66 AME RI GAIN’ SEVOIMGE:S 
AND GARDENS 
January, 1906 
AFTER YOUVE ONCE USED 
ROOFING TIN 
you will realize why it has been the favorite roof covering 
for more than eighty years. 
Superior materials properly combined are sure to win the 
place they deserve, and MF, by always being reliable, tough, 
perfectly coated and easily worked, has become the World’s 
Standard Terne Plate. 
Therefore, specify MF if you desire the best protection 
and complete satisfaction, and if you would like to know 
how Roofing Tin is made, write to our Advertising Depart- 
ment for a copy of ‘ From Underfoot to Overhead.” You'll 
surely be interested. 
AMERICAN 
SHEET ¢& TIN PLATE 
COMPANY, 
FRICK BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
PATENT 
PENDING 
“‘BALL-BEARINC”’ 
Grand Rapids 
ALL-STEEL 
UAOH 
PULLEYS 
Are sold Direct to Build- 
ers, Contractors and Mills 
at prfces under the com- 
mon, ordinary goods. 
4f you make ten or ten thousand window frames, we can save you money 
and give you a superior sash pulley. We are the largest sash pulley makers in 
the world. We ship direct, or through dealers and jobbers everywhere. 
Write for catalogue and free samples and prices on half-gross, gross, barrel 
or any quantity. Direct from the makers to you. Inquiries welcome. 
GRAND RAPIDS HARDWARE CO. 
17 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
knife-edge straining device, always giving an 
even tension to the blade and prolonging its 
life. “The lower wheel is solid (or webbed), 
lessening vibration, circulation of dust, and 
preventing any overrunning. “lhe wheels are 
forty-two inches in diameter and carry a three- 
inch blade. ‘The table is mounted on a rocker 
bearing, permitting it to be angled fifteen de- 
grees for bevel sawing, and is made in two 
parts. [he front part carrying the re-saw 
rolls is instantly reversible, and the lower side 
when reversed forms a perfectly clear table 
for ripping, and upon which are friction rolls 
to facilitate the feed. “The re-sawing rolls are 
arranged to self-center, or by moving the lever 
pin one set of rolls can be made rigid to saw 
from one side of a board. Boards up to eight- 
een inches wide may be re-sawed and the rolls 
open to saw to the center of eight inches. ‘The 
feed rolls for ripping are carried on an ad- 
justable dovetail slide fitted onto the upper 
bearing arm, and the distance between the feed 
in and feed out ones is short, to permit feeding 
short stock. “The machine can be almost in- 
stantly changed from a rip saw to a re-saw, or 
vice versa, and by one operator. “The fence 
is a new eccentric locking type and can be 
moved back to permit sawing up to twenty- 
four inches wide. “The saw guides are new 
and improved, and are placed close to cut of 
the saw. The feed is regulated by variable 
speed frictions operated by a lever convenient 
to the operator. For re-sawing it may be 
varied from ten to fifty feet per minute, and 
for ripping from thirty to one hundred and 
forty feet. A brake mechanism is furnished 
to instantly stop the machine. ‘The firm 
also manufactures a machine called the 
No. 156 New Cabinet Smoothing Planer. Its 
excellence has been fairly tested, and it con- 
spicuously makes good its share in establishing 
the unsurpassed output of this great industry. 
Every operator of a planer knows how much 
valuable time and labor are lost by having to 
remove the cutter head from the planer, chisel 
out the old metal from the boxes, put in the 
babbitting mandrel, fitting the caps over it, 
re-babbitting, taking the caps off again, replac- 
ing the cylinder, and then scraping the bear- 
ings again and again to insure a perfect fit. 
And then when the caps are screwed down 
how often is it necessary to hammer the bear- 
ings until the cylinder will turn around with- 
out sticking. ‘To get rid of this trouble the 
Company recently invented its patented Sec- 
tional Clamp Bearings for the journals. ‘This 
device is composed of two sets of thin babbitt 
metal plates, five to each set, whose edges rest 
diagonally upon the journals and exert no 
pressure except that which is produced by their 
own weight. ‘These plates are clamped into 
position by clamp bolts, which may be loosened 
at any moment that there is occasion to take 
up any wear on the edges of the plates in con- 
tact with the journal. ‘The cylinder never 
has to be removed from the planer, and there 
is never any occasion for re-babbitting. It 
makes no difference from what direction it is 
desired to belt the machine, even if directly 
overhead. ‘This important feature will appeal 
to users of cabinet planers everywhere. Be- 
sides this excellent feature the planer contains 
others, viz.: A new patent solid or sectional 
feed roll, each section driven down; a table 
moving on inclines operated by two parallel 
screws mounted on ball bearings; gears run- 
ning on shafts instead of studs; and chip break- 
ers, which rise with the surface of the knives. 
This machine planes one-eighth to seven inch- 
es thick by twenty-four to forty-two wide, 
single cylinder. It will reward all in need of 
such perfect tools to write for details, and ask 
at the same time for books or new catalogue 
on Band Saws and Sanders. Address Nos. 
209-229 W. Front street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
