Photo Index - Perkins & Co. - Shingle mill

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Perkins & Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	36"
Submitted By:	Terry Therneau

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Shingle mill
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Last Updated	8/12/2018 6:34:57 PM

Comments:

This is used to cut shingles at the annual old machinery days, Olmsted County Historical Society in Rochester, Minn.

Photo 1:

Comments: Shingle mill from the operator end. The large lever changes the tilt from left to right and is changed every few shingles. The right lever locks the block in place. Lock, push, pull, unlock (block of wood drops down for the next).
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Photo 2:

Comments: left half of logo
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Photo 3:

Comments: right half of logo
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Photo 4:

Comments: Shingles fall down the chute
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Photo 5:

Comments: His hand is on one of the blocks of white pine. (Scrap block in front)
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Comments: Lower view
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