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   troys | Apr 25, 2008 05:16am | #1

   Think I could get that down my basement steps with a refrigerator dolly? ;) It's so wide it does not look that long:) Great jointer I have used a 12" oliver and it sure is a nice machine.

   Troy

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   1stwoodstone_man | May 07, 2008 06:37am | #30

   Hire a mover

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   WillGeorge | May 08, 2008 02:10pm | #32

   Think I could get that down my basement steps with a refrigerator dolly? ;)

   If I can find that old skinny guy that moved a piano into my mothers house by himself with some leather straps AND on his back I think so! It was just amazing watching him. (OK... so it was not a Grand Piano) He had a helper though. The helper had a hunk of pine about 12 inches wide that he put between the piano and the wall or whatever so not to damage things very much as he made the turns! I could not believe that old man could stand up much less carry a piano on his back up and down down stairs! Life is full of amazing folks!

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   troys | May 08, 2008 07:10pm | #36

   Your right I have seen some pretty amazing piano movers. I remember there was this older gentleman in San Francisco who was not very big and he would move these big pianos up stairs all by himself with just small dollies and levers. Troy

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   boilerbay | Apr 25, 2008 05:21am | #2

   Where is the catapult?

   Sweet

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   woodman1234 | Apr 25, 2008 05:45am | #3

   I assume that’s a joiner and it looks beautiful. Does it run on Double A or Triple A batteries?

   
   

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   Edited 4/24/2008 10:49 pm ET by woodman1234

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   Glaucon | Apr 25, 2008 08:10am | #4

   Seems small for a carrier...

   Glaucon

   If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...

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   mapleman | Apr 26, 2008 02:28am | #7

   Glaucon dear friend,

   Seems small for a carrier...

   That's because it's a (not very) light destroyer             ;>)

   Lee

    

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   Glaucon | Apr 27, 2008 03:59am | #13

   <"That's because it's a (not very) light destroyer">Nah. That's no tin can. Looks like a escort carrier. Probably Casablanca class.Glaucon

   If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...

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   BruceS | Apr 27, 2008 05:57am | #14

   Nah!! Again!  Looks like one of my old Ships.  USS Polk County, LST 1084,  And I'll bet old Ollie would be a smoother ride.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   brucet9 | May 01, 2008 08:58am | #18

   Polk County's last tour in Viet Nam was the same time I was aboard USS Advance MSO-510 patrolling the DMZ to keep you LST jockeys from straying too far north :) We may have seen each other.Best memory for me was when USS New Jersey called us up one night at about 0200: "Be advised that we are going hot in 10 minutes and you are between us and the beach. Suggest you alter your patrol pattern." We got a great view of them firing broadsides from all 9 of their 16" guns.
   BruceT

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   BruceS | May 01, 2008 10:10am | #19

   We had the same view  sitting in the qua viet river. Quite a site to see wasn't it? Good thing you never got in front of the Polk!  We lost RADAR the second day there and ran a lot at night.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   BruceS | May 01, 2008 08:28pm | #20

   You weren't home ported in Pearl were you?   After decommissioning the Polk I went to a Tender in Pearl (USS Bryce Canyon)  I built some ash deck grates for the bridge for an MSO.  Sure wish I could have stayed on the B Canyon,  The carpenter shop was second to none duty with any tool you could want.  Made second class PO and there wasn't a billet for me there and wouldn't you know it, the dept of personnel sent me to a DE that had a DC2 besides me.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   brucet9 | May 01, 2008 11:38pm | #24

   Ah, the inscrutable logic of BuPers.My O-boat was home ported in Long Beach, so I guess that wasn't the one you worked on.
   BruceT

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   ctsjr | May 08, 2008 12:30am | #31

   LOL! Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   WillGeorge | May 08, 2008 02:11pm | #33

   Seems small for a carrier...

    

   Probably as test project for the US Navy?

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   flairwoodworks | Apr 25, 2008 09:41am | #5

   With the right blades, I could probably flatten the beds of my 8" jointer on that beast!

   Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   GRW | Apr 25, 2008 02:16pm | #6

   Nice block plane. 

    I'd like to have one, but since it weighs more than my truck, I think I'll have problems getting it into my basement shop.

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   forestgirl | Apr 26, 2008 08:41am | #8

   Holy Moley!!!  What with "direct drive?"  Oh, sorry, that was a serious question -- totally out of order.

   So Lee, how high are you willing to go to get it?

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   mapleman | Apr 27, 2008 01:43am | #11

   FG,

   If I had the cash..... I'd pay every bit of the $5,000 BIN price. For comparison, Grizzly's 16" is about $4200 with straight knives (about $1,000 more with spiral head). And the Grizzly is nowhere near the machine that Oliver is.

   Besides, the bragging rights alone would be worth the $5,000.

   I would be surprised if it doesn't sell (or if no one bids)

   Lee

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   BOBABEUI | Apr 26, 2008 05:37pm | #9

   Gee I think I hear the pallet saying ouch. What a beautiful monster that jointer is..

   Think I can plug it in a 15 amp 125V outlet?

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   byhammerandhand | Apr 28, 2008 12:21am | #15

   Sorry, but it does not say, "Craftsman 6.5 Peak HP" in which case yes, you could.
   >> Think I can plug it in a 15 amp 125V outlet?

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   WillGeorge | May 08, 2008 02:12pm | #34

   Think I can plug it in a 15 amp 125V outlet? NO at least 20 Amps!

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   BOBABEUI | May 08, 2008 02:46pm | #35

   Well if that's the case, it's not the jointer for me ;-)

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   Len | Apr 26, 2008 09:15pm | #10

   Wonder what kind of wood the pallet is made from? After you get it home you'll have wood for your next project and something to surface it with. lol

   Enjoy,

   Len

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    andyfew322 | Apr 27, 2008 01:55am | #12

    so what's that like a 5" 1/4 hp jointer?  ;)

     

    there's no need to reinvent the wrench

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    boilerbay | May 01, 2008 06:39am | #16

    It didn't sell.... Maybe some of you in the same city should coop it...take turns landing.

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   mapleman | May 01, 2008 07:07am | #17

   bb,

   Yeah, I'm surprised. Not a bad price for a super machine.

   Lee

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   JeffHeath | May 02, 2008 05:06pm | #26

   Yeah, I'm surprised. Not a bad price for a super machine.

   Lee

    

   Actually, Lee, the price is high for that machine.  Typically, you can get 12" Oliver's, Northfield's, etc....for between $2500 and $4000 if you're patient.  My 12" Northfield, which is the HD model, cost me $4000.00.  I bought it from an equipment dealer who completely rebuilt it.  I got the chance to see the machine completely disassembled, paint removed, etc.....new bearings, motor rewind, new NEMA switch box, etc... and new hammertone paint.  I felt it was worth the extra for a like new machine, which mine is.  In 9 years of ownership, it has worked perfectly, and has never gone out of alignment.  I have no idea how many thousands of board feet of stock it has flattened, either.

   I recently saw a 16" HD Northfield (my favorite mfg. for jointer's, with Oliver being a close 2nd) for sale for $3500.00.  I almost got 4" itis.  The 4 legged monsters have to be leveled, and stay level.  On the 3 legged variety, like the Northfield, the front "3rd leg" has a pivot, and immediately adjusts to your floor conditions, requiring no leveling, and no future checking for level, either.

   Relying on my equipment dealer for this info, who has 40 years working on these machines.  He told me that he's seen 4 legged Oliver's, and other mfg. machines, that, when placed in an unlevel environment for lengthy periods of time, will actually twist a little, causing the outfeed table to become unlevel with the infeed table.  Just some tidbits of info I learned during my lengthy search.

   Jeff

   Jeff

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    pattrnmkr | May 01, 2008 09:43pm | #21

    Beautiful machine, ya gotta love old iron.

    If anyone out there has used a machine like this would you be in agreement with me if i said that the cantilevered fence adjustment design is brutal to keep positioned throughout the course of an afternoon's milling?

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   troys | May 01, 2008 09:52pm | #22

   I've used the "smaller" 12" oliver and I think the fence is hard to adjust. Great machine thought. Troy

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   pattrnmkr | May 01, 2008 10:19pm | #23

   I have a Moak 16 inch at work, and a Crescent 12 inch (at home). Both have similar style fence adjustments. They are Brawny as all get out and it takes two of us to take the fence off the Moak when i do the knives, but i have never been able to keep that sucker square for long. I remember the old Olivers and Yates being about the same.

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   troys | May 02, 2008 06:16am | #25

   I guess this would be the drawback of old iron. I do like the Oliver jointer.Troy

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   JeffHeath | May 02, 2008 05:11pm | #27

   My Northfied has the same type fence, and it doesn't stay square for very long, either.  The good news is, it takes about 30 seconds to re-adjust it square.  I do all of my stock flattening first, and then check the fence for square before jointing an edge.  If needed, it's a twist of a knob in either direction just a wee bit to square it.  30 seconds is on the waaaaaayyyyyyyyy long side of the estimate, as it's usually a 5 second quick turn of the knob, and I'm square and ready to go.

   I'm also the only one who uses my machine, and I don't abuse it, even though it can take having a 6x6 dropped on it without hardly moving.

   Jeff

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   pattrnmkr | May 02, 2008 07:04pm | #28

   Jeff, Sounds like you have better success with yours than i do with mine. I'll bring my camera in next week a snap a few shots of the mechanism. I'd be interested in a comparison. I have a job that runs a few times a year that requires us to run a couple hundred board feet of 8/4 hard maple. The flattening is never a problem, but when we get to the end of the run, we edge glue together some of the ripped waste which requires a fairly square jointed gluing edge. Stopping to re square the fence is burdensome and often the fella i pick to run it won't pay attention. (grrrrrrr!)
   I have toyed with the idea of machining up a steel angle block, drilling and tapping a few holes in the back of the fence (out feed table) and then drilling and tapping a few holes in the out feed table to stabilize the fence and keep it dead nuts square, but never seem to get around to it.Thanks for your thoughts,Jeff

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   JeffHeath | May 03, 2008 02:07am | #29

   I'll snap some shots of the mechanism on the Northfield, as well.  The adjustment screw mechanism is easy to set on mine, and I don't even need to loosen the locking nut to get it to move a degree or so, which is all it is usually out.

   Unfortunately, employees are never as self aware of issue's as we are.

   Jeff