Photo Index - McDermott Brothers & Low - dado/moulding head

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Manufactured/Badged by:
McDermott Brothers & Low
New York, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	8 1/4 inch cutting circle
Submitted By:	Benjamin Campbell

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	dado/moulding head
Date of Manufacturer:	after 1886
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Last Updated	4/16/2004 7:02:02 AM

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This brass cutter head came in a box with a pair of side heads and other planer/matcher related items leading me to jump to the conclusion that it was molding machine related. Upon reevaluation it seems clear that it is a molding head intended for use on table saws. Similar in profile to the lipped square heads used on planers it measures 6 ¼ inches in diameter and 1 11/16 thick. The large cutter overhang gives it a cutting circle of 8 ¼ inches. 1 ¼ inch wide cutters fit snugly into milled channels preventing lateral movement. Cutters come in matched pairs with profiles at both ends. The head will accommodate four cutters presumably allowing plain "jointer" cutters to be used in combination with those with a profile. One side of the head is recessed probably due to the limited length of most saw arbors.

Head stamped twice "McDERMOTT BRO'S & LOW NEW YORK", and " WELL'S IMPR'D" twice.
The blades are similarly stamped, one having the patent date of APR 6. 1886 after the Wells name. Well's patent seems to be not for the cutter head but the cutter itself. His aim among other things was to produce a cool running cutter with side relief and clean cutting side ribs.

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