Show r 4 HM r MADE FROM BOILED WOOD I Malcolm McDonald Indulges In Some S Interesting C Shop ShopTalk Talk In tho Chicago Sunday Regard 5 log Ing Somo Wooden Products jj L n nn Cj ns and millions of or feet teet of ot lum kit boiled ever year In Michigan r urea acrel of ot forest land are stripped k birch maple elm and andIsI 14 IsI tIm which are ratted rafted down rivers fc II bent bt cut Into short blocks and boiled 1 Jan 1 of ot cords of or hard barll wood are arelD tan lD into lato great steel boilers or vats at fee It and stews until every It ol 01 the wood la Is toft sott end almost Hr lI thIs boiling and prepares for tor the ke knives and an dies which transform the thebe be elm hemlock ash and birch b dishes pie plates bern betry 1111 fruit crates and he might be expected to tot t tears tear over ocr the fate of at atI I monarch laid low by the theto UD ax to be turned Into butter Jutter C lS But Dut no tears are shed In that WM factory which turns out nn at unthinkable lumber Dumber of ot the oval la Bro 1110 ln In cery If and anil which hoe have come to be nn tartar In n Sunday school Ilc It II doubtful If It anyone 8 how ho many man wooden dishes IUa t t heh Year U l safe pare to e u theIr t numbers swell up toward I 1011 mark One tador In lIch Mich r lor turns out every It r Or v r Wi of ot the sweet Vett ir r jn maple disks Wb Mi i the ie butter Is v 1 tI II particular I s dally nearly early n a quarter of ot It In M find and platen for other t like do dozen n nv hit w of at I f It r t maple marle and other q i 1 tf tt t i f TM MOOd and car 1 11 lId 13 output Is t b Mme ot the mot In f ever ter put together J Joke In the Chicago V ht that thai the packers lIlt ut of at a n pie pi but the Ca of oC Industry hate t It It to thern a vacuum hUt a thing thicK to be b 10 U U U U U w wIt It Is that the men lien who planned built and now operate the great plants which eat ent up a 11 forest every week permit very eu little of at the wood to get away tram from them Thus the maple log selected as the raw material I for tor butter plates leaves the mill In the form torm of oC butter hutter plates and boxes made from veneer maple flooring cloths pins lumber and firewood Some sawdust Is left that Is burned burnell to raise ralso steam Maple Is the only wood used for tor but buttor butter tor ter dishes The maple log Is drawn up Into the sawmill where It Is cut The outside slabs are sawed nell off ott am then cut up Into lengths suitable for tor fire firewood wood Next several layers of oC sliced oft oct by Jy the tuch luch board baud ore are dressed down for tor maple flooring or other product the culls are Alter sent to the tho clothespin the waste Is I cut oft off there Is left of of at timber lx Ix the log a n piece wide and eight Inches deep as al long as the log and this thle I III cut up liP Into blocks each from ten Inches to n foot In blocks the butter dishes me oro meThe From l rom the c The blocks arc thrown Into large larl ste boilers or vats where her they the At softened by b steam When the wood has hall been hailed boiled enough the steaming blocks arc nc fed to 10 n machine which h literally merall out butter butler plates pIn lei faster than three to a n or about 00 a minute A rapidly revolving curved knife does doel the trick As It swings around on Its It Into the soft block blOk of maple which li h fed up to fo It by the au nu automatic tin tinplate feeding tip plate li Is scooped out and zip rip another knife which moves up and down pare oft off n section of ot of at that when the curved knife n 1 pinto to 0 swings around U It finds n a mo tn mn from which It rt bites an anThe there The plates made then cl Ill to I HP nf t to ti Irv I them crate them and ship them As At they come out of ot to tile they chute which tall fall Into n a them to the traveling table In n a nry aIt It ry kiln which they the paw fill Th trip tak taku s half hal an hour ou a long lon table nt It when hen they the tall fall upon the other end of ot the kiln they the are ready to be b by girls who pack them for tor shipment nt of at machines Is While one out butter group li I out of ot maple veneer These arc sowing ma machines machines chines which use IIse wire for thread ami moist hot maple sheets sheet II for tor fabric fabric They rhey marvels of oC automatic mechanisms They take trips of ot maple venter In nt at one side sille and anil turn out finished wood wooden 00 en dishes at nt the other each ach machine de delivering delivering livering the dishes at the rate of at a II minute The veneer steaming hot from the tho Jailer boiler Is tell fed to the machine which bites oft orr Just enough to make one dish At the same time It cuts out a I blank of ot the proper size she and shape shalle and marks tho folds The steel hands fold the flexible wood to the proper form torm hold It there until the Ole ends are firmly sewed with wire Then the finished plate Is delivered dell cred to bo Jo dried and packed Wooden dishes fruit packages boxes and baskets eUl are made from veneers thin sheets of or WOOl wood stripped from blocks which have hae been made soft by boiling or steaming For butter and lard plates for tor packages to be used for tor meats and fish maple Is Ie used usel for tor It ItIs ItIs Is clean and sweet Elm moulds too quickly quick and basswood gives oft an nn un unpleasant pleasant plen ant odor For fruit boxes and bas baskets baskets black ash uh Is preferred In preparing the black n h log for tor fruit packages It Is cut Into blocks or bolts three feet long After Atter be he being heIng ing well or arc nrc to the tho veneer liter cutter which Is a I largo lareo lathe As All the hot molt moist holt bolt revolves In the lathe Inthe a wide knife automatically adjusted to Its work slices oft off a 11 thin sheet heet or veneer In a continuous roll The veneer for fruit packages s Is one jM nt fit nn Inch thick It cnn can be made as thin as nR a n sheet of ot paper r or It Itcan can be peeled oft off In a n sheet a 11 quarter of oC an nn Inch thick The veneer sheet shet Is taken to saws S WS II Is III Ih required 01 II h hand and width For I or berry boxes two pieces of ot veneer of ot the sire 17 arc cro l land and ami put Into a I which marks the folds with a n knife that rn little distance Into the wood and n a then the folds the pliable wood Into box h TC e eThe The which has hAI pr vow been marked Is deftly wrapped around the form torm and quickly nek d on and the box Jox Is made I linn box h vc hollow bottom bot riot a n Is o 11 v vly ly 1 supposed to fruit but to o kt the bottom b fn fm m being fru h l bv h t hOM tf tit n Fruit bankets n 1 of a 1 bushel are molded to lint III Ib niT r made from nr I n lIf I teaming hot J t ar r l e In Ina Inn a n hoop hool w d MuM ul w un o of at holder and nd tilt for the nl strip A machine rivet the to with an Iron eye th latticed I II taken to toa n machine which i basket form torm The mold or former In I A t l tit die on top of ot which he flat tl t disk H k of t Is III placed The Th upper die coming bends the strips lit rips over Oer the M el 1 form holds hem tRIll fast while hll at L work workmAn mAn run n nails on the hoop for tor the top of ot ottile tile the H lie next takes taku a loar strip of ot vencer and nails It around for tor the tho middle hoop each ench nail being clinched by b the steel form torm against which It strikes after aCler passing passin through the wood The hoops In place the basket Is III turned over to a Il boy bo who puts lUts on the bottom hoop The handles which are arc bent and shaped lire are put In place and sewed there with heavy hea wire Then the bas bal basket ket Is dried shipped n tho fruit grower Peach and other oilier baskets art arc made In much the fame came way wn Excelsior which Is shaved had wood gen generally Is a basswood od product although poplar gum jum wood are used by J some sOllie makers It Is used as ns n a substitute for hair and moss In upholstering but the hulk of at It sacs goes for Cor packing material Immense quantities of ot It u cd and the sweet smelling shavings sliced from the trees which made Michigan Wis Wisconsin and Minnesota famous go to all ports parts of at the world I Excelsior might be called ribbon ve veneer e neer for tor It Is really n a wide or slice cut cul Into fibers The wood Is III sea seasoned In the open o en air for tor a year ear or more before using When dry enough U It Is taken to the cutting machines Kach ach cutting knife Is made up of at a slicing blade and a number of ot slitting blades Lla es The wood Is tell fed vertically Into the machine the feeding mechanism mechanIsm ism forces C It against the ore are set In a n polished steel plate plateA A connecting roil rod tram from a revolving wheel wh cl moves Inoes the knife rapidly forward back the splitting blades bla cut grooves Into the wood and then the tho slicing blade comes along shaves oft off a thin section and anil the excelsior drops down through a n chute into the below There It Is nth ered up and put Into a press which packs It Into and pound bales Clothespins are a byproduct of at fac factories tories which make butter plates for tor thc are arc cut out of ot cull lumber The culls arc sliced up Into lengths pin size and girls arrange the blocks on onn onn n conveyor belt which carries them to the turning machine Here with lightning light ning speed they the turned Into clothespin shape The turned blanks fro fed to a saw which cuts the beveled slot that makes the fork tork and then the pins are dried and polished In cylinders which revolve They The then are oro packed ready for tor wash day |