Sanding the milling marks off the faces of some boards reminded me of
a planing machine I saw many years ago at a WW show. It looked a lot
like a portable power planer and sat directly on the floor. It had
one stationary planing blade and it quickly power fed the stock (sort
of shooting it) under the blade, shaving off an impressive, full
lenght/width shaving. It left an excellent surface. The demonstrator
was shaving a long 4x4 post of some exotic looking purple/pink wood
that was pretty impressive as well. Anyone know what the machine was
called and is it available anywhere?
SL
Yep, them and Makita. Visitors to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn can
tell you about a similar, apprentice-powered surfacer on display there.
Blade was skewed about 20 degrees on the wooden one. Believe the powered
jobs had variable skew.
Didn't catch on, I guess.
"David Bush" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I saw one demonstrated perhaps 20 years ago. It was made by Hitachi. (For
> the picky, marketed under that brand name is more accurate) Haven't seen
one
> since.
> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Sanding the milling marks off the faces of some boards reminded me of
> > a planing machine I saw many years ago at a WW show. It looked a lot
> > like a portable power planer and sat directly on the floor. It had
> > one stationary planing blade and it quickly power fed the stock (sort
> > of shooting it) under the blade, shaving off an impressive, full
> > lenght/width shaving. It left an excellent surface. The demonstrator
> > was shaving a long 4x4 post of some exotic looking purple/pink wood
> > that was pretty impressive as well. Anyone know what the machine was
> > called and is it available anywhere?
> > SL
>
>
Makita used to sell one.
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"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sanding the milling marks off the faces of some boards reminded me of
> a planing machine I saw many years ago at a WW show. It looked a lot
> like a portable power planer and sat directly on the floor. It had
> one stationary planing blade and it quickly power fed the stock (sort
> of shooting it) under the blade, shaving off an impressive, full
> lenght/width shaving. It left an excellent surface. The demonstrator
> was shaving a long 4x4 post of some exotic looking purple/pink wood
> that was pretty impressive as well. Anyone know what the machine was
> called and is it available anywhere?
> SL
I saw those in some FWW publications. I think it's called a super
surfacer. In addition to that machine, I think you needed another one
to sharpen the knife.
On 23 Oct 2003 06:03:14 -0700, [email protected] (Steve) wrote:
>Sanding the milling marks off the faces of some boards reminded me of
>a planing machine I saw many years ago at a WW show. It looked a lot
>like a portable power planer and sat directly on the floor. It had
>one stationary planing blade and it quickly power fed the stock (sort
>of shooting it) under the blade, shaving off an impressive, full
>lenght/width shaving. It left an excellent surface. The demonstrator
>was shaving a long 4x4 post of some exotic looking purple/pink wood
>that was pretty impressive as well. Anyone know what the machine was
>called and is it available anywhere?
>SL
I saw one demonstrated perhaps 20 years ago. It was made by Hitachi. (For
the picky, marketed under that brand name is more accurate) Haven't seen one
since.
Dave
"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sanding the milling marks off the faces of some boards reminded me of
> a planing machine I saw many years ago at a WW show. It looked a lot
> like a portable power planer and sat directly on the floor. It had
> one stationary planing blade and it quickly power fed the stock (sort
> of shooting it) under the blade, shaving off an impressive, full
> lenght/width shaving. It left an excellent surface. The demonstrator
> was shaving a long 4x4 post of some exotic looking purple/pink wood
> that was pretty impressive as well. Anyone know what the machine was
> called and is it available anywhere?
> SL