Thread: Wolfenden 12" Jointer

Hi Moo,
Firstly well done on your purchase, when I was there looking at other equipment I did have a brief look at your machine and also met Jim, who is a gentleman I might add.
I'm Pretty sure your Jointer is a 1957 model, Wolfenden made this style of jointer from roughly 1954-55 to well into the 70's
Not forgetting that the Wolfenden Brothers split in 1947, resulting in two machinery manufactures.
“Buzawolf” who were Charles Wolfenden & Co and Wolfenden Machinery PTY. LTD. who were Allen and Stanley Wolfenden and later named A & S Wolfenden and located at Matthews Avenue Airport West around 1965.
Your machine was produced by A & S Wolfenden also.
You mentioned putting in a spiral head into that machine, I was impressed with the plethora of cutter blades that that machine came with there would of been at least 15 sets.
One of my good mates has the same model as well and I have had some time to look over it carefully, what caught my attention first up was the diameter of the cutter-head, it is huge !!.
Its a 2 blade head with dovetailed gib-ways and is quite safe to use once set up.
Good luck with the pick up, I hope the weather is kind on your trip down.



Melbourne Matty.

Thank you for that Melb Matty - I'm still tossing up what I'll need to move/transport her. How heavy do you think she'd likely weigh?
Cheers
Leanne

Originally Posted by Moo73

Thank you for that Melb Matty - I'm still tossing up what I'll need to move/transport her. How heavy do you think she'd likely weigh?
Cheers
Leanne

Hi Leanne,
Matty sent a text asking for pics of my machine....
here are some pictures of the machine Matty was talking about.
Mine came from a school in Ferntree Gully. I'd bought a lathe, and the bloke asked if I wanted the buzzer.
I fitted a 3hp single phase motor on a plate which is bolted into the original adjuster slots. All up that conversion cost about $450.00.
I'm not that good at weight estimates, but I think 3 - 400Kg max is about where it is.
A friend here puts his machines on wooden plate, and that makes them a bit easier to shift around the workshop, but if the extra few inches extra height is not on for you, choose a place for it and leave it there.
The head on mine is 130mm, huge compared to some I've seen.
I love the machine ... I was lucky in that it was still in good nick, and the tables are co-planar.
If you have any specific questions, I'll try and help out.
Cheers,
Peter

I was able to move my 12" jointer which I think weighed in at 600kg (1300lbs) With a box trailer and engine crane. This was done by three blokes one end and off loaded by two the other.

Hi Leanne,
I've had those all cast iron buzzers, like the one in the trailer above.

As you probably already know, the ones we have are fabricated steel, and although quite heavy, aren't as heavy as the thick walled cast items.
I based by estimate on that.
Either way, if it is 600 or 400 kg you will need pretty much the same eqipement.
Are you moving it professionally?
crane truck etc.
you're moving it interstate aren't you?
Are you planning on doing it like those blokes in the pics above?
Moving around the workshop floor is another thing altogether.
are you on concrete or timber?
Cheers,
Peter

Thanks guys, that's all really useful.
Have a couple of options that pick up, either way will need a few hands maneuvering
Just depends who I can rope in to come with me on the pick up trip... Oh brother of mine, you free for a few days???

A road trip!!
excelent fun.
Weve done a few of those. You get to know someone's taste in music very quick.
Hehehe
plenty of time to solve all, or most of the worlds problems.
Good luck.
Peter

Well, pickup went well. Of course, it was always going to go well when the seller had a forklift handy
Wrapped and strapped, the drive home from Kilsyth, VIC to Wollongong, NSW was uneventful - I like uneventful!!
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While the shed is built, home for the jointer is a storage unit. Took 3hrs to offload using an engine crane and a whole lot of monouvering to get around 600kgs to move on teeny weeny steel wheels across blue metal exposed concrete on an incline to enter the storage unit. Picture human hitched like bullock moving inch at a time... yep, something like that.
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Will be a few months before I get to play. And there maybe a project to build a mobile gantry at some point soon

Originally Posted by Moo73

Well, pickup went well. Of course, it was always going to go well when the seller had a forklift handy
Wrapped and strapped, the drive home from Kilsyth, VIC to Wollongong, NSW was uneventful - I like uneventful!!
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Great to see it home...well close to home anyway
Cheers,
Peter

Moving from storage to the shed was covered quite a few months ago in the shed build thread here, but today I was able to switch her on for the first time, finally.
There's a bit of cleaning up that needs to happen before I can put her to good use. That, and sort out a blade guard, seeing as hers is AWOL.
Peter, (or anyone really) do you have any pics/specs of the one on yours?

Originally Posted by Moo73

Moving from storage to the shed was covered quite a few months ago in the shed build thread here, but today I was able to switch her on for the first time, finally.
There's a bit of cleaning up that needs to happen before I can put her to good use. That, and sort out a blade guard, seeing as hers is AWOL.
Peter, (or anyone really) do you have any pics/specs of the one on yours?

I'll try take some closeup pics over the next few days, and post them here ....

Peter

Hi Leanne,
Mine is made from 20mm ply.
Here are some pictures

Excellent, thanks Peter. That will get things moving.
Cheers


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A couple of Q's Peter - apologies for the drawing quality, hopefully it makes sense: jointer drawing 20161214.jpg
It appears that the the brass(?) bracket is attached via a bolt into the tapped end of the 1" rod - does the bolt bottom out in the tapped end leaving clearance above the rod end for the bracket and washer to swivel about the rod itself?
I'm also assuming that the upper leg of the torsion spring is held captive by the plywood against the internal 90deg angle of the bracket.

As an aside - I notice on your model there are two spacers between the bed and the rod holding bracket at the front of the machine. Mine's flush against the bed (same as in the sales brochures Matty posted above). Do you know why the spacers are there?

Cheers
Leanne