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SG inches over all, the front table being 48 

 inches long. These tables are deeply ribbed so 

 as not to sag or twist out of truth, and are 

 Taised and lowered by hand wheels and screws 

 at each end on inclines which are locked to- 

 gether and tongued to the carriage, making it 



one pair of thin self-hardening cutters, and 

 liolts and nuts for the other two sides of the 

 head. Including seclional caps; also the counter- 

 shaft described above. 



i''or further particulars address the II. 

 Smith Machine (,'onipauy, Smlthville, N. J. 



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H. B. SMITH ROfND SAFETY HEAD WITH SECTION.Vl^ t'.Vl'S iUOAK iN'IOl i. 



practically impossible to get the tables out of 

 alignment. The rear table has a rabbeting 

 groove % inch deep and a plain rabljeting 

 bracket is furnished with each machine. Both 

 of the tables are faced with steel next to the 

 cutter-head and can approach one another so as 

 to reduce the throat to IVi inches. 



The carriages on which the tables are mounted 

 are secured to the main frame in dovetail slides, 

 and can be drawn away from the cutter-bead for 

 projecting or molding knives, and for changing 

 and sharpening the cutters. Kour small hand 

 wheels serve to clamp the_ carriages in the posi- 

 tion desired. The rear inclines adjust for glue 

 joints. 



The head-stock is firmly held in clamp bearings 

 and is adjustable by screws beneath for align- 

 ing the cutter-head perfectly to the tables. The 

 bearings for the cutter-head are of the new 

 wing or side-clamp style and are self-oiling ; the 

 front box being 6 '/a inches and the rear box 

 7% inches long. 



The new cutter-head is of new design, made 

 round and arranged to cany two thin self-hard- 

 ■ening knives which are held on by two steel 

 <aps and screws. The other two sides of the 

 head are slotted and provided with bolts and 

 nuts for holding the projecting cutters, which 

 may project to cut to the depth of 1 inch. These 

 slots arc covered by section caps whicli can be 

 removed when cutters are used. The angle of 

 cut is the same as any regular 4-slotted head 

 and therefore offers no beating resistance 1o the 

 cut. The head proper is made of high grade 

 crucible steel with the lips for self-hardening 

 knives faced with hardened tool steel, and the 

 journals, which are forged solid thereon, are 

 turned and ground to 1% inches to fit the clamp 

 bearings above referred to. The head is driven 

 by a 4yox.')-inch pulley. 



The guide or fence is 54 inches long, tilts to 

 45 degrees for bevel planing, may be set slightly 

 diagonally and adjusts entirol.v across the table. 



A countershaft is provided, consisting of a 

 shaft of suitable size with pressed steel hangers, 

 and tight and loose pulleys 10 inches diameter 

 by 5 inch face, the loose pulley being lilted with 

 the Gleason patent self-oiling brush. 



A power-feeding attachment has been designed 

 which can be furnished at an extra price when 

 wanted. It consists of a sectional feed roll 

 just beyond the cutter-head and over the steel 

 lips of the rear table, so arranged that it can 

 be conveniently adjusted for various thicknesses 

 of material, and is so designed that it can be 

 quickly swung to a side so as to permit of hand- 

 feed work. The feed roll is strongly driven and 

 Is very useful for doing a large amount of dupli- 

 cate work. All of these new stylo jointers are 

 fitted to receive the self-feeding attachment and 

 full particulars furnished on application. 



The ecjulpment for regular jointers consist of 



Wood and Lumber Trade 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



Consul-General George N. West, Vancouver, 

 states that the cut of logs tributary to the 

 Vancouver sawmills has been heavier this sea- 

 son than in previous years. For tlie seven 

 months ended July 31, 1910, the logs scaled 

 amounted to 346,574,000 feel, an increase of 

 93,574,000 feet, as compared with the first seven 

 months of 1909. 



It is not easy at present to note the exact 

 effect of the American tariff on British Colum- 

 bia lumber shipments to the United States. 

 Owing to the demand for lumber in the prairie 

 provinces this season, it has been found im- 

 possible to meet it with the home product. 



In many instances American lumber has been 

 sent to Vaucouver from the I'uget Sound mills 

 and large shipments have also been nuidf In Ibr 



manufacture, 1 1-lC inches thick by 3Vi or SVi 

 or 4 Inches wide, and 4 feet and up In length, 

 wltli an average from 8 to 9 feet. This floor- 

 ing is tongued and grooved on the sides, Ijaclced, 

 bored for secret nailing, and steel scraped. It 

 is shipped in bundles, the number of pieces in 

 each varying according to the thickness of the 

 flooring. A prominent local factor estimates 

 the value of 1-inch plain white oak flooring to 

 be about $62.50 per thousand feet c. i. f. FiOn- 

 don, about ?S7.50 for 1-lnch quartered white 

 oak, I'/i-incU being worth .$5 more per thousand 

 feet. 



Consul Charles L. Hoover, Madrid, reports 

 that as Spain is a sparsely timbered country, 

 it is compelled to depend, to a very large ex- 

 tent, upon importations for its lumber, Norway, 

 Sweden, France, Russia, Portugal and the 

 United States being the principal sources of 

 supply. 



The value of the imports into Spain of sawed 

 Uimber and staves for the year 1908, the lat- 

 est year for which statistics are available, 

 amounted to .$7,382,000, of which $1,515,000 

 worth was from the (United Slates. 



The Spanish customs tariff imposes a very 

 small duty upon staves and shooks. about 2 

 cents per 100 pounds. Upon ordinary woods in 

 logs, or pieces more than 40 millimeters (about 

 I'i. inches) thick, the duty Is 5 pesetas (96V4 

 cents) per cubic meter (35.310 cubic feet), or 

 at the rate of about $2.29 per thousand board 

 feet. When sawed into pieces less than 40 

 millimeters thick, the rate of duty is 6 pesetas 

 I $1.10) per cubic meter, or about $2.75 per 

 thousand board feet. All the American woods, 

 except walnut, are classed as ordinary. 



It will be seen from the figures showing the 

 values of importations tlial. while the United 

 States enjo.vs a good share in the lumber busi- 

 ness in Spain, there is ample room for increased 

 exports. The use of lumber in manufacturing 



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prairie provinces. It is staled that at present 

 th(' demand for lumber from the prairie prov- 

 inces is somewhat light, but as the stocks have 

 become almost exhausted none of the mills have 

 been closed down, but are busily engaged re- 

 stocking their jards. 



EXGr..VND 



There is practically no demand for beech floor- 

 ing here, writes Consul-General John L. Grlf- 

 ritiis. London, but there is a moderate market 

 for white oak flooring, both plain and figured. 

 The dimensions of the stock usually required 

 are 1 or 1% inches thick by 3% or 4 or 4'/'j 

 inches wide, nominal iiiensure, to finish after 



and building is increasing rapidly, nigh rates 

 of duty are prescribed In the Spanish tarll 

 upon all manufactures of wood, with the re- 

 sult that practically all the furniture, carriages, 

 moldings, doors, sashes, etc., are made Id the 

 country. Woodworking shops, where these arti- 

 cles arc produced, abound In Madrid, many of 

 (hem being well equipped with planers and 

 latlies, driven by gas engines. Among these are 

 fifteen cooper shops and seventeen furniture fac- 

 tories, two of the latter employing about forty 

 men each. 



.inother reason for the Increasing sale of 

 lumber is the demand for board floors where 

 tiles were used almost exclusively until very re- 



