. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '5 NEW BAND SAW MILL. t"PHE economical production of lumber is a point to which * lumbermen have been giving considerable attention lately. The introduction of Band Saw Mills into mills in the U. S. has been attended with considerable difficulty. Lumbermen admitted the economy of the Band Mill, but doubted its efficiency and utility. Consequently the tests that band mills have had to undergo, have been in many instances severe. The Egan Company, of Cincinnat
. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '5 NEW BAND SAW MILL. t"PHE economical production of lumber is a point to which * lumbermen have been giving considerable attention lately. The introduction of Band Saw Mills into mills in the U. S. has been attended with considerable difficulty. Lumbermen admitted the economy of the Band Mill, but doubted its efficiency and utility. Consequently the tests that band mills have had to undergo, have been in many instances severe. The Egan Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, , sold a Band Mill to a lumberman of that city and he set it just across the logway from a circular, so that the cut and general be- havior, figuratively speaking, of the two mills could be closely watched and compared. Of course the circular mill cut the most lumber, but it was evident that the great saving of the band mill, together with the finer quality of lumber it pro- duced, overcame by far, the difference in the amount cut, and at the end of thirty days, the circular mill was taken out and a band mill put in its place. We illustrate on this page, the Egan Company's latest Band Mill, embodying many new and advantageous improvements over any other band mill now built. The following detailed description of this mill is taken from the Company's Catalogue, which will be mailed to lum- bermen and wood-workers on application, and mentioning the Canada Lumberman : The column is cored out, and is the stiffest that mechan- ical skill can construct of iron. The base is also cored, and is braced for great strength and strain. The axles or shafts, both above and below, are of steel and large in diameter ; both shafts can be lined up, and the lower shaft boxes are not on the base, but in separate, independent adjustable boxes. The outside bearings on both upper and lower shafts are adjustable. The upper shaft has boxes and bearings almost five feet in length, and in th
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