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1880 Article-P. Pryibil, 26 inch Wood Planer |
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American Machinist, 17 Apr 1880, pg. 1 |
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7/7/2015 8:11:00 PM |
New Double-Feed Planing Machine
Fears have been entertained by many progressive mechanical engineers that the rush of orders during the past few months, for machinery and tools, would have the effect of checking improvements in their design and manufacture. Few establishments, having an abundance of orders for the productions already introduced, have any inclination to put forth special efforts to persuade the public of the merits of those yet untried. These fears may have a good foundation to rest upon in some quarters, but, as a whole, they are groundless. The ready demand for an improved class of tools and machines stimulates inventive and constructive energy, and gratifying results are becoming more numerous almost every day. In wood-working machinery, some of the most notable improvements are being made. We present on this page one of the latest designs of wood planers.
The machine herewith represented is adapted to both heavy and fine work, and especially to hard wood. It will plane six inches thick and twenty-six inches wide, and is capable of planing pieces not more than six inches long. It has four sets of feed rolls two on each side of the cutter head, and owing to the consequent strength of the feed the pressure bar can be pressed very firmly upon the stuff, thereby insuring even work and preventing the cutting in on the ends, common to so many machines of its class. The two smooth back rolls are provided with self-adjusting scrapers, which remove from them any gum or other adhering matter which would otherwise injure the finished surface of the wood.
The bed, which measures four feet five inches from center to center of end rolls is raised and lowered by screws worked by the inclined shaft and hand-wheel, shown at the left of the machine, one complete turn of the hand-wheel elevating or depressing the bed 1/16 of an inch, an index on the side of the frame always showing the full thickness to which the machine is set to plane. The bearings are all long, and the boxes are self-oiling.
The whole is set upon a base covering a large space. The base being cast in one piece, is not liable to twist when placed upon an uneven or yielding floor and thereby strain the parts or bind the bearings It can be driven from above, below, or from the side, and its weight is about eighteen hundred pounds. It is manufactured by P. Pryibil, 401 West 40th St., New York. |
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1880 P. Pryibil, 26 inch Wood Planer
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