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Manufactured By:
Egan Co.
Cincinnati, OH
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1892 Ad - Extra Heavy 12-inch Standard Molder |
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"The American Builder" Vol XIII, No. 2. Feb. 1892. Pg. 37. |
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10/4/2003 4:41:30 PM |
EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH STANDARD MOLDER.
ALL nations now concede that the American mechanic is the master of his art and the most ingenious, but his best achievements are attained only in the employment of the masterpieces of machinery. The woodworker readily adopts the newer ideas as they are broght forward and thus sustains always the common remark that "the best is the cheapest." He knows that larger and better production is had with greater convenience. We display herewith on this page a cut of the latest machine of its class and describe it as follows: "This is a very heavy four-sided molder designed for large work, and will be found equal in capacity to any inside molder made, yet possessing all the advantages of an outside molder in setting up for all kinds of heavy or light work. It is especially adapted for all kinds of heavy building material, car work, mantel work, etc. Several advantages will be found on it, not found on any other inside or outside molder made, making it a very desirable machine, and one that can be run with advantage and profit to the purchaser. The frame is very heavy, well braced, with ample floor space. It is made extra long, so that the belts have great pulling capacity and every advantage and convenience for easy running. The spindles are made of the best cast steel, large in diameter, and run in extra long self-oiling boxes, lined with genuine Babbitt metal. The patent outside bearing is of the latest improved construction. It goes to the floor and is braced by a solid projection from the base of the frame. No bolts or outside boxes have to be taken off to raise and lower the bed. The side heads, with their spindles, raise and lower with the table, and both inside and outside spindles are adjusted vertically and horizontally, while in operation, by hand wheels on the front side below the bed. The under head is also adjusted laterally. These are great improvements on molders, and will be appreciated by all first-class operators. There are chip breakers to every head and in this there is a marked advantage as there can be no tearing on any of the heads the waJ- these improvements are rigged. The patent bonnet is adjustable to or from the head, independent of the adjustable shoe, which can be brought clear under the knife. The bonnet swivels on a stud and can be swung clear out of the way, giving free access to the knives. The pressure foot for the lower head is a cored arm, projecting from the back of the frame and supported at the front of the bed, making a very stiff and reliable pressure foot, holding the work down solid to the bed, thereby doing perfect work on the lower cylinder. The feed is extra powerful and consists of four rolls, two in the bed and two above, all driven by powerful gearing, and the expansion for driving the lower rolls is very perfect. There are two feeds on the machine. The upper feed spindles are hung on links in such a manner that the feed rolls raise up parallel, giving the feed rolls a full bearing on the board the entire width of the piece. By an improved system of weighting the feed rolls can be instantly raised up allowing the operator to slip the board back. Every advantage has been taken of a long experience in building this class of tools, and every improvement put on that practical experts could devise, and the makers will pledge themselves that it is well built and that the metal of all kinds used in its construction is of the very best quality. For further information in regard to this machine address the introducers and builders, The Egan Company, 141 to 161 West Front street, Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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