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1883 Article - Universal Rip and Crosscut Saw |
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Carpentry and Building. Vol. V, No. 11. Nov., 1883. pp. 227-228. |
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Universal Rip and Crosscut Saw.
In Fig. 8 of the engravings we show a new rip and crosscut saw, with planing, jointing and boring attachments, recently brought out by the Cordesman & Egan Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. This machine has been designed for the use of carpenters and builders and makers of furniture, as well as miscellaneous woodworkers. Its 6pecial advantages are the facilities for performing a large variety of work combined in one machine. The makers claim for it that it will do the same work as other machines costing double the price. Every part has been made with a view to the convenience of the operator, and the different portions of the machine are so arranged that when two men are working on it at the same time, as is often required, they do not interfere with each other in the least. We understand that a number of these machines lave already found their way into use, and that they have given general satisfaction. As may be seen by the engraving, the frame is cast in one piece. The table is large, extra heavy, and is so arranged as to be moved up and down like the bed of a planer. The sliding tables on each side of the planing head are adjustable, and the ends can be reversed and a 20-inch saw put on the mandrel. A hardwood board may take the place of the iron tables, so as to accommodate saws, heads or bits of odd sizes. With reference to the kind of work that may be done on this machine, the manufacturers offer it as a first-class rip saw in every sense of the word. It is also a first-class crosscut saw, and, having angles for cutting miters and bevels, can be used for a great variety of work. It may be used for splitting lumber up to 10 inches in width, or, by turning over, up to 18 or 20 inches in width, by using a 20-inch saw. The machine is also a groover, and panels can be raised any depth. It may be used for planing and joining up stuff 5 inches wide and taking it out of wind. In box factories and similar establishments the machine is a first-class hand matcher. By the aid of an extra fence it makes both tongue and groove without any change. As a horizontal boring machine, it is also successful, being provided with an independent adjustable table raised and lowered with a screw and wrench handle, as shown in the engraving, on the boring side. A man may work on this sid3 of the machine and not interfere in any way with the operator on the other side. The mandrel is of heavy steel, the arbor boxes are self-oiling, are solid on the frame, and are lined with the best Babbitt metal. In addition to the range of work abovementioned, an attachment for tenoning with a solid table is put on when specially ordered.
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