P-24 PLANER Ce shone Machinery a . Ms ot BULLETIN No. 1 22 A Modern, Efficient and Compact Planer . the resultant deyelopment of over fifty years in building precision woodworking machinery. The Crescent P-24 Planer offers thoroughly rigid construction that means vibrationless operation, resulting in higher quality work, increased production and lower operating costs. POWER TOOL DIVIS -WAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN ‘TURING CO? Rockwell manuag: Crescent's P-24 Planer's Money Saving EXTRAS PECIAL features such as the four knife round safety type cutterhead, mount- ed in oversized precision ball bearings, make Crescent Planers outstanding wher- ever efficiency and high production are a requirement. The P-24 frame is cast in a one piece semisteel casting correctly bal- anced with substantial ribs for added strength wherever undue stress can occur. The bed is likewise of semi-steel, accurately machined with a hand wheel adjustment and a heavy screw hoist mounted on en- closed heavy ball thrust bearings. Because it is gibbed to the frame, the bed cannot tip or chatter. Proper stock guidance is as- sured by strips cast on both sides. Hinged doors of solid metal provide safety for the operator and offer a maximum protection The disassembled four kate found. head unit showing « Special high speed stoe! Blade td the ball bearing assemblies removed from the cylinder. The Inives are adjusted by a patent ed key which keeps them rigid ‘hile the machine ls boing ep- trate. POWER TOOL DIVISION Keep Maintenance Costs Low! A side-view of the P-24 Planer showing the solid metal doors that protect the gear and variable drive assembly against dust and dirt accumulation. The motor shaft is built directly on the cutterhead cylinder and is shown without the motor from an accumulation of dust and dirt. The P-24 has two upper and two lower feed rolls, and all four are power driven at a three-to-one ratio variable speed by a one horse-power ball bearing motor with rates of feed from twenty to sixty feet per min- ute. Chip breakers are adjustable and ar- ranged concentric with the cutting circle. With a %" yield it cannot strike the cutter- head knives. A sectional type Chip Breaker with 2” sections and an upper infeed roll with 1” sections may be had as optional equipment at a small additional charge. The lubrication of the Crescent P-24 Planer is both simple and positive with alemite and oil fittings efficiently reaching every moving part of the machine. ROCKWELL WANUFACTURING COMPANY 600 E. VIENNA AVE., MILWAUKEE 1, WIS. aiThe Four-Knife Crescent Cutterhead fin Improved Feature FINE finish surfacing costs you less, and you get more of it—one third more — because of Cres- cent's specially featured fourknife round head, as against the conventional three-knife head usually found in other machines. The fourknife Crescent cutterhead was first introduced by Crescent engineers as a safety measure, and has been continually improved until today it is recognized as one of the most efficient production heads obtainable on the market. The knives are of special high speed steel, and will carry a keen cutting edge for long periods under the toughest kind of service. These blades can be sharpened without the necessity of taking the knives out of the head for grinding, by using a motor driven adjustable knife grinder that does a precision job rapidly and with ease. A jointing device replaces this grinder within a few sec- onds, and is used to true up the knives so that all four knives will cut, thus making the perfect job necessary for high quality surface planing. A patented key adjustment sets the knives securely until such time as they are purposely released, maintaining constant rigidity while the machine is in operation. A five or seven and one half horsepower ball bearing type motor is built directly on the cutter- head cylinder making a very modem drive and eliminating excess floor space. A separate push button panel is built in the front of the machine operating magnetic starters which have overload and undervoltage protection. The reversing of feed is one of the many features provided in this easy to operate panel. POWER TOOL DIVISION ROCKWELE "MANUFACTURING COMPANY x x The knifegrinder pictured above ie quickly ad. Justable tnd does proc Job of tharpeaing api and with e820, The above jointing atachmen! replaces the ‘rind in afew seconds and finishes the Knives Suk the" precision necessury for high, qually Planing. of the push bution panel bulld ‘machine nearest the opertr. Magnetic stctre™ having ‘orerlosd and under yelp meets ad's fru ed ro Swe In Gs panel. An cary to tead dal shown below the panel gives the operator hs feed in feet pat 600 E. VIENNA AVE, MILWAUKEE 1, WIS.showing the meter bull dtecty on the tmamsve bed with Randwheel adjustn Imounted on heavy Ball trast bearings can be seca together with ‘he variable drive and goar assembly eee A.6” sharing hood for 3 Blowpipe connection that 1s obhinable ‘sta equipment for the P24 Planer. This hood eliminates tha ‘ngs and saw du from accumulating on th working parts of the ma ‘chine and maining 2 rounding the machise a! aI times orsign dnribation, xcept trcitries of U.S: Ay Canad and Philip The Crescent P-24 Planer : is especially sulted for manual training schools, pat tem shops, interior finish and furniture factories and all industrial plants having need for a dependable high grade surfacer. Tested war time heavy produc tion schedules have proven the P-24 Planer adaptable to industrial peacotime reconversion programs. Bo: cause of Crescents many years of experience in building precision woodworking machinery, ownei ‘and operators know that Crescent Planers have al- ways given, and will continue to give in post war years, accurate, dependable and economical service. That the confidence of the wood-working industry has not been misplaced is evidenced by the manner in which customers of many years continue to rely on Crescent for the very latest improvements in wood: working machinery of sound design. eagth of knives Length of bed Speed of head ~~ Cutting ctcle of eed Feeding speeds Power required for feed ower sogulred for head - ‘Wil plane maximum tickness of Shortest place will plane (ot butte) Not weight Domestic shipping weight Expert shipping weight Cabie measurement Overall height Overall floor spece ooo niisase Diameter of outs for duat hood (wee ordered. The Chipbresker assembly shown below le adjustable and ar fanged concentric with the cating circle. Wiha 36" yield I! can ‘ot ake the Fnives POWER TOOL DIVISION Rockwell manuracturinc COMPANY MILWAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN