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wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 15 Oct 2019, 17:43

I sold my beloved pk recently so to cheer myself up I bought another one. The old one had really big tables and took up a lot of room in my shed. This one is normal sized.

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Its a rough old thing

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This one dates from 1941

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some one never believed in extraction

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Im surprised the tilt and raise still worked

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Mike G » 15 Oct 2019, 19:20

Nah, you'll never get that to work..........

:lol: :D
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby 9fingers » 15 Oct 2019, 20:32

Woo Hoo more Wadkin porn

Can't wait!

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby tracerman » 16 Oct 2019, 10:58

Got my box of tissues on standby .
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 17 Oct 2019, 18:00

Its suffered some damage with a cast lug being knocked off. On later pk's this is attached with a hinge bolted on.

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I thought it would be safer to cut the pin then risk break the other lug, it took ages to hacksaw through with only an inch of blade stroke.

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78 years old and comes out pristine

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The part must of been put in place drilled and tapped and not moved

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Original paint under the tag

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First time I've seen witness marks on a wadkin

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To remove the handle just drill the peened over part and give it a wack

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Bondo time

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Everything disassembled and in its own box

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Robert » 17 Oct 2019, 23:29

When you put all this filler on the main chassis casting are you making it better than new?

As in, is it just years of dings you are filling or are flaws in the casting the factory would have just left being filled too?

As always enjoying watching the dirty work with my hands still clean.
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 18 Oct 2019, 10:05

Its a bit of both, wadkin were very good at fettling raw castings and even early machines had a generous layer of filler before paint. On the lower portions of this its down to bare metal its had that many dings. On later machines I think they must of used some kind of spray filler because you find it on the smallest of parts, which would take far to long if applied by hand and sanded.
On older machines it was a black lead filler which if sound I leave as much as possible and just add to it. I'm going a bit over the top on this because I'm trying some new paint which is 5 times the price of my usual stuff so I want it to be as good as I can get.
The filler I'm using is a metal based filler which I find to be much better than car bodge.
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 27 Oct 2019, 17:12

This is the stuff I use for filling. Its a lot denser than normal filler plus I like the finish.

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wadkin on tiptoes

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Lots of casting crud to remove

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I thought I's treat myself to a new mop, not impressed. Its made from different types of recycled fabric. I cant imagine nylon is going to work on a mop

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Because I'm painting the base with the trunnion arms in place I thought I'd clean the bolts up first and then mask them off.

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A bit primer will help highlight any bits I've missed

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby 9fingers » 27 Oct 2019, 17:17

Loving those polished bolts Mark :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 27 Oct 2019, 18:56

9fingers wrote:Loving those polished bolts Mark :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:

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I used to do it the old way of glueing some sandpaper to a board and doing each flat at a time, through the grits. I recently bought some Velcro stuff so stuck it on he little disc sander. Now I can give each flat a touch up and change the abranet quickly to the next grit
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Rod » 27 Oct 2019, 19:34

Very shiny, Abranet is great stuff

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Woodster » 27 Oct 2019, 19:58

Nice job on the restoration Wallace. Good to see these old machines in use.
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 27 Oct 2019, 23:06

Nice!
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 02 Nov 2019, 17:45

The handwheels are a bit crusty

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Stick it on the lathe spin and clean up with a flapper disc on a grinder

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Go through the grits

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The bone handles are rough but they clean up lovely

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To fill in the bottom of the lettering I leant it over and used a 2 pack high build primer

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Followed by top coat

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My spraying was not as good as I'd hoped

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I mixed too much 2pack paint so sprayed some drawers I had in my stash. I really like the bisley type drawers. These will be great for spindle moulder tooling.

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I went around the electric enclosure door wording with a Dremel

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I never had a spanner big enough for the but so stuck it in the vice

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And a big bar and stilsons to loosen it

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This was a bit disappointing, to get original SKF bearing is £25O

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Mike G » 02 Nov 2019, 17:47

Love it Wallace! Love it. Shame about the bearing. What are you planning with that?
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby 9fingers » 02 Nov 2019, 18:00

I'm sure you could get an alternative bearing at a better price. I think it is only the motor bearing and so not taking a huge load?

What are the key dimensions? I can look it up if you like?

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 02 Nov 2019, 19:32

Thanks Bob the spec is

RL16 - SKF Imperial Double Row Self Aligning - 2x4x13/16inch
I've found a modern equivalent which is NLJ2" for £14O. I also found one in Australia cheap but it has a designation of MRB.
I think it would be prudent to put a half decent bearing in because its a bit of a task taking the 35Okg table off to get to the motor :D
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby 9fingers » 03 Nov 2019, 00:03

Simply bearings have one listed but not priced.
This one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NLJ2-RL16-UL ... 4054323590 is £150 a but better than £250.

Not sure why they are using a self aligning bearing in a motor? Maybe to cope with less accurate machining of the castings.

Lots of single row deep groove options will fit too.

HTH

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 03 Nov 2019, 23:23

Wow!
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 07 Nov 2019, 18:57

After much searching I found some replacement bearings, to get original spec for the big one was too expensive for my little wallet so I had to go for a pressed steal I did manage to get a Hoffman for the other end. £1OO for them both which I'm happy with.

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The motor went together really easily with the bearings being a push fit.

I made some stuff shiny

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I then got stuck into the frame that supports the sliding table.

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When it was first built, it was set up at the factory and each eccentric pin had a hole drilled to hold it in place. Assuming no ones swapped things around I should be able to put it back to factory spec.

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The bearings are good quality but seized solid. Replacements are about £14 each so I will stick these in a bathe of evaporust and see what happens.

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The pins cleaned up ok

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There are 6 plane bearings which are used to adjust any lateral play in the slider. I'm surprized the pins aren't snapped because they are very hard and brittle with a very small eccentric head which the bearing runs on. You can also align the double mitre to the blade using these.

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I presume this frame was planed

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Next up is the bit that holds the motor mount and pivots to achieve different cutting angles. Its quite a lump

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It had lost a hinge lug at some point

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I thought the easiest way to fix was to put a rod in and weld over the top and then drill the rod out

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Not pretty but a grinder and filler will fix that.

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It worked

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The fence is in good condition.

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To get the pins out you have to drag them out with a bolt. On later models the pin holes go all the way through so you can knock them out.

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Mike G » 07 Nov 2019, 20:23

:eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: Love the welding! :lol:
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 07 Nov 2019, 22:49

Mike G wrote::eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: Love the welding! :lol:


Crap welder expert grinder ;)
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby tracerman » 08 Nov 2019, 00:31

Wallace mate - its still beautiful in its own way and a blind man would be pleased to see it .
Great work .
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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby wallace » 16 Nov 2019, 11:43

A bit more done, the column for the crown guard was a bit crusty and took a good 4 hrs to get to bits

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I think this is the first time a stud extractor has actually worked

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Everything got a coat of zinc primer followed by a coat of filler primer

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Then topcoat

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This is for the slider carriage, its supposed to be brass coloured

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But it looks a bit West Coast Customs

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I picked up a nice catalogue recently which had this nice lump in it, 36" blade

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Re: wadkin pk restoration

Postby Robert » 16 Nov 2019, 12:08

So you are on the lookout for a 36" blade saw now?

:)

Enjoying the progress as always. Thanks for posting.
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