Thread: Old Jointer/thicknesser restoration

Gee you've got a real beaut there in that machine and I wish you all the best with it however can only suggest you do a Google on the name or research old machinery if you have'nt already done so.

Be interesting to see how you make out with this old machine.

Cheers

beautiful old piece of machinery, how about some pics of its current condition?

Does it have a square head cutter block?

Looks very similar to a current "euro" type guard. Pushing on the lever changes the height of the guard above the tables (to accomodate different thickness timbers) and it looks like it can be slid back and forth by loosening the knob near the closer end to accomodate the fence being moved. Awsome looking bit of machinery, what I wouldn't give for an 18" wide jointer! Drool.

Mick

That is a very serious piece of machinery. If you are desperate and have to go offshore (a bit) try Heal Machinery at +64 3-389 5186 - lots of used gear mainly big stuff (3 ph Wadkin etc).

You could try www.owwm.com they have some english machines, from the pics it looks as though it may have a square cutter block if you intend to use the machine I strongly recomend you replace it with the cylindrical type

1. Almost home. Only another cpl of hours sweating and shoving.Woops now I have to do a little concrete repair as well. :mad: At least it didny hurt the machine

2. Patent Plate

3. The business side

4. Thicknesser infeed view. Counterweights at bot for infeed roller pressure. 2HP power feed motor

5. Thicknesser outfeed view. Motor is mounted too high up hitting on table roller extension and not allowing full 9" depth for thicknessing.:confused:

6. The Driving force. 7 1/2 HP to cutterblock. I'm a little concerned if 4 belts will give enough grip

7. Looking over the fence. Nice and sturdy and adjusts easily. Has fine adjustment for fine tuning rebates

8. 5" X 2 blade skew type cutterblock. Rear table slid back showing infeed roller and chip breaker.

Machine is currently useable with a little re assembly work. All adjusters turn freely. Thicknesser table height can even be adjusted with one finger.

Originally Posted by Tool-Horder

.....................Form the photo it appears that the fence side pivots off the fence but I have never seen this type of setup.................

Actually those "pivots" look like pressure hold down fingers to me (like on a spindle moulder fence).
I reckon the guard is cantilevered out over the bed, supported only by the post on the end nearest the camera.

Mick

Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd., Rochdale, England.

They made woodworking machinery, after a google search they may have done trains and cerial milling later on in life. But I cant find any more information than that. You could try to get onto some historical people in England that might be able to help.

Infact if you google search the name. You can look at books that have that name and in there is an education authorities directory and annual - page 344, that gives there phone number. Dont think it would be much use though.

Well it looks awesome, and brilliant that it has a round cutter head.
She's a keeper (and a user).

Spend your time (if you have it ) restoring that beauty and if you intend using it, I would be guarding all those moving parts and changing the Euro blade guard to a kidney shaped set up.

I'm sure if you couldn't wait, you could probably spend a day getting it up to speed with some lube and spanner work, these thing last for ever.

...............They sure don't make them like they used to.

Originally Posted by martrix

Well it looks awesome, and brilliant that it has a round cutter head.
She's a keeper (and a user).

Spend your time (if you have it ) restoring that beauty and if you intend using it, I would be guarding all those moving parts and changing the Euro blade guard to a kidney shaped set up.

I'm sure if you couldn't wait, you could probably spend a day getting it up to speed with some lube and spanner work, these thing last for ever.

...............They sure don't make them like they used to.

and even better than a round cutterblock is that it is has scew type cutterblock. It will be getting everyday use, I didn't buy it to sit back and look at. ... although it is impressive to look at. I have a good guard design for everyday use but since it is so complete and good condition for its age I would like to reproduce the original guard purely for authenticity reasons.

As said previously great that it does have a round cutter block the old square one love to eat fingers, I would stay with the bridge type guard most industrial machines use them becuase the are considered to be the safest

don't you just love machinery like that? bliss. even blissier that you are going to use it and not stick it in a museum.

It might be useful to check out the local history buffs at Rochdale as they frequently have machinery nuts or historians.

Tom

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http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/docs/ebooks/RR/ch6.pdf

http://www.google.com/search?num=100...ochdale.gov.uk

The mile long url above comes from an internal search of Rochdale's site - Google are everywhere, more places than Microsoft ever where. I wonder why folks aren't up in arms about that?

You are going to have fun doing that old baby up!

BTW Mick is on to it - I have an old jointer with the same 'post and cantilever guard'. It would only be used when thicknessing as you cannot see with it in position as shown - bloody dangerous. From the pic the counterweight simply slots into the yoke at the bottom of the post - to remove one would undo the clamp screw and lift the assembly out, place it on a handy shelf.....and never put it back on, to lose it forever! I'm sure you coud fabricate another easy enough, and even maybe make a sprung swing-away job instead, like the flash new ones.

PS hope you have a wicked dusty........

Den