Photo Index - Parks Woodworking Machine Co. - Model 97

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Parks Woodworking Machine Co.
Cincinnati, OH.

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Eric Patterson

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Model 97
Date of Manufacturer:	1940s
Serial Number:	5163
Last Updated	2/13/2009 12:50:19 AM

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I bought an old Parks sight unseen off ebay. Doug Rewerts, who saw it in person, and I corresponded about the planer and despite his warnings about the horrible screeching noises the gearbox was making I bought it anyway. I must admit it looked pretty darn rough but since all the componets were there, especially the stand and belt guard, I felt it was worth a shot.

After getting it home and taking her all apart it became quite obvious, in a financial sense, it was not going to be painless getting her back in shape. The gears were mostly destroyed by a fix job aimed at solving a gearbox mount issue. The babbitt that captures the sleeve the gearbox hangs off was damaged. The previous owner made a bracket to support the sleeve but set it too low causing insufficient gear clearance. They stripped and were downright scary looking. It was eventually corrected during the restoration.

I tore her down and cleaned it up looking for affordable replacement gears. The search went on for months. Thankfully Tim Kuist stepped forward with a gear donor (it said so on its license) and the restoration was on.

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