Hi y'all, I just bought a Sears jointer on ebay. Looks like a fixer-upper. It's 4 1/8" wide and the model number is 149.21871. Just curious...How old could this be? Sears.com has a parts list and exploded diagram, but show no other info. TIA kb8qlr
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Chech here
that model is was made by AMT (American Machine Tool) for Sears. I had one under the AMT name. Its a good little jointer but the key word is little. The short in feed and out feed tables make doing anything over
24" long a bit tricky. AMT got out of the small tool bussness a few years ago so parts may be hard to come by. I hope you got a book with it, set up can be a bear. Bolt it to a table and after set up you should have a useful tool. Once you discover how useful a joint can be, your next step will be a 6". HTH-George
Ditto what George that the machine is an AMT. The vintage for this machine would probably be somewhere in the 70's maybe into the 80's??? I seriously doubt it went as far back as the 60's though I could be wrong by a year or two.
Your best bet is to start c*ll*ct*ng Sears catalogs from these eras and start looking to see when it first appeared and last appeared. That will be as close as you'll get to a born on date.
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For a first-approximation check, what does the 'plate' say for the line voltage for the motor? 110 -- mid 1950's or earlier, 115 -- mid 1950's to early 60's, 117 -- early 60's to late 60's, 120 -- late 60's to present
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