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Powermatic Machine Co.
McMinnville, TN; La Vergne, TN, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.powermatic.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
3,933,189 Jan. 20, 1976 Noise reducing planer cutter head Charles L. Boles McMinnville, TN
    Noise reducing planer cutter head Richard J. Flanigan McMinnville, TN  
4,353,400 Oct. 12, 1982 Controlled chip cutterhead for planers and jointers Charles L. Boles McMinnville, TN
    Controlled chip cutterhead for planers and jointers Richard J. Flanigan McMinnville, TN  
4,557,303 Dec. 10, 1985 Spindle shaper Chester K. Greathouse McMinnville, TN "A spindle shaper machine tool successively performs a plurality of operations on a work piece with removal and replacement of cutter heads on the spindle. The cutter heads are superimposed on the spindle, a fluid pressure jack quickly shifts the spindle to align a selected head with a work piece and the work piece is either manually or automatically advanced across the rotating selected tool..."
This production shaper was sold under the "Powerstack" name by Powermatic, as a nicely integrated option on their model 26 shaper.
    Spindle shaper Gary L. Gardner McMinnville, TN