Wood Carving by Machinery -A Novice Can Do It 



The original carv- 

 ing shown here was 

 made in plaster of 

 Paris. The repro- 

 ductions in wood 

 were made by a 

 machine which con- 

 sists of a battery of 

 four rotating drills 

 and a stationary 

 rod which the ope- 

 rator moves over 

 the outline of the 

 pattern. Every 

 movement of the 

 master rod is dupli- 

 cated by the four 

 repeating drills 



When a very large 

 number of repro- 

 ductions are to be 

 made of a certain 

 design, the original 

 is generally made in 

 wood. With this 

 machine one novice 

 can do the work 

 of five skilled men 



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