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Manufactured/Badged by:
American Wood Working Machinery Co.
Rochester, NY; Williamsport, PA; Montgomery, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Tim Grunden

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No 1 Hand Jointer and Buzz Planer
Date of Manufacturer:	Approx 1920
Serial Number:	(View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	9/6/2004 8:04:41 PM

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I'm pretty excited. I just got back from a 400 mile round trip to pick this jointer up in Hillsborough, NC. I ended up getting this beautiful machine for $355 (what a deal!!) It doesn't look so great right now, but wait until it's been restored. After doing some research I found that the machine was used in the Structural Trades Cabinet shop at Duke University for many years. It was actually purchsed in a government auction in the 50s. Around two years ago, they decided to upgrade to a new machine and sent this one to their salvage area for items that are no longer needed. It was eventually sold at auction which is where the gentleman that I bought it from obtained it. He still talks to the guys at Duke and they told him that they are sorry they ever got rid of the machine. It worked much better than the new one does. It then sat in his storage building for two years covered up with odds and ends until he finally decided to sell it on ebay. This is where I came into the picture. I've been looking for a jointer like this for awhile, but the price was always quite high for one in the great mechanical condition that this one is in. The price was definitely right on this one.

Here are some specs:
- 12" blades in a double bladed head supported with ball bearings. Someone along the way must have chnged out the babbits and added grease fittings making it a much easier chore when it's time to lubricate the bearings. Adrienne Pierson at the Duke cabinet shop indicated that he overhauled the cutter-head about 3 years ago to include installation of new bearings.
- The motor is a very large and heavy General Electric 2 HP, 3 Phase, 220 volt with 2 babbit bearings that sit in seperate oil baths. Full speed is 1155 rpm. Patent dates of Nov 12, 1912 and Jul 4, 1916.
- Double belt drive.
- Table size is 86" long.
- Weight is a wopping 1400 lbs.
- There is an emblem on the side opposite the adjustment wheel that reads "American Machine and Motor Co., New York, USA" and "Woodworking Machinery". I talked to the site administrator, Jeff Joslin through email and find this emblem to be very interesting and a bit confusing since there is a seperate company with that name. I'm not sure why the emblem was on this machine.
- There is a plate on the same side that reads "Peter Quaid, Pat Sept 22, 1914". Not sure if it actually reads Quaid or Quard or something slightly different.
- There is also a small brass plate on the same side that reads "Shop No. 115108". I assume this is the serial number.
- There are raised letters in the casting on the same side as the wheel that spell out "AMERICAN".

Except for the peeling paint and some surface rust from 2 years in storage, this machine has been well taken care of. The first thing that I did when I got home was to hook up power from my home built 3 phase converter, and the jointer purred like a kitten. The bearings in the head and motor are perfect. All adjustments are smooth and easy. The blades are even sharp with no nics.

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