I just picked up the Rockwell planer via Craigslist. I don't need another planer, but I like to restore machinery and this one stood out as one that I have never seen before, nor could I find much about it on the internet. I believe it is an Italian SCM built planer badged as a Rockwell, but I could be wrong. It has 350 mm long blades, adjustable bed rollers and a 5 hp single phase motor. It is definitely rough right now, but have already torn it down and start to clean everything up. I am going to repaint, clean, and possibly install a Byrd head.
Here are a few before pictures, hopefully in a couple weeks I will have most of it done. Has anyone here seen one of these before? It is definitely very heavy and well build. I restored a PM 100 planer this summer and this Rockwell has to be at least 10 times easier to work on.
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