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Show "- - v m THREE FEET OF BAND SAW IMBEDDED IN A LOG Hreaking of saws In mills Is not uncommon, but tho performance of a baud saw In a St. Louis plant ns It broke recently marked that accident acci-dent as unusual. The taw which was being used to cut a largo log, snap- pod when It struck a splko Imbedded jH In tho wood. The band watt travel- S lug at great speed and ono end of It Ml entered the side of tho log ana then II, emerged at tho end several InchcB U' awny. Calculations showed that tho Hj jiortlon of tho saw which had been H broken off measured 8 feet 4 inches. H Tho two ends which project from tho pierced timber have a combined WM length or 4 feet S Inches which lcao.t H 3 feet 8 Inches of saw that Is imbed- ' ded In the wood. Since the points nt fc which tho band of xteel entered and if emerged nro considerably less than 3 IE feet apart, the hidden portion of tlm a Haw must be curved In tho log. " H |
