Photo Index - W. B. & J. E. Boice - 12" planer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
W. B. & J. E. Boice
Toledo, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Planer, Wood
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Jeff Joslin

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	12" planer
Date of Manufacturer:	ca. 1936
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Last Updated	3/24/2009 5:34:57 PM

Comments:

This 12-inch planer is labeled "W. B. & J. E. BOICE". As best we can tell by looking at old ads in Popular Science, The "W. B. & J. E. Boice" company name was replaced by "Boice-Crane Co." in mid-1936 (it probably took at least a year before all machines had the new company name in the castings). The earliest mention of a planer from Boice was in their January 1936 ad. It was only mentioned a couple more times and was never featured. Perhaps the planer was seen as too expensive for the readers of Popular Science, who knows.

UPDATE: I found an ad in the September 1936 Popular Mechanics. See below.

The pictures were forwarded to us by Ken Rasmussen, who is not the owner.

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Source: Ken Rasmussen

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Source: Ken Rasmussen

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Comments: Ad. Note "Boice-Crane Tools", from the transitional period between "W. B. & J. E. Boice" and "Boice-Crane Co."
Source: September 1936 Popular Mechanics

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