1878. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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more expensive power is not desirable. It will run 

 a circular or draw saw, boring machine, lathes, pla- 

 ners, &c. We make 2 sizes, 3 and :? horse. But one 

 horse can be used in either and is enough for cut- 

 tins' feed for the ordinary farmer. 



DESCRIPTION. 



This power consists of a wooden wheel, hinged 

 throug-h the middle, suspended horizontally upon 

 an uprig-ht shaft about :5 ft. 8 in. from the tloor, by 

 means of jointed jruys. The wheel can be made 

 very lig-ht as the belt acts as u^ire upon it, and the 

 draft is applied upon the rim, the horse working- in- 

 side the wheel. The shaft turns with the wheel; its 

 upper end runs throug-h a plank on the scaffold, and 

 a pin in the lower en(l works in a bo.\ on the tloor. 

 .\s the shaft only makes one revolution while the 

 horse travels over 30 feet, there can be but little 

 friction and but little oiling- to do on any part of the 

 power. 



may be readily unhooked, when you use 

 power. The large wheel around the horse 

 may be 15 feet in diameter, and it may be 

 made a good deal lighter than our engraver 

 has re])resented it. The rope is to pass be- 

 tween two pulleys in the upright post, and 

 should then ])ass "over a wheel about a foot 

 in diameter on the treadle shaft. The large 

 wheel on this siiaft may l)e 3 feet in diameter; 

 the two wheels on tlie counter shaft, perhai)S 

 () and 24 inches ; the pulley on the saw man- 

 drel, about 3 inches. Tins will give 48 revo- 

 lutions of the saw. for 1 of the treadle wheel, 

 and lo of the treadle wheel for 1 of the horse 

 l»o\ver. All 8 inch saw should make about 





TO SET IT UP. 



Lay the wheel opened on the floor, place the shaft 

 in position, step your horse or horses into place, 

 raise one side of your wheel, attach Ihe guys on that 

 side to the shaft, and then raise the other side in a 

 like manner. Hitch your horse, put on the belt, and 

 go to work-. When done work, unhitch the horse, 

 drop the wheel to the floor, lead out your horse, 

 take down your shaft, and lay it on one side, fold 

 the wheel together and set it one side, and your 

 floor is clear. 



Prices. Two horse power complete, $50.00. Three 

 horse power complete, #60. (lO. Manufactured by 

 Harlow Brothers, Lancaster, Erie Co., N. Y. 



You will observe that I have shown the 

 l)ower attached to a saw for hive making. 

 This saw we give a sketch of opposite. An- 

 other wheel is added more than in the one 

 given last month, in order to get a higher 

 speed, and get a greater length of belt, than 

 we get where the belt runs directly from 

 the treadle wheel to the saw mandrel. This 

 is what the inventor says of it: 



Perhaps you had better box all the shafts in bab- 

 et metal. By the treadle's being hinged far back, 

 the whole weight of the foot comes upon the tread- 

 le in the proper place to give most power. B.v 3 

 tramps with the foot, the saw can be raised to full 

 speed. The fly wheel being very heavy, the saw is 

 kept running quite a time after the foot is removed. 



H. S.MITH. 



New Hamburg, Ont., Canada, Aug. 12th, '78. 



Now I have arranged your shop and ma- 

 chinery so as to enable you to run by foot 

 power or horse, as is most convenient. Let 

 the pitman from the treadle to the crank be 

 miKle of iron, in the form of a hook, that it 



'illE ADAMS II'JKSE POWEl!. 



^ 3.000 revolutions per minute, to do the most 

 effective work. 



Now when you rig up your shop, be sure 

 you rememl)er the talk I gave you in Part 

 il, A B C, about having all your tools put 

 up, or hung up, on the wnlls, as our artist has 

 fixed it. The figure 4 sliding piece for cross 

 cutting, and for cutting bevels, he has shown 



H. s. smith's foot power buzz saw. 



standing up against the wall, but I would 

 have that hung up on a good stout nail, also. 

 All of these machines will run harder than 

 the Barnes foot power saw, but they will, 

 with power, do much heavier work. It is 

 hard work to^do much cutting by foot power, 

 on anything thicker than inch "lumber, and 



