Gloat Worthy?

[crokett]

Went over to Dad's today to check out the planer and try to pull the motor.

Here is a better shot of it. I turned the belt by hand and the knives turned smoothly and quietly - no squeaks, squeals etc. They seem sharp, or sharper than I expected. There is a gearbox on the left that I -think- is used to engage a feed roller though I am not sure. If I swing the handle over to engage it, then the knives won't turn, but the feed roller will turn by hand if disengaged. I want to crack the cover and lube it anyway, so will check it then. I also found out that Parks shipped these planers with no motor, you supplied your own. I dunno if Sears sold it like that. They also tried to use off-the-shelf parts on all of their tools which "often gave the tool the appearance of having been built by parts from a junkyard" quoting from what I read.



Here's a pic of the motor. You can see the pulley in the slot. I couldn't get the motor out cause when I try to pick it up to slide it out the pulley won't clear. I see what appears to be a set screw on it so will try removing it tomorrow, else I may have to disassemble the planer/stand.

[kevincan]

David

I think that is gloat worthy. Not only that you now have a fun restoration project on some old iron.

BTW To make it official - You suck

Kevin

[footprintsinconc]

cool! i think you will be enjoying the restoration phase. it looks huge!

[Hoover]

It looks like a great project!! Restoring old "arn" is a wonderful idea. A new motor, some elbow grease, and paint, it will run another 50 years. Show us the pics when it is restored.

[Ed62]

It's worth a gloat. When you finish restoring it, you will have a piece of history. Well, maybe not, but you know what I mean.

Ed

[gad5264]

Heck yes, that thing looks like a beast

[TB Roye]

David

That is worth a gloat. Enjoy restoring it. I think I get more satisfaction from restoring something than building some thing new. I have an old display case I am restoring. It came out of one of the old stores downtown. Looks like a jewlery cas 1/4" plate glass and sold wood and plyood and has real joinery. BIL thinks it is Oak. not one peice of particle board. Rail and stile fram work. Will post pictures when I get it done.


Tom

[gravelybob]

I have a Parks 12" planer and it is very well built. We had to replace a couple of gears and they were indeed common gears. Very well built and will plane all day everyday if you want it to. Mine came from a lumberyard that closed and had seen constant usage.
Bob

[dbhost]

It's sad to see old woodworking machinery get to that point, but certainly understandable. I know you are going to have a lot of fun and learn a good deal in restoring that item.

I hope you will keep us informed of your progress with status pics. And when all is said and done, the finished product, and the finished product it makes...