Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1891-02-08 | Page 3 | Cutting Veneers by Electricity

Cutting Veneers by Electricity The cutting of veneers is now done by electricity Tho veneering machine instead in-stead of cutting or shaving around the oa tire circumference of the log as usual takes a thin slice from the fiat side of it Tho logs are of any diameter and are cut into lengths of ten feet The veneering cutting knife is fixed between two parallel shafts and the log is carried up and down in front of it with circular a motion by revolving re-volving cranks and is fed against the knife by a ratchet and pawl in the ordinary ordi-nary manner New York Telegram I i