Hello all,
I have been searching for a company, or individual in the western PA, eastern OH, northern WV, or southern NY area with a metal planer who would be interested in doing a one-off job. All of my online searches for companies who still have and/or use planers have come up pretty much empty, and trying to find individuals who may have one in their shop is even more difficult. The reason I am looking in this area is to minimize the shipping time and/or costs. I have found a few people with planers halfway across the country, but not having much luck in this general area.
I am in the process of doing a complete rebuild/refurb of a vintage table saw, and need to have the cast iron table planed back flat. This saw lived a very long & difficult life, and the table shows some extreme wear. Since this is in fact a table saw my requirements for flatness are not extreme (ie. not looking for sub-thou flatness when complete), so if you have an old planer that isn't quite as tight as she used to be then don't be afraid of responding.
The table measures 44x60 total.......this is made up of a 44x36 main section with a 44x12 extension on the left & on the right. I would prefer to have it planed in one piece so that there would be no chance of feeling the seams between main table & extensions, but if I cannot find someone with a planer large enough to handle it in one bite then the 3 pieces could be planed separately.
Anyone with a machine large enough to handle this job please feel free to respond. I don't care if you are a large company, or an individual who has an old planer in his "shop out back".
Thx to all.....
I have been searching for a company, or individual in the western PA, eastern OH, northern WV, or southern NY area with a metal planer who would be interested in doing a one-off job. All of my online searches for companies who still have and/or use planers have come up pretty much empty, and trying to find individuals who may have one in their shop is even more difficult. The reason I am looking in this area is to minimize the shipping time and/or costs. I have found a few people with planers halfway across the country, but not having much luck in this general area.
I am in the process of doing a complete rebuild/refurb of a vintage table saw, and need to have the cast iron table planed back flat. This saw lived a very long & difficult life, and the table shows some extreme wear. Since this is in fact a table saw my requirements for flatness are not extreme (ie. not looking for sub-thou flatness when complete), so if you have an old planer that isn't quite as tight as she used to be then don't be afraid of responding.
The table measures 44x60 total.......this is made up of a 44x36 main section with a 44x12 extension on the left & on the right. I would prefer to have it planed in one piece so that there would be no chance of feeling the seams between main table & extensions, but if I cannot find someone with a planer large enough to handle it in one bite then the 3 pieces could be planed separately.
Anyone with a machine large enough to handle this job please feel free to respond. I don't care if you are a large company, or an individual who has an old planer in his "shop out back".
Thx to all.....