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(B) LATH BOLTER, consisting of a single or double cut-off circular saw. 



The lath bolter has the function of cutting the raw material 

 coming from the slab resaw, the edger, or the trimmer down to 

 proper lath length. 



Combination lath bundling machine and trimmer. 

 M. Garland Co., Bay City, Mich. 



Latli machine. Wheland Machine Works, Chattanooga, Tenn. 



(C) LATH MACHINE, which is either an ordinary gang rip saw having up to six small circular saws and 

 an automatic feed, or a cutterhead and knife machine. The latter machine makes the so-called "grooved" lath. 



Whilst ordinary lath is laid to the wall with interstices of an inch between adjoining pieces, the grooved 

 lath is laid solid. The grooves are dove-tailed into the face of the mill cull boards used for the purpose. 



(D) LATH BUNDLING MACHINE, which presses the laths together by a foot or hand lever and 

 facilitates binding. 



Very frequently the lath bundling machine is combined with a trimmer or equalizer, consisting of two 

 cross-cut saws pressed against the bundle in the moment of binding. The green lath must be yard-dried 

 or kiln-dried before shipping. 



PARAGRAPH XXVIll. 

 NOVELTY MILLS. 



Novelty mills have sprung up, in recent years, all over the Northeast, manufacturing trays, wooden 

 dishes, wooden wire, rules, pen-holders, flasks, skewers, spools, toys, and thousands of playthings of the hour. 



The variety of the raw material used is as great as the variety of the goods manufactured. Still, birch 

 seems to be the acknowledged leader for novelty makes. The Defiance Machine Works, of Defiance, 

 Ohio, are the leading manufacturers in a long series of novelty machinery. 



Wooden dishes, wooden wire, turnery wares, and shoe pegs may deserve particular mention. 



(A) WOODEN DISHES:- 



\. Material. Yellow poplar is used for large wooden trays. Second growth white pine (cuts taken 

 between whirls) is used in New England. Maple is preferred for small oval wood dishes, turned out by 

 a special machine automatically. 



II. Manul: ,2 of oval dishes. These oval dishes are obtained from sawn blocks, scaling from 

 6 inches by 8 inches to 7 74 inches by 9 'A inches. 



The dishes are cut with the grain from the side face. Blocks are thoroughly boiled. The cutting 

 knife, revolving circularly, makes 25 dishes to the inch and 75,000 per day. 



