Patent ID: 7093628
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B27C,B27F,B27G,B27M

Abstract:
1. A method of forming timbers with rounded ends, each timber having opposite narrow sides, opposite broad sides extending between the narrow sides, and opposite ends, the method comprising feeding work in a predetermined path with the work extending transversely to the direction of feed, the work comprising a plurality of timbers organized in engagement with one another extending across said path to constitute the work, each timber having opposite ends to be rounded, and as the work is thusly fed, shaping the ends to rounded form by cutting the ends of the work to curve from one narrow side of each end to an opposite narrow side of the respective end, wherein the timbers are 2×4s and are organized to constitute the work with the broad sides thereof in face-to-face engagement, and are fed as a group in the direction perpendicular to the broad sides as they are shaped.