Photo Index - Atlas Press Co. - 6001

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Atlas Press Co.
Kalamazoo, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	6"
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	6001
Date of Manufacturer:	1950 ?
Serial Number:	008100
Last Updated	1/17/2011 2:44:42 AM

Comments:

$50 off Craigslist. The motor it came with is not original and rated at 1-1/2hp. As you can see in the photo, the motor pulley is much too big. When I started it up before buying it the sound was like an airplane taking off. I haven't tried that again.

Update 1-16-2011
jointer is now in use. I made a flare-footed stand out of lumber I found in various dumpsters, swapped in a better sized (3/4hp) and slightly more period correct Repulsion Induction motor, cleaned up the machined surfaces and installed new blades of the correct thickness.

Photo 1:

Comments: with new stand, older motor, new knives
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Photo 2:

Comments: drilling out the last recalcitrant set screw in the jointer head
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Photo 3:

Comments: as purchased March, 2008
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Comments: very complicated fence, and pulley ratio from hell
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