Thread: Wadkin Restoration or Angus ascending.

More progress.

The switches have been fitted and the electrician has just about wired it all up so we will have smoke soon.

The banjos have been welded and need cleaning off and they will be a goer soon.

Proceeding nicely albeit a bit slow.

Well 9 months after starting (hmm, a pregnancy) Angus is born, finally going and ready to work.

A few dramas have delayed the progress:

Work got in the way.

The motor was pulling 15 amps instead of the rated 5. So rather than muck about we had it rewound but the rewinder got a little crook so we had to wait. Turns out it was my fault.

Remember when buying a second hand machine to get ALL the information about its switching. This had been wired up with a variable speed that was taken off before delivery. What this means is that the motor had been rewired with "Delta" wiring. The electrician wired it up as per the wiring diagram which is "Star".

I had forgotten about it until the rewinder mentioned it. (slap myself.)

The bearings sounded OK until a load was put on them so they have been replaced too. Oh so sweet and quiet except for that lovely sound of the leather belt slap.

The reversing switch has been fitted but won't be used because the belt comes off in reverse.

Banjos have been made.

So that people won't complain about it being too clean I did a quick rough out to put some sawdust on it.

It is so quiet and just purrs.


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Cool, cant wait to see Angus in real life

looks good

I reckon that motor would be precisely where I'd want to put my left foot

I'll have to wander down and have a tyre kick

hi ,
looks fantastic,well done on the renovation
thats not a pen blank you have in it .....................is it

cheers smiife

That's one lovely looking lathe you've got yourself there .

Deserve you right, I reckon.

PS - I shudder to think what a beautifully made lathe like that would cost to be manufactured nowadays.

Sweet Bring it to Prossy so I can have a play on it

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

looks good

I reckon that motor would be precisely where I'd want to put my left foot

I'll have to wander down and have a tyre kick

Wear your steel caps...
Jim

Thank you all. Smife, wash your mouth out

Those new bearings must have gone in pretty easy, or woere you able to pick them up earlier? Sorry I missed the launch, did you crack a bottle of shellawax over the headstock .

It just slid together as easy as.

No Shellawax but a cup of tea was tipped into my headstock.

Originally Posted by

The reversing switch has been fitted but won't be used because the belt comes off in reverse.

After it has been run a while the belt may conform to the crowned pulleys and stay on OK.

Did the motor have to be rewound to the delta, or were the connections to the windings able to be changed from the star?

I'm assuming you had it rewound to single speed and use a VFD?

The back of the carriage looks as though it has or can be fitted with a taper attachment. Yes?

Such a nice lathe!!

Originally Posted by Paul39

After it has been run a while the belt may conform to the crowned pulleys and stay on OK. That is what I am hoping for.

Did the motor have to be rewound to the delta, or were the connections to the windings able to be changed from the star? It is now star.

I'm assuming you had it rewound to single speed and use a VFD? Nope. Rewound to its original 2 speed. For most of my work I don't need variable speed.

The back of the carriage looks as though it has or can be fitted with a taper attachment. Yes? The tailstock can be offset if you use the compound rest.

Such a nice lathe!!

It is.

Angus purring? Just seems wrong. More like he should be called Barry White or something.