Canadian wood products industries . ng around the edges of panels andthe knives were necessarily very large and murderouslooking, he screwed the rocker guards down so tightthat he cottld not shove the work into the kniveseasily, the result was that he gave a quick lunge at thepanel which sent it into the knives with a rush and itwas thrown back with great force, with the result thathe was carried home on a stretcher, and was lucky tobe only temporarily injured. The fact of him havingthe spring guard too tight was discovered after theaccident. This fact is not advanced against the useof shaper
Canadian wood products industries . ng around the edges of panels andthe knives were necessarily very large and murderouslooking, he screwed the rocker guards down so tightthat he cottld not shove the work into the kniveseasily, the result was that he gave a quick lunge at thepanel which sent it into the knives with a rush and itwas thrown back with great force, with the result thathe was carried home on a stretcher, and was lucky tobe only temporarily injured. The fact of him havingthe spring guard too tight was discovered after theaccident. This fact is not advanced against the useof shaper guards, but to show that when not usedproperly they can be made a source of danger- i heman mentioned, so far as I know, would never run ashaper again, his confidence was gone. It goes without contradiction that if you frighten aman sufficiently by too many warnings and he takesthem seriously enough, he becomes a useless incumbr-ance. A careful watching of men who are running wood-and checking anything that is \v< irkuu macnines. piping as used to guard a planer. This machinestands near a pillar which was used to give the guardrigidity, note that one piece of pipe runs between thepulley and the on side of the feed belt, thus makingit impossible for anything or any person to be drawnunder the belt. The top is bent around and is closeto the cylinder belt thus protecting that point. Thismakes a very effectual guard. The other sketch illustrates the protection of the Piping used as an effective guard around planer. careless on their part, and using all necessary safe-guards, is all that any one can be expected to do. An habitually reckless or careless man shouldnever be employed to run woodworking machinery. Inthis issue the writer presents a couple of sketches oimachine guards that help to protect the machine aswell as the worker, even the poor machine needsprotection quite frequently. The one sketch illustrates
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