Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 42
ity aseries of short, straight saws set vertically, andat a distance apart corresponding to the widthof the lumber to be sawn. Sometimes thereare forty of them in a series, eating their waythrough the largest log in from five to sevenminutes, and leaving a huge pile of yellowboards as a proof of… … THE GANG SAW, WHICH CUTS A LOG INTO MANY PLANKS AT ONE TIME. that our pine board, as we watch it pass throughthe mill, may receive no stain of blood upon itsfragrant surface. Three main kinds of saws are used in themills: the band, which is a belt of steel, aboutthirty feet long, passing around two…
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