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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Long Distance Shipment of Logging 

 Machinery 



An order for two complctp steam logging ma- 

 chinery plants reeently booked by tbe Lidger- 

 wood llanut'acturing Company of New York for 

 shipment to the island of Borneo must almost iJ 

 not (luite hold the record for long distance ship- 

 ments of logging machinery. 



A representative of the concern operating a 

 large tract of timber on that island, after in- 

 vestigating logging methods all over the world, 

 reported favorably on this purchase. This would 

 indicate thai the machinery built by this Ameri- 

 c-:in concern is standard the world over. 



Fay & Egan's Patent Sensitive Straining 

 Device 



On this page is illustrated J. A. Fay & Egan'a 

 patent sensitive straining device, which is the 

 most sensitive yet designed for a band saw. 

 The device operates on the principle of a pair 

 of scales and is susceptible to the least vibra- 

 tion of the blade. The upper wheel is hung on 

 a knife edge .ind counterbalanced with a com- 

 pound lever and weights. Tbe device is used 

 on the Fay & Egan band saws only, the accom- 

 panying illustration being taken from a 33-inch 

 scroll saw, but is substantially the same on the 

 No. 180 patent self-feed band rip saw. .tlso 

 shown on this page. 



In viewing this machine in oiieratiou one 

 notices particularly the constant movement up 

 and down of the weight. This shows the quick 

 response of the device to the varying strain on 

 I he saw blade as it cuts in lighter or heavier 

 wood. So responsive is it that if a block of 

 wood should fall between the saw blade a«i\ 

 the lower wheel it would pass around withoa'' 

 injury to the blade. This device iierraits tlll» 

 use of a very thin blade at frnm two to IhrM 

 times the speed of any other. 



The company's Ijooklet entitled "The Syiiibul 

 of a rerfect Band Saw," which gives in del all 

 all the basic principles involved in the construc- 

 tion of its band saws, band resaws, band rip 

 saws and band sawmills, will be sent to anyone 

 on request. The company should be addressed 

 at 414-4.'!4 West Front street, Cincinnati. 



Further Improvements at the Dodge Plant 



Ground had no scmiicr been hrnkeu lur iiu 

 additional warehouse at the plant of the Dodge 

 Manufacturing Company, Mishawaka, Ind.. than 

 plans and specifications were in the hands of 

 contractors for an extension to the east foundry 

 wlierein are located the machines, especially de- 

 signed and constructed, <t a cost of $50,000 fo' 

 Ibe moulding of all sizes of "Standard" iron 

 pulleys. 



This building will be 360 by 80 feet wide. 

 The walls call for brick with steel trusses for 

 the roof. Two cupolas with capacities of about 

 eight or ten tons of coal per hour each have 

 been arranged for. An eight-ton electric travel- 

 ing crane will operate between the cupola room 

 .■md the supply yard and in the foundry a five- 

 ton electric traveling crane will handle the cast- 

 ings and heavy working material. 



In connection with the foundry addition, the 

 contract provides for an elevated coke shed, 

 1240 feet long by 15 feet wide, with a Dodge con- 

 veyor attachment for unloading cars. For char- 

 coal and limestone new buildings also are 

 planned. Changes will be made in the core 

 room and the sand sheds, and the yards gener- 

 ally will come under a rearrangement to facili- 

 tate the moving of cars and supplies. 



These improvements, together with the main 

 machine shop extension, will make it possible 

 to double the present output, which has long 

 been necessary owing to the demand for stock 

 goods. 



A Striking Booklet 

 !•;. C. Atkins & Co. have just issued a new book- 

 let descriptive of the fitting devices manufac- 

 tured by the company. These include the At- 

 kins New Ideal Swage for band and circular 

 saws, Atkins Victor and Frihuow Swages for 

 miscellaneous saw work and Atkius New White 

 Band Swage and the Pribnow Swage Shapers. 

 The text is minute and carefully arranged. The 

 booklet gives various details in regard to these 

 tools, prices and instructions for operating. 

 So far as "Perfect Saw Teeth" are concerned, 

 the title is apt and calculated to meet the 

 wishes of the trade. 



Miscellaneous Notes 

 After extended tests with the dry kilns manu- 

 factured by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works of 

 Grand Kapids, Mich., at the plant of tbe Day 

 Lumber Company at Tangipahoa, La., in which 

 both upper and lower grades of cypress lumber 

 were experimented with, two large cypress con- 

 cerns in Louisiana have adopted this company's 

 system. The F. B. Williams Cypress Company 

 of Patterson, La., has taken four large kilns and 

 Ihc .Mhprl llan^cin Lumber I'.imi'any ol Garden 



Cily. La., is to have two of its kilns remodeled 

 on the Grand Rapids design. F. B. Kelly, man- 

 ager of the dry kiln department of the Grand 

 Rapids concern, will personally supervise these 

 installations. Mr. Kelly has been in the South 

 some time demonstrating the company's kilns. 



Rapid progress is being made by the Central 

 Cypress Lumber Company in the erection of its 

 new plant at Sartori, on the Chicago, Rock 

 Island & Pacific railroad, about fifteen miles 

 south of this plate. The mill building proper 

 has been completed and most of the machinery, 

 including an Allis-Chalmers eight-foot hand mill, 

 has been installed. The company's offices and 

 a. commissary have been opened near the mlll- 

 .sile. This mill will have a daily cutting capacity 

 111 from 35,000 to 40,000 feet of cypress and 

 mixed hardwoods. It is expected that the plant 

 will be in operation by January 1. 



The Elk Lick Lumber Company has extended 

 lis lumber road into a new tract of timber on 

 Shafer's fork of Cheat. This tract consists for 

 the most part of oak, poplar and chestnut, and 

 while rather small, is covered with some par- 

 ticularly fine timber. The Elk Lick Lumber 

 * 'ompany's principal products are spruce and 

 hemlock. The ofticers of tbe company are : 

 .\lon7,o Inskeep of McKeesport, Pa. ; C, R, 'Vas- 

 hinder of Brookville, Pa., and Philip Zenn of 

 McKeesport, Pa. W. E. Keckley. formerly of the 

 Swathmore Lumber Company, is the general man- 

 ager. 



Owing to the increasing demand for the auto- 

 matic dovetail glue jointer and matcher, the 

 I.iuderman JIachine Company, Muskegon, Mich., 

 has enlarged its plant to twice the former ca- 

 I'ucity and recently hnisheil a large addition to 

 I he machine and stockroom, in which are located 

 I 111' new offices, consisting of a large general 

 office and four private offii'es. The oflices were 

 formerly in the machine shop and the removal 

 of these gives tlie room which was needed to in- 

 stall new machinery. The automatic dovetail 

 matcher and jointer appeals to all classes of 

 woodworkers and is employed in jointing the 

 rhcapest packing-box lumber to the highest grade 

 lurniture stock requiring a mirror finish. The 

 lalest achievi'mcnt of the company is the wedge 

 linvetail .mil Ihc results of the tests just com- 

 lilrleil vriify tile saying that- it is the strongest 

 iitiiil iii'td". 



FAY & EG.\-NS I'ATI'.NT SENSITI\1C 

 STKAIMXG nr.vicK. 



F.\Y & EGAN'S NO. I .SO I'ATE.NT SKI. I' 

 FEED BAND RIP SAW. 



