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  1. 18th July 2015, 04:31 PM #1
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    Default And now for something old...

    Picked this up a week or so ago, spotted on ebay, had to go into NSW but well worth the long drive, its complete and awaits restoration.






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    Wow! What a fascinating piece of old machinery. And complete too.

    What sort of condition is it in? Seized or free? Heavy or light rust? I'm envious (not that I've got room...).

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    Hi,
    Congratulations, have fun and enjoy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vann View Post
    Wow! What a fascinating piece of old machinery. And complete too.

    What sort of condition is it in? Seized or free? Heavy or light rust? I'm envious (not that I've got room...).

    Cheers, Vann.
    Hi Van, good to hear from you !
    It is in great condition considering its age, no broken parts, every thing moves an turns except the rise and fall of the table, it was to be excepted sitting in the weather all those years.
    Nothing a bit of work won't fix, it came with a box of cutters and lots of belts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A Duke View Post
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    Congratulations, have fun and enjoy.
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    Thanks Hugh, the plan is to breath life into the old girl again !

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    What a beauty!
    I'd love to see some pics when you start to bring her back to life.
    What a great historic piece it will be.
    All the best of luck.

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    That looks gorgeous

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    love the look of that one Matty & it'll look even better all painted up.
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    Matty,

    I bet that machine has an interesting history, it's been in Australia so long, it probably wouldn't recognise an American accent.

    I'm glad you saved it, and looking forward to seeing more of it when you get around to it.

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    Nice score Matty.

    Looking forward to the restoration thread. Whereabouts in NSW did you have to travel to? I have been enduring a self-inflicted eBay ban for a while so didn't even see this one - not that I have anywhere to store anything further at the moment.

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    That's a very impressive beast!
    Any idea what colour they were? The signwriting in the ad speaks loudly of another time.
    Hope you can replicate it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pittwater Pete View Post
    What a beauty!
    I'd love to see some pics when you start to bring her back to life.
    What a great historic piece it will be.
    All the best of luck.

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    Thanks Pete, I will put a heap of pic's up for sure.
    The plan is to clean it up and get it running of my brothers Ronaldson Tippet stationary motor.
    We will be sticking with the flat belt set up too.

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    Thank you Dave and scrounger for your comments !
    I am a happy boy to of found this one, its a very rare machine.

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    Matty,

    I bet that machine has an interesting history, it's been in Australia so long, it probably wouldn't recognise an American accent.

    I'm glad you saved it, and looking forward to seeing more of it when you get around to it.

    Cheers,

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    Hi Cam, the history was very interesting that the two older guys I bought it of told me, both brothers aged 80 and the other 95 and still very active, I could see this as they helped to load it in to the trailer.
    The boys said it had come out of a timber mill in Boorwa NSW and was old when they bought it.
    both brothers were farmers as well as saw millers and ran a big rip saw on the property to break down timber.
    Cam, it has a H.P.Gregory bronze badge as the importer, this is a company I would like to know more about ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hardenfast View Post
    Nice score Matty.

    Looking forward to the restoration thread. Whereabouts in NSW did you have to travel to? I have been enduring a self-inflicted eBay ban for a while so didn't even see this one - not that I have anywhere to store anything further at the moment.

    Wayne
    Hi Wayne, we went all the way to Crookwell for this one, left 2:00 in the morning, got there around 10:00 and back too melbourne by around 9:00.
    It was a great road trip, we took a friends V8 landcruser, Im sold on one of those, what a beast !

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    Quote Originally Posted by hiroller View Post
    That's a very impressive beast!
    Any idea what colour they were? The signwriting in the ad speaks loudly of another time.
    Hope you can replicate it!
    Here is an interesting post on the OWWM forum on Eric LaVelle"s sweepstakes machine restoration.
    I'm just thinking black for the colour, not sure ..

    Old Woodworking Machines • View topic - Rowley & Hermance "Sweepstakes" planer reaches

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