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The anarchists at work in the Wadkin inner sanctum back in the day gave you

MJ43
MN78
MN 90

Just to mess with those who wanted order.
"Long live the Revolution"!!!!:U:U

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Jointers & table saws stacked 2 & 3 high.
A surfeit of delights for any sufferer of Wadkinitis!

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Alli

I remember reading that the guy responsible for all the asset stripping got a knighthood from Thatcher "in recognition of his contributions to British Industry"!!
Sounds about right!

Alli

Wadkin for model makers!:doh:

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I'm guessing he has a lot of pens he wants to turn!!

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Hi, Never heard of Wadkin offering the DR in 28". All the literature I've see has 30" & 36"

28 in the test number doesn't usually refer to a throat size.

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Alli

Now that's a nice saw!
Tensioning a blade must push it through the ceiling though!
Is that what the hole is for?

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Alli

Thanks Vann.
It belongs to a friend.
I have a DR & a big Agazzanni. No room for another big bandsaw.

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Alli

Looks good!
Definitely looks older than this one, I'm not sure what sort it is.


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510980

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DAMN!!!! That is seriously good!


Thanks for the pics.

Alli

Coopering is the way to go for something like that.

I'm doing a long flitch table with live edges & needed a couple of "hollow burnt logs" to be the support columns

These are coopered & just...

Pity about the gear not matching on the chisel attachment. Maybe that one is off a Robinson, they made a similar machine that could swap between mortising functions.
Hope the guy has one for you....

OUCH!!

I have been trying not to look so that I don't buy anything more and then this sort of thing comes up and I think I should go back to watching. A dance we can never feel completely happy...

Looking good!!
I have taken notes for cleaning up my MA, fortunately it just needs a clean, even the paint job is OK.

You were lucky to get the chisel attachment, they are hard to find once they...

There's a Wadkin one too!
Maybe that Stenner one will have what Cam needs!

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Alli:U

Hi, as I said you are welcome to prove my comment wrong. To me that is definitely not a pre 1920 looking publication.
If you are going to quote me it is usually considered polite to make it an...

Hi, so you have a date for that catalogue that was posted above? It would have to be earlier than the 1920 brochure posted on OWWM resource.

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Alli:U

On the OWWM site there is an Oliver catalog from 1920 for a pattern makers vice, that's definitely older than that Wadkin catalog.

But these days the facts are just a minor distraction, we live...

Yellow!!!
Vann will be along in a minute to give the gospel on colours!!:U

As he will explain, there is a special place in hell for those who would sully a Wadkin!

Joking aside, it looks a...

Just trying to help you keep the Faith Vann, wouldn't want you straying from the path.
I'll keep an eye ought for any other contenders for iconoclastic no's!


Personally I'm happy with MN 78...

Hi Vann how are you doing?

Close but no cigar!!
EQ 106 42438

Lucky because I can't stand cigars!

Keep the Faith!

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stenner-PTA-2-sided-Planer-Thicknesser-Wadkin-415v-Holzer-feed/192579998063?hash=item2cd6a9916f:g:o0oAAOSwrzxbMLSl

Steiner fans so often feel like they are left out so...

Hi Vann,
I'm happy to play the game:U

"Exception proves the rule" Works just as well for your jointers1 Maybe they were the ones that started at 105 & all the rest started at some other number....

Nice looking machine and a great price.

Well this has set the cat among the pigeons.
The Gospel from on High is that Wadkin machine numbers start at 105, apparently an ex Wadkin worker confessed...

Hi Matty,
You do realise that the zealots will have you and Henry burning in purist hell for such comments. I don't mind, it means I'll have some company at last:U

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Alli:U

Hi rob,
3 EQ's!
Put them back to back in a triangle, just enough gap to get to the backside. Wouldn't use up much space and all could be in use.

Then you would be safe from marauding gangs of...

Hi Rob,
How are you doing?

I thought you were claiming that your workshop was full!

For that price I can see why you would be tempted if it was closer. More than a bit too far for me!

Have...

Well, I'm lucky I don't have that problem.
I pity all you poor guys who live in fear of women and their wrath:U

Good luck with your saw!

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Alli

Hi Matty,
nice saw!
Would look so good next to a nice old jointer!:U
Both Americans so they could keep each other company in this hostile Antipodean world.

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Alli

Go Big or go home!

Larger old machines are going to be industrial quality and are usually far cheaper than the hobbyist alternative. They are better built and have the capacity that the cheaper...

$3000!!

That's fantasy money!
It may be the only remaining one of some obscure manufacturer but someone has an inflated sense of the market.

Nice looking saw, thanks for posting it.

Have...

But the real thing to take away from that is the fact that there is a hierarchy of workers. The "wannabe management " gent with the tie & apron and the working class stiff!

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Alli

PS...

Interesting, but I won't be running a production shop.

Alli

Why??

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Alli

There great but I used one for a while in a shop in Berkeley when I lived there and unless you are 5' 4'' or so you really need to put it up on blocks. I know a resew is usually lower than a regular...

Hi,
There is a long detailed thread on the UK wood forum about a PP restoration, lots of pics . Might be worth looking at.

I almost bought a PP a few years ago in Canberra but it was a bit...

[QUOTE=Vann;2085382]Thanks for posting about it, but it went before I got a chance to look at the pikkies. If you get time, next time a similar machine pops up, copy some of the photos before they...

Hi Vann,
Thanks for that.
Lots of interesting stuff there. I looked for someone's Stenner saw catalogue but no luck, he'll just have to be patient.:q
The only Pickles machine there was the stair...

Sorry but you guys are all in the runner up category, I have that one sewn up. My machines are scattered in several temporary locations, a few in disarray as I wait to finish my new workshop.


As...

Rob, you really have to stop all this. My poor DR is going to run away from home to find a better owner!!
I like the guide modifications, a good solution that allows you to really exploit the top...

Both of them weigh about 900ks each.
The Wadkin is about 2.2ms tall the Agazzzani is 2.7
Neither are little machines but there are lots of the older bandsaws out there for a lot less than a new...

Maybe Sion, international investment:U

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Alli

I had a 4400 for years and used to resew a lot of salvage hardwood on it, including old ironbark and it did fine for a small saw. I gave it to a friend as I now have a 30" Wadkin DR for regular...

Hi Sion,
thanks for your wisdom! I doubt any of us are likely to see this machine, it's nearly 3,000kms from me and further for Matty or Rob and the guy has telephone bookitis when it comes to a...

In one pic it is but in the others it's not. Maybe he noticed the mistake & changed it.

It is one for Sion, he probably knows what model etc.

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Alli

So you know Pt Franklin and Toora then. Lots of holidays there as kids, my Dad had friends and family all the way along the coast at all the fishing towns.

Nice part of the country.

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Flash!!:U

Where is your new shop that you get Bass strait breezes? My father's family are all over that way, they used to be shark fishermen out in the strait.

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Alli

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bakers-hill/miscellaneous-goods/saw-sliding-table-saw/1170165077

A very old Sagar slider, converted from flat belt by the looks of it .
Telephone book prices and...

Hi Rob,

All looking very flash.
I'm watching very carefully because I want to go over a few things on my DR, it came out of a working pattern shop and it works OK. I'm not into making them too...

Hi Rob,
That looks like a good way to start the New Year, fixing a DR. A nice saw.
Did you pay scrap yard price?
I hunted for one for a few years before I got mine.
Have you finished your big...