WAC 296-78-70501
Definitions -- Terms, general. (1) "Block(s)" - those sections of a log cut in various lengths.
(2) "Block(s)" and "bolt(s)" may be considered to be synonymous.
(3) "Clipper saw" - a circular saw used to trim manufactured shingles.
(4) "Groover" - a cylinder-type knife (knives) similar to a planer knife (knives), used to cut grooves into the face surface of shakes or shingles.
(5) "Hip" and "ridge saw" - a circular saw used to cut various angles on the side edge of shakes or shingles.
(6) "Johnson bar" - a shaft used to control the feed of the carriage.
(7) "Knee bolter circular saw" - a stationary circular saw used to trim and debark blocks (the blocks are manually maneuvered onto a carriage and fed into a saw).
(8) "Log haul" - a power conveyor used to move logs to mill.
(9) "Packers" - employees who pack the manufactured shakes or shingles into bundles.
(10) "Panagraph power splitter" - a hydraulically operated wedge, manually positioned into place, used to split blocks.
(11) "Power saw splitter" - a stationary circular saw used to split (saw) blocks, (the blocks are manually maneuvered onto a carriage and fed into the saw).
(12) "Set works" - a component of the shingle machine, located on the machine frame, used to control the thickness of each shingle being manufactured.
(13) "Shake machine" - a band saw used to cut shake blanks into manufactured shakes.
(14) "Shake splitter" - a stationary hydraulically operated wedge, manually controlled, used to split shake blocks into shake blanks or boards.
(15) "Shim saw" - a circular saw used to re-cut manufactured shingles into narrow widths.
(16) "Shingle machine" - a machine used to manufacture shingles; composed of a feed, set works, and carriage system, all functioning in relation to a circular saw.
(17) "Shingle saw" - a circular saw used to cut shingles from blocks.
(18) "Spault" - the first and last section(s) of a block as it is cut into shingles.
(19) "Spault catcher" - a device located on the shingle machine next to the solid feed rolls, used to hold the last section of each block being cut (called a spault), in place.
(20) "Track or swing cutoff saw" - a circular saw used to cut blocks from a log.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050 and 49.17.240. 81-18-029 (Order 81-21), § 296-78-70501, filed 8/27/81.]