Sep'ember 25, 191 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



An Average Case— 150,000 Feet Northern White Logs 

 In One of the Piles at Our Ft. Wayne Mills. 



These logs will average about 28" in diameter and 400 feet log measure contents. They are NOT better 

 tharj the average reccivi-d re^iuLirly for years past and guaranteed for years in the future. They are 



strictly Indiana and UWio product. All our log. are Ohio. Indiana and 

 thern Michigan. With »uch raw material, with three modern mill" 

 am of successful operation, the quality of our product 



the men in charge of the different departments constitute the 

 main solution to the problem of help. The owner who gets com- 

 petent men here is fortunate, because then he can take new help 

 in either men. boys or girls and train them. 



Take a cutting plant for example. With a competent man to 

 set up and look after the work of the machines it is compara- 



themselves. Reverse it and put trained operators in every berth, 

 without a competent man to keep the machines in order and doing 

 their work right, things will soon be in a bad way. 



Mahogany Imports Restricted 



By a new ruling of the War Trade Board all outstanding licenses 

 for the importation of mahogany logs and mahogany lumber have 

 been revoked as to ocean shipment after September 10. 1918. 

 Hereafter no licenses for the importation of these commodities 

 will be issued except to cover such shipments as the director of 



rying per hour? 



i like to dry per hour? 



Questionnaire on Veneer 



The following is a copy of a questionnaire which the Phila- 

 delphia Machinery Company is aiming to put before every person 

 engaged in the veneer business or similar business where wood 

 must be dried: 



( I ) How are you now drying your veneer or other material? 



(2) How many square feet are you < 



(3) How many square feet would yc 



(4) What is the thickness? 



(5) What kind of wood? 



(6) Rotary cut. sliced or =,awed? 



(7) What troubles do you have, if any? 



(8) What is the present drying temperature? 



(9) Are you crowded for space? 



(10) How is the material handled to and from the dryer? 



(11) How many men are you employing in drying? 



(12) What kind of steam are you using and how much? 



(13) Does material run in large lots of one kind or in small lots? 

 ( 14) How much power are you using for drying? 



Centering Veneer Blocks 



A little extra time and care in the centering of veneer blocks 

 in the rotary machine is a quick and easy way to get more veneer 

 out of the same amount of timber. Measuring and center punch- 

 ing, or marking the center distinctly in some way as a guide to 

 placing blocks in the machine takes a little time if the work is 

 done properly, but it is time well spent. Careful centering makes 

 for better veneer and more of it from the same timber. Some 

 blocks are swell ended, some have crooks, and some a lack of 

 roundness on one end that does not follow through to the other, 

 and the whole block must be considered in centering, not merely 

 one end and then the other. There is nothing very difficult or 

 involved about measuring and centering blocks, and perhaps 

 for this very reason not enough thought is given to it. Give it 

 thought, for it is improvement in little things like this that promises 

 much relief in times of stress. 



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