January in, miG 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



35 



Louisville Veneer Mills Adds New Equipment 



The Louisville Veiieei- Mills, Louisville, Ky., niauuiutiurei- of veneers, 

 thin lumber and veneered panel stock, has recently added considerably to 

 Its equipftient, and Hardwood Recobd has secured the photographs and 

 description of these new features, as shown iu conjunction with this 

 story. 



The new equipment installed includes the latest improved glue spreader 

 and a 36 x 84 hydraulic veneer press, a new double header American 

 crosscut saw and a chain feed circular rip saw. 



In commenting on the installation of these machines, the company 

 writes: "We believe in preparedness and are getting ready to promptly 

 care for the good business which is bound to come, and which we believe 

 will be here very soon. In fact, there has been within the past month 

 a very marked improvement." 



Referring to the cuts. No. 1 shows tin- Ini-iory liM:liiiii!.'-< :<ni\ Inmli.T 



yard of the company, the veneer and lumber dry kilns appearing in the 

 foreground. 



No. 2 pictures a consignment of hardwood logs, also gives a better 

 view of buildings used for the manufacture of glued up tops and panels 

 and rotary cut veneers. 



No. 3 is a picture of a 7-" segment veneer saw running at about 

 fiOO revolutions i"'r minute. In the background is the carriage of a band 

 saw where figured red gum and white oak logs are quartered into flitches. 



The machine room for veneered panel stock is shown in illustration 

 No. 4. This room also contains double header saws, sanders, etc. Each 

 machine has its own motor, as will be noted by the absence of shafting, 

 belts, etc. 



A clever solution of a difficult problem in electric driving of machinery 

 is illustrated in No. 5, wherein a 100" i-otary veneer cutter required one 

 main drive and in addition two auNiliary drives, by which the chucks 



