Jim DeLaney
09-23-2006, 8:42 PM
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>
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>