Old Jointer, new project.

**jrock_au** · 5th January 2014, 10:11 PM

I'm a bit worried about the influence this forum is having. I was considering at some stage buying a jet/carbatec 8" jointer. After reading about problems that some forumites have had with these machines vs what others have had to say about older machines, I did an 8 hr round trip to look at and buy this jointer.
It is a 12" model with no makers name that I can find on it, does anyone recognise it?
It is incredibly solid and VERY heavy. The tables have a bit of surface rust, but are flat and parallel. Unfortunately it had a few scares from a previous owner. I am guessing that it must have been belt driven originally and someone has added a bracket to the side of the machine for a motor. The bit where it gets "interesting" is the new bearings that have been tracked on. It looks like the original bearing housings have been cut out and then some agricultural bearing mountings have been added. The positioning of the new bearings have positioned the cutter block away from the edge of the planer table, rendering it useless for rebating. I guess I'll need to come up with some way to fix this, I'll be watching woodturner777's thread with interest to see how he goes about fitting a spiral cutter head.
It will most likely sit in the shed for a while until I get some "spare time". Meanwhile it will be interesting to find out a bit of history on the machine.

**chambezio** · 5th January 2014, 10:29 PM

I have a 12" Macson/LS Barker badged Jointer (could be 1950s model at a guess). It looks similar but I suppose all Jointers do resemble others.
The cutter bar in mine would be 4" diameter with 2 knives. I at one stage contemplated a spiral cutter bar but didn't pursue it. I did pull it out to wash out the bearings when I first got it. I reckon the cutter head would weigh 50kg. I know it was bloody heavy and hard to manouvre on my own. I was worried about squashed fingers.
It is something of a beast but it loves hard work! It has a 3Hp 3Ph motor and quite happy to flaten any thing that I have put across it.
With yours, a clean up and paint and Bob's your uncle. Just with sheer mass it will perform better than the Chinese ones that are floating about
Keep us updated with the restoration progress
You have got to love old machinery!

**elanjacobs** · 6th January 2014, 07:46 AM

Looks a lot like the one we had/have at work, from the sliding plate at the end of the fence right down to the lack of a clear manufacturer's mark. It was the first machine the company purchased, along with a bandsaw that thats also still used daily, in 1911. I'm told it originally had a square cutter block, but ours got swapped to a 3-knife round head at some point. Got 99 years of service out of it (original bearings for the first 98 years) and it was still going strong when we upgraded to an ex-TAFE 16" SCM. It's still sitting, in pieces, in the corner for the boss's shed.
It's pretty much bomb proof, so with a clean and service it'll be the last jointer you buy...until you want something bigger

**jrock_au** · 30th March 2018, 12:23 PM

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I have pust picked up the machine in the attached photos. It looks like a later model of the jointer in earlier posts. For the age of the machine it appears to be good condition.
My plan is to restore and convert to single phase.

**Stewie D** · 3rd April 2018, 03:49 PM

Nice.
As elanjacobs says above, these old cast iron jointers like a lot of other woodworking machines of that era, once serviced and setup properly will last a long long time if used correctly.

Stewie

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