Recent content by Vann

RB ??? 9" surface planer of ~1946 or 47. As purchased in 2017 - without a motor, electrics, fence, or guards for blades and belts: And earlier this year (completely overhauled and repainted, but still not complete :rolleyes: ): And finally RTA 380 6" wood lathe, of 1951. As purchased in...

In my 2 car garage... Nah. I turned one down at $200 (~100UKP) about 5 years ago. They're just too big for me. I have a little Tanner thicknesser (a New Zealand brand) 12 1/2" x 5 1/2" capacity with 3hp 3-phase motor. Cheers, Vann.

I was hoping you'd just stick a postage stamp in the top RH corner... I have six Wadkins, tightly packed in a 2 car garage. From oldest to youngest: LP 410 recessing and boring machine of 1925. As purchased in 2017: In 2020. As originally built and as I hope to complete it: RB 116 9"...

You're missing my sense of humour. I'm pulling his leg - "Just send it to me". A very nice fence, I wish it was mine. Cheers, Vann.

Hi. Nice machine. The smallest of Wadkin's 'big boys'. I have two, in various states of disrepair. The nearer one is RB 116, manufactured in October, 1926. It's an early one (from the very first batch) and was made without a stand and with shorter tables (3' 9" - vrs 5' on later machines...

Oh no, it's off a Wadkin RD surface planer It won't work on your FM. Just send it to me, I can make good use of it. Actually, it was first designed for the RD, but also used on RM planer/thicknessers, the last couple of batches of RB 9" surface planers, RZ surface planers, and of course your...

You've got the patternmakers canting table and you didn't realise 😳. That's not a standard feature, but an option. A nice bonus, you lucky pipper. Cheers, Vann.

This reminds me of "Day of the Triffids" (a favorite book of my youth). Don't look at the lights !!!!! Cheers. Vann.

Sorry Stan. Yes I got that. And if I remember correctly I've added them on the Canadian forum. Cheers, Vann.

I can only suggest the banjo handle may have been pulled so tight that it's moved slightly on the shaft and formed a step in the pin. As the handle can be tightened both clockwise and anti-clockwise, it's impossible to know which way the step might be. I suggest you just keep at it - making...

I can't see from your first photo, just where that pin is. But to take it apart you need to remove the pin just visible to the right in the second picture. The pin is a tapered pin, so it only comes out one way. You need to establish which end is the smaller diameter and punch it out from that...

Wallace no longer maintains his website, but we can now confirm that your father's lathe dates to 1935. Cheers, Vann.

It's only a pup, Doug ;). It's a Wadkin-Bursgreen and they didn't come into existence until ~1956 - so it's not even 70 years old. It looks similar to a mate's Wadkin RZ - and that's a very nice machine. Cheers, Vann.

No idea. I'll bet it's an American term. Cheers, Vann.