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J. A. FAY & CO.’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
NO. 8.
Lightning Flooring and Ceiling Machines
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS.
In no class of wood-working machinery, since the issue of our last cata-logue, have greater improvements been made than in planing machines forworking flooring and ceiling from the first product of the saw-mill.
Machines to meet the present demand must he of the very highest efficien-cy and durability, capable of an immense production, a superlative quality ofwork, high economy in labor, and with simplicity of construction.
In designing and constructing the J. A. Fay & Co. Lightning Flooring Ma-chines the great object in view lias been to meet these requirements, to accom-plish which the very highest standard of workmanship, a rigid inspection ofevery part, from the smallest casting and screw-bolt to the largest cylinder andjournal has been adopted, while every detail lias been carefully studied in viewof the character of the work to be accomplished.
We illustrate herewith side elevations and sectional views of some of thecharacteristic features of this machine, which is conceded to be the highest andbest type of flooring machine made.
The name “LIGHTNING” is the TRADE {MARK and the name of this machine, and theexclusive property of this company. Any other make of machine purporting to he a Light-ning Flooring Machine is a counterfeit and fraud upon the public, who are hereby cau-tioned against them.
The frames are massive and heavy, with planed surfaces, and thoroughlybolted together to secure solidity. All journals, shafts, gears, screws, and boltsare made to standard sizes; and with our system of shop numbers and inter-changeable parts duplicates of any part can be supplied upon the very shortestnotice by simply naming the part and shop number of the machine.
Machines are supplied withtwo or three horizontal cylindersas may be ordered. These, withtheir journals, are made from solidforged steel, slotted on all fourfaces, with chip-breaking lips forworking cross-grained lumber,rustic siding, etc.
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The journals are in diam-eter, lead-ground, carry large driv-ing pulleys, and run in exception-ally long and heavy bearings, fln-
CY1.INDERS AND JOURNALS.
ished in the most perfect manner. The upper or main cylinder carries two belts,the others one belt, and all are driven from the same countershaft.
The bearings of the upper cylinder are cast together, and are self-oiling andvery heavy. They are placed on planed stands, cast solid to a bed-plate extendingacross the machine, which ties them together in the most rigid manner, and areprovided with a scale to indicate the thickness to be planed. These stands areat an angle, so there is no variation in the tension of the belts at any heightthe cylinder is raised. They are fitted with a groove, in which the bearings arebedded and always retained in line.