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yellow pine as there is ii saviDg o£ waste ma- 

 terial In mauufactinv which will pay for itself 

 and net a profit besides. If this is true in 

 yellow pine the same results would hold in 

 the cutting of other woods, and it dow re- 

 mains for manufacturers, retailors and consum- 

 ers to get together and agree on means of 

 bringing odd lengths into general use. 



A Patent Side-Head Setting Stand 



The S. A. Woods Machine Company, the 

 flaner specialist of Boslou, Mass., has brought 

 out a new setting device for setting the cut- 

 ters on its Convertible Disc Side Heads, 'i'his 

 Is a further adaptation of the principle used 

 In the Woods Patented Kadial Gauge, which 

 has been so successful in setting pianiug knives 

 en the top and bottom cutter heads. 



This new patented device is known as the 

 Roller Sotting Stand. The rollers shown mount- 

 ed on the spindles are made to conform to the 

 patterns of tongues and grooves desired. 



For setting the grooving head, as shown in 

 the illustration, it is assumed that the Joint- 

 ing cutters liave been set and ground, or trued 

 on the machine, to the required position ; the 

 member carrying the grooving cutters is then 

 placed in position and the grooved roller is 

 pushed in toward the head .until it is some- 

 what inside t'.ie face of the jointing cutters : 

 the head is then forced around by hand, which 

 serves to crowd the roller hack until the joint- 

 ing knife will pass its base; in this position 

 the slide is locked and the grooving cutter 

 brought slightly out beyond its true position 

 without it.5 holding bolt being tightened; by 

 again turning the head by the roller the groov- 

 ing cutler will be forced or crowded back into 

 the head until its point will pass the bnttom 

 of the groove in the toller — this is its true 

 position, and it is there clamped in place by 

 the nut shown above the cutter. 



This is a very quick process and absolutely 

 insures a true setting of these cutters in a 

 surprisingly short time. The roller for set- 

 ting the tongue cutters is used for setting the 

 cutters vertically, to give the proper width of 



tongue, and it affords a very quick means of 

 giving any freedom of tongue desired, or accu- 

 rately setting the cutters to the proper width 

 of tongue. 



This Patent Setting Stand is made with 

 great accuracy and every adjustment desired 

 is provided for, together with moans for lock- 

 ing the spindle mounting the cutter-head, so as 

 to resist the strain of the wrenches, whichever 

 way they may he used. Rollers for different 

 patterns of tongues and grooves or hevel-edge 

 stock are shown with the stand. 

 , The illustration showing the man setting 

 cutters on the head gives an idea of the 

 proper method of handling the roller for test- 

 ing the position of the cutters. The accuracy 

 and delicacy with which the lingers will feel 

 the slightest touch of the cutter upon the roller 

 is surprising, and gives the most accurate 

 means known for the purpose. 



The new Convertible Disc Side-heads, patent 

 pending, recently brought out by the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Co., have largely solved the 

 problem of fast feeds. Previous to their in- 

 troduction in the market the feed of planing 

 machines had been kept down to accommodate 

 old-style side-heads rather than from a lack of 

 desire to feed faster or from the ability of 

 the surfacing heads to do faster work. With 

 the new Convertible Disc Side-heads acceptable 

 edge work can be done at the fastest feeds. 

 These new heads are so arranged that the cut- 

 ters may be trued while running at full speed 

 and this has resulted in practically perfect 

 jointing. The heads are convertible for vari- 

 ous classes of work, the discs being interchange- 

 able and the combination of a few discs with 



one set of heads, will handle a far greater 

 range of work than several pair of the ordi- 

 nary side-heads. Another very important fea- 

 ture is the self-centering device which automat- 

 ically centers the heads of the spindles. High 

 speed steel cutters are used and the method of 

 holding prevents their driving back under heavy 

 cuts. 



Further information may be obtained from 

 the manufacturers. 



The Ohio Kiver Saw Mill Company 

 One of the companies which has been con- 

 tributing to the development of Louisville as 

 a hardwood market is the Ohio River Saw Mill 

 Company. This concern, which is a member of 

 the Louisville Hardwood Club, is an aggres- 

 sive force in the manufacture and distribution 

 of hardwoods. 



The company was organized in 1002, and un- 

 til two years ago was located on the '•Point," 

 v;here several other important lumber concerns 

 if the Kentucky metropolis are still located. 

 At that time it secured a splendid tract of fif- 

 teen acres in South Louisville and set up a 

 mill, through which the lumber that comes 

 from the river mills, which it controls, passes. 

 The mill has a capacity of oO.OOO feet a day, 

 and the impressive stocks carried by the com- 

 pany would make one easily believe that the 

 mill runs to capacity every day. 



The site which the Ohio River Saw Mill Com- 

 pany now occupies i.-s particularly advantageous 

 because it is upon the main lines of two of 

 I he Icadirg railroads, the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville and the Southern Railway. One of these 

 now has a switch into the yard, and the other 



S. A. WOODS MACHINE CO.'S NEW ROLLEK 

 SEITING STAND. 



PROPER METHOD OF HANDLING THE ROLLER FOR 

 TESTING POSITION OF CUTTERS. 



