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Boice Crane 8" jointer - your opinion please!

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hello everybody. This is my first post on this forum.
I start my woodworking adventure, only 2 years ago, so I'm not profesional, I'm hobbyst.
From long time I'm looking for some 8 inch jointer, I was looking for one which can work for 110v, because I can't install 220v in house which I rent. Yesterday I found long bed 84" Boice Crane jointer, I think this is model#: 3400. Owner claims jointer is in excelent, working condition and could work on 110v. I can't find any reviews of this jointer and I need your help. Anybody know something about this jointer? Is it worth $500? Thank you for all information!
 
#2 · (Edited by Moderator)
Boice Crane built some awesome stuff, and many of the standard features found on modern jointers were pioneered by them and copied by others such as Delta. I had the smaller 6" jointer (model 1400 built in 1954) and it was built like a tank. I sold it for $400 two days after I listed it (and the guy drove 8 hours from out of state to get it), but it was in better than new condition. Hard to tell what the 8" one is worth without looking at it.

Cheers,
Brad
 
#6 ·
Go over to old woodworking forum to find out anything you wanted to know. they are a good brand. That's a hunk of old iron, and I'd offer 400 then split at 450.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Only think I'd ask is if he knew the age of the bearings. Check for slop or a high pitch whine that may signal old bearings. even if you need to change them thats not a bad deal either. I'd jump on it.

Good luck.
 
#7 ·
I'd say, yes it is worth $500 because someone out there will pay $500 for it. That is an amazing jointer. If it is very good condition (new bearings, good knives, etc) I might pay $500 for it, but I am a total cheapskate.

I would offer $400 or even $375 and see what happens. I think that might be the original base, but if so it has been repainted and the logo was lost. You can find a downloadable copy of the manual at the link below.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=1013
 
#10 ·
Hello everybody. This is my first post on this forum.
I start my woodworking adventure, only 2 years ago, so I'm not profesional, I'm hobbyst.
From long time I'm looking for some 8 inch jointer, I was looking for one which can work for 110v, because I can't install 220v in house which I rent. Yesterday I found long bed 84" Boice Crane jointer, I think this is model#: 3400. Owner claims jointer is in excelent, working condition and could work on 110v. I can't find any reviews of this jointer and I need your help. Anybody know something about this jointer? Is it worth $500? Thank you for all information!
I bought a used 8" Boise Crane Jointer about 40 years ago for $400. Since then I have used it monthly with never a problem. I bought about 5000 board feet of rough cut hardwoods at a saw mll in Pennsylvania at about the same time and have used it for straightening the board edges and making glue joints. The jointer can reliably trim the edges of two 8 to 10 foot so they glue together squarely with minimum clamping.
The outfeed table is fixed on my model, so I have to adjust the blades to it. The infeed table is in parallel planes with the outfeed. The board edges are true, neither convex nor concave. Well worth the $500.
 
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