1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: James Powis and Co
1688. POWIS, JAMES, and CO., Victoria Works, Blackfriars Road, London.
Sawing and wood-cutting machinery and steam engines.
1. 6-horse power HORIZONTAL ENGINE, with all the recent improvements, combining compactness and extreme portability in case of removal.
2. COMBINED TIMBER AND DEAL FRAME, for 24-in. logs, or two deals 24 by 7 in. This is a small mill of itself, and one that no builder should be without.
3. CONTRACTORS' AND BUILDERS' COMBINED MACHINE, for planing, moulding, and edging all four sides at one operation, any size under 12 in. wide by 6 in. thick.
4. Self-acting double or single TENONING MACHINE, for railway-carriage framing. This machine operates on four waggon soles at once, and completes four tenons in half a minute from the time the cutter strikes the wood.
5. DOUBLE-DEAL FRAME, to cut 2 deals 14 by 4 in. Most advantageous where mills are by the side of tidal rivers, as it is so constructed that no expensive or deep foundations are required.
6. COMBINED MOULDING, THICKNESSING, AND SQUARING-UP MACHINE, for carriage framing, door styles, etc.
7. IMPROVED BAND SAWING MACHINE, with Powis, James, and Co.'s patented adjustment for regulating the tension of saws, thereby preventing breakage.
8. SELF-ACTING CIRCULAR SAW BENCH, capable of breaking up loss 20 in. diameter, or cutting deals; made with or without bogies. An excellent machine for colonists, where strength and portability are required.
9. PATENT COMBINED MORTISING, TENONING, AND BORING MACHINE, for hard or soft wood. This compact, strong, and useful tool is capable of doing the work of eight men. As a proof of its appreciation, three thousand are now in use.
10. MULTUM IN PARVO, or the general joiner. This machine will saw, plough, groove, rebate, thickness, bore, cross-cut, and strike mouldings.
11. IMPROVED TENONING MACHINE, for joiners and the small work of railway-carriage builders.
12. STEAM MORTISING MACHINE, for joiners and railway shops.
The exhibitors are patentees and manufacturers of all kinds of wood-cutting and sawing machinery, portable and fixed steam engines, etc.
All letters and applications for drawings and prices should be addressed 26, Watling Street, E.C.