Greenlee 532 SET

[WarnerConstCo.]

Well, I decided it was time to get serious and step up to the big boy machines. [wink]

I have been looking for a single end tenoner for quite some time. They were always too far from home or not what I was looking for.

This machine required a 500 mile round trip to the auction and a 22 hour day.

This machine was made in 1948, has 5 heads (upper and lower tenon heads, upper and lower cope heads and a cut off saw) and the table has 48" of travel allowing for a 24" wide piece to be worked. Machine weighs about 2600 pounds.

I also got a ton of glossy literature with it, a couple shop drawings from 1948 and a complete parts list and build sheet.

 

[johninthecamper]

I am happy to see old machines work again,too bad in todays litigious society , old machines are considered unsafe for employees to use

 

[Kev]

Can't wait to see what you do with this one, it appears to be something that'll be amazing to watch in action. Can it be configured to cut multiple regular tenons on a wide board in one pass?

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I am happy to see old machines work again,too bad in todays litigious society , old machines are considered unsafe for employees to use

This really isn't that old compared to my other stuff. My daily user table saw is from 1885. 

This machine was in service two years ago, once the dust hoods go back on, it is pretty tame.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Can't wait to see what you do with this one, it appears to be something that'll be amazing to watch in action. Can it be configured to cut multiple regular tenons on a wide board in one pass?

It is a single end machine. Say I had a really tall bottom rail for a door (up to 24" wide) in one pass it will cut the tenon, then cut the top and bottom copes then cut the tenon to length. If you needed a really long tenon(up to 7") you make two passes. Then you flip the work piece and push it to the stop and do the other end.

If I had the room and electricity I would love to have a couple double end tenoners. They are pretty much dinosaurs, but can be had cheap enough to make it worth while to an individual such as myself.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Finally got a drop to it and lit it up for the first time. It will need some bearings. I will probably just replace all 10, if they are not ridiculous in price. Normally one would have to pull the bearings out, look to see what numbers on on them, check the measurements, yadda yadda yadda, but I have a parts list and build sheet. It has the bearing size and numbers on it. [big grin]

I made a short video for all you playing along at home.

 

[Kev]

Do you find yourself doing a lot of drilling and tapping on something like that? Several nuts and bolts looked potentially fairly sad from the video!

Kev

 

[Glennraven]

Thank you for all the great images. I'm just now embarking on a search for parts for a 532. I would really like to know how I can get cutting blades that would fit, as there are none presently on the machine. I would be grateful for any input that will help me get this completed.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Finally got around to taking this completely apart, including taking all 5 motors apart, cleaning everything, replacing all the bearings a little repair work and some new paint. 

Almost ready to start making tenons.

 

[greg mann]

Looks like a good match for your Festo mortiser, i would think.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Looks like a good match for your Festo mortiser, i would think.

I am going to use through M&T for everything, just because I can. 

 

[jacko9]

Awesome machine and great rebuild.  Wish I had the space for machinery like that of course out on the West Coast finding older machinery is quite a chore.

Jack

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

98.5% done.

 

[dicktill]

WOW, what a great transformation!  [thumbs up]

 

[Bhend18]

Looks like a brand new machine. Did you mask everything off and spray it?

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Its basically all brushed.  I do spray bomb the handles and small parts that were black.

 

[Guilliaume woodworks]

That's awesome! You obviously put a lot of time into this rebuild and it defenitly shows. Thanks for sharing