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    wadkin PK restoration

    That tenoner looks like an ECA. A very desirable machine. I've brought a lot worse looking machines home.
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Between this thread and the recent acquisition of the Wadkin PL, I've been inspired to go back and refine the quadrant patterns I made for the PK. I've managed to reduce the amount of work it takes to go from a rough casting to a finished quadrant. Here's a photo of the original pattern: And...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Mark, I'd say you did pretty good getting that weld job un-done. The weld appears not to have penetrated the cast iron too much. On the crack; I would weld that using some nickle or stainless wire. Not too much heat. I'm trying to figure out what the hole halfway between the arc and...
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    Robinson ET-E fence swivel?

    Dan, Exactly what J. Vilbert said above. I've done this to plow out some material before cutting six inch crown moulding. You need to be patient and take a bunch of passes with very slight cuts. On most of the American saws, the fence face is stationary. There is an arc for a set screw...
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    should i buy a wadkin bao/s planer thicknesser

    This is a very good planer. I have owned one in the past and now have the larger BAO 24" machine. The only odd thing about it is the table support tube. There's a cast iron locking ring that tends to get stressed from repeated use. It eventually weakens and cracks. Once this happens, it no...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Mark, All the parts have "PJ" followed by a number. This would seem to indicate that the PL was in production at the same time as the PJ and possibly the PK. Jack, do you or Matty have any literature on the PL? -Arthur
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Jack, I've got the old brass tag with the prop on it. It looks like the original motor was a C-Face. The motor on it now is hanging from a fabricated bracket. Not sure on the RPM (I doubt it would be right anyway). I probably wasn't clear on the fence. My PL came with the small fence above, a...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    When I purchased my Wadkin PL slider, I received this small miter fence. This fits into the same slot as the regular rip fence on the main table. I'd be interested in hearing some opinions on the intended use. Also, whether this was an option on the PK. -Arthur
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    wadkin PK restoration

    The shop is about 1200 SQ FT on the first floor. I also have a carriage house that's roughly the same size. The Whitney saws are stacked three high (not the sliders). Here's a picture of the shop: I need to make up three of those pins. It just might take me a while to get to it. Most of the...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Here are few pictures of an unknown quadrant that came up on e-bay earlier this year. I'm not sure what saw this was for, but is had an interesting horseshoe extension. This sold for a relatively small amount of money and I kicked myself for not buying it: Then there's this quadrant that...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    The PK accessories are nearly impossible to find. That's why I went down the road of making the reproduction quadrant. Jack recently asked me about the protracter and I've been considering that as a project for the near future. I made the master pattern for the split quadrant a little heavy from...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Jack, It's a right tilt. This is one of the best tilt mechanisms I've seen. That handwheel will free spin a couple of revolutions in either direction. I'm trying really hard not to completely hi-jack the thread. That said, I'll post more photos if folks want to see them. -Arthur
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Oh.. I definitely have an obsession with table saws. Here's a photo of my favorite machine; The Whitney No. 177 Variety Saw with rolling table: I have a number of those brakes lying around. As it turns out, they don't function very well at the higher voltage/frequency. I'm amazed by how...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    No worries. When you see all those saws together it looks like there could be 70 (or even a hundred). -Arthur
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Sure thing. The first one was intentional. It was the saw with the left and right table extensions. I found it in a little shop out in Bideford. I had been searching for such a saw for years and none had turned up in the States. I just couldn't pass it up. The second and third saws were bought...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    Jim, I am a member there. I have a few English (and American) machines posted. If you go to the photo archives, you can find some pictures of my machines. I also try to keep a blog on my various endeavours at owwm . net If you go to that link, there's a post that's somewhat relevant to...
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    wadkin PK restoration

    That fence is looking very nice. I own four PK's. I imported three of them from the UK. I also recently acquired a PL. It looks very similar to the PK, but has a gear driven arbor and a tilting table. I watched Jack rebuild his PK and now watching this thread, I'm very tempted to tear into one...
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