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wadkin RU lathe restoration

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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Phil Pascoe » 05 Mar 2022, 01:10

From what little old stuff I've touched, they used fillers.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 05 Mar 2022, 08:43

Cabinetman wrote:It’s quite a revelation seeing what you do Wallace, would they have used filler originally or just painted the castings? Ian


Like phil put they usually used filler, this machine doesn't seem to have any though, I wonder if it is a wartime machine. During the war they would just give a machine a lick of paint with very little finishing.
Early fillers were lead based then they used car fillers.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Hawkeyefxr » 05 Mar 2022, 13:42

That is a machine of shear beauty, you have put your hear and soul into it. Must be a dream to use.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 08 Mar 2022, 18:18

I managed to drag the headstock into the shed



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I found the pics off when I went to collect the bed



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It was fun getting it out by myself with just a pump truck and engine hoist



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It has a tapered pin but its impossible to tap it out. I had to drill it.



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Its supposed to have an oil sight glass here, I'm going to see if john can make one.



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Everything moves freely so I will just flush it and repack the bearings.



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This is the speed changer, it just hooks over a gear and shoves it to mesh into the others



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Mike G » 08 Mar 2022, 21:22

It's quite big, isn't it. :lol:
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby the bear » 08 Mar 2022, 21:43

It amazing how clean those gears look inside. Looking forward to this one

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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 11 Mar 2022, 16:35

A bit more done, thats alot of wires



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Someone has been messing about with the head. its supposed to have allignment dowels and then bolted. No dowels, so that would of been fun aligning it to the tail stock.



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This machine dates from 1945



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Mike G » 11 Mar 2022, 19:16

Is the paint dry on the last one yet? ;) :lol:
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 11 Mar 2022, 23:03

Mike G wrote:Is the paint dry on the last one yet? ;) :lol:


It takes a good 3 weeks for the enamel paint to fully cure, its all wrapped up to protect it from all of this muck.

I once did a machine and to protect it I shrink wrapped it, by the time it made its journey to america the paint had crinkled, Obviously it was still gassing off and because of the wrap it had no where to go. Lesson learned
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 16 Mar 2022, 17:44

A little bit more done.



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The only good thing about people using hammerite to make machines look newer back in the day is that they very rarely prepped anything so it comes off quite easily. Its tedious but just a wood chisel is good for getting it off.



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby AJB Temple » 17 Mar 2022, 11:03

Beats me how a motor doesn't catch fire when choc a bloc full of wood dust like that.

I take it you regard Hammerite as the liquid of the Devil, Wallace. I've only ever used it on rusty fencing. What's bad about it? (I've not used it for at least 10 years).
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 17 Mar 2022, 11:58

AJB Temple wrote:Beats me how a motor doesn't catch fire when choc a bloc full of wood dust like that.

I take it you regard Hammerite as the liquid of the Devil, Wallace. I've only ever used it on rusty fencing. What's bad about it? (I've not used it for at least 10 years).


It must generate some heat whilst running. Wadkin did offer a blower for cleaning out motors and machines, really nice looking things. polished aluminium casings like the old drills. They make decent money when they come up.

I think the worst I've seen is the whole motor filled with grease, If you can imagine the manual says one pump of grease every 6 months, some people get carried away and think bearings need plenty of grease when infact its the opposite.

Yes hammerite is horrid stuff, I'd much prefer to see a machine in its original clothes. The main reason it was done was because of a machine exhibition in the 60's I think, it was decided that wood working machines should be green and metal grey. So dealers would paint old machines to make them look newer.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 01 Apr 2022, 17:10

Spray primer applied



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After lots of sanding a coat of primer



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For some reason I find boring jobs quite relaxing



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 01 Apr 2022, 17:14

Nice.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Vann » 01 Apr 2022, 21:33

Malc2098 wrote:Nice.


What he said.

Cheers, Vann.
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby clogs » 02 Apr 2022, 06:14

Wallice

like u spent many a fine hour cleaning up threads and bed spanner marks from old bolts....
even at times blobing elec weld on the bad bits and reshaping......
even had a few nuts n bolts with hand made threads from years past.....
should have kept them and used newer bolts.....
trying to build a small museum of odd bits....hahaha.......

looking forward to getting my stuff repainted.....all because of YOU.....lol....

keep it coming.....
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 03 Apr 2022, 16:53

Clogs I'm pleased I've inspired some one to save this old junk. I could never in a million years afford the stuff I have as modern machines,

A bit black shiny enamel



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Time to drag the bed in, I've been dreading this but it went really smoothly



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Apple trees make really good anchor points



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My roof timbers are reclaimed old growth ones, I cant imagine modern ones taking the weights I put on them.



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As the chief once said, 'gonna need a bigger shed'



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I smeared the bed in waxoyle when I got it a couple of years ago and it has done a great job of protecting it.



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 03 Apr 2022, 20:37

Wow!
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby NickM » 04 Apr 2022, 07:53

It really is huge!
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby DaveL » 04 Apr 2022, 08:55

NickM wrote:It really is huge!
Ideal for turning pens
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 04 Apr 2022, 12:00

DaveL wrote:
NickM wrote:It really is huge!
Ideal for turning pens


I did use my rs10 which is 6' between centres to do a batch of 200 pens to raise funds to save a building in my town. :D
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 13 Apr 2022, 16:45

A bit more done, it was fun trying to rotate the bed. I really didn't want it to slip and put a big shock load on the joist.



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Lots of filler later



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And a good coat of cellulose primer



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You can see a casting fault has been filled, you can also see a bit of hand scraping on the ways



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These are the racks for the carriage, smeared in waxoyle to protect



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A bit belt sander action



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Then scotchbrite



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The electrics door was missing, but luckily the hinges were still their. I just so happened to have a spare in my stash.



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I also had one of these beauties.



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When you put the locking pin in the spindle to remove a faceplate it pushes against a plunger which stops the lathe being started. That wouldn't be good with a geared head, I've done it on the RS but that is flat belt so no damage. This part of the lockout bit, I quite like the rough casting finish but this has been dinged afew times.



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It was a monumental day recently, this machine has been in the way for a long time. It was fun getting it out. It weighs about 1.4 tonne.



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It took 3hrs to get it ready for collection.



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On a different note, I took me lady for a day out, I think I've found my next lathe. I think its maybe a lathe for loco wheels, I'm not sure.



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The tail stock is taller than me



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 19 Apr 2022, 10:14

John did the casting repair on this weeks nightcap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_G-t-Sss8
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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby wallace » 25 Apr 2022, 17:01

Been a bit out of fettle for a week so progress has been slow,



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Its quite the task moving this stuff around in a limited space



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I got the repaired casting and oil sight glass back from john



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Heres a link to john



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Re: wadkin RU lathe restoration

Postby Malc2098 » 25 Apr 2022, 17:12

Bloomin' nice!
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