Sedgwick SM4 Spindle Moulder height adjust stuck?

[Sam1]

Hello all!

I wondered if you could help, I have just bought an older type Sedgwick SM4 that I have a problem with;

The spindle height adjust (small wheel on front of machine) seems to be only what i can describe as stuck. I can maybe turn 1/4 of a turn but that is it.

Has anyone had this problem or is there any way to release this? Does the machine have to be on for example?

Any help is much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Sam

 

[Myfordman]

I don't know your specific machine but it would be normal to have a locking mechanism on the spindle height. possibly direct on the slide rather than on the handwheel.

Have a look for that.

 

[Sam1]

Hi charley,

Thanks for the post I have found and undone the lock but seem to still be at a halt!

Hmm

 

[ColeyS1]

Is that the tilting one ? I know our one has a locking pin underneath that locks it in the vertical position

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[custard]

I've known an SCM spindle moulder where the locking wheel was very deceptive. You'd turn it to unlock and it felt slack, but the height adjuster wheel would only move a small amount, then you'd go back to the locking wheel and unlock it some more, and after another half a turn it would feel tight again and soon after that it would finally free off completely and only then could you adjust the height.

One other thought, is there something inside the machine that's preventing the spindle rising? You say you've just bought it, maybe it was somehow locked off/secured for transportation?

 

[Myfordman]

Hi charley,

Thanks for the post I have found and undone the lock but seem to still be at a halt!

Hmm

Not unusual for SH machines to have been set up for a single task and then get seized up with sawdust/rust etc.

Possibly needs a strip down and thorough clean - something that most woodworkers never think of doing with their machines