July 10, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



31 



of your single-ply stock. The quickest method and the 

 cheapest is in a conveyor dryer. 1 have taken a bass- 

 wood log from the water in the morning, cut it into 

 veneer, dried it in the machine, glued it, sized the panels, 

 dried them in the machine, crated and shipped them by 

 express on a three o'clock train. It can be done in any 

 mill that is properly equipped. 



The Waste Problem 



There are not many kinds of manufacturing plants in 

 which the matter of keeping the mill clean is of such 

 importance as in a veneer and panel plant. The stock 

 is a great fire risk at best, and the insurance inspector is 

 very quick to call your attention to the fact that your 

 mill is not clean. In some mills where this matter is 

 attended to closely the cost of the labor used for this 

 purpose is considerable. The carrier system for waste 

 has been overlooked in most mills. I do not know just 

 why this is so because it is a simple matter to handle all 

 the waste from the various machines in this way. If 

 there is sufficient room under the mill flooi for a carrier 

 system, the proposition is a little more simple than if it 

 has to be elevated. There seems to be an opinion among 

 veneer men that veneer scrap cannot be handled easily 

 in a carrier. Time will not permit me to go into the 

 matter of carrier construction so I will merely suggest 

 that if you see a need in your mill or if you have a clean- 

 ing up item on your payroll, that you take the matter up 

 with some concern and ask them to send an engineer to 

 your mill to see what he can suggest. Get a blower 

 system man also. Much of the waste can be handled 

 in that way, such as sawdust, shavings and the product 

 from your hog. 



TTie hog is a machine that cannot help but save labor 

 in your fire room and elsevjfhere, to say nothing of the 

 other advantages of grinding your fuel. 



In closing, I would like to suggest that much can be 

 learned by an occasional visit to another mill. You can 

 educate and be educated. The time has gone by when 

 you would not allow^ a competitor inside of your mill, 

 for fear he might see the way you performed some par- 

 ticular operation. TTie air of mystery that used to prevail 

 about a veneer mill has disappeared, and you are willing 

 and anxious to discuss your methods with others. You 

 no longer think as some of the old-timers did, that you 

 are the only one that knows the veneer business. An 

 old preceptor of mine used to say: "Always assume 

 that the other fellovkf knows as much about the subject 

 as you do until he has proven differently. If you find he 

 does not know as much as you, you have the advantage. 

 If he knows more you have not given yourself away and 

 are in a position to learn something." 



If a boiler does not steam satisfactorily, perhaps the trouble lies 

 ill the position and condition of the bridgewall. It may be too high 

 or too low, too near the front or too near the back. See that scale has 

 not formed and coated the bottom of the boiler. Keep the flues 

 well cleaned. See that the draft is all right. But don't experiment 

 with low water. Try different ways of firing. 



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