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Something Doesn't Add Up.
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Vann
...The Serial No. 113 suggests this EX is just the 9th made (as most Wadkin models started with Serial No. 105), but the EX is listed in the 1936 catalogue (18 years earlier). Something doesn't add up :no:.
Correction: serial number 112 suggests this is just the 8th made.
Anyway, I approached my contact in the UK and he sent me a copy of Wadkin's batch list for the EX double spindle moulders.
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As you can see, Wadkin management put the first order, for six EX moulders, on the Green Lane works in August, 1952.
Camelot's EX is from the second batch, also of six machines, placed on 8th December, 1953. His machine was tested at the works on 26th August the following year. It is indeed the 8th EX produced. It appears that a total of 93 were made.
How the EX ended up in the 1936 catalogue, but didn't go into production until 1952, I guess we'll never know. Maybe the war got in the way?
In addition, Wadkin produced a single batch of four EXZ double spindle moulders. The high speed version of the EX.
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The batch lists give no indication of which machines had the narrower table, and which had the wider table. We'll have to keep guessing :q.
Cheers, Vann.
Instagram Double Ended Spindle Moulder
https://www.instagram.com/p/CItQlleh3Ix/
Not sure if this is a Wadkin, but a good example of how they can be useful in a production setup
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Robinson Spindle Moulder sold in Revesby NSW
Continuing the thread on old spindle moulders. I was disappointed to miss out on this beauty in a Gray's auction earlier this week. My initial bid of $29 was highest until 12 minutes before the original closing time :-( but it rapidly moved up to being past my limit in the last few minutes of the auction.
It was finally knocked down for a $500 bid which when added to the Buyer's Premium and GST meant a final sale price of ~$680 which given I would have had to drive to Sydney to pick it up was a bit steep for me!
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Enjoy the images,
Richard