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TABLE LXVI. Sporting and athletic goods 



INSTRUMENTS, PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC 



Besides tables and the straight-edge rulers used by draftsmen 

 the other products manufactured by the factories considered under 

 this heading- are confined principally to tools used by carpenters, 

 paper hangers, tinners and foundrymen. Eight woods were 

 reported, totaling 604,000 board feet. Basswood was listed in the 

 greatest amount, and was employed largely for the manufacture of 

 tops of drawing tables, and paste boards for paper hangers. The 

 trestle parts or the collapsible stands upon which these boards rest 

 were made of sugar maple and Douglas fir, the latter shipped from 

 Wyoming. -Hickory and applewood were turned into mallets for 

 tinners and foundrymen, including the handles. The mallet 

 material was obtained in rough squares 3x3 inch or 4x4 inch, random 

 lengths. Beech, on account of its close grain and its susceptibility 

 to wear smooth, went into plane stocks. It served with applewood 

 employed onJy in small amounts. The latter was reported in no 

 other industry of this report. Carpenters' hand screws called for 

 sugar maple and hickory, the former for the jaws and the latter for 

 the screws or spindles, while bench screws for carpenters' vises 

 were made of sugar maple. It will be of interest to notice that two 

 of the eight woods listed in Table L/XVII were brought from the 

 Pacific coast, redwood and sugar pine. They were selected and 

 used in this industry for making straight edges, because they do 

 not warp or twist and are easy to work. 



