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Andrew

11-17-2001 14:37:06




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I have a shingle mill for making cedar shingles.I'm trying to find out what make of machine that it is. The edger part is a wheel with several planer blades on it rather than a saw to trim the edge of shingle. I can't find any names on the mill unit itself. Someone told me its a "DUNBAR TYPE" How do you tell the difference?Thanks




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John Ne.

11-20-2001 22:15:35




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 Re: Shingle Mill in reply to Andrew, 11-17-2001 14:37:06  
Andrew, Get to some tractor, treshing shows next season, several in Iowa and Nebraska have had an operating shingle mill, the owners of which are most probably knowledgable of these machines, its a condition one acquires when working with obsolete and sometimes cantankerous machinery. John in Nebr.



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PCC-AL

11-17-2001 18:51:10




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 Re: Shingle Mill in reply to Andrew, 11-17-2001 14:37:06  
Hi Andrew,
Sorry I can't help you with your machine. It is a little too "new". Seriously, I live on a very old farm where many of the original tools are still in my possession. My ancestors used a "froe" or "frow" to make the shingles that were still on the buildings when I was a child. It was a hand tool that looked similar to a draw knife, except it had only one handle as opposed to a draw knife that has two. The handle is turned away from the edge. It is used by placing the edge on top of the cedar block at the thickness you want to make the shingle and hitting it with a mallet. I would be interested in knowing the date of your machine. My hand tools were used in 1850 when my house was built and later.

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