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1882 article - Carley's Mill Dog (Alexander, Bradley & Dunning) |
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1 July 1882 Scientific American |
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6/19/2011 4:08:47 PM |
The engraving shows a new saw mill dog manufactured by Messrs. Alexander, Bradley & Dunning, of Syracuse, N. T. This dog is entirely automatic, requiring no driving or forcing to make it enter the log, it being only necessary to raise it, and let it fall, to insure its firm fastening in the edge of the board or cant. It holds entirely from the top, drawing the cant or board toward the stake, instead of pushing it from the stake. It works equally well in hard and frozen limber and soft wood.
The dog is made of steel, and is placed on a steel rod attached to the stake, and, projecting through a slot in the center of the stake. This arrangement of the slotted stake and dog prevents the board or cant from sliding endwise.
This dog is always in place ready to be used when required, and it holds with all the firmness of the more complicated and expensive machinery. It is readily disengaged by raising the handle; and when it is not in use it falls back out of the way, and cannot by any chance come into contact with the saw.
Messrs. Alexander, Bradley & Dunning put this improvement on all their saw mills without extra charge. |
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