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A sawing apparatus for cutting dove-tail notches in boards includes at least one saw for cutting one or more back cuts of the dove-tail notch and at least one saw for cutting one or more head cuts of the dove-tail notch. The head saw is configured to be able to cut head cuts that are angled both wit

A sawing apparatus for cutting dove-tail notches in boards includes at least one saw for cutting one or more back cuts of the dove-tail notch and at least one saw for cutting one or more head cuts of the dove-tail notch. The head saw is configured to be able to cut head cuts that are angled both with respect to a horizontal plane and a vertical plane that is generally parallel to one of the sides of the board. This type of head cut creates a Scandinavian or Finnish dove-tail notch. The sawing apparatus may be mounted on a towable trailer, may include a generator for powering the saws, and may utilize band saws for cutting the dove-tail notches.

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A sawing apparatus for cutting dove-tail notches in boards includes at least one saw for cutting one or more back cuts of the dove-tail notch and at least one saw for cutting one or more head cuts of the dove-tail notch. The head saw is configured to be able to cut head cuts that are angled both wit

A sawing apparatus for cutting dove-tail notches in boards includes at least one saw for cutting one or more back cuts of the dove-tail notch and at least one saw for cutting one or more head cuts of the dove-tail notch. The head saw is configured to be able to cut head cuts that are angled both with respect to a horizontal plane and a vertical plane that is generally parallel to one of the sides of the board. This type of head cut creates a Scandinavian or Finnish dove-tail notch. The sawing apparatus may be mounted on a towable trailer, may include a generator for powering the saws, and may utilize band saws for cutting the dove-tail notches. 1, wherein the flowable product is ice. 7. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the machine includes a plurality of side-by-side product dispensing nozzles and a corresponding plurality of container-sensing systems each associated with a respective dispensing nozzle. 8. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 7, wherein at least one dispensing nozzle dispenses ice. 9. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container-sensing system is responsive to a container positioned within the container-receiving region below the at least one dispensing nozzle, and wherein dispensing of a product occurs only when an opening of the container is in a position relative to the dispensing nozzle to receive material that flows from the dispensing nozzle, to avoid spillage of dispensed product. 10. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container-sensing system is responsive to the position of a container relative to a lens forming part of the container-sensing system, to allow flow of a product from the dispensing nozzle only when the container is in a position in which an opening of the container is below the dispensing nozzle, to avoid spillage of dispensed product. 11. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container is a drinking vessel. 12. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, including an ice hopper for receiving and storing ice for dispensing through a dispensing head in the form of an ice chute. 13. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 12, wherein the ice is in the form of ice cubes. 14. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 12, including an ice agitator and agitator motor for placing the ice in a flowable condition. 15. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 12, including a solenoid-operated ice gate for controlling flow of ice into the ice chute. 16. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container-receiving region is a region within which a fill opening of the container is positioned below the at least one dispensing nozzle to receive flow of a product without product spillage outside the container. 17. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container sensing system includes a fiber optic proximity sensor. 18. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the container-receiving regions below respective dispensing nozzles are independent of each other to prevent undesired dispensing of a product from an adjacent dispensing nozzle under which no container is present. 19. A dispensing machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sensing system includes a fiber optic amplifier coupled with an optical fiber unit, wherein the optical fiber unit transmits light from a light source associated with the fiber optic amplifier and positioned at a first end of the optical fiber unit to a lens positioned at a second end of the optical fiber unit spaced from the light source and positioned opposite from the container-receiving region, and wherein the optical fiber unit receives and transmits to the fiber optic amplifier light that emanates from the light source and that is reflected from a container positioned within the container-receiving region. 20. An automatically-actuated dispensing machine for dispensing a flowable product into a container without user or container contact with the dispensing machine, to provide improved sanitation by preventing transmission of germs that could otherwise be transferred by surface-to-surface contact, said dispensing machine comprising: a) a housing; b) at least one dispensing nozzle carried by the housing, wherein an area below the at least one dispensing nozzle defines a container-receiving region to allow a container to be positioned below the at least one dispensing nozzle to receive a product that flows therefrom; c) a sensing system for sensing the presence of a container in the container-receiving region, wherein t