Hi y'all,
I just bought a Sears jointer on ebay. Looks like a fixer-upper. It's 4 1/8"
wide and the model number is 149.21871. Just curious...How old could this
be? Sears.com has a parts list and exploded diagram, but show no other info.
TIA
kb8qlr
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that model is was made by AMT (American Machine Tool) for Sears. I had
one under the AMT name. Its a good little jointer but the key word is
little. The short in feed and out feed tables make doing anything over
24" long a bit tricky. AMT got out of the small tool bussness a few
years ago so parts may be hard to come by. I hope you got a book with
it, set up can be a bear. Bolt it to a table and after set up you
should have a useful tool. Once you discover how useful a joint can
be, your next step will be a 6". HTH-George
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 03:01:22 GMT, "KB8QLR" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Hi y'all,
>I just bought a Sears jointer on ebay. Looks like a fixer-upper. It's 4 1/8"
>wide and the model number is 149.21871. Just curious...How old could this
>be? Sears.com has a parts list and exploded diagram, but show no other info.
>TIA
>kb8qlr
>
>P.S.
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3806860091&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
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In article <[email protected]>,
KB8QLR <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi y'all,
>I just bought a Sears jointer on ebay. Looks like a fixer-upper. It's 4 1/8"
>wide and the model number is 149.21871. Just curious...How old could this
>be? Sears.com has a parts list and exploded diagram, but show no other info.
For a first-approximation check, what does the 'plate' say for the line
voltage for the motor?
110 -- mid 1950's or earlier,
115 -- mid 1950's to early 60's,
117 -- early 60's to late 60's,
120 -- late 60's to present
Chech here
http://www.owwm.com/Default.asp
Jim
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi y'all,
> I just bought a Sears jointer on ebay. Looks like a fixer-upper. It's 4
1/8"
> wide and the model number is 149.21871. Just curious...How old could this
> be? Sears.com has a parts list and exploded diagram, but show no other
info.
> TIA
> kb8qlr
>
> P.S.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3806860091&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
>
>
>
>
>
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> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>
>
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>Just curious...How old could this be?<<<<<
Can't get to mine right now to check model number right now but it looks
just like mine and I bought mine used 20 years ago and and it was old then.
I'm guessing it 's from the early 50's (the good old days) but it does it's
thing. Think I gave $75 for mine and it had nice sturdy stand and a like
new 3/4 hp 3600 rpm motor. RM~
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George Geddes wrote:
>that model is was made by AMT (American Machine Tool) for Sears.
Ditto what George that the machine is an AMT. The vintage
for this machine would probably be somewhere in the 70's
maybe into the 80's??? I seriously doubt it went as far
back as the 60's though I could be wrong by a year or two.
Your best bet is to start c*ll*ct*ng Sears catalogs from
these eras and start looking to see when it first appeared
and last appeared. That will be as close as you'll get to a
born on date.
UA100