Tool Score!

[Jim DeLaney]

An ad in yesterday's paper listed a jointer and a planer, so I called the guy. Turns out he was just a couple miles away. An 80+ year old fellow that was slowly but surely selling off his whole shop, after fifty or more years of woodworking as a hobby.

Anyway, what i got was a Delta 6" jointer (to replace my old Chinese clone) and a 15" stationary planer. Couldn't find a brand on it, but the motor tag says 3 hp, made in 1988, in Taiwan. Dusty from several years of non-use, but both Jointer and planer are in good working order, with original manuals and several sets of extra blades.

Also, in taliking with the fellow, I found out about a local sharpening shop to do the jointer/planer blades.

Anyway, for $600 cash, we loaded both tools onto my truck. Fairly good deal, I think. Now I can finish planing all that cherry and walnut I bought from Robert Mickley a couple months ago...



<center><img src="http://www.jcdelaney.com/Jointer 2.jpg"></center><P>



<center><img src="http://www.jcdelaney.com/Planer 2.jpg"></center><P>

[Jim DeLaney]

Okay, what's the deal? Why don't my pictures show?

[scott spencer]

http://www.jcdelaney.com/Jointer 2.jpg
http://www.jcdelaney.com/Planer 2.jpg

[Jim DeLaney]

http://www.jcdelaney.com/Jointer 2.jpg
http://www.jcdelaney.com/Planer 2.jpg


Okay, Scott. How'd you do that?

[Jim Becker]

Jim, you cannot use HTML code to display your pictures anymore for SMC security reasons. You need to either link to them via the Image button (yellow with a mountain) or via direct upload to SMC. In fact, it's really best to upload them so they stay in the SMC archives...web sites and files stored remotely have a good chance of going away sometime in the future.
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That all said...NICE HAUL!

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Great score for the price....those deals are scarce around here.

[Corey Hallagan]

Great gloat Jim! I would've jumped on that as well!

corey

[Russ Massery]

Nice score, The jointer is a 37-190. I had one for about 9yrs. Served me well. The planer looks like a DC-380 clone. another great machine. Congrats on your new machines.

[Al Willits]

Nice score, always nice to get "stuff" whether its new or not.

80+?
Hope I make it that far and still can make sawdust, kind of sad for the guy I bet.

Enjoy...:)

Al

[tod evans]

nice score jim!

[Robert Mickley]

Nice score Jim!!, now Wheres this local sharpening outfit your talking about.

[Tom Hintz]

Sounds like a great buy to me!
Finding old machines in good shape is becoming increasingly rare. All of the ones I have seen are built like a truck, work very well and hold alignments great.
Have fun!

[Alex Shanku]

Cool stuff!! I was looking at that planer on craigslist the other day, too.

[Jim DeLaney]

Nice score Jim!!, now Wheres this local sharpening outfit your talking about.

It's Youngstown grinding. On Mahoning, just East of the bridge. Sorta across from the big U-Haul building.

I haven't been there yet, but the old fellow said he'd been using them for years, and they do a good job on planer knives for 50¢ per inch.

I'll be giving them a try, right after I finish planing that cherry.

[Robert Mickley]

Thats cheap enough, I'll have to check them out. Theres another place right down the street about 1/2 a block called baker plastics. Been wanting to get in there and check out UHMW plastic prices