Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 295
olding-down bolts. Upon the same shaft arehung the driving-pulleys B B, whence the motion of the machine is derived. While the axis of the saw-frame remains stationary during the operation of the machine, the log ofwood C, which is being cut up, is urged forward against the saw by a gradual… … bers, and firmly bolted down to them. The lower part of the carriage G, slides on these rails at threesurfaces of contact on each rail, as may be seen in Fig. 882. The upper part of the carriage E is helddown to the part G by means of dovetail bevel surfaces, where a broad piece of metal is…
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