Wagner Safe-T-Planer

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I anticipated buying one of these as soon as I got into a house and had a drill press. I've almost pulled the trigger on buying one anyways a number of times just so I had it when that day came, but never did. Finally got the other two parts of the equation and got online to buy the safe-t-planer and it's discontinued. Anyone have an extra one or one they'd part with because they have a drum sander or other thicknessing method. Buying or building a different thicknessing method is not feasible right now.
 
You might be able to get one on ebay.

Hmm. Maybe it's time to get into the safe-t-planer business, as the original manufacturer is retiring.
 
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Really?! Discontinued? Wow, I just got mine under the wire then. I just set mine up and have been testing it with wonderful results. I hope you find one!
 
I love mine. It saves a lot of time since I'm doing my final thicknessing on a shopmade, handfeed, sander that runs off of my old Shopsmith. I thickness on the Safe-t-planer to about .130" and then go to the sander for final thicknessing. I might not use it as much if I had one of those fancy, store-bought sanders, but it does the trick for now.

Many years ago (maybe in the first year of publication) Fine Woodworking ran an article about a gentleman whose only machine tool was a radial arm saw. He made grandfather clock cases and did all of his thicknessing (rough sawn wood to final thickness) with a Safe-t-planer on his radial arm saw. Even made some of the molding with it as I recall.
 

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I tried calling the number for G&W Tool Co listed on an old instruction manual and it was disconnected. There's another G&W Tool Company that makes auto parts, but I'm still going to call them tomorrow and see if they're related at all and if there's any hope.
 
thehappyukulele said:
Oh man they are out everywhere and even the replacement blades are gone. Mine is only a year or so old so I hope it lasts a long time.
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Why dont you sharpen the old blades..it looks easy.
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Timbuck said:
Why dont you sharpen the old blades..it looks easy.
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You can get a ton of resharps out of the cutters, for sure. I just thought that if they are never going to be made again, it would be best to have another set of them lying around. :)
 
Mine is now spoken for, should I decide to sell it.

But replacement cutters? Come on... isn't Timbuck around? Piece of cake for a man like 'im...
 
I just bought the one from durotools.com. Hopefully it does a similar job.
 
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