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Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 12:48
by 9fingers
I've recently rediscovered this link as an excellent resource for machine manuals having previously posted on TWH1

Covers a good selection of often requested but hard to find manuals.
http://passion-usinages.forumgratuit.or ... nuels-docs

The navigation is in French as are many of the manuals but a little help from google translation should help!
The pictures are in English though :lol:

Machines a bois = woodworking machinery.

Hopefully others will add to this thread as they find other online manual links for extinct machinery still on the secondhand market.

We now have a Dropbox account for manuals and other documents (but NOT photos)
If you want something uploaded the mail it to me at TWH2@minchin.org.uk and I will upload it into an appropriate directory structure.

The drop box account is here
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9lnje4yxbnym ... 9zoha?dl=0

Hope this proves useful.

Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 12:55
by 9fingers
Daltons website used to be another excellent resource for wadkin/startrite and similar British machines.

The site is being revamped at the moment and the manuals are sadly not available but a message on the is page suggests that they will be available soon.
http://www.daltonswadkin.com/manuals/

Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 13:34
by furnman
Another good source of machine manuals is www.advancedmachinery.co.uk or "AMS" for short who have on their website ,most of the wadkin & bursgreen manuals including some that do not appear on the main wadkin site. I have found these people very helpful and knowledgeable regarding wadkin or bursgreen machine spares in the past, I belive they are all ex wadkin.

Bob it would be great idea if we could have a section were members could upload manuals ??

thanks mark.

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 16:12
by 9fingers
furnman wrote:
Bob it would be great idea if we could have a section were members could upload manuals ??

thanks mark.


OK Mark, I've set up a drop box folder as an experiment to hold manuals. Dropbox has proved too slow for photo hosting but I'm hoping that individuals wanting manuals would be prepared to wait a little while to get the manuals.

I've put an inverter manual in as a test so please give it a try and see how it works for you and report back here please.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9lnje4yxbnym ... 9zoha?dl=0

Cheers

Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 17:47
by Andyp
Glad to see that you are not getting too bored on your holiday Bob. :D

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 17:51
by 9fingers
Andyp wrote:Glad too see that you are not getting too bored on your holiday Bob. :D

Can you see the sample manual Andy?
Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 18:43
by Andyp
Yep, A Micromaster 420, whatever that is. All 218 pages. Riveting. :D

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 20:03
by 9fingers
Thanks for the confirmation Andy.

Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 06 Sep 2014, 21:52
by furnman
Thanks Bob for that, seems to work ok, I think it will work well once I have figured out how to upload to it :?

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 07 Sep 2014, 00:35
by Hudson Carpentry
Not sure what software this forum is ran on but my old forum (MyBB) had an add on that was for uploading and sharing manual directly on the board. Maybe worth a look.

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 07 Sep 2014, 05:25
by kirkpoore1
9fingers wrote:Daltons website used to be another excellent resource for wadkin/startrite and similar British machines.

The site is being revamped at the moment and the manuals are sadly not available but a message on the is page suggests that they will be available soon.
http://www.daltonswadkin.com/manuals/

Bob


There are a limited number of older Wadkin manuals on the Vintage Machinery site:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2238&tab=3

Not much, but certainly a start. And of course you can contribute more if you like.:)

Kirk

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 07 Sep 2014, 07:17
by 9fingers
furnman wrote:Thanks Bob for that, seems to work ok, I think it will work well once I have figured out how to upload to it :?



Mark, I have edited the first post in this topic to give the upload method = mail it to me and I'll upload for you.

Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2014, 13:28
by 9fingers
Ive just uploaded some more manuals to the Dropbox. See the first post in this topic for the link.
Bob

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 13 Sep 2014, 19:00
by Phil
kirkpoore1 wrote:
9fingers wrote:Daltons website used to be another excellent resource for wadkin/startrite and similar British machines.

The site is being revamped at the moment and the manuals are sadly not available but a message on the is page suggests that they will be available soon.
http://www.daltonswadkin.com/manuals/

Bob


There are a limited number of older Wadkin manuals on the Vintage Machinery site:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2238&tab=3

Not much, but certainly a start. And of course you can contribute more if you like.:)

Kirk


I found the manual on here for my Walker Turner Lathe circa 1934.

Cheers
Phil

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 03 Jun 2016, 15:00
by memzey
I'd really like a manual for the Sedgwick MB if anyone has one to share :)

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 28 Nov 2020, 10:44
by Cabinetman
memzey wrote:I'd really like a manual for the Sedgwick MB if anyone has one to share :)


https://www.targetmanufacturing.co.uk/w ... s-List.pdf
I was only looking to see what the MB stood for, still don’t know but I found this for you. Ian

Re: Machine manuals

PostPosted: 10 Oct 2021, 21:10
by MikeJ460
I'm looking for a manual for a Boxford Union PD4 Drill Press if anyone can help?

thanks
Mike

Re: Machine manuals New addition

PostPosted: 09 Apr 2022, 10:57
by 9fingers
I've just uploaded a relatively rare machine manual to the drop box (manuals/miscellaneous) for the Lurem/Record/Metabo Maxi 26.
I often see requests for this in forums various and thanks to BR5D from UKW I have been sent a copy.

If you have not discovered our dropbox feature yet (top right button on every page) then maybe take a look at the variety of goodies in there. I bet you will learn something of use to woodworkers and related areas.

Bob