Photo Index - Parks Woodworking Machine Co. - #97 parks Planer

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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:	Mark Norris

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	#97 parks Planer
Date of Manufacturer:	Unknown
Serial Number:	(View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	1/23/2005 6:00:11 PM

Comments:

Following the OWWM tradition of naming machinery (i.e. ElGuapo, LaUnisawita, LaJoinita and LaGrinita) I am submitting my latest find - LaParkita. This #97 Parks 12" planer came from a local school surplus auction. I just purchased it from the gentleman that got it at the auction but moved on and no longer had need of the planer. Two concerns - the guard is not the original OEM and the Parks logo plate has been steel wooled clean so no serial numbers (or paint) are present. The guy that bought it at the auction thought that Krylon primer was the way to tune up/touch up the planer. The numbers 27613 are stamped in the right front vertical table raising support. All I have done thus far is to wipe it down with some degreaser and clean the bare metal surfaces. The OEM 2 HP motor wins the prize for being the largest and heaviest in my shop of machines. Be Safe, Mark V. (Woodbutcher)

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Comments: #97 Parks planer 2HP motor
Source: myself

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Comments: #97 Parks Planer with shop built guard
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Comments: #97 top end (with rubbed out logo plate...)
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