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Apr. 11, 1882
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Sawmill head-block
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Ezra Parker |
Plainfield, OH |
C. H. Wendel's "The Circular Sawmill" reproduces an illustration from an 1882 issue of "American Machinist" that shows a sawmill with this design. The patent date is just legible on the feedworks control lever. The machine itself has unusually ornate castings.
The patent is for a headblock that allows the sawyer to disengage either of the headblock knees at will, which simplified the sawing of tapered lumber. |
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Sawmill head-block
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Isaac D. Parker |
Plainfield, OH |
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