New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-06
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
WOODWORKING MACHINES.

trRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUSE.l
PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-This is still a
woody country although the destruction OF timber has
been very great and the subject Of tree planting and
tree preservation is forcing itself upon the attention OF
the American people. There ia, however, yet abun
dance wood. Of very good working qualities and aeon
siderable variety. The pine, black and white walnut.
yellow poplar Florida cedar and red elm, are free
working woods growing east OF the Rocky Mountains.
In the country further west many OF these trees
absent but their places supplied by wonderful woods
Of immense straight grain, and lasting character
OF harder woods, oak ASH and hickory the prn
cpal favOTites Of the machne makers though maple,
chestnut, and birch have their Beech, dogwood
apple pear and rOnwood used for tool stocks and
handles. The harder woods, such ebony, gnum vita,
and box imported. The extremely dense and heavy
woods grow in the tropics and Australia.
Americans think they excel all other nations In wood
working machines The number exhibited is remark
able. Large assortments in Machinery Hall from
Philadelphia NewYOrk, Buffalo, Smithland N. j.; Bos-
ton, Cincinnati Hamilton Ohio; Montpelier, Vt; Leb-
anon N H.; Norwich, Conn. Battle Creek, Mich besides
smaller exhibits from Rochester, N. " Northampton.
Mass; Rockford, ILL.,, and even from Canada, New
Brunswick, Sweden. The variety and efficiency and,
1t may truly he added, beauty of these machines in
crease in a seemingly regular way The makers have
learned to combine appropriateness OF form with adapt
ability to duty. Nothing be graceful that is APP
parenty too light where strength is required OF need
lessy heavy where the strain is slight Heavy weights
machines include those for planning, gaining matching
frezing, mOrtising saving, tenOnng carving nerlng
prohhng boring, paneling, splitting, beveng polishing
and bending. The themselves would make whole
SERIES the barrel and ke machines form group OF ~
The special machinery for making boxes, washbOards,
blocks shoepegs, hOopp0les sash, blinds DOORS clothes
pins splints, brush-backs pickes matches, shingles
ldh skewers combs buckets lasts represent some OF
them whole trades. The number of special woodwork
ing machines used IN carriage, wagon, and rail-
way car manufactures is great, and their
sizes and variations numerous, that they
might form the basis for a whole treatise. Gen Sir
Samuel Bentham, brother of Jeremy, had little idea OF
what this thing of woodworking tools would come TO
when he led of i'll this line OF invention nearly hundred
years ago The makers of woodworking machinery are
OIL two lines of improvemen--onc like the training OF
factory hands, is adapt the machine to one kud of
only and enable it to do this i'll the most speedy
and effective manner; the other is to adapt machine to
do the greatest variety of work Perhaps there Is no
better way Of Illustrating these tnan TO cite group OF
machines and then machine with numerous adapta-
TONS
1. Smith Of Smithland, N. j., exhibits the following
machines: Bowel saws, wabble saw, cutoff saw, band
jig saw, pldner and hatcher, endless bed paner
molders light surfacers, panel raiss, lathe, )OinteI
tenOner dOubeend tenoner, morsers bOrers horizontal
borers sash dovetaing machine, sash pin machine,
dowel pin machine blind ste machine blind stile bOrer
blind Stat teuOner, slat crmper, sand paperers, and
grinding machine. This modern idea II is true
that Brunei and Maudsay, lS02S, constructed set OF
machines IN three different sets-15 in setfor making
ships blocks of kinds and 214 sizes, and this was
perhaps the first set of wOOdw Orking machines but the
range of work lar less than in the modern.
2. The machines lately constructed and known as
variety" or universal machines illustrate the versa
tnity OF invention j. A. Fay Co. OF Cincinnati, OHIO,
show variety wOOd-wOrker, which. by changes OF
cutters and other tools and the adjustment OF benches
and fences, is made capable Of dong Il dIneient SINUS
OF work. among which the following; III Is adapted
for boring, rOuteing EMBARRASSING elipcai ana scr
pentine moding; SCOTIA gothic, round ana square |
paneling; growing, tenonng gaining, plOwng Ia0Oet-
Ing ripping prosecuting, aud beading several OF tsc
Sits of saws and saving machnes are made by several
firms The Philadelphia hrn Of Dssten e9S "a. lds,cs
eisn than sayyUoRer could epumelae saws are used
Tor cutting many materials wood each trade
has It's The carpenter butcher. macninst, comb
maker surgeon, ivory and brass WORKER cach mas ms
peculiar shapes and sizes Even in handsaws different
dealers find 1t TO be an advantage IN or IeLlng secia
forms and varieties OF mounting Out OF 90 kinHs OF
made by the Disstens there are perhaps GO pat
terms OF erossSut ana Az patterns % ny Ino ircie
:, diameter here exhibited It's manufacture required
Bay state Works Of Boston required az lntemhS ID
agree to roll the cast-steei plate Other saws shown
by the American Company OF Trenton, y j. which
has an IS inch diameter circular with in,ertabe
teeth; by BOynton, f. .. Adkins Co. of Indianapolis,
simOnds Manufacturing Company OF Braniord Conn.,
Smith OF Toronto, and German hrA
A fine line OF woodworking machines exhibited by
another we-known Philadelphia firm, by Richards OF
London and Kelly OF the Atlantic Works Their machines
have solid painness, suggestive OF Strength aud
endurance OF them Of the largest class, suit
able for dressing and working the sls of railway cars
The gapbed tenoneI Of this class having tool!
head which travels vertically past the end OF the timber
and back the sill then slipped endwise, the other end
of past gap and the repeated avoiding tho
turning OF the large timber endwise Besides this they
have large paner, circular saw, hand saw, resawng
machine horizontal boring machine facing lathe NOR
Using ma hines and Fay Co.'S application OF
the bandsaw to rcsawiug very striking exhibit The
saw has length Of 80 feet and width OF inches Its
ends are Joined together and It passes over two wheels
which are by the power that travels at the
rate of 1000 feet per minute II works stuff from one
inch to 80 inches wide. and high as $1,000 feet board
measure per day. great point OF its value ID IN the
saving Of stuff the thnuess of the blade enables II to
make three IS boards ont OF an inch and quarter
nlank the thickness the blade, No. IS
gauge, being only lie inch This nm also eII
matching machine, which by peculiar arrangement
feeds the last board planning both sides ana both
edges and beading the top nj operation; also pan
cling carving, and edge mOlding machine IN which tne
directriX is above the cutter, and the tempot works
upon the face side OF piece be carved TAcy have
also a selfiecding edgng and ripping saw; dOubcsuI-
face planning machine inside modinc machine horl-
foutal boring machine tenonng machines, and-sl"s,
bandsaw setting machine, and picture frame moldng
machine Bout of Battle Creek, Mich, shows anchng
FREEING. and dOyetailng machines. nave seen thcsc
maehines al previous exhibitions in the West and have
again occasion 10 admire their versatility ahd accuracy
Of work Gleason OF Phlldep hia band and novel
saws saw benches and surface planners. Power Idntor
* Co. OF Philadelphia show WOOD piancrs Scroll - vs.
splitting saw, and bcye First PrybilI OF New
paners and lathe. j. S. Graha * co. or Rochester,
n Y show planning and vertical mOldng machines The
Greenwich Machine Works, n. V, show jie-saws ana
bapd-saws Greenee Bros. Co. OF Chicago show
very ingenious sash. door, and blind Fcleshng and
rnortising machine boring square mortiSes In blind and
sash stiles in marvellous manner; also sash and door
CLAMPS for fitting the parts together Houston, Smith
Co OF Montgomery Penn. show molding mortisng, ana