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  1. 4th May 2023, 11:46 PM #1
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    Default 1936 Wadkin catalog

    I just found this website of Richard Findley. He's a Woodturner in the UK that I follow on instagram.


    Wadkin - The Turner's Workshop

    He has a link to a nice complete rare Wadkin brochure from 1936 to have a look through.
    That's nice as it fills a gap in the catalogs I have.

    https://turnersworkshop.co.uk/wp-con...Wadkin1936.pdf

    Nice one .

    Nice early version of the RS lathe ! Possibly the first type ?
    And the LQ is the same as my one . First time Ive seen that exact brochure picture of it I think.

    The catalog is stamped William Adams and Company LTD. South Australia & Broken Hill . Interesting.
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  3. 5th May 2023, 07:13 PM #2
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    That LQ is a peculiar thing, its like a cross over machine between the earlier LP and LQ. Nice catalogue
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    Close but not exactly the same as my one .
    The catalog one has the open casting and switch gear screwed on in a box .
    Here's Mine. Switch gear in the casting. And the later model on right for comparison.

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    Default Open Castings and Switchgear Cabinets.

    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    ...The catalog one has the open casting and switch gear screwed on in a box...
    I think most of the machines in that catalogue have bolt-on electric switchgear cabinets. Even the PK dimension saw (a feature of Gen 1 PKs).

    Here's my CK radial arm saw (tested in 1936) complete with open base

    PB150087.JPG Photo taken just after I bought it, and before mounting the motor.

    It has provision for mounting an electrical cabinet at the front, below the table.

    But it has a deeper base than the one in the 1936 catalogue - which does not appear to have an electrical cabinet at all. Edit: maybe just a simple On/Off switch, but not a starter with magnetic coil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    ...Switch gear in the casting...
    So have I guessed the function of the two boxes on the RH side correctly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vann View Post
    So have I guessed the function of the two boxes on the RH side correctly?

    Cheers, Vann.
    Yes that's right .
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    Good thing it's not possible to short out computer keyboards, but I need to figure out how to clean the drool out of mine now.
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    Great machine the LQ .
    It could do with a paint job one day .

    One thing I do with it is these lambs tongue chamfers. Does one in a single pass . Saves me most of a day compared with how I used to do them . 16 for a set of four legs takes an hour .

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