Photo Index - John Ballantine & Co. - square cutterhead, babbit bearing

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Manufactured/Badged by:
John Ballantine & Co.
Preston, ON

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	16"
Submitted By:	Steve Swantee

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	square cutterhead, babbit bearing
Date of Manufacturer:	1894-1904
Serial Number:
Last Updated	12/15/2007 12:28:16 PM

Comments:

I aquired this machine from a family member. It was sitting outside his shop at the time I got it. I had an uncle with a logging truck,and we hoisted it onto the truck with the loader and chains. Once home, we unloaded the jointer, and rolled it into my shop on iron pipes. I had the flat pulley pressed off the shaft and replaced it with a double v-belt pulley, and put a 2hp Dayton 220v motor on it with browning pulleys. The babbits were in usable condition, and the machine runs well. There are no serial no.s on the machine that I can find. It has a 16" square cutterhead, but I am running 12" knives,as I have been unable to find a set of 16" slotted knives. This machine sees regular use in my shop.

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Comments: front of machine
Source: S.Swantee

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Comments: fence
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Comments: name plate on rear of machine
Source: S. Swantee

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