Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-10
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promi.e long Sid e in1stie. bss remained
ta fmbtYo iYr stYgTdI months; but as /
6nostedge OF the cause. time need4uot be
wasted with unnecessary apology for its;
lin discussing the subject under Teviewsi
bring TO my aid ilteenly esrs,eIperiepce
inIcuttlng lumber. aud general knows
edge of the variols kinds Of mills. % we'll /
&c lnany ofthe wheels, nov in general
use, without the slightest personal inter. !
ss. IN dong otter than justice to Ihsir 1s.
sp6etiyeSInstits, so Tar a. I may kttsalptl
70 treat ofishem. sssa7 :. a
Ifquanlity OF quality of lumber 10 be |
produced be ds.ideratum, then fifty
two inch circular saw, or ona aboat lhal |
siEe.- Is ths very thing, aurpassinp Gay
other. TO accomplish the object, II pro-
pelly pds up Or tightly managed. il xill
sut mole than two Vertical or crank ga rs.
worked after che most approved manner
il matters hut4Shather KEY be propelled
blythe modern reaction or the old fash.
i0Gei flutter sheela, under high heads oi
paeitS. Ills better ht3aptsd than any
other for cutting sll kinds OF ordinary
sissd timbeL--exeeps. perhaps ranging
timber. N Which cases gang of vertical
: saws. 10 make a7cIesf flush Of the stick
at .hs single through. r,ay be prefessbly.
But this IL qpesliua not yet settled fully
= lo my satisfaction. Il is true, q circular
saw does not-cutS seasoned timber with
he ~ - a I.
ehaSG not yet found anything in tbs
shape, or of the, texture OF the timber,
chat is Wilt NOT cat With apparent ease.
Oak and hickory yield 10 il nexrly as
readily as tbs harder kind Of yellow piae:
and the ksOts in she upper cuts never
Istald tie progress. Dor Cause it TO diverge
from itsstrue line. like. they do the verIi-
sal saw. The upper cuts universally
vorksup easisrthaa the loserones. The
sircularkruns with such velocity that il
has NOS time or inclination to Ay the
track. for Knot. like the vertical saw,
which too often adopts thu false rule of
making the ''lurGhs3t way round, the
ihe nearest way through" f-ss
Il have recommended \ fiitY>tHo inch
sAW as maximum size to begin with. but
smaller one Wiil do. The one l ana
MN using vas VIt6hAhlIS ulh y-hNO ILACuess
but has worn down to about forty. six !;
and yet We fud very little difficulty
IN reducing ihs largest trees into any
kind oil building mRterlal-either scantlng,
boards. or lsIhs, OF sny required dimen-
sion. Ifs does not cut through the first
time. little help with an axe will bring
off the first Slab then the log must be-
turned. the face down. and in like man
ell h h. h. IT
tho next side; this being done, tu. u
down She last made face. and continue
the, process Of taking off. until the timber
is so reduced that the saw will cut entire
" through it. After the log is worked
up the rough edged plank may be put
On The head blocks, and converted into
square edged- boSrds as vide "a their IA
COS will allow. or they may be run into
laths. 10 one unacquainted with the
process Just mentioned, much difficulty
may be round. blu! it will not be verified
in praGsice.E There need be very little
waste Of timber, "a the saw is capable OF
reducing nearly all Of it into sorae useful
Comnoa siEed timber is managed diff
isrep1lY. Tue besG plan is to take the
6rst 'stRb- of the side boWinH out aids.
down and saw il into the required thick
ness. If the bottom face should not be
large, enough TO kvsp on the head blocks
until the log IS wUtked-up, as IL often the
case, when necessary, turn it over 80 en-
ish the Last line VI lines as the case may
require. ....
One of these large circulars will not on
IL do double the work of vertical or
crank saw, but do il better, and with less
expenditure of wateT--if water be used
aud rightly applied as The propclIing pow
Gr. Tue same may he said of steam or
ANY, other motive. This assertion is aus
tanned By theory and verified by practice
The circular has an onward molten,
nothing retarding it but tho resistance Of
the wood it has 10 sever. The teeth are
so sharp as to cue and not tear their ny,
like those of a vertical saw. The latter
being worked by a crank, has to reverse
its motion-comes under the law CT sc>
ton and reaction, every stroke it makes :;
its teeth must break instead Of cit the
wood they have to remove. The sash.
the carriage, the crank, bound down as
itsmust be. all encounter much friction !:
while every part of circular mill can be
put in motion by the strength of a maa.
Hence. in the one there is little, while in
the. other theTeai great friction. and con
sequently loss of power. These are some
ofthe reasons to be advanced, illustrative
otthe superiority Of the one over the 9th.
er. More might be advanced on the SUBJ
leet, but as it is not my purpose to theo.
Ti1e. / will proceed to give facts
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