Excuse the previous empty post--I got aroused and finished too soon.
I found a Rockwell Delta jointer circa 1957 (thanks Keeter) and made the 12 hour round trip from the Milwaukee area to the Des Moines area to pick it up. The seller is a shop teacher from SW Iowa who drove three hours to drop it off. At $600 it isn't a truly gloatable piece, but I've wanted an old machine to maintain my street cred with the local loons who collect this stuff. It sat in my garage for a week until Rick Chamberlain drove out and helped disassemble/lug/reassemble the thing in my basement. (Thanks Rick) While Rick was grunting with some bolts I rechecked the tables and fence. All dead flat. The motor is a Crescent pumpkin that runs just a smidge noisy, which is better than I was at 47. It's rated at 1 hp on 110 volts, but ol' Unisaw A100 says it will actually net 1.5 hp.The knives are marginal, but a new set is coming from the seller. For now it's a perfectly usable machine that will be a lot of fun to restore over the next generation or so. I've tentatively named it Rocket 88.
Bob Schmall Not one shred of evidence exists that life is serious. Richard Feynman