Thread: wadkin JQ restoration

I won one on Epay about a decade ago.
It was up in Newcastle.
Used it for a bit, even scored a pile of discs from the uni that were the right size.
Ended up moving it on as I had started on making a larger single disc using a Wadkin 30" disc.
Didnt have to in the end thanks to Camoz.
H.

Actually that isn't true.
I scored a Wadkin Bursgreen disc and belt.
Thats when I moved it on.

Originally Posted by clear out

I won one on Epay about a decade ago.
It was up in Newcastle...

You mean it's possible to sneak stuff past Camoz on the way to Sydney? Middle of the night job maybe?

Cheers, Vann.

Originally Posted by bueller

How rare would you guys say these JQ's are in Australia?

I have never seen one . Ive only been looking at Wadkin stuff for about three years , pretty intensely looking at the auctions and what people talk about here. A few of the larger JTA and others that size have shown up in that time. Smaller direct drive Aussie double disk ones turn up . I bought one of those with the pivoting pendulum type table. You never know what will show up next if you follow hard.
Rob

Originally Posted by auscab

I have never seen one . Ive only been looking at Wadkin stuff for about three years , pretty intensely looking at the auctions and what people talk about here. A few of the larger JTA and others that size have shown up in that time. Smaller direct drive Aussie double disk ones turn up . I bought one of those with the pivoting pendulum type table. You never know what will show up next if you follow hard.
Rob

Yeah I guess I'll have to keep an eye out and hope for the best. I actually see Wadkin machines pretty regularly in Perth but they're usually Bursgreen table and radial harm saws.

Originally Posted by bueller

Yeah I guess I'll have to keep an eye out and hope for the best. I actually see Wadkin machines pretty regularly in Perth but they're usually Bursgreen table and radial harm saws.

Yes Ive seen nice `stuff over there . The Bursgreen BRA radial arm I showed not long ago came from over there . I got a Wadkin ECA Tenoner from Ron Mack over there as well . Quite an amazing distance to get it back here ! Forget driving to go pick it up !!

Originally Posted by auscab

Yes Ive seen nice `stuff over there . The Bursgreen BRA radial arm I showed not long ago came from over there . I got a Wadkin ECA Tenoner from Ron Mack over there as well . Quite an amazing distance to get it back here ! Forget driving to go pick it up !!

Can you remember how much it cost to transport? I've always wondered if it would be worth trucking machines over here. Been looking for a Waldown 8SN drill press for like 6 months and haven't seen one in WA, see them listed every week over east. It's maddening!

The older ones like this one don't even appear much in the mother land. Theres plenty of the big boy ones 30" discs and bobbins. Theres plenty of the BGY's

The ECA was about $500 the BRA was roughly $400


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Originally Posted by auscab

The ECA was about $500 the BRA was roughly $400


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Cheers mate, good to know!

Mark,

Another fantastic job! I have not seen the JQ for sale in Australia (in the 5 years I have been looking on and off). Do you know if the mitre gauge is the same as the one on the JTA?

Originally Posted by Vann

You mean it's possible to sneak stuff past Camoz on the way to Sydney? Middle of the night job maybe?

Cheers, Vann.

I don't think there is a machine that Henry hasn't had at one point (remember he is the machine whisperer). As for the JQ a decade ago, I would have been busy buying import machines new and trying to adjust out of square, flimsy and easily brakeable parts (I didn't wake up to old machinery until about 2011, and even then it was a slow start).

As for sneaking them past me now, well the reality is Henry has probably helped me find more machines than I have him (why do you think I call him the machine whisperer).

Cheers,

Camo

G'day
Attached is a scan of some information on the Combined Thermal Overload and Single Phasing Preventer from a book I have titled Industrial Electrical Plant Maintenance. No date but first issued from the City Of Sydney Public Library in 1966.

Cheers Hugh

Thanks Hugh, its the electrickery stuff that I struggle with.

Originally Posted by wallace1973

I've had a change of mind and decided to do this little sander instead of the LQ. I'm going to leave the LQ smeared in plus gas for a while. I got this from a foundry pattern shop in Bolton that was closing. I've had it a couple of years and its a lovely thing.
When I started stripping it I noticed it still has a lot of original wiring which is well past its best, the cloth was starting to drop to bits so its probably a good thing I chose this one.

Unfortunately Wallace's excellent thread has been photobucketted .

I managed to find some low resolution copies of his photos through a google search...

JQ 440a.jpg

However, I've got these catalogue pikkies that I think I copied from the thread before the photobucketting:

JQ cata.jpg JQ catb.jpg JQ catc.jpg

The first cut shows the sander in front of a dust collector/filter. This is missing from Wallace's machine. So when another JQ, complete with dust filter showed up, I thought it worth adding to this thread.

JQ 401b.jpg JQ 401c.jpg JQ 401d.jpg

Also of possible interest are these two pikkies showing the table tilt in action:

JQ 401f.jpg JQ 401e.jpg

This machine is JQ 401, test 22363, of 1944.

JQ 401a.jpg

Cheers, Vann.

Originally Posted by beuller

How rare would you guys say these JQ's are in Australia?

Originally Posted by auscab

I have never seen one . Ive only been looking at Wadkin stuff for about three years...

The only other one I've seen is one that showed up on Trademe back in May this year:

JQ 436b.jpg JQ 436a.jpg Seller's photos.

Woodlogic of this forum won it, and I guess it's shipped across the Tasman and in his workshop in Brissie by now.

For the record, they are:
JQ 401, test 22363, of 1944;
JQM 436, test 24050, of 1945 (woodlogic);
JQ 440, test 25215, of 1945 (wallace).

So what's the "M" in JQM I wonder?

Cheers, Vann.