Thread: Antique Planer/Thicknesser

A belt guard is the absolut minimum, what a stupid man. Lets not talk about the boy and a face mask, I'd hate to be his lungs in a few years time.
SB

I did see one that was not as safe as this one. It was home made by an old blokes father years ago. powered by overhead belts originally but no guard over the cutters at all. It was offered to me for free I said yes but I think it was sold for scrap as it was all heavy cast iron.

I don't know why all the fuss - the kid was wearing safety glasses and gloves and I'm sure the bloke would have had his fly done up

You blokes now days don't know what it was like in the early 50s. My early days standing in front of a thicknesser ,shavings spurting out about 10ft, no ear muffs or face masks, they didn't come into use till 60s or later.
I don't use ear muffs now when I use the saw bench, I like to hear the sound ,it tells me if anything is not right.
The good old days
cheers Nine Fingers

Leaning over drive belts the size of a man... might pass on that one.

looks safer than the antique window making factory in the woodrights workshop video,s there is a link somewhere on the forum i will see if i can find it ,well worth a look at how things were done and how the same factory is making windows now using the same machinery as they were 100 years ago ,all belt driven, some of it is pretty scary stuff............bob

reminds me of the saw mill i worked in and that was only back in the 80s .
thing's are different in the bush .
our planers were a bit more modern than that one though.
the spot saw out on the log dump was deadly

Quite possibly, one or both, could be entitled to Darwin Award nomination.

I'm sure "Kev" appreciates the highly suspect level of protection to ones wedding tackle provided by a thin layer of cotton/denim when lightly touched by a high speed belt or chain saw for that matter.

Should you know of others (usually male - why is that?) who might qualify for these highly sort after and prestigious awards, do not hesitate to nominate. I'm sure some of our older members have/had associates who qualify.

Darwin Awards: http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/

When My dad was 16 he witnessed my grandfather loose his right hand on just such a planer. Later he returned to work and one day he decided it wasn't worth loosing another hand so he became a photogificer... I was not born yet.

Scarry at best.

Ive seen flat belts like that joined with metal plates, square corners that would rip his pants off let alone what's underneath.

Takes me back to the first time I walked through the Tesch Bros. sawmill in Maleny many, many years ago! Anyway have a look at this more modern planer a friend posted on our Canadian forum a while back.

20" powered by a 10hp diesel. The lady - I kid you not - lives off the beaten path and wanted to keep the shavings down the back of their property where they only have a genny for lights so this was the solution.

Originally Posted by Expat

Takes me back to the first time I walked through the Tesch Bros. sawmill in Maleny many, many years ago! Anyway have a look at this more modern planer a friend posted on our Canadian forum a while back.

20" powered by a 10hp diesel. The lady - I kid you not - lives off the beaten path and wanted to keep the shavings down the back of their property where they only have a genny for lights so this was the solution.

that's incredible i like to see it on