Photo Index - Unknown Manufacturer - 8” short bed

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Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	8”
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	8” short bed
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Last Updated	1/12/2022 5:36:20 PM

Comments:

I do not own this machine. However when I posted the seller’s photos several folks helped identify some snippets of useful information about the maker.
Discussion here: https://owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=230725
The seller listed the overall length as 39” and the weight (presumably as shown with the steel stand) as 288 lbs.

Herman Henry Klahn (1873 - 1962) was a patternmaker who lived and worked in Portland, Oregon, and it seems reasonable to assume that he had some hand in designing and/or building this jointer (which was recently advertised in Salem, Oregon). All we presently know about Mr. Klahn is that according to the September 1903 edition of The Patternmaker’s Journal Vol. 12, p. 16, he was reinstated as a patternmaker, and the 1915 Portland City Directory indicates that he was working for Pioneer Pattern Works.
Anyone with more info is welcome to contact me.
Thanks!

Photo 1:

Comments: front view
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Comments: rear view
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Photo 3:

Comments: closeup of cutterhead shaft, outboard bearing
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Comments: another view with unhelpful, unrelated and in any case backwards fence
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Comments: one more
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