Photo Index - Solem Machine Co. - 12" Planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Solem Machine Co.
Rockford, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Terry Therneau

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	12" Planer
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Last Updated	2/10/2013 5:54:46 PM

Comments:

This came from the Minneapolis school system and still has a school tag. The prior owner had taken it apart to restore and never put it back together. It is a close match to the planer in the 1926 and 1927 advertisements found in the images section. 1 HP 3450 RPM cutter motor, 1/4 HP 1140 RPM feed motor, 3 phase. I have a VFD on the feed giving variable speed, it leaves an excellent finish.

Photo 1:

Comments: As reassembled
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Photo 2:

Comments: Planer as purchased. Note how the casting forms the end bell for the motor.
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Comments: Feed motor and end casting. There were remains of a similar decal on the skirt, where the sun's rays penetrated the "Solem"
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Comments: Cuttimg motor and head on my bench. The long "nose" is part of the motor casting. Inside is a keyed coupler supported by two bearings, the motor shaft and the cutterhead shaft slide in from each end.
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Comments: Assembled motor and cutterhead. The chipbreaker and pressure bar sit on the outside of the motor nose and rotate around it.
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Comments: Final planer, motor side
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