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Pratt&WhitneyPlaner.JPG
Pratt&WhitneyPlaner2.JPG

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These are pictures of a Pratt & Whitney planer. 

Posted by sunworshiper <mattsonsolar@earthlink.net>.  

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<webmaster note: culled from rec.crafts.metalworking>

The approx. 1910 Pratt & Whitney planer lives again. Sorry , I always
forget to take before pictures.  It worked the first time that I tried
it !  I bought it for $145 and was mostly disassembled.  It was alot
of fun putting strange parts together and got two new scarres from it.
The envelope is approx. 33" X 13" X 13".  Somebody has got to know
what the thing on the platten is ,  its been bugging me for some time
now. The helical cut in it turns twice in 3' .  I also don't see what
the 4 bars are for also. All I need next is more bolts and parts to
hold work down , that and some bits.  Now I can start hunting for
really big metal chunks to follow me home. This thing is going to help
out big time on those parts that were a dead end for me cause I didn't
have a machine with enough travel.  By the size of the swarf that I
pull out of it , this thing is going to be a blast to play with.  Once
I got it going I looked over at my 7-8" shaper and it was shaking in
the corner. I wonder how close to Vegas I can get some iron casting
done. I've been doing back flips since I got it and now double back
flips that it actually works !  :o)

laughing in the sunshine , singing in the rain