A friend of mine own's a small lumber mill. I took the rough heart pine I'm using for my bed project over to get it resized. My 6 x 10 trailer was stacked about 8" high w/ wood of various sizes from 3" T&G to 2 x 6's. Anywhere from 4' to 10'. I kid you not, this planer is the size of my S-10 Jimmy. It'll do 4 sides in 1 pass & runs off a big GM deisel. It's old as dirt, his dad bought it used in '46 I think he said. I was wondering how many passes we'd need to make as I was taking 1/4 ' or so off the big stuff to true it up flat & parallel. Turns out we didn't need but one. I kid you not, it took longer to load & unload the trailer. It didn't even change pitch when that 6" wide stuff came thru w/ 1/4" DOC. I'm talking about chips the size of Potato chips. This may be old hat for you guys but to see something w/ that much power was BTTB for sure. I'm thinking about taking some more back just to watch it make chips.
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It was bought used in '46 and is still going says a lot. No telling how much lumber has passed thru it. -
Pics?
No pics, didn't happen!
(This is a blatent plea for photos, I wanna see too!!!)
curt j.A Man is incomplete until he gets married ... then he's FINISHED!!!Comment
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not sure about the age, but a buddy of mine that runs a mill in PA has one of those. They do come in rather handy when you have to mill 4 sides of 5000 bf of lumber.Mike
Lakota's Dad
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Sorry, no pics. I was too busy keepin' that monster fed!Originally posted by 430752No pics, didn't happen!
(This is a blatent plea for photos, I wanna see too!!!)
curt j.
I'm no shutter bug but I'll say this, OSHA didn't exist when this unit was built. There were belts. pulleys & gears everywhere.
A camera would have just gummed up the works.
I will post BF/after pics when the bed is done.
TedComment
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ME TOO!!!Originally posted by 430752No pics, didn't happen!
(This is a blatent plea for photos, I wanna see too!!!)
curt j.
Dave in NCStress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.Comment
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Me Want VIDEO!!!!!
Will settle for pictures.
Just go visit your buddy when he is running some stuff thru it. I'm sure he won't mind getting some free publicity.
Ric
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