-20S Improved BookMnder's putting Press. 



and at the other a concave saw d (with a corresponding con- 

 '^tttitv to the curve required to be sa\ved,) secured on the 

 convex side by a collar, and on the concave side by a loose 

 collar, and screw not. 



e, e. Two grooved plates, admitling through the top of 

 the bench and fenced, screw bolts fastened by thumb nuts, 

 by means of which, and a paralkl motion g, the fenced' is 

 regulated, antl consequently the conductor h of the wood i, 

 admits it to be sawed through, as represented in the dotted 

 line, at any part required. 



The fence, conductor, and saw, must all be curved alike ; 

 but to saw in smaller circles, v.'ith the same saw and at the 

 same time square with the face of the bench, a steel slider k, 

 regulated bv two screws, is made to press, as occasion may 

 require, on the convex side of the saw, and raise the verti- 

 cal line of it to a right angle with the bench ; otlw:;rwise the 

 top of the bench itself must receive the same inclinalion to 

 the vertical line of the fixed saw. 



Fig. 2. Is a front view of the saw and bench, in which 

 the.teelh of the saw are more clearly shown. 



Fig. 3. An end view of the same machinery. 



Fig. -i. Shows the saw, axle, and pulley, all made of 

 iron or steel, and separated from the frame. 



XXXIV. Desnipt'ion of ivlr. i\yiKsYlAKniv.^s Improved 

 Bookbinder's Cutting Pi-ess*. 



JL HAVE herewith sent a model of an improved press for 

 bookbinders, the invention of Mr. James Hardie, book- 

 binder, Glasgow. The inventor clainis no other merit than 

 that of having simplified the common press, rendered it more 

 powerful, and adapted it to woric^niore ceconomically ; or, 

 in other words, to save time to the workman. It has been 

 found so superior to thu press in common use, that all the 



* From TraniacUons uf the Society f of the EnaniragemenI oJ'/iris,6:.c. — l~it"(een 

 guineas were vctf.d to Mr. Hardie tor his improvenicT.t, and a model is pre-, 

 served iii the Sutiety's repository. 



bookbinders 



