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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-22, Page 15WE LDWO 0 D® VISIt your local lumber yard and see our great selection of WELD- WOOD prefinished panelling and all other fine products bearing the trusted WELDWOOD name. Congratulations for your continued success Dashwood Planing Mills W. H. TANNER & CO. London, Ontario 815 Central Avenue Suppliers of INTER COMMUNICATING and SOUND SYSTEMS for small and medium size businesses of all kinds We are pleased to have equipped all three plants of DASHWOOD PLANING MILLS ih'S 7 4,e with inter phones paging and signalling systems, time control and sales aids PORTABLE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS For Rent London 434-6668 ...Some scenes from the plants The break-out department at Dashwood includes one main lineal rip saw and four crosscut saws, shown in op- eration at the right. The operators cut the lumber into various lengths of use- able components and main- tain a rough cut inventory of over 200 sizes of material. Lumber when received at the plant is medium grade and contains a certain num- ber of defects and knots, but the skilled men in the break-out department saw all the lumber to eliminate any defects and pieces leav- ing this department are 100% clear product—or pert e c t lumber. Some of the most fascinating machines in the manufacture of wood windows are the high speed, precision molders as shown on the left. These machines cut grooves, dips, dives, shapes, bevels, etc. into the wood to fit the many patterns and designs of the Dashwood Wood Windows. The seven molding machines in the plant average 280 lineal feet per minute. To insure the maintenance of exact tolerances, Dashwood Planing Mills Ltd. have a complete machine mainten- ance room where the tools are ground and kept in ideal working condition. Similar to most industries, Dashwood Planing Mills Ltd. plants are highly mech- anized and automated. Photo at the left shows an employee moving a large pile of lum- ber by means of a push- button crane that takes the lumber from the large stor- age area and moves it into the plant for the start of the long process that eventually transforms it into wood win- dows. Motorized conveyors move the material to various departments throughout the plant. Craftsmen in Congratulations ROOFING & SHEET METAL Call for free estimates Dobson Roofing Ltd. Member of Canadian Roofing Association 235-2802 Exeter Times-Advocate PPM 3