Inca Automatic planer-thicknesser (343.190), reconditioned, stock no. 343.190.010

Some machines are worth keeping. The Automatic is one of them.

This Automatic (343.190 · US 510/550/560/570) had been used for only a handful of jobs before it reached us. Like every Automatic it surfaces on a 1,040 mm table and thicknesses up to 260 mm wide and 160 mm deep.

Injecta, the Swiss firm behind Inca, began die-casting in 1921 under a licence from Doehler of New York.

Keep the plastic feed pinions greased with Molykote DX: they are the model's known weak point.

In the box: the machine and its user manual. It is the bench model, without a stand.

Electrics: the Automatic was made for 220 V single phase (1.5 hp) or 380 V three phase (2 hp), with a no-volt release switch; we tell you which this is. Before you order, check the rating plate against your workshop supply: 230 V single phase or 400 V three phase.

Built to last decades. Looked after to last a few more.