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    Wadkin DH bandsaw

    I'm not sure. I've run a 5/8" blade in my bandsaw for most of the 5-6 years I've owned the machine, so I haven't experimented. The 5/8" blade only comes in contact with the front two of the three plastic strips on each side, so there's no wear occurring on the third strip. I guess if it had...
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    Wadkin DH bandsaw

    They're Chaco guides - a Swiss company that still makes bandsaw guides. I have Chaco guides on my Preston (Canada) bandsaw and bought replacement plastic/resin guide bushes from Switzerland a couple of years ago. They were very good to deal with. Scrit reckoned they were the best guides...
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    Making holes without electrons

    First you attach the crank hub and handle on to one of the two shafts. The crank shaft is normal speed, but attaching to the flywheel shaft gives a lower speed for drill bigger holes. The crank gear turns the spindle gear (and hence the spindle). The crank gear and the flywheel gear are...
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    Making holes without electrons

    Firstly, I want to apologise to the OP for going off on this tangent. Er, no. But while we're blaming each other, I was going to blame Alf for my OTT interest in eggbeater drills ;) . It was her interesting posts over the other side and her entertaining blog that got me hooked. Well Andy, I...
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    Making holes without electrons

    Thanks for the kind words Andy. But that one is quite plain. I like the ones with serpentine spokes - particularly Silver post drills. Here's my No.14. I have several other Silver post drills, this one is complete. Another nice one is this Boynton & Plummer No.1 1/2. It was incomplete when I...
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    Making holes without electrons

    I think AndyT summed it up well, though when it comes to eggbeaters I agree with Alf... But beware of the very similar Stanley 805. The 803 is double pinion, the 805 only has a single pinion - and I'm amazed at the difference the second pinion makes. There are nicer eggbeaters - such as the...
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    wadkin MD morticer

    I like the way it's come up Wallace, without the full repaint :obscene-drinkingcheers: Could it be your DH. De Havilland? No, something a little closer to the ground - a bicycle maybe (going by the number of wheels). ;) You've certainly picked up a few rare gems. This one, your LP borer and...
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    wadkin MD morticer

    Hmmmm. Not sure I can help. Wadkin would have used test number 3783 three times over the years. The cast brass Wadkin & Co. tag means it's pre-1936. If it's from Wadkin's first test number sequence: test 3166 was carried out in September, 1925; while test 4087 was carried out in July 1926...
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    Calling all Wadkin nuts

    A bit more research shows Wadkin & Co. became Wadkin Ltd. on 28th March, 1935. However machines already ordered continued to be outshopped with Wadkin & Co. tags well into 1936. These machines no longer carried the old cast brass Wadkin & Co. tags, but a short lived etched tinned brass sheet...
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    Wadkin FM

    Interesting to see the cutterblock has provision for moulding knives. Wadkin seem to be a bit hit and miss with that feature. The 9" RB has it as standard, the 12" and 16" RD only as special order. I'm not sure what the story is with the RZ and RM - except that Jack Forsberg's RM has the...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    The fourteenth batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2572 - RBs 834 to 905 - 72 machines commissioned 23rd June, 1950: RB 839, test 41647, of 1952 - New Zealand - Wadkin Ltd. cast tag; RB 849, test 41831, of 1952 - New Zealand - Wadkin Ltd. cast tag; RB 858, test 41973, of 1952 - New Zealand -...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    The thirteenth batch on the Batch List - I've only found one machine from this small-ish batch: Batch A 2547 - RBs 798 to 833 - 36 machines commissioned 7th February, 1950: RB 830, test 39773, of 1951 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. cast tag; This machine appears to have the same features as...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    Thanks. Both SWMBO and myself have had two jabs (Pfizer - the only option here), both daughters have had one jab, and my son has had at least one to date. I believe that is a "Brookhirst" isolating switch, possibly containing fuses as well - an option on many Wadkin machines. Cheers, Vann.
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    The twelfth batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2469 - RBs 750 to 797 - 48 machines commissioned 30th November, 1948: RB 763, test 37585, of Sept. 1950 - South Africa - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RB 780, test 37954, of 1950 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RB 793, test 38322, of 1950 - United...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    The eleventh batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2406 - RBs 702 to 749 - 48 machines commissioned 9th January, 1948: RB 733, test 35300, of 1949 - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RB 734, test 35301, of 1949 - New Zealand - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RB 745, test 35560, of 1950 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. tin...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    And the tenth batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2372 - RBs 630 to 701 - 72 machines commissioned 1st August, 1947: RB 664, test 32853, of 1949 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RBA 666, test 32855, of March 1949 - New Zealand - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; RB 677, test 32956, of 1949 - United...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    Another three months since I last progressed this thread: The ninth batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2320 - RBs 594 to 629 - 36 machines commissioned 15th February, 1946: - RB 611, test 30332, of 1948 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; - RB 617, test 30369, of 1948 - New Zealand - Wadkin...
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    Development of the Wadkin RB Surface Planer.

    I've been a bit slack lately and haven't progressed this thread in two months. So here we go: The eighth batch on the Batch List: Batch A 2286 - RBs 558 to 593 - 36 machines commissioned 18th December, 1945: - RB 559, test 29410, of 1947 - United Kingdom - Wadkin Ltd. tin tag; - RB 563, test...
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    Vintage Wood Machining Books

    Aha. One of these showed up over here a few years back (2017), and for some reason I kept the pikkies. I see some minor differences. Anyway, enjoy. Cheers, Vann.
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    Things have really gone downhill with Wadkin...

    It looks like you're on to it - seems they make (or have made for them) two versions of each model - with and without Tersa heads. Which doesn't explain why their under/over isn't a "Planter & Thicknester" ;) Cheers, Vann.
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