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Greenlee Bros. No.533 Tenoner

Greenlee Bros. No.533 Tenoner

Rockford
Illinois

This is one of several tenoning machines in the shop for making tenons and coping rail ends for precision fitting mortise and tenon joints.  The machine can be adjusted for any thickness of tenon and can tenon door rails up to 24" wide.  As seen in the above photo, Greenlee...

Sash Trimmer

Sash Trimmer

Patented 1903 in Pittsburg
Pennsylvania

Sash trimmers are a foot-operated machine used to cope the ends of sash bars that frame in at oblique angles.  The angles are infinitely adjustable from 0-90 degrees.  The machine is indispensable for sash that have diagonal bars such as the Corner Drugstore Sash Project in Leavenworth, Kansas.  As seen...

Sash Pins

Sash Pins


Sash pins are used to fasten the mortise and tenon joints of window sash.  Sash pins are made from 11 ga. (0.120" dia.) steel wire nails, with a standard diamond point and a head similar to, though slightly smaller than on a standard finish nail.  They used to be readily...