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Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1912
Identifier: canadianforjanjun1912donm (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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The mill is the laboratory in which the durability of a matcher is shown. A year's run will disclose more weaknesses and show the need of mechanical efficiency more clearly than any testing out the manu- facturer could give. And the great improvements made in the wood-working field today are due to our in- itiative in the direction of fast-feed machines. Pioneering When we brought out the first fast-feed matcher ever built, a howl of skepticism rose up. Competitors scoffed, and most lumbermen didn't believe a word of our advertising. We told then as we tell today, the abso- lute truth in our announcements. The first fast-feed matcher was the ,,94." It produced a better quality of work than other machines and at double the rates of feed. Yet the "94" as compared with the latest Berlins is like the automobile of today and that of several years ago. It paid its way. The hundreds and hun- dreds installed were gilt-edged investments. Yet we have been blamed because the "94" wasn't developed twice as fast as anything else in the machinery world. Further developments After we had proven that a hundred foot feed was practical, the other makers of wood- working machinery clambered into the race. Patents don't always protect and it didn't protect us then or now. If you notice mech- anical construction you will find our im- provements being adapted regularly. Take the Berlin round cylinder head for example. In the first one we built, the screw which held the gib in place against the knife, passed through a portion of the head itself. The principle was wrong. We replaced every head we had out. Yet that same style of head is being sold you today on other machines. The Berlin cylinder head of today is the only durable head offered the buyer. It can't wear out. It's almost one solid piece. Ask any user. Go and see one of the latest Berlin match- ers in operation. And look carefully at the head construction. Compare it with others. Testing side heads We soon found out that fine cylinder work must also be followed by eaual side- head production. A new head department was organized. Our pin type twelve bitted matcher heads were, developed. The expansion feature was invented. Today we have the only complete line of fast-feed side-heads in the world. There's the special ship-lap heads, matching heads, double tongue and groove heads—a complete line. If you are unfamiliar with the complete- ness of our side-head line, let us send you a copy of a new booklet, 48-page, "Berlin Heads and Specialties." Let us mail it to you. It tells the reason for the quality of our side-head work. The feed drive From thirty gears, we have descended to almost none. On the latest Berlin fast- feed matcher there is but five. Our frictionless chain drive is by far the most successful matcher feed works drive today. Its life is as yet unknown. The Diamond chain runs smoothly and without perceptible wear. We used the chain drive on our No. 108 Moulders for the last eight years. We have never replaced a chain. Competitors say "it will wear out." We leave it to your judgment. Certainly, it will stand ten times the strain we put it to. Fire engines, motor trucks, of 60 H. P. and better, racing cars of 200 H.P. use the Diamond Drive and it is used for heavy duty. The chain drive does away with all com- plications. Shavings don't stick. And we'll guarantee the wear. That's the last thing we think of. The result The result of our years of experience in the fast-feed field is shown by the volume of our business. We have created and put out more im- provements than all other makers combined. Our line is high-grade and medium priced. The results show in our latest machines. Go and see them in operation. Notice the profiling attachments and its simplicity. Be sure and notice our line of heads. Go and see a machine. Ask us where you can see one running. Berlin Machine Works, Limited Branch Offices: Boston Spokane, Seattle Manufacturing Plants: Beloit, Wisconsin. :: Hamilton, Canada Branch Offices: Montreal, Que. Vancouver, B.C.

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