Timber resaw guide bar positioning means

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IN A TIMBER SAWING MACHINE OR THE LIKE HAVING A FRAME AND AN OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY MOVABLE AND VARIABLY POSITIONABLE GUIDE BAR FOR GUIDING THE TIMBER BEING CUT AND FOR DETERMINING THE THICKNESS OF THE TIMBER TO CUT, THE MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING SAID GUIDE BAR COMPRISING A FIRST CAM AND A SECOND CAM FIXEDLY JOINED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND ROTATABLY JOURNALED FROM SAID FRAME, A FIRST VALVE, A SECOND VALVE, SUPPORT MEANS TURNABLY SUPPORTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVES CO-AXIALLY WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CAMS WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVES RESPECTIVELY OPERABLY ENGAGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CAMS, PRESSURED FLUID POWER MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVES, A FIRST FLUID OPERABLE CYLINDER COMMUNICATING WITH AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST VALVE FOR MOVING SAID GUIDE BAR OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY; STOP MECHANISM FOR LIMITING THE OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE BAR AT VARIOUS POSITIONS COMPRISING A WHEEL FIXEDLY JOURNALED FROM SAID FRAME ON SAID AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE BAR, A PLURALITY A STOP MEMBERS OF VARIOUS LENGTHS PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM SAID SIDE OF SAID WHEEL FACING SAID GUIDE BAR, AND A STOP MEMBER PROJECTING FROM SAID GUIDE BAR TOWARD SAID WHEEL; SAID STOP MECHANISM BEING OPERABLY ADAPTED TO LIMIT AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE BAR BY ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POSITIONS, MANUALLY SETTABLE CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SUPPORT MEANS WITH SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING SETTABLE IN A LIKE NUMBER OF POSITIONS AS SAID CERTAIN NUMBER OF POSITIONS OF SAID WHEEL OF SAID STOP MECHANISM, AND A SECOND FLUID OPERABLE CYLINDER COMMUNICATING WITH AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID SECOND VALVE, SAID SECOND CYLINDER BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH AND ADAPTED TO TURNABLY MOVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND CAMS AND SAID WHEEL OF SAID STOP MECHANISM AND TO ROTATABLY POSITION SAID WHEEL OF SAID STOP MECHANISM TO CORRESPOND WITH A SELECTED SETTING OF SAID CONTROL MEANS.