The following description of the Clement universal saw bench, manufactured by the American Woodworking Machinery Co., 136 Liberty Street, New York, will be of interest to manual training teachers, pattern makers and others.

This is the heaviest, most convenient and most accurately fitted tool of the kind now made. The box frame is cast in one piece, has three points of support on the floor, and a base surface of 33x39 in; it is thus massive and rigid and cannot be sprung or strained by any ordinary possibility. The arbor yoke is extra long and carries two cast steel arbors 1 1/4 in. diameter with long self-oiling boxes and pulley between. The yoke swings on gudgeons on both sides of the saw line, and the main one is 7 in. diameter and has side bearing shoulders 9 1/2 in diameter with a suitable adjustment for wear; the circular adjustment is by means of a heavy worm wheel and a double pitch worm with adjustments for wear both longitudinally and laterally; thus there need be no time wasted in changing saws, and no lost motion in the connections.

The table is 45 in. long and 39 in. wide, divided into two sections; the moveable left hand one is 17 in. wide and the right hand one 22 in. wide. The left hand section moves on non-friction rolls and is guined by a planed and scraped way, insuring an accurate cut, and by means of an intermediate frame or spider it can be drawn away from the main section 2 1/2 in. to admit dado heads or special cutters. The entire table, which is unusually heavy and strongly ribbed, can be tilted to 45° or any intermediate point, by means of a screw and radius arm, all bearings of which can be adjusted for wear. An accurately graduated arc and an index are provided on the front of the machine, and a stop at the rear of the frame directly in line of the radius arm holds the table, when down horizontally, square with the saws.

The rippling gauge moves over the entire width of the main table, takes from 0 to 24 in. wide, and the fence tilts to 45° from the vertical. The entire guage also swings on one of the retaining pins to a horizontal angle with the saw for cutting core boxes, etc. In addition to the position of adjustmeut by means of the taper pins, there is a micrometer adjustment of 8 in. by means of a steel rack and pinion cut from the solid, making the movement quick and accurate. The gauge may be transferred to the left hand table when required, and there is on its face a detachable block which can be used as a cut-off stop.

The cut-off or mitre gauge is swiveled on the rolling table section, and is accurately stopped by a taper pin at all the principal angles, in addition to which there is a complete half-circle protractor let into the table; to this is added a novel cross graduated sector by which angles corresponding to any required dimension of work can be cut without previonsly determining the angle, saving much time and calculation; this is a valuable addition, and is found on no other tool of this kind. For long work a steel rod is furnished with an adjustable end stop which recedes for cropping off ends and can be used down to 2 in. in length and up to 5 ft. 3 in. The right hand table has a rule graduated to inches and eighths for cutting off. A supplementary cut-off guage is fitted to the right hand table, consisting of a long tongue moving freely in a slot, to which is attached a swiveling head or fence graduated to 45° both ways and arranged to be connected when desired with the main cut-off guage by a yoke or arch which passes over the saw and thus makes a long, well-sup ported guage for large work. When the supplementary cut-off gauge is not in use the fence can be detached from the tongue, and the latter turned over in its slot so as to make a flush surface on the table, as indicated in the engraving.

A special sleeve is provided for the attachment of dado heads up to 2 in. thick; this sleeve takes the place of the nnt and loose collar on the saw arbor; heads thicker than 2 in, at the eye will need to be recessed to receive the nut. An idler jack is supplied carrying two 7 in. pulleys running on steel shaft with bronze bushes arranged for self-oiling. This jack is so arranged that the countershaft on the floor at the rear of the machine or below the floor at a distance from the machine. When it is desired to place the countershaft directly under the centre of the arbor yoke the idler jack will not be needed and a fair allowance will be made for it.

The countershaft is turned steel, running in self-oiling, self-adjusting and adjustable boxes. The loose pulley is self-oiling and is 1 in. smaller in diameter than the tight pulley, with a " jump " flange for starting easily. The tight pulley is 10 in. diameter, 6 1/2 in. face, and the speed should be 650r. p. m. The driving pulley is 28 in. diameter and,5 1/2 in. face, giving the saw arbors about 2,900 r. p. m. The driving pulley is 18 in. diameter and 5 1/2 in. The belt shifter is so arranged that the operator can stop by pressing a pedal lever, but when the counter is placed below the floor a hand lever is supplied. With each machine is furnished a countershaft with a pedal or a lever shifter; two 16 in. saws, cut-off gauge with extension rod, small mitre gauge in main table and connecting yoke for the two, splitting gauge and necessary wrenches.

The accompanying illustration shows the latest creation in an adjustable jawed end nipper manufactured and sold by The Utica Drop Forge and Tool Co., and Smith & Hemenway Co., 296 Broadway, New York City. These are made in sizes 8, 10 and 12 inch. The frames are made of a high grade of cast steel and the jaws of the finest tool steel. Prices and illustrations will be furnished to the trade on application.