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Wadkin mitre saw restoration

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 26 Jul 2016, 20:22

There is just something about shiny metal!

Lovely job!
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 27 Jul 2016, 17:27

The final part of this piece, everything sanded down to 1200 grit.

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And then polished

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I needed a pin so stuck a brass bolt in the drill and sanded with the power file.

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Shaped the head gave it a polish and voila. Total time for this piece 4hrs

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Rod » 27 Jul 2016, 21:39

Wow if they were models, you would win first prize at MEX Shows for the quality of finish alone!

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Commander » 28 Jul 2016, 06:21

That is just amazing! How do you do the spring? I doubt they are even close to that shiny out of the box! :lol:
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby chataigner » 28 Jul 2016, 07:24

This is just amazing work. I wonder if there are any former Wadkin people around who might see it - truly a labour of love.
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby MattS » 28 Jul 2016, 11:08

Wow I wouldn't watch to touch it in case I got finger prints on it. Let alone wood dust ;) :D
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 28 Jul 2016, 17:31

Erich the spring is just polished on the mop, Its lucky someone greased it over the years so there was no pitting. Matts when I finish a machine it gets used and I don't mind the odd ding.
The angle strip is quite worn.

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More shiny stuff

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I have decided not to shine every bolt so I have blackened a few bits. This is the stuff you mix with water and it leaves an oxidised layer, you then spray with WD40 and wax.
I used this on the RS I did but since I sold it I don't know how good this stuff resists rust.

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby 9fingers » 28 Jul 2016, 17:39

Mark, What is your water based blackening scheme please?

I normally heat to red hot and drop into used engine oil which is a bit smell and it sometimes catches fire briefly:shock:

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 31 Jul 2016, 16:11

I have been on the look out for a motor, I went to see my local motor winders to see if he had anything suitable. I had a scout round his stash and found this little gryphon motor which is 1.25 hp. Its worth a punt for £15

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I had a little strange encounter when I went to get my paint mixed. The guy has mixed my paint a few times and wondered why its always the same colour. I said I was restoring an old wadkin machine. Low and behold he used make wadkins. He worked at evenwood engineering at bishop Auckland. He worked on a big grinder that did the machine tops.
I got a few coats of zinc primer on everything

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Mike G » 31 Jul 2016, 16:30

Next project:

.........restoring a picnic table! :)

This is a brilliant thread, as all of your restorations are. Great work.
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby tracerman » 02 Aug 2016, 11:33

Mark - havn't said much this time around but I'm luvvin it as usual . What will the final colour be ?

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 02 Aug 2016, 20:30

Steve I got my usual colour RAL 7011. I sprayed everything the other day but I wasn't happy with the gloss level. It was supposed to be semi gloss which I like because it helps hide any imperfections. I took it back and got it flattened a bit.
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Tusses » 02 Aug 2016, 21:18

the old car resto / fake resto trick.. was to mix a bit of petrol in with the Celly paint and it would come out mat .. like it was years old :-)
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 03 Aug 2016, 18:20

A little more done

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I need some advice with regard to what size pulley to have on the motor. The pulley on the spindle is 83mm, the motor spins at 2850rpm. What size pulley should I have on the motor. I think the saw will take a 8-9" blade.

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 05 Aug 2016, 19:35

This was the little window into the blade guard.

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I made a new one, one problem I had was the Perspex I was using was quite thick and I needed to heat it up quite a bit to achieve the bend. I ended up over doing it on a couple which causes bubbles to appear inside the stuff. In the end I just admitted defeat and will live with bubbles. I suspect my Perspex was too thick.

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I had a bit of a drama with the enamel paint. I like it semi gloss but the paint guy didn't do it properly so I had to take it back and get it flattened. I then sprayed everything again and it was too shiny again. Strange thing was I gave a piece just a quick going over and it went the semi glass I wanted but where I'd laid down a few decent coats it was shiny when dry. Both sprayed at the same time. I've never experienced that before.

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I wanted some brass washers so chopped rough shapes out drilled a hole and put them on the lathe.

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I need a starter for this saw as the one that came with it is fugly. I bought a new old stock starter a while back and thought it would look perfect on this. Gutted its only rated for less than 1A at full load.

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I found this one in my stash which may work. I don't know what the blue wire is for can anyone give me a clue (Bob)

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby 9fingers » 05 Aug 2016, 20:50

The blue wire looks like one of the coil leads but I'm not familiar with that make of switch. But should be find wired up in the same manner as a standard NVR.

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Rod » 05 Aug 2016, 21:11

Nice work but what's the use of the Perspex in the original design?
Once it's cutting it would just be filled with dust.

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 05 Aug 2016, 22:35

Thanks Bob. Rod I don't understand the window either. I've not seen anything similar on any other wadkin saws.
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Robert » 06 Aug 2016, 11:35

Very nice as always but I wouldn't use perspex in that situation as acrylic sheet can shatter. Polycarbonate or ABS is what you want for a guard. I realise it may be polycarb and you are just calling it Perspex..
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby wallace » 09 Aug 2016, 19:07

Robert I don't know what the stuff is that I used. It cut easily with a jig saw without gluing itself back together.
On the final furlong. Decent masking tape is a really good investment

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I made a mess up on polishing the off button. I put too much pressure and went through the red.

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I always find tin tags a challenge. I think they were originally acid etched? and zinc plated.

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 09 Aug 2016, 19:09

Tasty!
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Rod » 09 Aug 2016, 19:42

Look good to me

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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Robert » 09 Aug 2016, 21:26

wallace wrote:Robert I don't know what the stuff is that I used. It cut easily with a jig saw without gluing itself back together.


That's more about how sharp the blade is but it is a good sign :)

I used to work with plastics back when I was a trainee..so a very long time ago. The one you don't want is styrene like you get in cheap shed windows - very brittle and yellows easily. It smells kind of sweet when you saw it. Acrylic will just snap if you bend an offcut strip. polycarbonate will usually fold double without breaking but may crack sometimes. ABS we didn't use but I'd imagine it performs as polycarbonate.

I actually like the worn look to the red off button :)
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Re: Wadkin mitre saw restoration

Postby Commander » 10 Aug 2016, 06:40

Awesome job Wallace!
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