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shaft, taking care that no oil or grease or any foreign substances get 

 on the paper frictions. Nothing should ever be put on these ; simply 

 keep them clean and dry, and covered so that the greasy sawdust will 

 not get into them and cut them out. If the frictions should become 

 wet, a little fine sawdust will dry them nicely. All bearings must be 

 kept clean and supplied with an abundance of good machine oil. 

 '\¥here grease cups are used, they must be filled with a good grade of 

 grease and kept covered so that dirt and grit will not work into them. 

 It is a good plan to go over all of these at regular intervals and clean 

 out the oil holes. 



Start the mill up slowly, see that the bearings are not too tight, 

 and also that they do not run hot. Do not try to cut up a log the 

 very first thing. Eun the mill empty for a while and watch every 

 working part to see that there is no heating and that nothing needs 

 adjustment. Be a little slack on the friction^ until you learn just 

 how to work them nicely. By carelessness or crowding the pressure 

 on the frictions before everything is working nice and esisj, you may 

 grind a flat place on the sliding paper friction and destroy its use- 

 fulness. When everything is properly set up and correctly adjusted 

 a very slight pressure of the hand on the feed lever is all that is 

 necessary to run the carriage when sawing. 



Do not fasten the stirrup in any way at the bottom, but leave it 

 free to swing back and forth as the feed lever is pressed to or from 

 the disk. The upper end of the stirrup must be fastened to the iron 

 lug at the bottom of the yoke of the sliding box with a cap screw. It 

 must also fit up in the socket of the sliding box, so that it will move 

 the box forward and bring the sliding friction up against the disk 

 when the feed lever is pressed forward. 



SAWING. 



For your first sawing pick out moderate-sized logs. Do not try to 

 get full capacity out of your mill for the first day or two. See that 

 the log is dogged firmly to the knees, saw slowly and get the " hang " 

 of your mill, and let the working parts all get in good running order. 

 Use an extra quantity of oil until everything is working easily and 

 smoothly. By studying the set works on the carriage, you will soon 

 learn to cut any desired thickness of lumber. 



A working knowledge of how to run a saw can be easily acquired. 

 Of course, it is the better way, if possible, to take lessons from some 

 one who has already had experience of this kind. If, however, no 

 one is available, start very slowly until you know just what feed 

 you can give the various-sized logs. To insure that the logs will be 

 cut to best advantage, the amateur sawmill operator should take a 

 pair of dividers or a piece of string and a pencil and lay out several 



