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Darcy Warner
11-26-2018, 9:55 PM
Just secured this machine for a customer who does large slabs. Has a Newman quiet cut head.

Only real issue is that someone robbed all the carbides off the head. Good thing it was cheap. New Carbides are about 6300 bucks.

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Brian Holcombe
11-26-2018, 10:38 PM
That's awesome! A shop near me has a smaller surfacing machine and I've found it quite an interesting piece of machinery.
Bill Dufour
11-27-2018, 12:17 AM
Good screws are expensive too. how many inserts?
Bill .
Darcy Warner
11-27-2018, 6:06 AM
Good screws are expensive too. how many inserts?
Bill .

That's with screws too.

6 rows, think it was 212 or so.
Matt Day
11-27-2018, 8:21 AM
What exactly is a facer compared to a planer?

Hard to tell the scale of that beast, but I’m guessing about 6’ tall and 10’ wide?
Darcy Warner
11-27-2018, 8:45 AM
What exactly is a facer compared to a planer?

Hard to tell the scale of that beast, but I’m guessing about 6’ tall and 10’ wide?

It's like a jointer, but its fed by spring loaded fingers on the top section. It makes lumber flat. Usually these would be belt fed to a double surfacer. Get you skip planed material.

It's about 6 feet tall, about 8 feet long. 6800 pounds.
Robert LaPlaca
11-27-2018, 5:05 PM
Good lord, what a beast.. Kind of makes 24” jointers look delicate
Mark Hennebury
11-27-2018, 7:21 PM
ya might need a hand carrying that down the stairs into a basement workshop.:D
Darcy Warner
11-27-2018, 7:23 PM
ya might need a hand carrying that down the stairs into a basement workshop.:D

Just piece by piece. No biggie.
Patrick Walsh
11-27-2018, 8:30 PM
You guys think your soooooooo funny..
Dave Cav
11-27-2018, 9:16 PM
Now you need a Strait-o-Plane and you'll be all set.
Martin Wasner
11-27-2018, 9:49 PM
Just secured this machine for a customer

If you come across a nice board stretcher, I'm in the market. I've heard good things about the ones from the early eighties, but I really like the looks of the older ones. They really feng my shui.
Darcy Warner
11-27-2018, 11:06 PM
If you come across a nice board stretcher, I'm in the market. I've heard good things about the ones from the early eighties, but I really like the looks of the older ones. They really feng my shui.

Most I find need a lot of work.