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Manufactured/Badged by:
Parks Woodworking Machine Co.
Cincinnati, OH.

Machine Specifications
Machine Class: Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type: Planer, Wood
Machine Size: 12"
Submitted By: Ross Haeberle
Machine Specifications
Description/Model: Model 97
Date of Manufacturer: 1955?
Serial Number: 6187 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated 8/30/2006 11:41:03 AM

Comments:
Purchased for $250 in running condition (2hp Peerless motor seems to have been original). Cleaned and removed light rust, reworked table roller bearings and roller ends, re-set cutter head bearings, replaced knives (old set marked "Parks"), added magnetic starter and new power cords, painted. Shop-made belt guard based on photos from vintage Parks sales brochures found at this site.

Photo 1:

Comments: Post paint job.
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