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    Default Wadkin BAO 24 Thicknesser

    This is my latest Wadkin to join my Wadkin family, not sure how to date it, because while the "Wadkin by Test Number" shows years up to the 1980's this is a Wadkin Bursgreen machine with just a Machine Number, so like my Super 500 I am going to assume the 64 within the Machine Number relates to 1964.

    It has been fitted with quite an expensive cutterblock, which for me means I get the quality/rigidity of an old machine with a modern/quieter cutterblock.

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    Nice find. That cutter block is probably worth in excess of $6000! I know someone who had a mob in China make up a cutter block for he's very old & large antique thicknesser for $5,500 and that was years ago!

    I've also know someone who had one made up for their 24" RM too but they didn't disclose how much they spent. He got it made up through Woodcraft Supplies (Robert GREGORY) up in Bundaberg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie_6ft View Post
    Nice find. That cutter block is probably worth in excess of $6000! I know someone who had a mob in China make up a cutter block for he's very old & large antique thicknesser for $5,500 and that was years ago!

    I've also know someone who had one made up for their 24" RM too but they didn't disclose how much they spent. He got it made up through Woodcraft Supplies (Robert GREGORY) up in Bundaberg.
    Yes it was quite a find and maybe because of the Christmas break they didn't get lot's of people after it, so worked out well for me.

    I was looking at a Wadkin BT 630, which is only 5 minutes away from me, they want $2.5K for it and I was going to change the cutterblock, but the BT needs quite a bit of TLC and I like the shape of the BOA better plus you get cast infeed & outfeed, whereas with the BT Wadkin seemed to have look to save money and reverted to rollers.

    Just need to get it home from NSW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camelot View Post
    ...I am going to assume the 64 within the Machine Number relates to 1964...
    I think that's a good assumption.


    Do you have enough room for it? If I tried to fit that in my garage it would be a BOA Constricted (= dad joke ).

    Cheers, Vann.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vann View Post
    I think that's a good assumption.


    Do you have enough room for it? If I tried to fit that in my garage it would be a BOA Constricted (= dad joke ).

    Cheers, Vann.
    Luckily I'm not limited to a garage, so 1964 it is

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    Nice looking machine and the way to go getting one with the spiral shear cut head already fitted!
    And its got a rise and fall lever. That's a Luxury with older stuff!
    Do you know if that rise and fall is electric with its own motor or mechanical off the one motor?
    Must be a typo by you . Easy to do with all these model numbers we speak in Wadkin/B called them a BAO .
    I have the Burgreen BAO brochure here for one if you want a pic and haven't already found one on the net with write up, pics and specs.
    Brochure says 2 or 3 blades was an option with original head.
    And the front and rear pressure bars are fitted for holding thin sections of timber firmly to the table while being planed. Wonder what that is ?
    And the front sectional infeed roller and sectional front pressure bar was an option to be ordered as well. Be interesting to see what you ended up with and hear what you think of it when you get to use the machine .

    Rob

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    Nice looking machine and the way to go getting one with the spiral shear cut head already fitted!
    And its got a rise and fall lever. That's a Luxury with older stuff!
    Do you know if that rise and fall is electric with its own motor or mechanical off the one motor?
    Must be a typo by you . Easy to do with all these model numbers we speak in Wadkin/B called them a BAO .
    I have the Burgreen BAO brochure here for one if you want a pic and haven't already found one on the net with write up, pics and specs.
    Brochure says 2 or 3 blades was an option with original head.
    And the front and rear pressure bars are fitted for holding thin sections of timber firmly to the table while being planed. Wonder what that is ?
    And the front sectional infeed roller and sectional front pressure bar was an option to be ordered as well. Be interesting to see what you ended up with and hear what you think of it when you get to use the machine .

    Rob
    Hi Rob,

    Thanks for your post, not so much a typo, rather I have some sort of condition where I can quite often write letters in the wrong order or even a completely different word within a sentence and unless I read it back and spot it, I can post things that don't make sense, unfortunately I don't think I can change the title of the thread now.

    I think there is just one motor in this model, that is geared in someway to control the rise/fall.

    I don't think mine is fitted with the sectional feed option, I do have this feature on my SCM S50 (I hope I got the letters in the right order) and it can save time when running multiple rails of slightly different thicknessers.

    "And the front and rear pressure bars are fitted for holding thin sections of timber firmly to the table while being planed. Wonder what that is ?"

    Not sure what this will be, maybe older machines didn't have pressure bars like we know today.

    I will post what I think of the quality from this head once I have tried it with different hardwoods.

    I have been meaning to ask you how you become a ghost on this forum, is it based on the number of posts you make?

    Cheers Nigel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camelot View Post
    Hi Rob,

    Thanks for your post, not so much a typo, rather I have some sort of condition where I can quite often write letters in the wrong order or even a completely different word within a sentence and unless I read it back and spot it, I can post things that don't make sense, unfortunately I don't think I can change the title of the thread now.
    No probs Nigel. I think I have something similar going on . I type out a reply and go back to read it and cant believe how it made sense when I typed it but doesn't make sense now and needs correcting .
    A different thing . An accountant once told me people make more mistakes when the number 9 is involved as well . He ran a business with lots of ladies sitting at desks doing figures so he must have seen it happening there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Camelot View Post
    Hi Rob,
    I will post what I think of the quality from this head once I have tried it with different hardwoods.


    Quote Originally Posted by Camelot View Post
    Hi Rob,
    I have been meaning to ask you how you become a ghost on this forum, is it based on the number of posts you make?
    I don't think so. Any one who gets over the first beginners number can probably do it. Ill see if i can find it . Its just an option in settings I saw ages ago so thought I'd try it out and I liked it.

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    Just go into settings . Then General settings down on the left . And its the first option at top of General settings . Invisible mode on or off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    Just go into settings . Then General settings down on the left . And its the first option at top of General settings . Invisible mode on or off.
    Thanks for solving what was a curiosity question, your reply works, but I will stay out of stealth mode for now

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    Default Took Delivery of Thicknesser on Friday

    The driver turned up to a domestic address and was asking me how I was going to unload the heavy machine, I got out my 1964 Made in Australia Hyster Forklift, with it's 8000 lbs lifting capacity, he seemed quite surprised I would have such a Forklift at my address.

    So a 1964 Forklift unloaded a 1964 Wadkin, they have both had very different lives since being built, but both came together in 2023, nearly 60 years they have been working hard and continue to do so.

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