Photo Index - Oliver Machinery Co. - 361 Planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Oliver Machinery Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	30"
Submitted By:	Barry Stup

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	361 Planer
Date of Manufacturer:
Serial Number:	51717
Last Updated	7/18/2016 1:53:22 PM

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From the US Army at Letterkenny Army Base, Building 42, Chambersburg, PA in 1999

15 HP
4 knife
Ball Bearing
Wedge bed
7,000 lbs.

Heavy planer that always did very good work.
They are a completely unique design, having strange power and manual table raising methods - very unusual controls for a planer.
The 361 planers are smooth and quiet machines, probably owing to the great mass surrounding the cutter head and motor.

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Comments: Fully enclosed, with drum feed speed selector, hand wheel for manual table adjustment
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Comments: Integrated 15 HP motor, massive frames and girts.
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Comments: Seriously well built, and a wedge bed..
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Comments: This planer never gave us any trouble, and ran for maybe 10 years, until it was replaced by a 36" wide 361.
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Comments: Crazy feed works design, that always worked very well.
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Comments: Cutterhead grinder and hone mounted on cabinet door.
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