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cannot be too carefully consiclerecl by iisei's 

 of woodworking machinery. 



Sections of the three floors of the great 

 machine shop are shown in a series of pic- 

 tures in connection with this article. This 

 liuiUling is three stories in height and 

 (3ti.\20O feet iu size. On the ground floor 

 arc long lines of monster planers capable 

 of finishing the framework of the largest 

 woodworking tool manufactured by the 

 company. On the next floor are located 

 lines of lathes and other tools essential 

 in boring and fitting shaftings, pulleys, 

 gears, etc., while on the top floor arc lo- 

 cated the lighter tools producing the minor 

 ]i:irts of the machines. 



To illustrate the genius in molding cm 

 ployed by The Berlin Machine Works an 

 engraving is shown of a single-piece cast- 

 ing of the framework of a giant horizontal 

 baud rosaw. In a tool of this cimraetor 

 the manifest advantage of the rigidity 

 secured by this form of construction is 

 readily appreciated. A pile of single- 

 jjiece frame castings for planers and match- 

 ers is depicted in another illustration. 



Perhaps the feature of The Berlin Ma- 

 chine Works that most forcefully impresses 

 1 lu' visitor is the vast erecting room pic- 

 tured on the first page of this sketch. It 

 ccvers an area of 300x400 feet, equal iu 

 size to an ordinary city square, and from 

 wall to wall in close array are long lines 

 of various types of woodworking machin- 

 ery in process of ei'ection. It is a splendid- 

 ly lighted room, being of the saw-tooth 

 roof style and most admirably answers 

 I lie purpose for whieli it was constructed. 



The Berlin ilachine Works at tliis time 

 produces eighty sizes and kinds <if two 

 .'ind four side })laning machines, frum the 

 moderate-sized furniture planer to the im- 

 mense timber sizer, and from a small 

 moulder to the heavily constructed hard- 

 wood flooring machine; fourteen kinds nf 

 band resaws and baud ripping uiaehinos, 

 ranging from the tool utilized in a furni- 

 ture factory to pony band mills and the 

 mammoth resaws designed for sawmill use, 

 and ten sizes of triple drum sanders, all 

 .built on the spiral drum design, rangiun 

 in width from 30 to 102 inches. In addi- 

 tion to this the company manufactures 

 cut-olf saws, rip saws, buzz planers and a 

 variety of other small tools. 



As before noted, P. B. Yates, president 

 • if The Berlin Machine Works, is the man- 

 agerial genius of the institution. He is 

 an incisive, forceful, typical Ameri<an 

 business man, and his accomplishments are 

 tully manifested in the success he has 

 achieved for his company, and from the 

 fact that the Berlin tooLs are well ami 

 favorably known ihrnugh all parts of the 

 civilized world. The secretary and treas 

 urer of the institution is L. D. Forbes, who 

 .-ibly handles the financial end of the busi- 

 ness. The ))ractical man in charge of de- 

 signing is H. B. Ko.ss, the vice-president 

 of the coniiianv. TIniler his direction are 



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