Photo Index - Davis & Wells - 1” spindle

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Davis & Wells
Los Angeles, CA; Lynwood, CA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Shaper, Wood
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Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	1” spindle
Date of Manufacturer:	1940s?
Serial Number:	1820
Last Updated	7/2/2020 12:54:46 AM

Comments:

This is the second open stand D&W shaper I have acquired, and like the first it came with a large quantity of tooling.
The opportunity to imagine the lifetime of gainful work this machine accomplished with all that tooling was worth the price of entry to me.
The gray paint seems original and in uncommonly good condition. Curiously though both the motor and the spindle were not to be turned by hand, nor would the spindle elevation crank turn.
I will have to open it up to find out more.

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Comments: loaded up: tooling in bucket, accessories in box
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Comments: Extras
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Comments: Tooling (34 sets of knife pairs and ten collars)
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Comments: detail of tooling
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Comments: frozen spindle
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Comments: serial number; not sure what the floating 7 signifies
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