. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN October, 1902 NEW METHOD OF TOWING LOGS. It is claimed that at last a new method of towing logs has been found which reduces to a minimum the chances of the loss of the logs during rough weather. The new idea received a test recently. The Vancouver tug Albion towed a boom of 215,000 feet of logs from San Juan Harbor to Port Ludlow, Washington, through a heavy westerly sea without the loss of a single stick. The boom was made up according t
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN October, 1902 NEW METHOD OF TOWING LOGS. It is claimed that at last a new method of towing logs has been found which reduces to a minimum the chances of the loss of the logs during rough weather. The new idea received a test recently. The Vancouver tug Albion towed a boom of 215,000 feet of logs from San Juan Harbor to Port Ludlow, Washington, through a heavy westerly sea without the loss of a single stick. The boom was made up according to the new method by which the logs are individually at- tached, by means of short chains, to the cen- tral cable which runs to the towing bits of the tug. During the trip the seas ran quite high, but not the slightest difficulty was experienced in taking the boom through. In contrast to the success of the Albion's method, was the failure of the tug Rabboni to tow a boom made up in the old way with boom sticks and chains from Port Crescent to Port Ludlow on the same day that the Vancouver made the run.* The Rabboni encountered the same sea met by the Albion, and she lost every log in her boom. BABBITTING BAND RESAW BOXES. I have had considerable experience with band resaws and band rip saws, says "; in The Wood-Worker. At present have three a b ¥. Babbitting Band ;aw £>oxes. band resaws under my charge, but can't say I have the same trouble as some readers of this journal. I use 18-gage saws, 6 inches wide, 32 feet long. The wheels on my machines are 5 feet 6 inches diameter and make 490 revo- lutions per minute. I use nothing but engine oil. To babbitt the boxes on these machines, I wrap the journals with writing paper and pour cap and lower half of box at same time, using wooden liners. On lower (or driving) wheel I babbitt only a strip an inch wide around edges and ends of box—see sketch. The cap I babbitt full. The wear is on the cap. In lower h
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