THE SAWMILL 



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Gang edger, with front 



and back table. 



Allis- Chalmers Co., 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Edger, with table. 



Wheland Machine Works, 



Chattanooga, Tenn. 



(b) Splitting boards into pieces 

 of different quality; 



(c) Rapid sawing of lumber 

 to proper width required 

 for special purposes. 



III. Kinds of edgers:- 



(a) Hand feed edger, with one 

 or two saws; 



(b) Power feed edger, usually 

 with a single saw; 



(c) Gang edger. 



IV. Pointers :- 



(a) The distance between the 

 various saws in gang ed- 

 gers is regulated by over- 

 head levers or by hand 

 wheels ; 



(b) Several boards can be fed 

 at one time ; 



(c) The attendant of 

 the edger must be 

 aware of the intri- 

 cacies of lumber 

 inspection, so as to 

 turn out the maxi- 

 mum value of ed- 

 ged product ; 



(d) The boards are 

 conveyed by hand 

 from the edger to 

 the trimmer. Edger, without table, the saws with inserted teeth. Wheland Machine Works, Chattanooga, Tenn. 



