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Default Rockwell planer, any comments on this beast 13x6

On 2009-10-09, Steve Turner wrote:
This is awesome. Good or bad, it is so much better to have a manual.
The manual also seems to be written by real people, not by Chinese,
and is a delight to read.


That's a cool looking old beast. If it were me though, I wouldn't be
able to resist the temptation to do a complete disassembly, cleanup,
bead-blast, and repainting job. It looks kinda rough... but in a good
sorta way. :-)


It does not actually look rough, it is simply dirty.

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