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Experience Talks on Woodworking 



The prarliciil iliffpmiro lirlwavii wntlii nml Kplir rciili-ra uil lull* 

 lim nut »u iiuicli in llio kind of wocmI Iwiiii' »orliiMl im in llip kiuil 

 of machine umsI. If Die marbino in no <i»i«iriiclt<<l I lint the work in 

 |>uahp«l againut the liit and the tahlo lin« n |>uKitivo Klnp when Die 

 re<|uiiT<l ilrpth of hole ■■ n^arhtsl, the wnrni router in liml. TIiik 

 form of mnrhiiii*, I. - it iiwil to Iw. 



tn nio»l nioilrrn ir •■, or liv n Htop 



nt the tiark, :>. inmh oi tlic lut, nilljii liiuii ii^ain^t ilx |iiill; 



and the norir lenlrr, iit likolv tu pull tin' »orti on, railitiiii; 



the hole to be bonn] rlrur through the Ktork, iinloM the o|H<rntor is 

 iniwcular anti alert. Kur thin reaiion tlio i<|iiir renter is liest nnil 

 iiafe»t on niarhineit of this kinil. One nill not derive much ]ilcnHurc 

 or comfort from iiKini; the B|>iir renter iinleiui his ninrhinv is iM|iii|i|ir<l 

 with some wirl of lever feed; nnd, in iikiiij; the !irre>¥|ioiiit one is 

 npt to meet iliiuister iinleM he liim some >ort of n positive stop for 

 the work. Tlirre is, it is true, a differcm-e due to the niitiiro of the 

 wood Win); worked, nnd a difference in the wny the hit is shnr|>oned, 

 but these differences arc most apparent )<> tin' ui-.m i>n tin' ioh. 



There is probablv no one thinf; about u pliiniii); inill ^u ^rner.'illy 

 U!io<l and so much abused ns a file. No niiittor what the kind or 

 shape, it conies in for its share of abuse. Kverybody from the team- 

 sters to the shavings boy finds the file legitimate plunder, and after 

 using it is always left just where used. Very often a file in tlie 

 hands of a green hand is spoiled in two minutes, but no niattei- — it's 

 notJiing but a file. Kilos, new or old, should bo under the cure of the 

 foreman of each department, and under lock and key, for they make 

 a large item in the exjionsc account of the year. 



The remarkable development in |>orliible woodworking machinery 

 might suggest to some that it is breaking iiilo the field of the job- 

 bing planing mill. Most of it, however, is not. It is simidy doing 

 by mechanical means a lot of work that formerly was done by hand, 

 and making possible lots of machine work that has not previously 

 been done. 



It is often the case that a young and iuex]>erienccd operator will 

 get more out of a planer after a short study of its construction than 

 a man who has l«o<'ii nt the business for years. This must l)e due to 

 the fact that the young man realizes his inexperience and is willing 

 to learn, while the old man claims to know- and will not be shown. 

 The day is yet to come in which a man, young or old, cannot learn 

 something new. 



Has the trade ever settled its mind definitely on what constitutes 

 the best form of conveyor for sawdust? Some [dants have endless 

 belts, some chain conveyors, some advocate blowers, and on some of 

 the factory saws the dust is taken away by the exhaust steam, 

 just the same as shavings, but there still remains the question of 

 just which is best under general conditions. 



I'lie thing ul doing your work an if you uwiioci yuiirM-lf is hus- 

 ceptiblo of two inlerruptiouii, nnd the diffcreiire between the two 

 innrks Uio iliatinrtion lictwern the ofllriouiily trying niHii iinil the 

 eflh'ient nnd ilesirnble mnn. 



More good IuiiiImt is wai>lr<l iiin\ in jdaiicr work than in winiliiM, 

 ami it ion 't nltogetiior the pliitiiT tniin's fault. 



It is not always necessary that the young men in the business 

 learn all the kinks and wrinkles that the older heads have found out 

 through experience, except that they may do it as a sort of side 

 issue, because many of these old wrinkles are unnecessary and out 

 of date, and to inflict too many of them on the mind of a young man 

 learning a trade would be to seriou.sly handicap him at the outset. 



Some of the correspondence schools arc gnnd things for busy young- 

 .sters who cannot attend college, but the enlliusiasni to pursue the 

 studies must be kept up inside the young man himself, for it is a 

 lonesome job to study all alone in the quiet hours of the night, when 

 you know that instead of meeting the class the next day it is simply 

 a matter of sending off the result for criticism and marking. 



—so- 



Preliminary Lumber Figures 



Oil February L'l the l''oro«t l^ervice HOiit out further preliminnry 

 tigiiros of the lumber cut in H>ll and lUI.I. Hpcakiiig of the output 

 of lumber in the Lake Mtnlcs, the report gives the lUH prudiiclioii 

 at nearly -1,000,000,000 feet, which wan a gain of .ij,000,()0ii feet 

 over lOia. The Lake States gained, while the South nnd WoHt lost. 

 .Minnesota is responsible for the guin, contributing IU3,0(M),000 feel 

 more than in 1013 nnd taking second place away from Mirhigaii. 

 In Michigan there was u slight decrease uinuuntiiig to 1 per rent. 

 In Wisconsin the decrease ainounteil to over 100,000,0(10 feet or 

 nearly 7 per cent. However, Wisconsin still retains first position 

 .-imong the Lake istates in lumber production nnd produced l,H)it,- 

 nOO.OOO board fee\ in 1014. 



The number of active mills reporting in 1014 was 1,1$1 as against 

 1,49S in 1913. 



The following table shows the lumber sawoil in the three slates 

 in 1014, lOi:!, and 1012: 



Uinilicr Siiwnil (XI. feet. II. M.) 



Kinds nf \Voo<l .Michigan WIsronHiii Minnesota Total 



lli-lnlock 4111, i;:! .'IIHI.4K4 Mill l.OIMI.Ul** 



Miiph- -iTo.-JTl l.".ii:!«:i .V.e.i :,-^- :SV.i 



White pliic 1II.IS7 :;j:!,4:i:! i.kw.ol'I i.tjj.ini 



Hllcll M,.I4L' 11I0,4«S (l.S.'iI L'M.CUt 



Ili'Cch TO.:i.iT 4.-.'.-.T 74,.".lt4 



l!asswf.i..l i:;,.".liN !e.'.077 '.l.tWri )<irv''^!li 



Kliii 11,711(1 .■■il.U40 4,^50 1I7.IIMI 



Tniiuinick -<i,7h7 ::i),iiH.'i .":i.i:ti liii.iMi:! 



.■<|inice i':;,417 li.iiui' iJN,'l'.'.") !iM.4::4 



Hulsaiu llr HI.UOO L'.017 l'S,:i!»S 4I,:!1.". 



oak 11,707 l."i,44(i 7,7!i:i .•!:;,U4o 



.\sll H.b'.l.l l."i,:J10 IJ.OOil L'lI.-.'I'.' 



Cottonwood s,:i(j4 Ni:; i':;,a'j5 .■ii..".7i 



< "('(lar 7,7'J4 5,U4U 4i» I .•i.'J.'f.' 



( 'herrv I'S" 28 a l'«i7 



lllckoiy I'ln -S! l'4ii 



Walnut »:! 7 !iii 



.\laliui;aii.v HI SI 



Villow poplar 44 44 



-•Sycamore .14 .•i4 



llackborry li li 



Mnit'-rnut 4 21:2 ;;iil 



Total i.-.'i4,ir!.-i i.:iui,oiii i,:ii2,aH0 .•W"i7,«(iii 



F.Ml WKSTKItN OlTI'CT 



The country west of the Hocky Mountaius |iroduced. over S,000,- 

 (100,0(10 feet of lumber in 1014. That represents a ilecline of N per 

 cent as coui|iared with HH.'t. ('aliforiiia gained J:jO,00(i,0(iO feet, 

 Idaho 111,000,00(1. Tl.e loss in Washington was 1)40,00(1,000 feet, in 

 Oregon, 2SO,(JOO,(lO(i, and in Montana 4(l,OOO,0(JO. In that region the 

 number of mills repotting in 1014 was 1,3J39, in 1913, 1,28U. 



OlTPL'T IN J914 .VNI) lOl.i 



Compilations by the Forest .Service to February 10, from south 

 orn sawmills cutting .^,000,000 Icet or over a year, gives the follow- 

 ing comparison of cut of iileiitii-al mills in lOl.j and 1914: 



1014 

 lOI.'i rroduclion of 



.Niiinli'T ri'i'docll-in Same Mils 



Stno — of mills ltd. Tt. I'.il. I"i. 



.\rkansas :>'• '.i:r^.-M2.iMHi I.ici'.stj.oimi 



Texas ■"•■: i.'j:.'rt.i2!i,ooo i.2;;i,nm,oo(i 



Louisiana l:!l 2.!l!tn.4aO,n(lll .•!.I(l2,0,"."i,0fHI 



.Mississippi dli l.l!M1.444,(KtO I.27f».lS],non 



.Mnhamn :!K .-,!l<J,.-.'>O.Ofto ii(!2.tH«,0Oil 



fleorda 21 2:!.'i.."i.'i4.ono 27.'>.I!iO,oon 



Florida 4 1 r,4ti.sn2.onn r,2n,Ti!n,00n 



The Forest Service is sending out figures for liotli 1014 and 191.'), 



in its weekly bulletins. This li-:ids to some uncertainty whether it 



is collecting figures for both yejirs at this time, or whether it quotes 



figures for 1914 from reports in its files formerly collected, but 



which have never been published. 



