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    Dust collector upgrade worth it ?

    I got one of these, but quiet skeptical about these readings, rhinking about looking out for a air cleaner
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    Dust collector upgrade worth it ?

    Hi guys, Thanks for the info. I just guessed the intake at 8 inch from a photo. A quick Google search for a 7.5 kwh extractor would have proved my feeble attempt at guessing, mea culpa! So I guess I will be sticking with the 2 hp motor and the 5 inch ducting, hopefully not giving me a false...
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    Dust collector upgrade worth it ?

    Guys & galls, Currently I have the following setup: - 5 inch overal ducting with blastgates - thien baffle with 5 inch in & outlet. - 2HP dustcollector with 5 inch in - outlets. - 5 inch metal dust seperator with a cartridge filter and a plastic bag to get the rest of the dust I have the...
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    dust collection on a Wadkin BOA/S 12 planer/jointer?

    All, I'm looking at buying an old Wadkin BOA/S 12 planer/jointer to go with my WAdkin AGS10 tablesaw. I cant seem to find anything on the internet about dust collection on this machine. Any one ever produced one? Is it worth the hassle of building it out of wood / sheet metal ? Kind regards...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Update, better late then never 🙂 I got a friend of the family to look at the threads on the arbour and he rapaired them so to nut I have goes on smoothly.... Problem solved for now 😊 Next thing that caught my attention is that is only have 2 drive belts. Motor should be 3hp...any idea if...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Sorry I meant backwards as in the big part of the nut on the left in pic1 should be against the blade, it screws on left handed...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Hi guys, quick response on my phone, Thanks for Al the efforts in trying to found out the treads on the saw... My dad came by and took the whole saw arbor to a friend of his who has a metal lathe to clean up the thread @dephill, nice work on the spanner, I'll have to buy one because I...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    I will post a picture of the nut tomorrow, for it is indeed a peculiar one (doesn't look like this in both the old/new manuals). @deema; you speak of gripping the cast flange, and then inserting a piece of steel in the hole to keep the spindle from rotating ? Is this to get the pully off? or...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Hi guys thanks a lot for all the provided information. @Fitzroy & @AndrewS I will leave the gear alone, and focus on cleaning it together with the wormgear. thanks for the tip about the filing of the high spots, will look into it. @clogs , @deema,@J-G, @Vann; interesting, I will do some more...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Hi Mark, thanks a lot for the info...I believe you are right about the "European export" specs thing; I will measure the arbor later this week (Saw is at my newly bought house a couple of miles away). Did you have trouble to get the nut of the arbor at the pulley side ? mine is litteraly...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    So yesterday I took apart the racked quadrant for the rise and fall mechanism: just 2 theeth have some damage, but the system seems to work without any slack at the moment (but it doens't have the motor mounted so maybe it can pose some problems. I was thinking to restore it with fluid...
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    Wadkin 10 AGS "Restoration"

    Hi guys I'm Martin from Belgium, long time reader, first time poster. I'm looking for some help with the restauration of a Wadkin Bursgreen 10 AGS. I read the posts of @Michal & @ManowarDave with great interest, and will continu to scan the forum for extra advice about these saws, but here...
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