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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

True Manufacturer:
King-Seeley Corp.-Central Specialty Division, Ann Arbor, MI; Ypsilanti, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	4 3/8"
Submitted By:	Dan McCallum

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	103.23340
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Last Updated	1/22/2009 12:40:53 AM

Comments:

Bought this off of Craigslist in Seattle for $60 in the fall of 2008. It took me several months to get down to Seattle and pay for it, luckily the vendor had no other interest in it during this time! The vendor owned a small woodworking shop near the Ballard locks, and had acquired the jointer from a friend and not used it much. He had no history on it beyond that.

It was in pretty good shape other than the bearings were shot, hardly any rust at all, and came with a 1/3 HP GE motor that looked way older than the jointer itself, and a nice Cutler-Hammer switch dated 1947. I replaced the bearings, sharpened the blades, and gave it a quick cleaning. Matched it to a different motor, a 1/4 HP Tamper that was only 8" long, since I wanted to fit it in behind/above my General 6" jointer. Install worked out great, cuts very nicely, and I love how quiet it is.

I bought a metal ducting piece at Home Depot to use as a dust "hood". It fit in beautifully, drilled some small holes in it and used wire to secure it. It is not as effective as I would like though, I think it is a combo of my anemic dust collection system and too many other gaps around the cutterhead. Will require additional thought, but has sunk fairly far down the queue at this point. Also could probably use a larger pulley on the motor, the cutterhead definitely could spin faster.

(Edit) I decided to keep it running at the speed it is at now. It cuts beautifully, leaves a glassy surface. I don't see any reason to tamper with success! On the Dust Collection front, I found that the cutterhead would hurl the chips right out through the gap above the front of the metal shroud, so I cut up one of those sheet magnet things and used it to fill in the gaps. works great now, just a few shavings escape out the top of the cutterhead at the end of each cut.

This has been my fastest and most satisfying restoration to date.

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