Andy Dingley wrote:
Anyone know anything about one of these ante-diluvian combination
machines ?

It seems there's one nearby looking for a home, and there's a
possibility of converting it for use in chairmaking. This means
reworking the motor drive, rebuilding a few Babbitt bearings (which is
why I've been aproached) and probably abandoning the planer and
sawbench. This would leave a large bandsaw, a horizontal borer and a
horizontal round tenoner. I'll need to meet modern safety standards
for guarding, and quite probably a mechanical brake. I assume the
planer and sawbench are simply beyond hope for achieving this.

Google and the OWWM site have shown nothing on one of these, and
hardly anything on its cousin(?) the Planing Mill. Here in the UK
they're _really_ rare.

I was hoping to finally see a square-head planer, but as these things
were built in the '20s (?) I guess they're too late.

I have seen a couple of them. The belts are all 2" canvas/leather and
completely unguarded. They will be a real bear to guard to modern
standards. The bandsaw may or maynot have some basic guards, but you
can build them if missing. The shafts on the borer and tenoner are also
unguarded. Just about any moving part is open to the world. I'd love
to have one to play with, but not in a commercial shop. With any luck,
some of the work may already be done for you. Good luck.