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Colladay Machine Works
Philadelphia, PA

True Manufacturer:
Colladay Machine Works, Philadelphia, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	12 inch
Submitted By:	Mike Stitzinger

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Colladay 12" jointer
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Last Updated	1/2/2022 5:59:50 PM

Comments:

Purchased for $500 in 2019 from a friend who bought it from a local lumber mill in Doylestown (about 40 miles from where the jointer was manufactured). Age is unknown and it sat outside, partially covered and under an overhang for several years. Weather was not kind do the outfield table, which is somewhat pitted, but was salvageable during restoration. Unit came with no knives or hold down bolts but I opted to replace the cutterhead with a Shelix spiral design from Byrd tool anyway. I also upgraded and replaced the motor with a larger 5hp single phase as an upgrade to the 3 phase 3 hp direct drive. This was both because I don't have 3 phase and didn't want to run a convertor, as well as the additional hp required for the cutterhead. During the restoration process, the unit actually tipped over backwards, cracking the front left wedge bed guide, spring jointer adjuster, and the ears that allow adjustment of the outfield table height. Fortunately the motor which I was already planning to replace, took most of the shock, and I was able to tig the remaining cast parts back together. I opted to put the unit on wheels, both for mobility as my shop is small, as well as stability, as the the 3 leg design is rather tippy unless the unit is bolted to the floor. This also allowed for convenient mounting of the motor. A totaled I spend a little over $2300 restoring the jointer which included cleaning up the rust, and receiving new paint, and a new cutterhead and bearings, and motor and new switch. I have added a wooden block to the end to attach push blocks and the guard as needed. This machine is an absolute beast estimated at weighing in at more than 1600 lbs. Though similar in design to Yates, Moark, and Northfield of their time, I have not found another jointer like it that bares the Colladay name.

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Comments: finished jointer and table polished and waxed
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Comments: The base repainted
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Comments: tacking the dolly together
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Comments: test fitting the new shortened cutterhead
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Comments: test-fitting the base
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