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arrangement for belting is such that it may be belted from above, 

 or below the machine, thus giving any desirable length, without 

 taking up room in the shop for a horizontal belt, which is needed 

 by the -operator, while feeding in short lumber to be planed. It 

 has a very strong feed, which is sure on damp or dry lumber, and 

 is built in the most thorough and substantial manner in every 

 respect, [^ diploma mcarded. 



Dale's Universal Planing, Moulding and Sash Machine. 

 John 1). Dale, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Tlie inventor furnishes the following description of the work 

 done by this machine : 



1 . Truing or taking boards, planks and other carpenter stuff 

 out of wind and dressing up timber of any size under fourteen 

 inches thick and twen'y-two inches wide. 



2. Planing, tongueiiig and grooving boards and planks. 



3. Making boards, planks, &,c., into several mouldings at once, 

 either of the same or various patterns, and separating the same. 



4. Making boards, planks, kc. into sash stuff and tenanting the 

 same. 



