FS: 30" jointer

[TBoomz]

Porter A [heavy pattern]
30" cutting head...5" dia..........straight knives
flat belt [pulley] drive - no motor included
Babbitt bearing.............journals look to be in good shape
Light table rust..........condensation, [no direct rain]........always sheltered
88" tip -to-tip (tables)
2" rabbet ledge = making full width of table.... 34"
weight approx. 2200 lbs
last used 30 yrs ago
$ 5000

David K uploaded to "media" shots from 2019 triad shop crawl
of my jointer: P8170038.jpg - P8170033.jpg........[thx david]

 

[marinosr]

Do they even make trees 30" wide anymore?

 

[Martin Roper]

Do they even make trees 30" wide anymore?

Do your glue-ups first, then joint.

 

[TBoomz]

Do your glue-ups first, then joint.

the beauty of having wide equipment, is fewer boards to glue-up. Two 24" wide boards and you've a table. The Hardwood Store has a 36"? wide planer. One board would make a table.

 

[creasman]

That thing would scare me in operation, but I can see its usefulness at times. Have you thought about contacting the owner at Raleigh Reclaimed (https://raleighreclaimed.com/pages/contact)? We toured their site at the Raleigh Shop Crawl this past year. The owner purchases equipment like this to restore and use in their shop. He might be interested.

 

[TBoomz]

Have listed this elsewhere, so figured I'd update asking price, here.
Should'a done this last year when folks had $$ to spare.

Am currently asking.......... $3200...... will help load.

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

Are these the pics? I remember that thing being a beast.

 

[TBoomz]

That lil thing? I've a planer that's twice as heavy and 5 foot longer. Was gonna move jointer into my shop, last month...but the heat...
So far, I've only razor-bladed the table surface. Only other part that's rusty is cutting head, and i'm going to leave that be. The more I look at it, the more I think maybe all it needs is the journals polished, a little oil and it's good to go. Would look great in your basement Jeremy.

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

My wife might make me live in the basement permanently if I brought that thing home.