Machine For Making Clapboard
date: label: Date made
content: July 20, 1880
label: date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Cunningham, Albert
notes: label: Description
content: This is a patent model (US 230112) for a machine for making clapboard, patented by Albert Cunningham of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 20th, 1880.
label: Description
content: The invention is a mechanical saw system designed to slice quartered logs into uniform clapboards . A circular saw is mounted on a curved track embedded in the floor and is kept constantly oriented toward a central point. A carriage feeds the log forward into the saw, which cuts off wedge-shaped clapboards. After each cut, the carriage retracts, and the saw carrier rotates slightly to adjust the cutting angle for the next slice. This process repeats until the entire log quarter is turned into consistently angled clapboards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.336717
label: catalog number
content: 336717
label: accession number
content: 1978.1023
label: catalog number
content: 336717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Clapboard Machine
label: Object Name
content: Clapboard Machine
label: Object Name
content: clapboard machine, p.o.m.
label: Object Name
content: Machine for making clapboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; brass; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 8 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in; 24.13 cm x 22.5425 cm x 27.6225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 9 in x 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.27 cm