INCA jointer planer model 343.132
Mark Nowicki
Any practical experience with one?
It is the 8" model.
There is one for sale near me.
TIA.
INCA jointer planer model 343.132
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Ralph Lipeles
I had one a bunch of years back. It worked real good when it was working. There were adjustments that I had to make more often than I liked. The compay is no longer in business so getting repair parts will not be easy.
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Ellis Walentine
Hi Mark,
I can't say I've used the 8 5/8" model, but I've owned two of the 10" units, including one of the earlier version that I bought in 1978 for over $1000 US, and one of the updated models with the Tersa head that I own presently. Both of mine were/are delightfully accurate and work very well. I use my current model strictly as a jointer, because I already have a lunchbox planer that works fine and I don't have to set up the Inca for planing, which requires some disassembly and reconfiguration of tables. But the Inca planer is remarkable. In the old days, I could plane Brazilian rosewood to about 3/32" thickness, with unbelievable surface quality. (Of course, you can only do this with extremely straight grained wood; funkier stuff blows up when you go that thin.) As I recall, the cutterhead speed is around 7,000 rpm, which helps account for the superb results.
The beds on the Inca planers are quite short, so if you're thinking of jointing long boards, you might want to do what I did with my first Jointer/planer, which was to build a removable extension table with leveling feet. With it, I could joint 14' boards dead straight.
Ellis