A Craftsman What Is It Post

[L5wolvesf]

Yes it is your typical almost useless Craigslist ad with not nearly enough info. But it is also something I don't recognize.

The ad says"
"It's missing the motor but the blade is still sharp. It is belt driven."

If it is a "lathe" it seems to be missing more than the motor.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/tls/d/phoenix-craftsman-lathe/7074973179.html

Edit: the title on the ad says "Craftsman lathe"

 

[didit]

Looks like a small thickness planer for wood.

 

[Moosefire]

Jointer. For flattening wood

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[Corndoggeh]

Hmm, thats close enough and cheap enough for me to consider for a restoration project...

 

[4xdog]

Jointers are a nice thing to have sometimes...

 

[Toold_up]

<s>6" jointer</s>

4 3/8" jointer

Makes wood flat and parallel.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=135

 

[L5wolvesf]

OK thanks for the info guys. I don't do much wood work so I didn't recognize it.

Hmm, thats close enough and cheap enough for me to consider for a restoration project...

Go for it

 

[Toold_up]

Why is the image titled "lathe.jpg" ?

See what else this guy has stashed away. You might find more cool stuff.

 

[BFBOB]

<s>6" jointer</s>

4 3/8" jointer

Makes wood flat and parallel.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=135

Nope. A jointer makes wood flat. To make two opposite sides flat AND parallel requires a planer. Or if you prefer, a thickness planer. Same type cutter head, but there the resemblance ends.

 

[joel63]

It is for the edges of boards.

I would never even begin to think of using a joiner to flatten wood.

It's a hungry finger eater; I've seen the results when it's used that way.

Not pretty.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

Nope. A jointer makes wood flat. To make two opposite sides flat AND parallel requires a planer. Or if you prefer, a thickness planer. Same type cutter head, but there the resemblance ends.

Nope again.
A jointer levels out the edges of a board. And can get those edges square to the surface of the board.

 

[neophyte]

Jointers are for getting one side, and possibly the edge of a board, flat and parallel,
so that the board can then be fed thru a planer,
Which makes the other side of the board parallel to the first side that was jointed.
Usually, the maximum size recommended to be flattened on a jounter would be 1.5x to 2x the length of the jointer beds, since trying to flatten a longer piece might not result in a perfectly flat board, which destroys the whole point of the jointer.

Typically that type of planer might be mounted pn a wood bench with the motor mounted underneath and driving a belt to run the jointer.

Narrow jointers like that are common for craft work, as well as usefull for removing wood from the back of moldings and other smaller wood parts for times the dimensions don’t quite fit.

Makita was making a jointer/planer combo machine up until maybe the 1070s or 1980s in about the same size, so there must have been a professional use for that size machine, because even then, Makita machines like this were not cheap, and you can still get parts for the machines in Japan.

 

[brownbagg]

i got one of them, under the table

 

[mbatarga]

Don't feed short stock into the cutter! Minimum of 2' or so in length. The student back in high school that was pushing a 6" length of wood into the jointer is short about 3 fingernails on his right hand. It was rather messy.

 

[wrenchguy]

Nice underline "C" one.

 

[L5wolvesf]

Why is the image titled "lathe.jpg" ?

See what else this guy has stashed away. You might find more cool stuff.

The title on the ad says "Craftsman lathe" I added that to my posting.

 

[The Fall]

You run it through the jointer, get one edge straight, then take it to either the table saw (jointer side to the fence) or planer for thickness -- oscillating from one side to the other to get final thickness.

It's sometimes helpful to make pencil dashes before running the board on the jointer to make sure the board is flat/material is removed.

 

[seber]

A jointer should NEVER be used to flatten a board. That's a good way to get really hurt. Jointers straighten and square an edge. Period. If you want to flatten a side, get a planer. I have had a ten inch jointer in the past. It's purpose was to straighten very heavy beams. Only an idiot would try to put a board through it flat. The piece going through must be under full control as there is no kickback or upward thrust control. You cannot do that with the board flat on the surface unless you put you hand directly over the spinning blades.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Jointer.. dime a dozen on craigslist. See many Powercrafts as well.

As stated for making edges flat.

Doesn't matter if edges are flat for planing.

 

[AZ Pete]

A jointer should NEVER be used to flatten a board. That's a good way to get really hurt. Jointers straighten and square an edge. Period. If you want to flatten a side, get a planer. I have had a ten inch jointer in the past. It's purpose was to straighten very heavy beams. Only an idiot would try to put a board through it flat. The piece going through must be under full control as there is no kickback or upward thrust control. You cannot do that with the board flat on the surface unless you put you hand directly over the spinning blades.

Sorry Seber, but that is what joiners are for, flattening the face of a board and truing the edges.

 

[The Fall]

A jointer should NEVER be used to flatten a board. That's a good way to get really hurt. Jointers straighten and square an edge. Period. If you want to flatten a side, get a planer. I have had a ten inch jointer in the past. It's purpose was to straighten very heavy beams. Only an idiot would try to put a board through it flat. The piece going through must be under full control as there is no kickback or upward thrust control. You cannot do that with the board flat on the surface unless you put you hand directly over the spinning blades.

Dude, are you kidding me? Only an idiot would post that. I've made furniture as a hobby and my family's been in cabinetry since the late 1960s. You run it through the jointer first so you have a flat surface to run it through the planer with. Then you flip the board over every pass until you get final thickness. That's how you mill wood.

You use paddles to push the flat surface of the wood through. The only accurate statement about your post is the part about hands -- a newbie tendency is to grab the end of the board which is dangerous. Some of the guys at the shop would apply moderate pressure to the top of the board with their hands, but that was a little too sketchy for me. I'd use the paddles.

 

[American Locomotive]

A jointer should NEVER be used to flatten a board. That's a good way to get really hurt. Jointers straighten and square an edge. Period. If you want to flatten a side, get a planer. I have had a ten inch jointer in the past. It's purpose was to straighten very heavy beams. Only an idiot would try to put a board through it flat. The piece going through must be under full control as there is no kickback or upward thrust control. You cannot do that with the board flat on the surface unless you put you hand directly over the spinning blades.

Planers do not make boards flat. They just make the two surfaces parallel to each other and cut the board to a desired thickness. If the board has a huge curve in it, the board will come out of the planer with a huge curve in it.

You have to flatten one face and one edge first on a jointer, and then you can put it through the planer.

Also, they make plenty of tools to keep your hands away from the blades on power tools.

 

[Kevin54]

This should eliminate the discrepancy in everyones answers.....https://www.wwgoa.com/article/the-difference-between-a-jointer-and-planer/#

 

[slowtwitch73]

If you have nice long and flat infeed and outfeed tables for your planer, it will do a passable job at flattening faces and at widths typically larger than typical jointers will do.