http://www.lonestaronline.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1074378567
That looks like a serious Bad Boy.
Love that old time Heavy Metal. CA probably has oldest piece of iron at the Space, “Nicky” is over a 100.
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one vintage Powermatic made in the USA(when that meant something good) equals how many DeWalt planers that have been killed in the Space?
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Bridgeport and Resaw bandsaw good examples. But thet aren’t sparklely new toys.
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yes! same as my old Rotary Lift in the automotive area old USA made steel, with experience VS shiny new Chinese garbage (insert benpak,and many others here)
I love the look of those old machines. No stamped sheet-metal or plastic parts on that thing.
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I think most people believe the old Bridgeports are the best ones. I certainly do.
Depends on how many people try to kill it with embedded nails or hogging off too much material…
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unfortunately there is no “app” or “chip” to weed out stupid people from killing tools …perhaps a little chlorine in the gene pool would help?
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I wonder if the new wood shop design accounts for this much floor space? I also think a helical head upgrade would be a must in our space. Otherwise an old planer like this would be too loud and too difficult to keep the cut quality up.
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Woodshop floorplans are leaving a big spot for a bigger planer. Biggest issue on a new planer is fixing currently sub par dust collection to handle what a bigger planer would bring, but there are guys picking up another donation dust collector as we speak (or at least type). Hopefully the dust collection issue will be resolved soon.
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It’s amazing how high quality furniture was ever produced before the days of helical planers and jointers…makes me wonder how we survived in those dark ages
Hours and hours of labor at less than current minimum wage.
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I would have to disagree - I used to design, restore and build new pipe organs for churches, universities and private homes, and the cabinet shop the company owned had “archaic” non helical planers and jointers and even (insert gasp here) a giant radial arm saw. We only did high quality custom milled cabinet work.
If you don’t know how to use a tool properly - it doesn’t matter how new and shiny it is, the end quality will suffer.
The odd thing at the DMS is that there seems to be no budget in mind when the money isn’t yours (much like our current fed govt). With this mindset - I am surprised the entire wood shop is filled with brand new PowerMatic main tools.
On my fantasy list would be a large sliding table saw - a real one, not a “saw stop”. (I live within a budget and peruse various auction sites for usable tools within my budget & in the case of the above planer I thought it may be a good fit at the Space).
The time I was referring to, and to which I thought you were referring, was the time before ANY power tools. At that time all planing was hand planing. Sandpaper wasn’t typically used, either. Most finishing was done by hand scraping.
Reminds me of my grandparents & great grandparents. I have some tools from them that were past down from them when they were cabinet makers.
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Terrence - yes I agree - that time period had indentured servitude or apprentices.
I was thinking the days before helical cutters made it to stores like Woodcraft, Rockler, Lee Valley etc.
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Before I joined DMS, I predominently use traditional hand tools to do my woodworkiing. It isn’t all that time consuming to bring raw lumber 4 square with hand tools, but it IS more exercise then my old bones prefer.
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