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HARDWOOD RECORD 



In 1892 Mr. Atkins was elected superin- 

 tendent of the factory. It was then that 

 Harry C. Atkins showed that he had inher- 

 ited more than mere wealth. In an even 

 greater degree had he inherited the busi- 

 ness resource and forethought, as well as 

 the mechanical ability of his gifted father, 

 and like him he possesses the ability to an- 

 ticipate improvements in machinery or in 

 methods of manufacture which enables E. C. 

 Atkins & Co., Inc., to maintain their pres- 

 tige as a leader in saw manufacture. 



At the death of his father in 1901, Mr. 

 Atkins was elected president of the institu- 

 tion, which was originated by the elder 

 Atkins, and he has shown at every step his 

 peculiar fitness for the position. When he 

 became superintendent in 1892, there were 

 four hundred men omployed in the factory; 

 today this great institution spills out from 

 its doors each night at closing time twelve 

 hundred men. The plant covers more than 

 three city blocks, and the buildings, accord- 

 ing to their use, are from one to five stories 

 in height. The office occupies an entire four- 

 story building. In this plant every con- 

 ceivable saw, from the common one used in 

 the meat shop to the magnificent band saws 

 of modern commerce, is found. 



While this article is being read E. C. At- 

 kins & Co., Inc., are installing a new addi- 

 tion in the great buggy works of the Parry 



Manufacturing Company, which they pur- 

 chased in the last year. This makes the 

 Atkins manufactory the largest plant in the 

 world devoted exclusively to the manufac- 

 ture of saws, saw tools and mill specialties. 

 The company, besides its mammoth factory 

 at Indianapolis, has branch houses at 

 Atlanta, Ga.; Memphis, Tenn.; New York 

 City; Minneapolis, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; 

 Chicago, HI.; Seattle, Wash.; San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., and Toronto, Can. A building has 

 been leased at New Orleans where a fine 

 stock of goods and a large saw repair shop 

 will be installed about Oct. 1. Wherever 

 saws are used, Atkins saws are known. 



While it is Mr. Atkins' pride to be called 

 a thorough mechanic, yet he is first and last 

 a man of affairs. He is public-spirited and 

 sccial as well as a far-sighted business man. 

 He is a director in the Country Club and 

 has been its president. He is also a member 

 of the University Club and the Columbus 

 Club, and is president of the Manufactur- 

 ers' Club. 



Taken all in all, Harry C. Atkins is of the 

 kind which furnishes the real stamina of 

 the nation, both in its commercial standing 

 and its higher civilization, and it is with un- 

 usual pleasure that the Hardwood Record 

 presents his portrait as a supplement to this 

 issue. 



In the School of Experience. 



Plan Sawing of Hardwoods. 

 In the interest of those engaged in the 

 manufacture of hardwood lumber, especially 

 the northern hardwoods, as well as for the 



handling lumber from various mills that some 

 operators still persist in cutting their hard- 

 wood timber in the quickest possible way, 

 i. e., as indicated in figure 3, thus reducing 



FIG. 1. FIG. 2. FIG. S. 



benefit of those handling this class of lumber, the quality and grade of the stock, and dete- 

 and those who consume it, I wish to make a riorating its value for manul'a. -tnier. yMvx 

 few suggestions as to the best way of sawing and consumer. — H. Schneider. 

 hardwood logs. 



As a rule logs such as maple, elm, birch, Quarter-Sawing in Small Mills, 



beech, ash and basswood should be sawed 



around the heart, as indicated in figures 1 Since so many of the methods of quarter- 

 and 2, to obtain the best results; but they sawing that have been advocated of late are 

 never should be sawed in the manner indi- from parties identified with large mills, 1 

 cated in figure 3. It is not right to saw every "ill give one which may interest the small 

 log alike. The sawyer's judgment of the m>» man, who doesn't possess all sorts of 

 quality of the log before him and its size, money and tools and must make out with 

 must tell him which of the two methods illus- what uc has. 



I in figures 1 and 2 it is better for him Suppose we have a 50 or 52 inch single 

 to adopt to achieve the best possible results saw, and want to quarter-saw a log as large 

 in working it up. as, say, 33 to 35 inches. Some five-dollar-a- 



Many successful Michigan and Wisconsin day men might say they would not run such 

 manufacturers are following the methods out- a plant. 1 presume that is because they 

 lined in figures 1 and 2, but it is found in don't have to; others, however, do. I am not 



an expert sawyer, know nothing about a band 

 saw, and for what sawing I have to do will 

 take the old circular, as there are not so many 

 cracks to deal with. 



Referring to the sketch, line 1 is to take 

 off a light slab. Line 2 is run in as near 

 the heart as practicable without striking 

 heart defects. It will be understood that the 



saw will cut but a few inches above center- 

 When these two lines are run, turn log one- 

 quarter over, toward headblocks, until first 

 line is level or at right angles to saw. Now 

 run line 3 near center, like line 2, and flitch 

 will drop out. Turn log one-quarter over 

 again, until line 1 will lie flat against knees. 

 Now run line 4, turn, and run line 5. The 

 log will now be in five pieces, including heart. 

 Rip up flitch the usual way. Most of the log 

 will be quartered. The bark corners of flitch 



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can be turned bark down and also quartered, 

 like Fig. 2. I sometimes take off light slabs 

 to save edging. — W. C. Hancock, in the 

 Woodworker. 



Cements for Stopping Flaws in Wood. 



Put any quantity of fine sawdust of the 

 same wood your work is made with into an 

 earthen pan, and pour boiling water on it, 

 stir it well, and let it remain for a week or 

 ten days, occasionally stirring it. Then boil 

 it for Bome time, and it will be of the con- 

 sistence of pulp or paste. Put it into a 

 coarse cloth, and squeeze all the moisture 

 from it. Keep for use, and, when wanted, 

 mix a sufficient quantity of thin glue to make 

 it into a paste; rub it well into the cracks, 

 or fill up the holes in your work with it. 

 Winn quite hard and dry, clean your work 

 off, and if carefully done, you will scarcely 

 discern the imperfection. — Practical Car- 

 penter. 



The Green Bay, Osbkosh, Madison & South- 

 western Railway Company has been granted 

 rlfrtit of way for a line from Madison through 

 Oshkosh, Menasha and Apuleton and thence to 

 Shawano, through the Indian reservation to 

 North Crandon. A country rich In hardwood 

 growth is lapiK'ii by the line at Its northern ex- 

 tremity. 



