. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XVII. Number 6. TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1896 J Terms,$ Per Year J Single Copies, 10 Cents. CASUALTIES IN THE "WORKSHOP. * By Cromwell Gurney. There are more casualties reported as occa- sioned by circular saws than from any other type of machinery, and, for this reason, too much prominence cannot be given to the danger of carelessness in handling them. Sometimes it happens that no one is to blame when a fatality occurs, as when a
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XVII. Number 6. TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1896 J Terms,$ Per Year J Single Copies, 10 Cents. CASUALTIES IN THE "WORKSHOP. * By Cromwell Gurney. There are more casualties reported as occa- sioned by circular saws than from any other type of machinery, and, for this reason, too much prominence cannot be given to the danger of carelessness in handling them. Sometimes it happens that no one is to blame when a fatality occurs, as when a circular saw breaks, as shingle saws and veneer saws are liable to do, being neces- sarily very thin and running at a very high rate of speed. All circular saws should be made of the best crucible or finest silver steel, and should be care- fully and uniformly tempered throughout, requiring great skill and watchfulness on the part of the temperer. Great care is also required in ham- mering out these saws, as often the process forces the strain to one part, causing a slight bulge, which may crack when some unusual strain is put upon the saw. The crack re- lieves the strain caused by the bulge, and by boring a small hole at the terminus of the split it will go no farther, the saw being safer than before the fracture occurred. In using a rip saw a wedge should always be inserted behind the saw, in order to keep the cut open, that the wood may not bind the saw. A terrible example of this neglect came under the writer's observation. A clumsy hand was pushing a large piece of lumber upon a saw so fast that the machine almost stop- ped. At this moment the damp wood bound the saw, with the effect that the heavy lumber was shot, end on, into the man's chest, mutilating him horribly. Most of the accidents, however, are not due to imperfect saws, but to care- lessness in the employee, who, as a rule, loses his fingers as a penalty. Generally speaking, the cir- cular saw is always dangerou
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