Photo Index - E. E. Abbott - Early wood framed planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
E. E. Abbott
Gananoque, ON

True Manufacturer:
E. E. Abbott, Gananoque, ON

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	24"
Submitted By:	Art Shaw

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Early wood framed planer
Date of Manufacturer:	After 1858, probably 1860s or 70s
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Last Updated	7/26/2012 3:57:26 PM

Comments:

There is some discussion of this planer here: http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=76883 . After hearing rumours of its existence for years, I fanally tracked it down in May 2010. By that time it had been sitting in the woods for 15 years. The wood frame is beyond saving, but with careful observation and a few assumptions, I think I have figured out what it was like originally. I would like to rebuild it with all new wood frame and restored iron parts. There is no name on it, but there once was a concentration of wood framed machines in this are (around Gananoque Ontario) and there was a maker of machines in Gananoque beginning in 1858. That is the only basis for the attribution to E E Abbott. It has infeed and outfeed rollers on the top, but none on the bottom. The thickness adjustment is by wedges under each corner of the table and a hand wheel to pull them forward or push them back.

Photo 1:

Comments: The first time I saw it
Source: Art Shaw/Fuji S8100D

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Photo 2:

Comments: See the wooden wedges under the corners of the table, and the hand wheel that draws them forward or back
Source: Art Shaw/Fuji S8100D

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Comments: My second visit, after I raked away the leaves and pioson ivy. The big wooden pulley is on the feed drive.
Source: Art Shaw/Fuji S8100D

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Comments: The remains of the jackshaft were nearby.
Source: Art Shaw/Fuji

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Photo 5:

Comments: This is the drive arrangement for the feed rollers, with the big wooden pulley removed
Source: Art Shaw/Fuji

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Comments: This is part of the drawing I made to show how I think it went together.
Source: Art Shaw

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