Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-10
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hasssso eitsF 0lat IN cen toEniiLy With uail
pronslse long siheei made. has remained
1a embryo iyr sefeTtE months; but as
ths pgh slc cp1td leiiYe 30 benefit from 9
knostsdge Of the, cause, time need4not bel
wasteds with unnecessary apology tor its
dslEy. 'sssles' $ q ~ sFsef = 81
In discussing the subject under review n
bring 10 my aid hfteeny Years experienced
In cutting lunber. and general knouls
edge OF the yarioas kinds of mills. % we'll
As many of the wheels, nov in general
use. without the slightest personal inter
est in dong other than justice TO heir se-
speetiysrmstits, SO Tar ~ / may sktlsnpl
70 treat ofashem.
II quantity or quality OF lumber 10 be
produced be dssideratum. then q fifty
tWo iuch cirealUr saw, or fena about that
sisSris abe very thing, surprising GRy
other. TO accomp lish tie object. II pro
petly put up or tightly managed, is -;xill
su1 ihaFe 4haa two vel ttcaf OF crank saws,
worked after the most approved manner;
IL matters hos'~bsther key be propelled
by the modern reaction or the old fash.
i0Ied futter wheels. under high heads oi
Water:and driven to to- their utmost GU.
paeity. Il is better adapted than any
other for cutting MI kinds OF ordinary
sized timbet-exeept. perhaps ranging
timber. N which Gases gang of vertical
: saws. toInase ascleSf finish Of the stick
at she single through. n1ay be preferable.
But this IL queatiun not yet setIled fully
: 90 my satisfaction. Il is true, q circular
saw does Eot1cusS !s9ssoned timber with
ths same facility thGE it does green; but
shave not yet found anything in the
shape. or Of she, texture OF the tim ser,
chat it Will not cat With apparent ease.
Oak and hickory yield TO il nexrly as
readily as the harder kind OF yellow piae;
aud the X OTIS in the upper cuts never
Istsld its progress. Dor caase il to diSerge
from its.Irue line. Ike they do the yerIi.
sal saw. The upper cuts universally
Vorksup easier than the loser ones. The
sifeularkruns with such velocity that il
has NOS time or inclination to ay the
IFaek, for knot, like the vertical saw,
which too often adopts thss false rule OF
making the ''furthsot way round, she
ihe nearest way Ihrough."' .fg
ii have recommended a fhy>tTo inch
saH as maximum size to begin with, but
a smaller one Hiil do. The one l am
now using was originally iity-tWo inches;
but has worn down to about forty. six
and yet We find very little difficulty
in reducing she larges, srees into any
kind OF building material-either scantling,
boards, or lsIhs, OF any required dimtn.
sion. lfis does not cut through the first
sime.E little help with an axe will bring
off the first slab then the log must be
turned, the face down. and in like man
Asr g slab and P.aHk may be taken oil
tho next side; this being done, III. II
down She last made face. and continue
the process of taking off. until the timber
is so reduced that the saw will cut entire
" throughtit, After the log is, worked
up the rough edged plank may be put
in the head blocks, and converted into
square edged boxrdS as vide "a their "a
css will allow, or they may be run into
laths. To one unacquainted with the
process just mentioned, much difficulty
may be found. but it will not be verified
in practice There need be very little
waste Of timber, IA the saw is capable OF
reducing nearly all of it into soEle useful
mateEialS, e "a IS =. Il.
Comnoa Sixed timber is managed diff
isrep1lY.s., Tue beat plan is TO take the
6rst slab of the side bowing out weids.
Snd tie next opposite to it. Then turn
down and saw it into the required thick
ress. II the bottom face should not be
large, enough 10 ksep on the head blocks
until the log IS worked-up. Hs is often the
ease, when necessary, turn it over 90 I'm.
iSh the lat line VI liues as the case may
require, s.......-
+ 1or, riro
~ do double the work of a vertical OF
crank saw. bat do ii better. and with lest
expenditure of wateI--if water be used
aud rightly applied as The propelling pow.
er. The same may be said of steam OF
any other motive. This assertion is gus
tanned by theory and verified BY practice
The circular has an onward molten
nothing retarding it but tho resistance OIL
the wood it has TO sever. The teeth are
so sharp as to cut and not tear their v ay
like those OF vertical saw. The latter
being worked by crank, has to reverse
its motion-comes under the law CT &C.
ton and reaction, every stroke il makes
itsteeth must break instead Of CIT the
wood they have TO remove. The sash
the carriage, the crank, bound down a.
itamust be. all encounter much friction
while every parI of a circular mill can be
putin motion by the strength OF man
Hence, in the one there is little, While il
the. other there is great friction. and con
sequently loss Of power. These are some
ofthe reasons to be advanced. illustrative
OF the superiority OF the one over the 9th.
err More might be advanced on the sub.
lect. but IS it is not my purpose TO theo.
Ti1e, will proceed to give facta.
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