Photo Index - Newman Machine Co., Inc. - S-248

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Newman Machine Co., Inc.
Greensboro, NC

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	24" x 8"
Submitted By:	George R. Hoelzeman

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	S-248
Date of Manufacturer:	1965
Serial Number:	11463 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	2/15/2010 7:47:00 PM

Comments:

The machine was purchased from Brain Dumaine of Impressions Architectural Millwork in Houston, TX. It was complete and in well maintained condition. It also included the grinding bar, grinding attachment, jointing attachment, original dust hood and extra knives. To pay for this machine, I sold a 2005 Powermatic 201 planer (22") for almost the same price that Brian was asking for this one. Plus, the buyer of the Powermatic included a stack of quality Cypress lumber.

Brian sent the planer to Dallas which made pickup easier - except that during the loading process the forklift operator tipped the machine off the side of the trailer. Fortunately, the only damage was to the starter cover and the fender of my trailer. Once home, I unloaded it with the loader on my John Deere tractor then rolled it into place on a pair of steel "U" beams and 3/4" black pipe. It was set up to run on 440v, so everything had to be reconfigured to run on 240v. This included a rather convoluted bit of acrobatics to access the junction box on the feed motor, which was underneath the machine and required a mirror to see the leads. New wiring to supply the RPC was also needed in order to handle the larger motor.

The planer cutterhead is driven by a 10hp Westinghouse motor and feed power is supplied by a 1-1/2 hp motor. Speed is controlled by a Reeves drive type arrangement operated with a dial on the lower right front of the machine. The feed motor will not engage unless the cutterhead is running. There is a separate start button for each motor and a single "off" button.

Quite an impressive machine - one for which I had searched for some time.

Photo 1:

Comments: The Newman S-248 Planer in all its radiant glory. Infeed side.
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Comments: Outfeed side with some of the table mechanism visible. The starter box was damaged in loading and replaced later.
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Comments: The mirror setup needed to reconfigure the feed motor wiring.
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Comments: The grinding attachment and bar.
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Comments: Moving the Newman into the shop.
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Comments: Some of the gears which control feed speed. Simple but powerful engineering.
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