SPLICING MACHINE. 445 



EXPLANATION. 



1 and 2. Parallel side pieces made of oak. (Fig. 1 and end piece.) 



3. Ledge to guide plane. 



4. Eectangular movable arm, made of oak with vertical lever 

 motion on the axis numbered 5. 



5. Iron bolt forming the axis to arm, numbered 4. 



6. Screw through the side pieces and oak blocks, 19, 20. 



7. Iron plates each side. Guides forming extra fixtures for rod. 



8. Finish to end of oak arm. Not essential. 



9. Small fixed block of wood forming adjustment. 



10. Movable strip for same purpose. 



11. Top and side pieces of iron clamp, with vertical motion. 



12. Iron guide for vertical motion, fixed to side pieces. Fig. 4. 



13. Iron cheeks carrying the clamping arrangement, and sliding in 

 the groove, 21. 



14. Thumb-screw passing through cross piece with its extremity 

 working against the under-surface of the rectangular arm, 4. This screw 

 fixes the clamp in any required position. Figs. 3 and 4. 



15. Screw for raising and depressing the movable rectangular 

 arm, 4. 



16. Booking nut to give the necessary play to the screw. Figs. 1 

 and 4. 



17. Iron plate and axis of rocking nut. Figs. 1 and 4. 



18. Nut with circular motion, fixed under movable arm and holding 

 the end of the screw, 15. 



19 and 20. Oak blocks holding the side pieces (see end view) an 

 equal distance apart. 



21. Eecess or ledge in which the cheeks of the clamp slide. 



22. Eecess to admit of the clamp sliding on the rectangular arm. 

 Fig. 2. 



23. Eod in position. 



24. Portion to be planed off. When the movable arm (4) has been 

 adjusted to the required angle, it is evident that corresponding surfaces 

 may be obtained with perfect accuracy for two, or as many more splice- 



