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Tooth-Bender.

Description: Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Dell Ge Bott, Jay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band-Saw

Description: Patent for improving band-saws for lumber "which can be inexpensively produced, which will not readily crack or otherwise deteriorate in use" (lines 15-18) by "reinforc[ing] the gullets of the teeth that the tendency for cracks to form at this point will be reduced to a minimum" (lines 33-35).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: McCormick, Merton H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Saw Filing Room in Sawmill 1]

Description: Photograph of the saw filing room in the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 1, which was also called the yellow pine mill. Each saw tooth was sharpened one at a time. Notice the band saws on the floor and hanging from the ceiling. The saw filer was usually the highest paid worker in the mill other than management.
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman
Partner: The History Center

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Sawmill No. 2 Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill no. 2, also called the hardwood mill. This view is from the log end and shows hardwood logs on a band saw dock, a band saw, and a company employee. This mill was built between December 1906 and April 1907. All sawmill equipment was in a 40x155 feet area and the lath mill annex was 28x60 feet. Although it was sometimes called the hardwood mill, it also cut pine. The mill's daily capacity during a daytime run was 60,000 f… more
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman
Partner: The History Center

[Yellow Pine on the Band Saw Dock]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 1, or yellow pine mill, showing yellow pine logs on the band saw dock. This view is from the log end. Construction for this mill began on March 1, 1903, and the mill became operational on June 12 of the same year. It replaced the original mill that was built in 1894. The mill was powered by a 500 horse powered Filer & Stowell 24x40 inch Corliss steam engine. American Lumberman reports that in 1907 the mill had a daily c… more
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman
Partner: The History Center
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