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Powermatic Machine Co.
McMinnville, TN; La Vergne, TN

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	24"
Submitted By:	Doug Westlind

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	PM 225
Date of Manufacturer:	late 1960's
Serial Number:
Last Updated	6/11/2004 12:00:00 AM

Comments:

A friend pointed out that there was neither a PM 180 or a PM 225 posted to the photo section so I'm going to rectify that situation. First a bit of a funny story about this planer. I work at Oregon State University and I watch their used sales from time to time as they not only sell their own excess goods but that of other state agencies as well. On one trip I found a reasonably nice Delta 8" jointer that was in bad enough shape that it would not sell for too much but not in bad enough shape that it wouldn't clean up real nice. It was painted a very ugly baby blue. I bought it and fixed it up, It had a tag on it identifying it as coming from Portland State University. A few months later they had a Crescent/Delta 12/14" TAS that was in like condition also painted the same ugly blue. I bought that also. Then a few months later still at the State of Oregon surplus sales in Salem I found this planer also with the same beautiful blue paint. So in about a year and a half I bought 3 machines that all came from the same shop at PSU. The jointer has since been sold to a really nice local boat builder and the saw was sold to an equally nice woodworking couple in Portland. I think the planer is going to stay.

This planer needed new bearings and as you can see I changed the paint scheme using some left over Oliver green from a previous job. It has a segmented infeed roller and chip breaker, a four knife cutter head, a 10 hp main drive motor and a 1.5 hp feed motor. Feed is variable from 20 to 100 fpm. The max width is 24" and the max depth of cut is 1/2" and I've inadvertantly tested that to be true with a 18" wide Black Walnut plank. It has the power to cut through wide stock fast but also at the slower feed speeds it puts out a beautiful finish cut with no snipe at all. The bed rollers are easily adjustable with the handle to the right of the infeed table from .005 to .040 above the table. This allows you to raise them for rough lumber and lower them for finish work. I'm not sure what the ideal planer is and Ihave by no means used them all but I do like this one.

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