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Selection of Wood Working Tool Stock

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VARIETY.
Some of our readers, after going over this book with more or less care, may be impressed with the idea that we have tried to show as many different articles as possible, but such is far from being the case ; on the contrary, we have aimed to show as limited lines as possible consistent with a complete variety.
Those of our customers who have had copies of former catalogues, will notice that, while this catalogue is much more complete than any before printed (by ourselves or any one else), many of the articles formerly shown have been dispensed with.
We will explain as briefly as possible, why some tools are left out, and why others are put in.

WHY SOME ARE LEFT OUT —To illustrate this question, we take for our subject Car Bits. In former catalogues were shown the following brands or styles: Snell, Ives, Russell Jennings' , Jennings' Pattern, Irwin, Pugh, D. M. IC, Cooks, Lewis, Bailey, and Ship Auger. The Snell, Ives, Jennings' Pattern and Irwin are omitted, because they are almost as high in price as the three which we show, and we do not believe that they are nearly as good. The Bailey and Lewis are no longer made. The Cook, while useful for some few kinds of work, is so little called for, that it does not pay us to keep them. The Pugh and D. M. K. (or Arrow Brand ) are fine Bits, but the prices are very high, and we do not think they are worth the difference.

In this catalogue are shown (on page 697) the Ford, Ship Auger, and genuine Russell Jennings Car Bits. In these Bits are combined every valuable quality, and the work for which either one or the other is not suited must be peculiar indeed.

WHY SOME ARE PUT IN —To illustrate this, we will take Drill Chucks. This catalogue is for Wood Workers, and wood workers do not use as many chucks as Metal workers, in fact. as a rule, wood workers know very little about Chucks. In A Book of Tools (our Metal Workers' Catalogue), we illustrate and describe eleven styles and thirty-five sizes (we carry in stock six other styles and twenty-two sizes) but Wood Workers' requirements are not so varied, nor as exacting, and we are satisfied that the three styles shown from Fig. 3946 to 3948, in this book, will cover the ground.
First, for those who can't afford a first-class Chuck— and others who think they can't —we must have a low-priced Chuck, that is as good as a low-priced Chuck can be. Our choice lies between the Black Smiths and Acme. The Blacksmiths is strong and durable, but is roughly made and too heavy, so the Acme is selected
Second, we must have a Chuck for fine work, where the boring is to be very accurate, in eases where large numbers cf small bits are used, and especially where Chuck Is used on horizontal boring machines that have small spindles, and a heavy Chuck would soonwear the spindles and bearings out of true. The Beach is undoubtedly the finest Chuck made. It is a Tool-makers' Chuck, and will carry a drill exact within one-thousandth of an inch, but
this refinement isn't called for in Wood Working.
The Beach Chuck is 40 per cent higher in price than the Almond, and as the Al mond is a fine, first-class Chuck, at a reasonable price, it is selected as being the best in its class.
Third, we must have a Chuck that is accurate, and at the same time strong and durable, so that apprentice boys and cheap labor won't knock it out in the first round, in short , the best Chuck for all around work.
Of this type there are many different makes, among them the Little Giant,
LITTLE GIANT.
Reid, Pratt's Improved, Hartford Standard Empire, Union , Horton and Flower, every one of them good. The Little Giant is the best known. The Flower is comparatively new on the market, but it is just as good a Chuck in every way as the Little Giant, and as the Little Giant costs about 25 per cent more, we select the other.

TO SUM UP. —We might take up nearly every line in this book in the same manner as above, and there are doubtless a few who would be interested in reading the details, but the above examples will suffice to illustrate why Some Are Left Out and Some Are Put In, and may convince the reader that we have good reasons both for leaving out certain articles and for putting others in. Also that every item in this catalogue has been well considered, and nothing has been put in to swell the size of the book, or Just for fun.

INSURANCE.
The way to be absolutely sure that your insurance policy covers what it is supposed to cover, is to have each separate machine and tool mentioned in the policy, also a correct plan of the mill at the time the policy is written. Bunching different pieces under such terms as tools or machines generally leads to a dispute after a fire. Have the policy so plain that there can be no misunderstanding. Have it cover, absolutely, each building, machine, tool, belt, shaft, hanger, etc., on which you expect to re-cover if the mill burns.