Thanks for sharing Rees... I have a circa 1900 22 x 22 x 60 GA Gray I'm working on getting operational again - motor change and belting.... a baby brother to yours perhaps? :)
Ah! Another old Gray! Interesting to ponder the idea of both of our planers having been assembled on the same shop floor. Maybe even came off the same planer! I don't really know what year mine was made. I guessed 1905 from pictures in Kenneth Cope's book American Planers. Quite a stretch to be sure, but maybe our machines were on the shop floor at the same time! I hope the getting operational project goes well and that you end up with a machine you will enjoy for years to come. Rees
@@reesacheson5577 Thanks Rees... yes, I'm more guessing on the date as well based on the GA Gray "1899 production included..." note in K Cope's book. Mine is the model shown in Fig10 p.77. I see "219" serial number on the RH front side of the Hor rail. Wondering what yours shows? I've seen 2 other old Gray's like mine in UA-cam videos. Mine spent time in AZ, then Vegas area before I acquired it in trade.
Rees, Thanks for sharing...quite a setup and amazing machine...thoroughly enjoyed !
ATB....Dean
Thanks for sharing. It's an amazing piece of machinery.
Love that small planer
Awesome beyond words ! --Doozer
Nice stunt machining!
needing to rebuild only once every 100 years is pretty good👍
Very interesting information I’m just getting into machining this interest me so much
Thanks for sharing Rees... I have a circa 1900 22 x 22 x 60 GA Gray I'm working on getting operational again - motor change and belting.... a baby brother to yours perhaps? :)
Ah! Another old Gray! Interesting to ponder the idea of both of our planers having been assembled on the same shop floor. Maybe even came off the same planer!
I don't really know what year mine was made. I guessed 1905 from pictures in Kenneth Cope's book American Planers. Quite a stretch to be sure, but maybe our machines were on the shop floor at the same time!
I hope the getting operational project goes well and that you end up with a machine you will enjoy for years to come.
Rees
@@reesacheson5577 Thanks Rees... yes, I'm more guessing on the date as well based on the GA Gray "1899 production included..." note in K Cope's book. Mine is the model shown in Fig10 p.77. I see "219" serial number on the RH front side of the Hor rail. Wondering what yours shows? I've seen 2 other old Gray's like mine in UA-cam videos. Mine spent time in AZ, then Vegas area before I acquired it in trade.
@@idjeffp I have looked for a serial number on mine but have been unable to locate one. Where exactly on the rail is yours stamped?
Rees
@@reesacheson5577 email sent with some pictures - S/N located on RH side of the hor rail between the two oil holes
the saying goes that a lathe can procreate, but apparently so does planer...