New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-09
MOOD ,VD WOOD WORKING MACHINES At
TIE CRYSTAL PALACE.


Tic extraordinary facilities offered at the Or t Palace
or he oaibion OF ma'iBery in motion mu-t nec--ary
pder tbis department one Of permanent and ever-chsng
ing p.erert The show If Wo0l-WeEking Machinery,
well Ca OF machinery generally, daily augInen-oi by
,.h sccessiors from various portions Of the country AMI
rri er q valuable macino-, destined to ecatrbnie
r,ou.dcrale arc 10 the attractions Of th- pl.oce
# feac are reported to b. delayed the ue by tire
ain ct impossible character This juncur both Of high
ways and Of railroad W propose now briefly to notice
ION Of tie very Late; arrivals in single branch Of this
department..
Mr. B. H. Ots cf Syacu-c hn- improve tles'yle Of MS
Power Morsnc, Boring Hub and Nortising Machine
(which took the ycr medal in th Exhibition last season..
by the addition triangular non frame aciue'el By ibe
foot, TO determine the length Of stroke Of the chil
ard to relieve the workman from the unpleasant jarrns
motion Of the treadle usually experienced. bit
ia carried In tie zane frame with the chel and always
necessarily at the sane distance from the guard or back M
l., e aid Of which mor;-ug in hard wood j. much iac
i,stcd Thi- machine with ell IL attachments serves
tie double triple qundruple purpose Of plain mor
fng boring hub-mor;sing. Of bcyel mortsing AMI
iorra machine. Tie length Of stroke = varied by vary
inc In eject the cI 9Th IL TIE lever which giNc- motion ,o
tie cleI rod 20 that the stroke may vary from ri to five
inclcs Unlike other hub-nortng device, this machine
cuts the mOrt.sc With any desired amount %: dish and
csy,s tie cavity properly epercl ioF te reception Of the
,Ioke without touch from other iool-.
Mr. Lewis /. Cilland. Of Dayton, Ohio, exhibits o
Matchmaking Machine, accomplishing the objec- With
eelerity which would satisfy Tie ambition Of the most
n,erpri-irg "matIimon.a ogcnts This machine, pat
ented in l-j makes friction matches al the rate OF my
ihoustnd per infinite and forms quite an attractive feature
Tie srluts plodnccd By this machine slightly pointed
sId usually finished n bunohos glued at one eni f. thin
lece Of cotton cloth style which has moi yeas we ar
aware nfle IT, appearance IN the eastern markets. Ih
blocks to which tic cloth has been previously glued ar
srt first in ono dire oton and thon in tho Other by sce
Of cutters o rol;diy-reyoving disc
Mr.. Ezra Gould OF newark y. j.. cAlth'.+ his Yer
simple ard cheap Foot Mor.isin- Machine and Mr. r. l.
Alien Of this City several If Bis Power Saving Aachncs
both being Of coursc. remarkable for convenience
and obvious utility than Cor novelty or ingenuity.
Az an offset TO thee simple devices we may aluie to
Htmiltons mcchinc for sawin- ship timber which j.
exhibited 81 miniature ao4d by the L. ;. Patent Ship
Binding Company. II stands the entrance 70 the
Mineral Department and j., interesting IN account Of pos
scssins The almost magical power Of saving crooked.
twisted and in short all the awkward shapes required in
| thp-bulding, with mathematical precision.
Mr. J. Morlond, Of ADRIAN Mich, exhibit an elegant
and apparently somewhat com lex specimen OF Morising
Boring aid Hub Mori-rg Machine. Il is double
chi,cl maohine carrying chses and standing
in line across the front either Of Which be used at
pleasure horizontal augur j. thrown into play at
Pleasure without stopping he machinery, and the whole il
evidently well adapted moit!sing and boring heavy
stuff AZ car work, &c, woll a. lighter labor.
Mr. r. g. Siagg, ,er.ey City, y. j., exhibits an admit
! rallc Blind-slat Tenonins and Pricking Machine,
latocd in March OF the present year This machine uses
stracIt knives aud leaves smooth and almost FURNISHED
rs or lemons at the ends in both OF which points dior
from any otlcr with which We are acquainted II Is
hardly necessary 10 soy that die machine designed for
tie Venetian or rather the .olngslat blind. 1t finishes
tie ond and prck the sides ready to receive the staples
at tie rate Of from fifteen twenty-five per minute. Mr.
= proposes to attach -etodcr TO supply the material,
which will probably increase IT. capacity for rapid work
some hundred per cent consideration OF great practical
importance in connection with this macne Is is ability
70 ne M the odds and ends OF stuff about
MILL sterd Of requiring large and merchantable lumber
In connection with this subject of material may al
ludo to piece of lumber from California, which has al
ready been made u subject for extensive remark in various
ousrtus The great tree" which has been exhibited at
the corner Of Broad and ocust-ss in Philadelphia, was
taken TO the ncosuc On Friday last and Saturday wa.
afforded place in TIE South Nave Of the natural
products of the modern Ophr which until now, We have
b, content to read rather than hope to realize by the
visual organs The block or rather ring of wood s in is
rorfcety natural condition and portion of the trunk OF
srocs of cedar taken from point about 80 feet from the
cround II seven feet four inches in length and ere"
G,t rce inches ~ diameter UhoEt including he bark!
The bark is affirmed TO have been originally II inches
thick in some points, but is now reduced by abrasion 10
about e. The middle of the tree has been removed to
abten the immense log and the cavity l. Of such size a.
10 have been repeatedly travelled through with horse and
buggy This log is only vailed in in;eges; by pair OF
Mexican 'Dobey wheels. on which II was originally trans
ported.