Hello..I joined the PM-site last week. I operate a one-man shop near Rochester,NY. After a four-year apprenticeship at the Newport News Shipyard, I worked at Kodak,Rochester, where I was introduced to the planer. After leaving Kodak, I started my shop, with one Rockford-planer. Five years later, I was able to purchase the planer that I had ran at Kodak. The first machine that I bought is from app. 1937, and has a 44" x 120" table. The Kodak-planer, which was purchased new in 1956, also a Rockford, is 60" x 144". Most of my work comes from other machine shops. I plane aluminum, tool-steels, 440C, Haynes 230, titanium, 316ss,718 hot-finish, and plastics. This is my 20th year. Gordie McElwain/McElwain Machine/650 Lake Ave/Hilton,NY