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Used Powermatic machines

Powermatic came out of McMinnville, Tennessee. Lumber dealer Leonard Smith built a planer for his own use, sold it and built more, and the company says it dates from 1921, though VintageMachinery.org finds no firm record before 1938, when Powermatic Machine Co. was making electric irons. After the war it turned to heavy shop machines like the Model 66 saw and the 60 jointer, sold under a red-on-aluminum badge reading Quality Machine, Powermatic, McMinnville Tenn. Houdaille bought it in 1966, Stanwich (later DeVlieg-Bullard) in 1986 and Jet's owner WMH in 1999, and in 1988 it started an Artisan line built in Taiwan. The paint dates a machine well. It's gray to 1958, green to 1981, gold to 1995 and mustard yellow after that. Powermatic's serial numbers carry the year too, but parts for its made-in-USA machines are no longer made, so buy them complete.

7 models we cover.