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Manufactured/Badged by:
Jos Poitras & Sons Ltd.
Islet, QC, Canada

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Shaper, Wood
Machine Size:	1 1/4" by 5" under spindle 5 HP
Submitted By:	Mike Mantel

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Poitras 3000 Shaper
Date of Manufacturer:	1977
Serial Number:	A77-30.247 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	1/24/2009 11:25:37 AM

Comments:

Just picked up the DEC 20 off IRS Auctions
Put my max bid in on day 1 and waited it out and won ,Wow
After a very long search for this EXACT Poitras 1 1/4" model
Trip to pick up machiune was a 32 hour journey from Ottawa,Canada to Cincinnati OH,USA

2nd machine bought on Dec 20 and in Cincinnati too

Sold on Jan 22,2009

Machine is almost complete , including the 3 hold downs /4 , and the smallest throat plate , which can be orderd from General Canada

5 HP 208/3 2 speed ( 4300/8200 rpm ),weight listed at 1020 lbs.

Crapy Blue paint that was painted generously with a white wash brush has been all striped off ( wire brush/grinder ) , the original paint was too far gone to be saved
So it was painted " Hutch Green " with the handels changed from Red to Gloss black
Referb time was about 12 hours of grinding and then
30 min of painting with 1 quart/2 coats ( HVLP )

This Exact machine is still made by General Canada ,
In fact its the only 1 1/4" shaper they still produce , as their line
is slowly shrinking , as being replaced with the cheaper General International Crap
the new machine comes with a tin cabinet instead of cast , and drops 220 lbs
and slightly different miter guage slots in the table ,other than that its the same machine

Machine completed Dec 31 , for new yrs eve

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Comments: front on
Source: Mike Mantel

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Comments: side
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Comments: New paint Hutch Green
Source: Mike Mantel

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