50 ways to leave your planer, get a Buss Gus.

[WarnerConstCo.]

Only one picture, I have to get some some stuff moved around and get it ready to go where my YA M60 24" planer was.

I think the planer came from Warner Swasey's pattern shop and was made in 1944, I think.

I am also sure it has every accessory that ever came with one from Buss.



I think the lift operator had already been kicking some back today.....

 

[Billedis]

Wow, what a monster!

 

[Rollin22Petes]

That's awesome gotta love that old iron. Kinda off topic but what does the obviously happy operator prefer to kickback ;D

 

[Cheese]

That Buss is in really nice shape, I assume everything works on it?

That's got to weigh over 2 tons.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Other then the horrible blue, it is in perfect working order.

7.5hp cutter head motor, 2hp feed, quick adjust bed rolls, 4 knife head, quick adjust pressure bar, cutterhead brake, knife grinder, jointing stone and more i am forgetting.

It weighs just under 5000 pounds.

 

[Cheese]

Other then the horrible blue, it is in perfect working order.

7.5hp cutter head motor, 2hp feed, quick adjust bed rolls, 4 knife head, quick adjust pressure bar, cutterhead brake, knife grinder, jointing stone and more i am forgetting.

It weighs just under 5000 pounds.

So you can grind the cutter knives while they're in position in the planer? No need to remove them. If that's so, how do you maintain that the knives are all the same height?

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

The big bar across the top of the machine with the handle that is on the lift side is what the grinder rig and jointing stone mount to. 

There is a index fixture to hold the head in the right position for each knife. You can adjust the bar to make sure it is parallel to the head when you crank the holder back and forth.

You make a pass, rotate head to next knife make a pass, and so on.

You use the jointing stone across the head while the machine is running.

After grinding you can adjust the pressure bar down to match.

 

[Cheese]

The big bar across the top of the machine with the handle that is on the lift side is what the grinder rig and jointing stone mount to. 

There is a index fixture to hold the head in the right position for each knife. You can adjust the bar to make sure it is parallel to the head when you crank the holder back and forth.

You make a pass, rotate head to next knife make a pass, and so on.

You use the jointing stone across the head while the machine is running.

After grinding you can adjust the pressure bar down to match.

Gotcha, that's pretty slick.
I suppose, if the cutter head uses a 7 1/2 hp motor, the feed rolls use 2 hp, then the  grinder setup probably uses a 1 hp motor itself. [eek]

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Picture time/

Stuff it came with, not pictured: grinder and dust hood.



Graduated scale on disc behind height adjustment wheel



Graduated scale on quick adjust bed rolls.



Big wedge beds



Electrics behind side cover:



Chip breakers



quick adjust pressure bar



4 knife head, oilers and oil dipsticks



Bin for the tools, original color.



Some of the feed works and the cutterhead brake.



Back side.

 

[Shane Holland]

Another cool find, D. Just curious... how much do you restore, use, sell, or garage from the stuff you "collect"? Just wonder what the fate is of all of this history you're accumulating.

Hope you're doing well, friend.

Shane

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

quick crappy video

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Another cool find, D. Just curious... how much do you restore, use, sell, or garage from the stuff you "collect"? Just wonder what the fate is of all of this history you're accumulating.

Hope you're doing well, friend.

Shane

I try to use everything I get.  Its pretty cool to be able to use a sampling of real industrial machinery from days gone by.  I could never afford what they want for Northfields, Martins, etc.

I am kind of sparatic on what I "restore"  I like it when I can clean something up and get to using it.

Certain things I buy to sell, somethings I have no intention of ever selling and there are a few items that I will admit to collecting.

I try to make sure I find good homes for things, plus somethings I buy are just to keep them from the scrapper.

We are doing good Shane, thanks for asking.

Hope you are well as well.

 

[richy3333]

Is it just me or did the FL driver try and dress like a festool?!

 

[promark747]

Beautiful piece of machinery...agree on the unfortunate paint job, though.

 

[greg mann]

If it was in the W&S pattern shop it probably had a pretty easy life compared to a machine coming from a lumber operation. It was probably pretty well maintained as well since there were so many machine builders and wrenchers around.

 

[monstrol]

You know, I kinda like the blue. The paint job could have been better.