Photo Index - Whitcomb Mfg. Co. - Line shaft driven Metal Planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Whitcomb Mfg. Co.
Worcester, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Metal
Machine Size:	24"x24"x8'
Submitted By:	Dave Richards

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Line shaft driven Metal Planer
Date of Manufacturer:	1897
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Last Updated	1/6/2021 1:46:28 PM

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Purchased from a 3rd generation owned machine shop in Wilmington DE. Whitcomb Mfg.Co. existed by that name 1871-1905. Alonzo Whitcomb had several patents for planer improvements including his "Second Belt Drive" 1898, replacing the first set of gears in the drive system with a belt in an effort to eliminate the tool marks made by inexact power transmission through gear teeth. Since this machine has none of his patterned features, I'm calling it a 1897, could be a little older. I could find no serial No. ....Dave Richards

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Comments: 1897 Whitcomb planer set up to run
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Comments: steam powered line shaft through the wall
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