I bought this planer a month ago and finally got it home. The table is just shy of 6 feet long, so probably a 5 foot working length. Should be a good size for my small shop. Looking forward to getting it running and doing some work on it. Came with the original counter shaft. Not sure what if anything it needs. Did not see it run. The table is a little beat up, the the rest of the machine looks good. Has the number 3073 on the head. I’m guessing that is the serial number. Not sure how that translates to a date of manufacture. I’m guessing 1890’s. Has the gear table drive not the pulley system Whitcomb patented in the late 1890's. Weighs about 5000 pounds. Was a bear to move by hand. But a fun challenge. If anybody has any idea as to the date of manufacture I’d appreciate your thoughts. I could not find any references to date it.
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