| Show NEW WOOD mm SAWING SYSTEM TO SAVE HARDWOOD TIMBER Ford Cuts Parts Direct from Planks With Bark BarkOn BarkOn On Making Very Little Waste G C ves Out Secret y y method ne nw to o larf rge ecale c l lumbering and 1 the rord Motor company hn hns Installed a ne new wood lOa InS's fm has demonstrated s 80 of o to SO 60 pr POI cent In the th cutting of offin hardwood for tor body parts by Oil il them direct from plank Ae tl they ey come corn from lor 1011 This Is I an n ement atlon as a tho th cn hilI hd produced The Th stem e li Is al already ady on II pro pro- pro production f basis basil at the th aw w mill and andwood wood orkinI planta plana of t the th Ford FordI Motor company at t Iron Mountain lAnd LAnoe LAni and River Rouge IN CUTTING In th pMt t body parts parti h ha been made out ot o kiln dried boardo Here ere II sawn n to uniform SIZ grade Much of t b oun e land land and best wood wasted In this t I and In cases tho th 1011 was cur cd or Irregularly the scrap often exceeded the tho mer mer- merchantable timber r obtained Th The Ford y t m la Is pIe Planks it the bark bork left lett on cut from a los log In according to tho abapo of th lot log These are sent Ito layout table whelo patterns for parts part are marked out until the th plank Is completely cov covered ered with pat p up t tu tho bark Any Irregularities such uch liS tho at the butt are ar taken advantage of ot In out c or Irregular parts parti Instead ot oft a Iorge piece to Avoid oa knot or tho out 11 l e co go aroll around nd It It I the utilization of nearly all the wood the th bel nil extreme Iv Iv mall The Th various parts part are the I cut out A hIgh Bp ed band ea saw I I con the tion of board feet In bod parts by actual measurement e o the I wood con content lent of the entire tree I distressingly low third One of o tho I tree the the limbs and top is 10 thoI I eore the log loir ft to 10 tha mill Only 55 to 0 60 per pr cent ent o of the log loe is ac- ac ac actually tuII converted Into Inlo bOd body parts A sample treo was treo was cut up Into body parte part under the new method tho results compared Ith the of parts part the the old method of ard would ha hae ha e men ln menThe I IThe The tree gave tave too loss loS's eC scaled zas board feet There Ther ere cre also Il I of branches and the top I IThe The best use that could be those thos under con lum 1 lum-lj lum methods would be to o send them through the tb nood distillation tion plant Instead they ere BIld up and for tor sawing SAn G Aner the logn lor had been wed laid out the th plan hi 1 wee we-e up Inc accord ing to tile d could bo obtained under the th old and and nd number e t 11 ts In each oom- oom om-l om All All- pans ier reduced to Loard feet lu hI actual con con- content con content tent The Tc edging and trimming raio o feet of bod parts L the Kord S tem is-tem s- s the same planks 04 n gain rain of 11 77 bO board feet or 32 per ent The limbo and o 0 hitherto considered worthless ept e for o or fuel J 70 board obtainable under tb old method 18 ISK now on all hardwood limbs I nd top not 4 In Ind d will bo to the rord mill Ano Another her a Pos Possible sible Ible the th new Ir is In 1 he operations l tim tim- timber tim tim-br ber has ha been sacrificed In an et- et ef effort fort to tt- tt straIght logs lofs of stand standard ard length Trees ha e cut at a IL height o 0 from 0 to three feet fact in order to a old tile n at the butt bull Th now may maybe maybe be sawn o six laches Irom the round It is no rr loni-rr r ne essary to I avoid void the crotch rotch 0 ot a 0 tr tre Th of the th planks is ot of no con con The Tir body parts produced under this method are ar superior to those awn out ot edged and trimmed boards as ns the th train ma may be follow ed mol mor ad This Is true tru 0 ot cuned parts partE a large number ot or which are found In body construction Much of the tho youngest and best wood In the th tree tre wa was ted a un- un under un under der the th edging method but this Is Isnow Isnow now completely sail aged Not ot only are more par part La from 8 tree but better parts part as a well wll This practice o of the th parts to rough routh shape hap while th the wood gl ficen en has haa also Ilso simplified the 1 who hole process or o kiln drying re- re the th to a I I deer and the required by approximAtelY 10 The Th old time tim lumb and andwood an wood work worker era who ho freely predict predict- od d that the th new tm m 1 woul break down at ot the tho kiln kilns were chagrIned to find that the parts were formerly sawed It has been estimated that IhM n system will m make mak the Ford forests last lut third one pos pos- pos possibly sibly Indefinitely It proper meth methods OLf of reforestation are ar followed A young yount and vigorous groth of timber Is constantly up and theae trees will m not have hav to reach full maturity before they 8 for tor body parts manufacture ture TELLS lI MEN S SECRET In the th Interests of forest the th rord Motor compan make public the th new method and It I Is hoped that other companies will take of ot the th econ econ- economies offered It would be b a 8 con con- conservational con measure ot o Importance If It sawmill In- In In Instead stead strad of or boards board would part or Automobile bod body compa compa- companies companies nies furniture l and wood Industries could their parts made modo right at the mill thus makini an enormous s Ing in lumber In addition to they would profit by loer freight rates The Th gen ral of tl tI Is universal In Its 00 |
