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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 14 Oct 2018, 17:07

Outstanding!
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Rod » 14 Oct 2018, 19:14

Brilliant work as usual

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Andyp » 15 Oct 2018, 09:12

I'd love to see and hear these beasts in operation.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 15 Oct 2018, 16:49

my first pk resto, this one had a fantastic dc injection brake. It can be a pain without a brake because it takes 5 mins to run down by itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaJruIM0k0
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 15 Oct 2018, 17:22

Time for a bit assembly.

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I thought I'd better put it on a pallet before it gets too heavy for my block and tackle

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I dont know why but I had two tins of black enamel with just a bit in so I thought I'd pore one into the other. It had some kind of reaction and coagulated into a horrible mess.
Luckily paint supplier close by

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Andyp » 15 Oct 2018, 17:29

wallace wrote:my first pk resto, this one had a fantastic dc injection brake. It can be a pain without a brake because it takes 5 mins to run down by itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eYkYeOTFJQ


Is this the video you meant to link too?

[youtube]7ZfCEJhMkeo[/youtube]

If it is I'll edit your post and delete this one.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 15 Oct 2018, 20:56

Andy I don't know what happened to my link, I've changed it. The one in my clip stops an 18" blade in 3 secs. The one in the clip you put up is a saw I bought just to get its brass crown guard.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 23 Oct 2018, 17:18

Bit more done, the table is in pretty good condition with no pitting just staining. the infill strip which is steel has some decent pits in it. My method for cleaning is Stanley blade, wire wheel, scotchbrite on the ROS.

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Found these stamps on a corner, does the arrow denote military?

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Guess who forgot to feed the wires from the switch and motor before putting the table on. Took 45 mins of contorsionist work to get them in,

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The slider release was missing so I had a go at making a new one in the style of the early pk machines.

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 23 Oct 2018, 17:26

Cor!
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby fiveeyes » 23 Oct 2018, 21:08

Great work...looking for more...love the WIP...thank you wallace :text-coolphotos:
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Rod » 24 Oct 2018, 00:03

Great work

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 25 Oct 2018, 17:06

I had a rummage around my junk piles and found these which I'm going to try and make into a crown guard and support.

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I'm copying off the holy grail brass crown guard

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 26 Oct 2018, 17:26

To secure the fixing for bar I drilled and tapped it.

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Followed by a bit crow poo braze

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A bit filler

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And a splash of etch primer

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The nuts to tighten the bar clamps are missing so I remembered I had some offcuts of stair rods

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 30 Oct 2018, 18:27

A bit more done, it was only 5 degrees so not the best weather to be spraying. Luckily this enamel is very forgiving and doesn't need perfect conditions for a decent finish. I did put the pieces under a chicken brooding lamp for a bit though.

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For the arms I got some round bar from a local fabrication place for the princely sum of £6

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My bitsa support seems to work pretty well

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This saw was missing a couple of adjustable pin that the sliding table runs on, I asked this guy to do them and he kindly agreed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoS6ipDd-bM&t=26s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLxiO0ui2qM
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby wallace » 13 Nov 2018, 18:25

These are the eccentric pins that hold the bearing for the sliding table. Two of them were missing so I asked that doubleboost of youtube to make a couple, which he kindly did. The one on the right is the wadkin one.

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Bearings installed

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It was also missing a couple of the pins that hold plain bearings for lateral adjustment of the slider.
Luckily I had a couple spare that Matt Matt made for me a few years ago.

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I made some brass covers for the bearings

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This poor pk was also missing its extension for the table.

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All finished

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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Andyp » 13 Nov 2018, 20:28

Gorgeous - as always. Thanks for taking the time to document these restorations.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 13 Nov 2018, 21:07

Breathtaking. And the hand wheels are just gorgeous. Thanks.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Robert » 13 Nov 2018, 23:28

Amazing Job!

Just had to go back to post 1 and look at the difference again. Hope you make the kind of profit you deserve.
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Re: wadkin PK restoration

Postby Rod » 14 Nov 2018, 01:02

Excellent work as usual

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