Any J.A Fay&Egan collectors

[Birchwood Logging]

Has any body ever seen a old 1908 j.a fay&egan 4 head moulding machine I have one and was wandering how rare they are I can only find one on the Internet and it is in a museum we still use ours to make flooring and moulding it dose a fine job for a 100 plus year old machine

[warren46]

Take a look at Old Wood Working Machines website.  http://vintagemachinery.org/  You will find lots of information on Fay&Egan machines.

Warren

[Birchwood Logging]

Thanks for the link they have a lot of old fay&egan machines I guss my qustion is dose it have more of a collector value or an operational machine I've been thinking about selling my trim shop equipment I also got a Newman 8 b 4 sided planer

[warren46]

A lot of the old woodworking machines on that site are in regular use.  If the machine is in good operating condition then it should be a "user."

Warren

[logman 219]

HI!! I HAVE A j.a. fay % EGAN MODEL 506  12" JOINTER THAT I USE EVERY DAY ORIGINAL MOTOR LONG GONE , I INSTALLED 5HP  220 WHEN I GOT IT. WOULD LIKE TO  PICTURE OF MOLDER. IS IT 3 PHASE OR SINGLE ?HOW MANY TON DOES IT WEIGHT??

[Birchwood Logging]

Here is a pic 

  

 

[Birchwood Logging]

The machine had lead babit bushings originally they have all been replaced with roller bearings and the profile head has been motorized by a separate 5 hp motor has a 25 hp motor running the rest of the heads and feed it makes some really nice moldings I have 20 different knives plus t&g knives  it runs off y delta 3 phase I'm not for sure how much it weighs I would say 2 to 3 ton

[5quarter]

Nice old workhorse... ;)