. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. December, 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN GILMOUR'S PATENT DOORS. We give below a section of a stile of one of Gilmour & Co's. patent lumber doors. These ioors are meeting with a large' demand both n this country and abroad. They can be -nanufactured in many kinds of wood, such as plain or quartered white or red oak, cypress, chestnut, white pine, ash, elm, birch, cherry, tnaple, quartered sycamore, mahogany, etc., racing %'\n. thick, with a solid core of wood thic
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. December, 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN GILMOUR'S PATENT DOORS. We give below a section of a stile of one of Gilmour & Co's. patent lumber doors. These ioors are meeting with a large' demand both n this country and abroad. They can be -nanufactured in many kinds of wood, such as plain or quartered white or red oak, cypress, chestnut, white pine, ash, elm, birch, cherry, tnaple, quartered sycamore, mahogany, etc., racing %'\n. thick, with a solid core of wood thickness according to that of the door. The sketch shows how the lumber is put together, ind the manufacturers, Messrs. Gilmour & Company, of Trenton, Ont., claim it is equal. Read and Cove Solid Mould. pr superior to the solid wood, and in hard- woods of course much less in weight, and jeing a 3-ply cannot warp or twist. The price :omes considerably under that of solid hard- woods, and also under that of any veneered doors owing to the quickness with which the lumber can be manufactured ; there is no necessity of keeping it under weight except as it passes through the machinery. The wood is first kiln-dried with moist air, and to insure perfect dryness is further subject to heat up to 200 degrees. Waterproof :ement is used. ! The doors can be manufactured 1^ in. and jp thick, and either square, single or double. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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