hoop racking machine

Cooper.: A machine for forcibly bending riven hoops to make them tractable in placing them around casks. IMG:content-1263.png:[blocks in formation] for making hoops. 2. A machine which removes succe ively thin strips from the edge of a board. 3. A machine which saws or cuts hoops from a log, which is rotated between each cut, the thickne of a hoop plus the kerf; the saw cutting down into the log the width of a hoop, and a second saw or a cutter removing the hoop so cut. hoop-shaving machine, s. Cooper.: [HOOP-DRESSING MACHINE.]