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Wadkin PP restoration (the working man's PK)
Picked this old lady up a few years ago after missing out on a couple of PK's and it's been sitting in storage since. These old saws don't seem to come up very often these days so glad I got it when I did.
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Spent the last few days stripping it down and am pretty much there now.
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Started some of the cleanup today and the first job was cleaning the grease out of the two gearboxes. on the raise and lower and tilt adjuster. At about 40 ish years old the grease seemed to have gone quite stiff but was still super sticky.
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There's a 2 litre ice cream container in the garbage bag and it's pretty much full of old grease. Some kitchen utensils were harmed during this restoration.
Needs new bearings for the motor and spindle, all were dry as and could feel a fraction of movement in some.
Question: Why does the spindle have a self aligning bearing on the pulley end and not the arbour end? If Wadkin felt there was a problem with alignment of the spindle shaft and bearing housings wouldn't they have put self aligning bearings on both ends? I am very tempted to put sealed bearings on both ends of the spindle shaft and if it runs freely they can stay there.
The sliding table was a little jumpy and when removed was short about 10 of the balls it runs on. The plastic cages that hold the balls have been cut short at some point and the holes have slogged out. Should be able to knock a replacement up using polyethylene strips
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And to finish off with a photo for Vann
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