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Actual Sizes 



Other dovetail cutters change the size of dove- 

 tail each time they are sharpened. This style 

 of cutter makes the same size of dovetail no 

 matter how much the bits may have been worn 

 away by sharpening, and all drawer parts are 

 always intercliangeable. 



Woodworkers are invited by the J. A. Fay 

 & Egan Company to write for a copy of the 

 book, which will be sent postpaid. The proper 

 address of the company is 414-434 West Front 

 street, Cincinnati. Ohio. 



"iD O VETA.I LI N Gt 



OVER OF FAY & EGAN .S NKW CATALOGUE OF DOVETAILEKS. 



A New Dovetailer 



The J. A. I"ay & Egan Cumpauy. well known 

 woodworking machinery manufacturer of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, has just issued a special catalogue 

 descriptive of its new gang dovetailing machine, 

 designated as Xo. 201. 



The cover contains a two-color engraving show- 

 ing a variety of drawer fronts that can be 

 dovetailed on the B'ay & Egan machine without 

 dismantling or changing any of its parts (see 

 Fig. 1). 



In the body of the book is illustrated the 

 superior construction of the spindles and bear- 

 ings of the machine (see Fig. 2). It represents 

 a cross section of the spindle housing taken 

 from the center of the company's nine-spindle 

 machine. It is intended to show the adjustments 

 of the spindles and bearings and also the ec- 

 centric bits. By the use of the large screw- 

 below, the entire housing is raised and lowered, 

 adjusting all the spindles at once. Each spin- 

 dle with its upper and lower bearings has a 

 separate adjustment vertically and is locked to 

 its position as shown in the cut by two rows 

 of screws at the front. Each spindle box is 

 made from aluminum bronze cast under heavy 

 air pressure and has a reservoir for oil whicli 

 can be seen in the halftone. The liits are made 

 with the cutting edge eccentric, and the holes in 

 the spindles are bored eccentric to receive the 

 l)its. This feature enables the bits to always 

 be set to cut the same size dovetail, no matter 

 how unevenly they may be worn or tiled away. 

 A careful inspection of the illustration will con- 

 firm this fact. 



This new Fay & Egan machine is made with 

 either plain or eccentric bits. Fig. .> shows the 

 plain bits which are merely two winged cutters 

 fitted directly into the top of the spindle and 

 are locked by contact of the shoulder of the 

 cutter against the end of the spindle. The 

 eccentric cutters are single edged and. as the 



name implies, the cutting edge is out of the 

 center and adjustable. This is a patented fea- 

 ture and is extremely valuable to any concern 

 I hat works its materials to exact standards. 



OUTEINE OF SriXDLES AND BEARINGS. 



FAY & EGANS NEW GA.VG DOVETAILER. 



