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Trevanion wrote:From what I've seen on other thicknessers the stone would've been a round rod about 20mm in diameter and made from carborundum. I'm sure something could be cobbled up with a relatively inexpensive round or even a square stone and a bit of engineering to get it to fit. Possibly with the square slot milled into the slide, a square or rectangular stone was used instead of a round one and clamped in place using the bolt holes?
I'm not sure if it's of any use and you might have already seen it but if you read from page 49 onwards there are instructions on how to use it that might help:
https://www.wadkin.com/archive%20pdfs/Wadkin%20BT%20630%20Thicknesser%20Manual%20Parts%20List.pdf
Trevanion wrote:I've seen bearings like that on a Trend T4 Router before
The wear on the rollers is quite interesting and quite extreme by the looks in places, If you really want to make them like new I suspect the only solution would be to take them to an engineer with a milling machine and dividing head and have them re-cut the serrations so that they're all even again which I would imagine would be a very expensive solution. I reckon it should be fine as it is being a sectional feed roller, if it was a solid roller with that unevenness of wear I would think it wouldn't feed correctly with wider boards.
Vann wrote:While I feel I fall under the description of a "Wadkin nut", I regret I have no knowledge or experience of their BT 500. Sorry.
It's far too new for an old git like me anyway . My six Wadkins date from 1925 to 1951 (and don't include a thicknesser).
Good luck. Cheers, Vann.
nuthatchfurniture wrote:...The oldest one for me is my band saw test no 7948 I think that means it’s 1937? Still going strong.
Vann wrote:nuthatchfurniture wrote:...The oldest one for me is my band saw test no 7948 I think that means it’s 1937? Still going strong.
Unfortunately Wadkin used three test numbering sequences in their early days. After they started they used test numbers up 9000+. This sequence went on until circa 1930.
They then started again at test number 1000 in 1931 and used this new sequence until 1938 when they appear to have just stopped.
At the same time they restarted with the second sequence at 1000 they also started a new sequence beginning back at number 1 in 1931 and continued this third sequence until they finally closed down in 2009.
The numbering on Wallace's website is the third sequence.
Can you put up a photo of the tag and I might be able to shed more light on the date?
Cheers, Vann.
nuthatchfurniture wrote:...pic of the bandsaw tag and my mortiser Plus one of the Robinson tennoner just on the off chance your knowledge extends to them...
Vann wrote:...However, by November 1936 Wadkin & Co. had become Wadkin Ltd, and your bandsaw has a Wadkin & Co. tag.
Vann wrote:Vann wrote:...However, by November 1936 Wadkin & Co. had become Wadkin Ltd, and your bandsaw has a Wadkin & Co. tag.
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 Wadkin & Co. tag - commonly referred to as a "tin tag".
Often supplemented by a Wadkin Ltd tag.
So while it is just possible that test 7948 was carried out on a second or third test sequence machine with a Wadkin & Co. tag (if completed in 1936) - but it would have carried a Wadkin & Co. tin tag. This DNA bandsaw carries the earlier cast tag and that convinces me it's from the first sequence.
The nearest known first sequence machines to test 7948 are test 6278 (PKA 115) of September, 1928, and test 8623 (RBA 158) of September, 1930. That's 2345 machines over a span of 24 months - or again around 100 machines each month.
That would suggest that your DNA 148 (test 7948) was tested about 7 months before September, 1930, which would be January or February, 1930.
So she's a bit older than you were expecting.
Cheers, Vann.
wallace wrote:What is used to retain the knives? Is it removeable gibs with square bolts to tighten. I wanted to replace the ones in the FM but AMS want £10 each bolt. I had a batch cnc'd in EN24 steel, and they cost £4.50 each. I got a few extra done.
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