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Default Vintage Craftsman Planer

On 05/28/2017 10:48 AM, dpb wrote:
On 05/28/2017 8:11 AM, Bob Villa wrote:
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Holy Crap...it says in the ad about the diameter of the pulley...but
it seems slow!



4200 rpm is right in the sweet spot I mentioned???


Oopsies! I misread (it's _awfully_ fine print! is my story and I'm
stickin' to it! ) the diameter as 3+" instead of 2-5/8". At 4200
rpm, that is a little under 3000 sfpm which is a little low, granted.

But, that's a pretty small machine; from the original picture had
thought it quite a bit larger so I'm guessing feeder speed is pretty
slow which will counteract the problem.

Also, bearings probably not the _most_ robust, altho of that vintage
things were just typically quite a lot more robust so that's likely not
a real concern.

Might push it a little beyond that target; I'd not want to get carried
away, though...

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