Photo Index - Jaro Industries, Inc. - jointer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Jaro Industries, Inc.
Memphis, TN

True Manufacturer:
Palmer D. Weeks (Barton), Portland, OR

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	6" x 42"
Submitted By:	john crain

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	jointer
Date of Manufacturer:	late 1940s
Serial Number:
Last Updated	1/15/2019 12:06:07 AM

Comments:

This was originally in a friends scrap heap.

Originally posted 05/03/2004; moved by admin from Davis & Wells column due to positive ID as a Barton jointer. (06-02-2012/RD)
And moved yet again, to Jaro.
Jaro jointers appear identical to Palmer Weeks/Barton machines, but for one trait which is a narrowing of the rabbit ledge thickness as it passes the cutterhead bearing. Those Jaro jointers still featuring the original pork chop have those painted red.

Photo 1:

Comments: Davis & Wells 6" x 42" jointer
Source: self, Olympus Digital

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