MECHANICS AND MANUFACTURES. 4^3 



'cutting or grooving, rabbiting or splitting upon any angle desirable, and 

 all its work is done in the most perfect manner. 



This Machine is said to be equal to the fourth man, in a pattern or 

 cabinet shop, where three men are employed. Next came their im- 

 proved Band Saw, with its Steel Belt Saw, running nearly one mile a 

 minute. This Machine, for many kinds of work, takes the place of a 

 Jig Saw, and will do the work of nearly six such machines. This Ma- 

 chine has many improvements which are very desirable. Among them 

 may be mentioned an arrangement for lubricating the back edge of the 

 Saw, thereby preventing the great wear which is so troublesome in 

 most machines of this nature. They have, also, the table so arranged 

 that it can be tipped and set at any inclination desired for sawing ail 

 sorts of bevels. 



The operator is also protected from injury by the breaking of saws, 

 by suitable guards or shields arranged over the path of the saw. Next 

 came their Patent Chair or Gauge Lathe with Kilburn's Patent Shav- 

 ing Knife attachment. This lathe was in charge of Mr. L. Brown, 

 who turned a large number of handles for a lamp chimney cleaner, of 

 which pattern he has made over thirty thousand and has nearly as many 

 more to make. It is enough to say of this machine that it does its 

 work in every way superior to, and much fast(y than hand work, doing 

 nearly the work of six men and finishing the surface in the best possi- 

 ble manner. For nicety of finish, the work which this lathe produces 

 is in advance of any -we have ever seen. 



Next came the Revolving Bed Planer, of which we are informed 

 there are nearly fifty running in this vicinity. This is a very valuable 

 machine and this company have succeeded in bringing it to a great 

 degree of perfection. Some of these machines have planed a thousand 

 feet of boards in eleven minutes and have done their work in a very 

 creditable manner. These machines have their solid Three Knife Steel 

 Cylinder for which a patent is now pending, an improvement which is 

 found upon no other machine. They are also arranged so as to entirely 

 obviate the difl&culty of clipping the ends of the boards, by which 

 upon most machines a large amount of lumber is spoiled. 



They had also upon exhibition one of their Patent Self oiling Pul- 

 leys, which run from four months to a year with once oiling. 



Last, but not least, came their Flint's Patent Self-setting Saw Mill, 

 and here space fails to allow us to do justice to this novel invention. 

 SuflBce it to say that it has a new method of clamping and securing the 

 logs between powerful jaws ; and when the log is in position, it will 

 saw it all into boards without being turned, or going through any 

 more preliminaries. This 3Iacbine took tl^e Silver Medal at tlie late 

 New England Fair at Lowell. 



Among the articles considered worthy of a premium, your committee- 

 award the following : 



To Burleigh Bock Drill Co.. for 2 Drills, S5 00 



RoUstono M.v^hhr^ Co , f\>r Flint's Saw-mill. "5 00 



