What does a Uniplane do?

[RickW]

Admiral: thanks for that link. Brought back more than a few memories as I have not seen a Uni-plane in years. From what I  read and heard, it was a good machine and worked well. Problem seemed to be that it was just too "unique", and too much of a  radical design to catch on with those who grew up with/trained on traditional jointer.

Would not mind having one -- depending upon price, condition, all OEM parts, etc. But I wonder if replacement knives/cutters are available?

Yes, cutters are available from Woodworkers' Tool Works-http://store.woodworkerstoolworks.com/ro...r-set-new/
in both steel and carbide sets.
Rick W

[alnandy]

A regular jointer without a guard is equally dangerous (which is why I have 9 1/2 fingers)

[Steve N]

Here is a review from '69 when it first came out, interesting machine:

https://books.google.com/books?id=kiYDAA...ne&f=false

R J De Cristoforo. I think he wrote ALL of the books and reviews from somewhere in the 50's through the 60's. Future generations not so much