Photo Index - Moak Machine & Foundry Co. - 12" Jointer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Moak Machine & Foundry Co.
Kimball, MI; Port Huron, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Dick Streff

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	12" Jointer
Date of Manufacturer:	1930's?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	3/22/2006 10:19:42 PM

Comments:

I bought this machine site unseen from a Chicago ebay seller. He said he bought it from a local brewery 30 or so years ago. It had been serving mostly as a shelf for the last 10 years or so. It was collected with the help of three other OWWM members in an epic adventure that will go down in arn' mongering annals as the "Great Googly Moogly version 2.0".

The machine itself is the oldest version of a Moak jointer I've seen yet. It is substantially the same machine as the later jointers. The significant differences are the shorter bed (7' as opposed to 8'), lack of a rabbeting arm, no brake, no dust chute, a somewhat simplified fence design,and slightly different setup for the direct drive motor. It does have the corner leveling screws on each vertex of the beds, a setup that I think might be unique to Moak for a wedgebed type machine. It has a three knife cutterhead. Overall a nice, solid, no-frills kind of jointer. Much like any machine you'd see from Moak.

This machine is sans the guard, but looks to have had a rear table mounted Surty style system at some point. The magnetic starter switch is a funky looking paddle type that is conveniently located at knee level.

The machine is in need a thourough going over before putting it back to use. Lack of use has left the tables semi-frozen in position. The motor fires right up but the rear cutterhead bearing gives off a telltale clunkety-clunk and will need replacement. All in all not a bad project machine for the price paid. Should make a fine runner after the necessary attention.

addendum 3/2006: I've had this machine finished for some time now but only recently was able to find an appropriate guard for it. The rear bearing turned out to be more than just that, as the shaft had some issues as well. I ended up shrinking a sleeve on it and turning in back to the proper size. I also fixed a small problem on the bottom edge of the infeed table. I added a newer starter to replace the electricians nightmare that was rigged up to the machine originally. The jointer now purrs like a kitten, a satisfying conclusion to an interesting project.

Photo 1:

Comments: Full view of the jointer as purchased.
Source: My Nikon

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Photo 2:

Comments: Jointer fully refurbished.
Source: My Nikon.

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Photo 3:

Comments: Rear view of same.
Source: My Nikon.

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