Just posted a photo to ABPW... never saw one before and am curious.

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
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Just posted a photo to ABPW... never saw one before and am curious.

Never mind on the ID, I found out it was mismarked... it's a Rockwell
Uniplane. What's a Uniplane?? LOL

"... it's a Rockwell Uniplane. *What's a Uniplane?

They don't make them anymore. It's a jointer allows the board to lie
horizontally as you joint the edge. A series of carbide teeth are set
in a rotating disc that is surrounded by a fence and the edge is fed
past that disc. I had one for a short time and didn't like it. I
couldn't get it adjusted well enough to give me a smooth edge. Instead
I got rows of fine grooves similar to the surface of a vinyl
phonograph record.

In theory, it seemed like a good idea. In practice ....

Joel

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"... it's a Rockwell Uniplane. What's a Uniplane?

They don't make them anymore. It's a jointer allows the board to lie
horizontally as you joint the edge. A series of carbide teeth are set
in a rotating disc that is surrounded by a fence and the edge is fed
past that disc. I had one for a short time and didn't like it. I
couldn't get it adjusted well enough to give me a smooth edge. Instead
I got rows of fine grooves similar to the surface of a vinyl
phonograph record.

In theory, it seemed like a good idea. In practice ....

Joel

Interesting... I saw one sold recently for $750 at a tool dealer. The one I
saw locally has an asking price of $200... has a semi-transparent orange
blade guard on it and appears to be in good shape. I assume it came out of a
school. Sounds like the machine would work on end grain??

Interesting... I saw one sold recently for $750 at a tool dealer. The one I saw locally has an asking price of $200...

In my opinion, not worth it even if it was free. (Unless you can
cannibalize the motor and trash the rest ....)

.... has a semi-transparent orange blade guard on it and appears to be in good shape. I assume it came out of a school. ...

I would not be surprised. The one I had did come from a school.

.... Sounds like the machine would work on end grain?

Yikes! No way - that's asking for trouble. Why joint the end of a
board when you have a chop saw, a sliding miter saw, or a radial arm
saw? Or even crosscut it on a table saw if it's not ungainly.

John Grossbohlin wrote:

Interesting... I saw one sold recently for $750 at a tool dealer. The
one I saw locally has an asking price of $200... has a semi-transparent
orange blade guard on it and appears to be in good shape. I assume it
came out of a school. Sounds like the machine would work on end grain??

John...

Where is the machine? (I'm interested.)

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

I remember those. If you can find an old copy of " The Complete Book
Of Woodworking" by Rosario Capotosto it has a section on this very
machine.
With it, it's possible to work with very small pieces quite safely as
there is no danger of kickbacks. Very accurate depth of cut
adjustments as well as I recall.
I think it's more than just a conversation piece .... it's useful too
!

Lenny

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:28:54 -0500, "John Grossbohlin"
wrote:

Just posted a photo to ABPW... never saw one before and am curious.

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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John Grossbohlin wrote:

Interesting... I saw one sold recently for $750 at a tool dealer. The one
I saw locally has an asking price of $200... has a semi-transparent
orange blade guard on it and appears to be in good shape. I assume it
came out of a school. Sounds like the machine would work on end grain??

John...

Where is the machine? (I'm interested.)

I saw the Rockwell Uniplane on Craig's list, one of the upstate NY lists.

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I remember those. If you can find an old copy of " The Complete Book
Of Woodworking" by Rosario Capotosto it has a section on this very
machine.
With it, it's possible to work with very small pieces quite safely as
there is no danger of kickbacks. Very accurate depth of cut
adjustments as well as I recall.
I think it's more than just a conversation piece .... it's useful too
!

I use hand tools for that... planes and shooting boards!

John Grossbohlin wrote:

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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John Grossbohlin wrote:

Interesting... I saw one sold recently for $750 at a tool dealer. The
one I saw locally has an asking price of $200... has a
semi-transparent orange blade guard on it and appears to be in good
shape. I assume it came out of a school. Sounds like the machine
would work on end grain??

Where is the machine? (I'm interested.)

I saw the Rockwell Uniplane on Craig's list, one of the upstate NY lists.

Thanks - not in a good place for me. I'd wanted one of these critters
since they were introduced, but by the time I could afford one they were
gone. I suspect that they do take real care to get set up properly, but
I really did (and still do) like the concept.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/