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Life is short, you need to enjoy your tools!
In my humble opinion, Oliver Wood Working Machinery, of
Grand Rapids MI, is simply the highest grade equipment ever
made for woodworking. We invite you look over a catalog
study I've put together of their out of print catalogs of
this wonderful line of equipment.
Vintage Oliver machinery catalog study
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for more details
Acrobat PDF file - please note this
is copyrighted by Chuck Hess. 2004 - 2008 ©
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For original Oliver
Machinery replacement parts
contact Rich Fink at Eagle Machinery & Repair @
www.eaglemachinery-repair.com |
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One of my favorite sites for Old
Wood Working Machines is
www.owwm.com
And the OWWM discussion forum is
www.owwm.org |
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Only the few machines
at the top of the list are available for purchase, the rest of
them are my production machinery, and not for sale. If you
are interested in a machine, please call Chuck @ 828-777-2429
for details. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model
#217-D 30" Band Saw, 1941 vintage. This one just in is a
contract restoration for a discerning collector. I'm not used
to starting with one this nice; it looks like it was well loved
its whole life. |
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Rye CT-4 Round End Tenoner. These are very cool machines for
mitered cabinet door rails and furniture sized European tenons.
These can do angled tenons especially well. Great machines, I
have 4 of them and it is time to thin the herd. |
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This is a pack of French walnut burl commercial veneer
consisting of 14 pcs about 52 sq ft. The size is 17" x 32". The
wood is extremely fancy with awesome color and grain. Very
Beautiful!
I have about 3000 sq. ft. of French Walnut Burl and Curly veneer
so contact me if you need a larger quantity or different
sizes. More pics here;
http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x178/oldolivers/Walnut%20Veneer%202011/
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Original Oliver Literature. We have a very
extensive coll....,er, inventory of original Oliver literature.
If you haven't noticed it please scroll up and check out our
Oliver catalog study. If there is anything that you are
interested in we do have many duplicates and it is time to thin
the herd. I don't know about you, but for me looking at
3rd generation copies is like kissing thru a screen door.
We have well over 1000 original brochures and many other items,
so contact Chuck if you are looking for something. |
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Oliver #20-C Pattern Makers' Lathe parts. We acquired
this lathe that was actually in the old Ekstrom Carlson pattern
shop. We have headstock, tailstock, motor & carriage, basically
a lathe without a bed. I have been holding out in hopes of
acquiring the bed as well, but that seems like a long shot, so
let me know if you need any of these rare parts. |
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The
following machines, in the photos below, are my production
equipment and they are
not for sale, sorry.
My machines
might be available at the estate sale when I'm gone, but my boys
like them too, so no guarantees on that either. |
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Oliver Model #15-RD,
38" Combination Resaw & Scroll saw, 1955 vintage. 10 HP
direct drive, 570 RPM saw motor. Feeder Motor 2 HP, 2 Speed
1140/575 RPMs. Okay, this is the rarest bandsaw of them all;
I looked for one of these for a long time and the first one I
found didn't work out. Then this beauty found me a couple of
years ago. I think you can see from the photos how the whole
resaw feeder swings out of the way on that giant hinge, for
using as a scroll saw. What a tremendous design! One of the
things that I love about this is the fact that both side of the
feeder rolls are powered and that's a hard thing to get on any
other feeder setup.
We were starting to strip her down for a complete restro and
then I needed to put it back together to use it for a millwork
job. So right now she needs a new paint job but we did tires
and crowns and mechanical cleanup, and she is running so very
well that I sort of hate to take it apart again. But fear not,
we will get around to painting her soon! |
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Oliver Model #217-D
30" Band Saw, 1955 vintage. We finally scored one of these to
keep ourselves. We will be an all Oliver bandsaw shop soon.
Pics coming soon. |
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Oliver #66-AC Pattern
Maker's Heavy Gap Bed Lathe, 1950. Swing is 30" w/ gap closed
and 48" w/gap open. Between centers is 6' 6" w/gap closed and
8'6" w/gap opened. Got this from a foundry up north that was
going to scrap it! The lathe hasn't been used at all for 17
years, and looks like it wasn't used much before that. I also
had the somewhat rare opportunity to speak with the retired
patternmaker that used this lathe, that was really cool. We
replaced headstock bearings and converted to oil bath bearing
while we were at it. What a great call that was, I'm sure it
will be well worth the effort because now it runs unbelievably
smooth! I am listening to my son and we are keeping this one
for the big gun in our shop. |
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Oliver Model #159
Patternmaker's Carriage Speed Lathe, 50s vintage. This 12"
swing lathe has a 6' bed. These are great for spindle work,
3600 RPM top speed. This is my son's lathe, and there he is on
4-25-2011. He is a fine turner and just completed a job of over
100 turnings for an 1855 house restoration, at the age of 15!
He also has a lucrative pen turning business going on the side.
We've had lots of fun and exciting adventures all over the
country collecting the accessories for the little lathes. |
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Oliver Model #159 Patternmaker's Carriage Speed Lathe, 1942
vintage. This 12" swing lathe has the very rare 7' bed. It is
a factory 7' bed and we have never seen or heard about one that
size before. With Olivers they were made one at a time so you
never know what you will run into. This one is a venerable WWII
vet that was sold to Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City in
1942 to help defend this great country! This was my son's first
restoration in which he did most of the work himself (with a
little motor help from daddy). It is now complete and beautiful
and is his go to lathe. Better pics coming soon! |
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Oliver Model #88-D 18” Table Saw, 1968. Its
nice to have really solid table saw, and this is it. It's a
real workhorse, we leave it set up just for 90 degree ripping.
Love that Oliver micrometer fence! |
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Oliver Model #260-D Dual Arbor Table Saw, 1942. This is another
WWII vet, it came from the island of Oahu, and was probably at
Pearl Harbor. This is another that I found on the island of
Maui. These are such cool saws, they can do about anything but
especially nice for compound angle chair parts using the slider
and the quadrant gauge. We usually leave a combo blade and a
dado stack set up on this, I don't like to change blades. |
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Oliver Model #232
Table Saw, 1968. This is a sweet little (14") saw! We
primarily use this one for cutting angle rips. |
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Oliver Model #191
Table Saw, 1937. Very heavy contractor's type table saw. They
must have had some burly contractor's to move this from job to
job, back in the day! It's a sort of scarce machine and I'm
glad to have it in our collec....er, inventory. |
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Oliver Model #299-D 24” Planer with Insert
Tooth Cutter Head, 1942. This WWII vet has a 7 1/2 HP motor.
It was originally sold to the submarine base in Guam, and I
found it in Maui. The Oliver ITCH (inserted tooth cutter head)
head is an awesome design, those boys in Grand Rapids had it
together on this one! I love the spiral head for difficult
grain or tropical hardwoods. Fantastic planer design on a very
small footprint for a 24" planer! |
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Oliver Model #12-B 20” 1956 Patternmaker's
Jointer with grinder. We are lucky to be the second owner of this 10 HP gem. I get a lot of
e-mail about this machine for good reason, thanks for all the
nice comments. This baby touches every piece of wood that goes
through our shop. About 9' bed length and 5' roller extension
make this a dream to use. The pattern maker's feature on these
# 12s is a truly impressive design, what a sweet machine! |
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Oliver Model #144
Jointer, 1926. This was a gift to my boys from a friend of
mine, thanks Tom! Restored by them with a little help from me.
We have the blade guard too, it was getting repaired when this
photo was taken. Really great little jointer, and my boys are
very proud of it, even though they are not allowed to use it
yet! This photo was taken on 3-29-08 and the boys have really
gotten a lot bigger fast. Time really flies by when you're
having fun! |
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Oliver Model #125-D Single End Tenoner, Tilting Bed, 1951. Many
say this is one of Oliver's finest designed machines. It sure
is a joy to use. We use this for large tenons, mostly entry
doors and such. |
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Oliver Model #92-D
Power Feed Hollow Chisel Mortiser, 1956. I had searched for one
of these for a long time. This is one of only 2 of my machines
that I purchased already restored by someone else. The power
feed on one of these will sure spoil the operator. |
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Rye (English) H2 Double Slot Mortiser.
Serial 337, 1962. This and the matching Rye T2 Round End
Tenoner, are 2 of my very favorite machines! We use these a lot
for furniture sized mortise and tenon joints. Ryes are
impressive, high quality machines and very accurate. |
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Here is a shot of "shaper land" in my shop. I
like shapers and I like to have dedicated machines for
repetitive operations. We put all the "little" shapers on
mobile bases to be able to adapt to a wide variety of uses. We
have one more Oliver shaper not in the photo, that is up on the
mezzanine right now. I know; it's a sickness, but I'm OK with
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Oliver Model #288-T Double Spindle Shaper,
1958. This one is our shops "molder", and we primarily make
short runs of custom molding with it. The spindles are on 24"
centers and I love that nice big work surface. |
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Oliver Model #288-T Double Spindle Shaper,
1957. It is our biggest, and heaviest, shaper.
This one has a Holz 6 roll power feeder mounted on it and we
mostly use it for cabinet door edge profiling. The spindles are
on 30" centers and I really love that nice big boy work surface. |
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Oliver Model #287-T
Spindle Shaper, 1970. 5 hp, 1 1/4" spindle. This one is setup
with a Forest City 4 roll power feeder and we use it to run our
"stick" cut for cabinet doors. This one stays set up for that
all the time. |
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Oliver Model #287-T
Spindle Shaper, 1965. 7 1/2 HP, 1 1/4" spindle. This one has a
2 speed flat belt arrangement. Right now we have a Steff 6 roll
power feeder mounted on it but mostly use this with our panel
crafter for radius shaping. |
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Oliver Model #287-T
Spindle Shaper, 40s vintage. This one has a 2 speed V belt
arrangement; high speed 6654, low speed 4600 RPMs. We have this
one setup for our cabinet door "cope" cuts. We leave it setup
for copes all the time and it is fitted with a Pahans sliding
table jig. This shaper found me from the Big Island of Hawaii. |
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Dodds 15 spindle
automatic dovetailer, 1962. These are nice little machines. |
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Oliver 1930 #
34-DD, Double 30" Disk Sander. We had fun restoring this one in
2009, and she came out really nice. We even scored a correct
vintage chain fall to complete what is now another one of my
favorite machines. The photo doesn't really do it justice, take
my word for it. |
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Oliver Model #381-D Tilting Oscillating
Spindle Sander, 2 Speed Motor, 1957. This is another that we
are lucky to be the second owner of this machine. I got this
sander as a package deal with my jointer, the owner would not
split them up. My #12 Jointer and this big spindle sander were
in his "model shop". That must have been some "model shop", and
I wish I could have seen it. This is THE one to
have! |
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Oliver Model # 182-DB Disk and Belt Sander
Combo, 1968. |
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Ekstrom Carlson Model
#123 Scroll Sander. Another fairly scare machine that I don't
come across often. Great little detail sanders. |
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Oliver Model #190 Universal Scroll Sander, 1967. These are
great little sanders! I use mine mostly for tuning up templates
or patterns, and small furniture details. |
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Baldor 10" Pedestal
Grinder. We have this one setup for grinding turning tools. |
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Dewalt GE Radial Arm
Saw. This one has a 7 1/2 HP motor and is setup to swing a 20"
blade. I like the 7 1/2, it doesn't slow down! A lot of shops
don't like to have these around anymore but I love mine, and
find it extremely useful in a custom shop. I had a jump saw in
this spot, but found it too limited in capacities for what I am
doing. The key to these is that they are so versatile; I once
had a job that had 71 degree cuts in 3 x 8s and we actually
switched to a rip blade and the saw made that cut beautifully.
Also great for timber framing details. |
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These
machines below are a few of our old machines that have been sold
or traded. |
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SOLD - Oliver #217 30" Band Saw, 1936 vintage. This was a
restoration contract for a discerning collector, completed and
delivered to the new owner in June of '08. The photos above
show the finished saw, the restoration turned out stunning!
Click on these links to see the restoration process.
Part #1 =
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=38166
Part #2 =
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=38385
Part #3 =
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=38842
Part #4 =
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=39447
Part #5 =
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=39872
This saw graced the OWWM 2010
calendar and was miss October ;^) |
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SOLD-Yates
American Y36 "Snowflake" 36" Bandsaw, 1940. Fully restored and
drop dead gorgeous! I enjoy seeing folks standing in front of
this saw making cow eyes at it. Available with pneumatic
operated DC motor drive feeder. This has been called "The
Nicest Saw in America"! |
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SOLD-Yates
American Y20 "Snowflake" 20" Bandsaw, 1938. What can you say
about a snowflake? Life is short, you might as well enjoy the
machines you work with. I like to have at least 3 band saws in
my shop. We mostly use this for scroll work with a 1/4" blade.
How bout that uber rare original YA rip fence? Look close you
might never see another one. |
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SOLD - Yates American Y20, "Snowflake", 20" Band Saw. Tilting
Table and Foot Brake. Serial # B-13717, about 1939. Fantastic
condition and very smooth running saw that looked like it had
always been loved. This saw went to a great friend who loves it
dearly! |
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SOLD! -
Yates American Y-20 "Snowflake". 1942
vintage,unusual because the wheels and the snowflakes are cast
iron rather than aluminum, like other Y-20s I've seen. That
must have been a WWII thing. Wow, what a smooth running saw!
This saw went to a young dear friend of mine who will give it a
great home and he will work with it for a long time. I'll never
forget, it was so neat to see how happy he was when he saw it
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Oliver #116-D Bandsaw. This is a
very nice 1953 model with a 690 RPM, 5 HP "pancake" motor; what
a great motor design on these! That motor and the tapered
shafts make a very smooth running saw. This one also has the
uber cool target on the door. A really clean and ready to go
saw. This one went to a great friend and is another saw that
was so nice I probably should not have let it go. I need a
bigger shop! |
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SOLD- 1975 Oliver #416-D 36" Band Saw. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model # 192, 18" Band Saw, 1924 vintage. |
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SOLD - Oliver "Type B", 38” Bandsaw, 1907
vintage. This was my first large band saw and first very
challenging restoration, I should get college credit for this
one. I will always have a soft spot for type Bs. |
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Sold
- Northfield 36" Deluxe Bandsaw. We did a *lot* of resawing
with this baby in Maui and had her set up for extremely smooth
cuts right off the blade. |
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SOLD! - Oliver #20-D Patternmaker's
Lathe w/30" Swing, 10' Bed and Power Feeding Carriage. We're
the second owner of this 1936 vintage beauty! This one was
restored in January 2008. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model
#20-B Pattern Makers' Lathe, 1950 vintage. 20" swing, 8' bed, 2
speed, 2 HP Howell motor. A very interesting feature about this
lathe is the offset carriage to get closer to the headstock. I
have not seen another like that; uber cool! The lathe is in
beautiful original condition and still had all the original
accessories except banjos. Came from a pattern shop that was
started by the previous owners grandfather in 1913. It is in
fantastic condition; the bed and carriage etchings are sharp as
a razor! The 20" outboard faceplate is indexed in 1 degree
increments around the whole plate making a great way to index
segments around a turning. Very, very nicely and professionally
done.
If I had to have just one lathe in my shop, I would chose a
#20-B because it is a great all around size; big enough for most
things but not too big for the majority of turning. More pics
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http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x178/oldolivers/Oliver%2020-B%20Lathe%201950/ |
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SOLD - Oliver
#20-D Patternmaker's Lathe w/30" Swing, 12' Bed and Power
Feeding Carriage. We just picked up this 1946 vintage lathe,
and this is where the vision comes in, as I was unloading it I
was not having trouble picturing it restored as our other 20-D
in the photo above. Like I said this is where I have to
envision the machine restored, but this is often the condition
of the machine that we have start with. Don't worry, it'll be
beautiful, you'll love it! |
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SOLD we weren't going to let this one go, but a dear friend had
the vision for the restoration and he did a stunning job.
I enjoyed being a part of the process and mentoring a very
talented future restorationist. - Oliver Model #56 Speed Lathe,
1926 Vintage. This 12" swing lathe has an 8' bed. I liked this
lathe because it reminded me of a miniature #20, with the 4 step
cone pulleys, and this one has an all original motor setup.
Very Cool! We will be doing a complete restro on this fine
lathe soon. |
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SOLD - Oliver
Model #159 Patternmaker's Carriage Speed Lathe, 60s vintage.
This 12" swing lathe has the very rare 8' bed, you don't see
many of these with the carriage. About 72" between centers.
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SOLD - 1942 Oliver #66 Heavy Gap Pattern Maker's Lathe. 8 1/2'
centers & 48" swing with the gap open, pattern maker's carriage
and compound, rare auxiliary cross slide, 2 speed 5 HP motor for
16 speeds and comes with several rare Oliver accessories. Ready
for a total restoration for a discerning collector. They don't
make 'em like this anymore, this will be a stunning machine!
The curve of that casting will make an impressive lathe. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model #159
Patternmaker's Carriage Speed Lathe. this was the boy's old
lathe with a 5' bed length. We sold this one to a patternmaker
when they upgraded to a rare 8' bed model. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model #51-B
Patternmaker's Speed Lathe, 50s vintage. |
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SOLD - Oliver Model #88-DX Table Saw, 1942 Vintage. |
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SOLD - Ekstrom Carlson Straight Line Rip Saw, 1958. |
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SOLD - Ekstrom Carlson #434
Router. Really nice condition 5hp EC router.
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SOLD - Oliver #299-D 24" Planer, Straight Knife Cutterhead with
Grinder, Serial # 84806, 1954. |
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SOLD - Maka DB 5 Horizontal Mortiser,
comes with 118 Knives, Manual, and heavy duty custom made mobile
base. The mortiser is currently wired 240 volts, 3
Phase. These are very cool machines that cut extremely clean
mortises. Makas are high quality German built machines. The mortiser
has original paint and looks really good. It has a very nice
fence, compared to some I've seen, complete with stop rods for
repetitive cutting. It has 2 vertical pneumatic hold downs and
1 horizontal pneumatic holdover. |
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SOLD (acually given to a dear friend) - Oliver Model #190
Universal Scroll Sander, 1956. Fully restored and ready to go;
comes with 1" sanding form and new belt. Cool little machines
for detail sanding. |
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SOLD - Ekstrom Carlson Model # 111 B
Edge Sander. This 1965 vintage, in great condition and the
larger of the 2 # 111 models. It takes a 6" x 101" belt. The
sander has the original factory base which is very cool. These
are pretty scarce machines and I like them. Really great
vintage sanders for a small shop. |
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Sold - Oliver Van 1987 vintage. I drove this
beauty for 17 years! |
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828-777-2429
