it that cannot 

 be understood at first si^jht. It has every 



fonvenience that any operator could look 

 for — yes, even more than he would cxiicct. 

 lUit there's a reason — it's a Berlin. 



Some New Features Worth Noticing 



ICach ii.-w foatun? is \'ital in .1ui.l;^ins the 

 nf u' Berlin "S7."' All \a ork in harmon\' to 

 pioduce flooring that cannot be excelled. 



The 0-bit ted round cylinders fitted with 

 tliin knives produce a finish superior tu 

 that secured on flooring that is scraped. 



Eight-bitted side heads that divide the cut 

 between four upper and four lower hits are 

 free-cutting and will make any shape of 

 tongue and groove without ever tearing out 

 the knotty and cross-grained places. 



A separate hollow-backing attachment at 

 the out feeding end of the machine makes 

 the separate backing-out cut. 



Automatic take-up boxes that take up all 

 wear to the bearings automatically and re- 

 quire no attention from the operator other 

 than piling. 



Gravity belt tighteners on the slack side of 

 all belts for executing an even pull, re- 

 lieving the bearings from vibration and al- 

 lowing the use of endless belts that will not 

 stretch within 50 per cent as much as when 

 tighteners are not used. 



Stationary grinder and jointer right on the 

 machine for sharpening the knives without 

 ever removing them from the "machine. 



Those are some of the new features you 

 get on the new Berlin "87." They are cer- 

 tainly worth looking into. Something that 

 nre^ont-day users can tell you about. We 

 invite them to tell you. We know what 

 their reports will mean. 



Our Matcher Success 



Each new machine designed and built by 

 this company is the result of practical ideas 

 worked out and made a mechanical pos- 

 sibility. No machine that is new is offered 

 to the public until it has been a proven or 

 demonstrated success in actual service. 



That's why Berlin matchers have always 

 led the w-ay and established a reputation 

 second to none. 



The largest plants in the world are using 



them. Visit a modern mill and you'll find 



Berlin machines. And, what's more, you'll 

 find satisfied customers. 



This advertisement merely appears here to 

 advise you of the latest ideas in hardwood 

 matcher building. For those who are inter- 

 ested to know more of this new Berlin "87" 

 we will gladly furnish further data without 

 obligation. 



ASK US FOR LARGE ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR 



The Berlin Machine Works 



BELOIT. ^^■JSCONSIN HAAIILTOX, CANADA 



The Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company, Nashville, Tenn., largest manufacturers of oak flooring in the world, use 



Berlin hardwood matchers exclusively. 



