This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...side and the bevel of the segments is on the other side of the saw. As the veneer is only-inch or less in thickness, it readily springs away from the thick part of the flange, thus leaving it practically without friction, which, while less detrimental to the operation of segment saws, is always objectionable. Veneers ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...side and the bevel of the segments is on the other side of the saw. As the veneer is only-inch or less in thickness, it readily springs away from the thick part of the flange, thus leaving it practically without friction, which, while less detrimental to the operation of segment saws, is always objectionable. Veneers are necessarily made very thin, consequently, to keep the wasted material at the lowest point, the saws also are made very thin, some veneer saws tapering to 24 gauge. The first circular Veneering Saw to run by power was that invented by Isambard M. Brunel about 1805. He introduced it in the Chatham (England) dock yards and later in his works at Battersea, where it aroused great wonder among visitors. The Left-hand Right-hand speed of two-thirds of a mile a minute, which these saws attained, was considered marvelous in those days. Previous to Brunel's invention of the Veneering Saw, veneers were cut by hand with a saw similar to the frame pit saw, but with a thinner blade, one of the sawyers standing in the pit beneath the log. Six veneers to the inch was excellent work with this outfit. Somewhat thinner work was turned out by cabinet makers who used a hand-saw and got seven or eight sheets to an inch. With the machinery and saws of today, however, at least ten sheets to the inch are made and in much less time. It is interesting to note that the Egyptians, whose primitive saws we have described, practised the art of veneering as early as 1490 B. C, during the reign of Thothmes III, who is believed by antiquarians to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus. In the illustration on page 30 is seen a man fitting a piece of red wood to a piece of yellow wood; at least so the original depicts it. He has stuck his adze in a block of the same yellow wood, ...
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Used-Very Good. Reprinted by the Special Publications Committee, Midwest Tool Collectors Association, September 2009. 63 pages. Illustrated. 7.75 x 5.25", printed wrapper. Fine.
