Photo Index - S. A. Woods Machine Co. - Improved 20" Panel Planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
S. A. Woods Machine Co.
Boston, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	20" w/friction feed
Submitted By:	Robert Bernstein

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Improved 20" Panel Planer
Date of Manufacturer:	c. 1890
Serial Number:	none found
Last Updated	6/10/2010 11:48:47 PM

Comments:

I bought this machine--which is shown in S.A. Woods' 1888 catalog but not in its 1890 catalog--in February, 2010, from cranberry grower G Cobb, in Plymouth, MA. The planer had been bought by him and father from a local sawmill about ten or fifteen years prior.

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Comments: infeed side
Source: R. Bernstein

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Comments: outfeed side
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Comments: maker's inscription
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Comments: upper end w/shaving hood open
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Comments: feed drive pulley
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Comments: friction drive side
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