David Eisan
11-19-2008, 6:22 PM
Hello everyone,
At the Woodstock woodshow this year I was approached by a woman who was looking for an unusual planer. I had previously sold her some nice woodworking equipment and knew she likes good tools.
Her husband runs a tree removal service and brings lots of logs home. They bought a diesel band mill and are milling the trees into lumber. The band mill is out in the back 40 of their property and they only have a small generator for lights. She was looking for a diesel powered planer to use in the shed and keep the shavings at the back of the property. She had looked and asked all over if there was such a thing. I told her I had not seen one. A lightbulb light up in my head! I had bought a used HD 20" planer from a small shop that had stopped milling their own lumber that would be perfect for conversion to diesel. The electric motor was mounted up front, the entire machine was cast iron and it had a segmented infeed roller.
Once I had cleaned up from the Woodstock woodshow, my mechanic and I at work looked over the used machine, decided conversion to diesel was possible and worked out the price. Rebuilding the planer and converting it took a full week. Rich did a great job.
The planer now starts with the turn of a key and the 9.8 HP diesel roars to life.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner1.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner2.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner3.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner4.jpg
We did some testing on the planer yesterday and everyone in the shop who watched had a big grin on their face. Just for fun, we took a 1/4" off on one pass, not a whimper from the planer.
Mr. came to pick up the planer for his wife today. The best line I heard was, "I don't want a 10 HP diesel planer, I want a wife who wants a 10HP diesel planer!". I won't embarrass Richard by letting everyone know who said that.
Thanks for looking,
David.
Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him
At the Woodstock woodshow this year I was approached by a woman who was looking for an unusual planer. I had previously sold her some nice woodworking equipment and knew she likes good tools.
Her husband runs a tree removal service and brings lots of logs home. They bought a diesel band mill and are milling the trees into lumber. The band mill is out in the back 40 of their property and they only have a small generator for lights. She was looking for a diesel powered planer to use in the shed and keep the shavings at the back of the property. She had looked and asked all over if there was such a thing. I told her I had not seen one. A lightbulb light up in my head! I had bought a used HD 20" planer from a small shop that had stopped milling their own lumber that would be perfect for conversion to diesel. The electric motor was mounted up front, the entire machine was cast iron and it had a segmented infeed roller.
Once I had cleaned up from the Woodstock woodshow, my mechanic and I at work looked over the used machine, decided conversion to diesel was possible and worked out the price. Rebuilding the planer and converting it took a full week. Rich did a great job.
The planer now starts with the turn of a key and the 9.8 HP diesel roars to life.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner1.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner2.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner3.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/dplaner4.jpg
We did some testing on the planer yesterday and everyone in the shop who watched had a big grin on their face. Just for fun, we took a 1/4" off on one pass, not a whimper from the planer.
Mr. came to pick up the planer for his wife today. The best line I heard was, "I don't want a 10 HP diesel planer, I want a wife who wants a 10HP diesel planer!". I won't embarrass Richard by letting everyone know who said that.
Thanks for looking,
David.
Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him