Photo Index - Gallmeyer & Livingston Co. - Eight-inch Jointer

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Gallmeyer & Livingston Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

True Manufacturer:
Gallmeyer & Livingston Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	8"
Submitted By:	Art Walker

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Eight-inch Jointer
Date of Manufacturer:
Serial Number:	8108
Last Updated	10/18/2008 1:50:31 AM

Comments:

This DMD jointer was used in a marina's repair shop in Seattle, and was subsequently warehoused for decades at a sister operation in Portland. I saved it from being scrapped; pretty sure the blade guard and G&L signature retractable trolley wheel disappeared a long time ago. The starter was removed immediately to connect a VFD to the 1HP 3ph Master motor; once a guard is cobbled and installed I may try driving it up to 4k or 4500 rpm if convinced the knife capture system will handle it. By my understanding many motor-on-arbor machines lack a bearing at the outboard end of the motor to simplify alignment, but this one seems to have three bearings. Basic dimensions match the pages in the G&L catalog here. It's a primitive little tank, with short tables on simple rails; but parallelism was good right out of storage, and initial results seem promising. s/n was stamped on the far surface of the outfeed table.

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Comments: Front view w/footlong ruler for scale
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Comments: top view w/o fence, 3ph motor-on-arbor
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