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16cent test. Wadkin DR high speed band saw

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I moved the 30 " Wadkin band saw to the mill shop today. I have had this saw in the bench shop for a year now. Today I put the table on and ran some wood through it. Its an old blade 6 point so it…Continue

old worn thicknesser chip breaker pressure bar fix

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out with the new in with the old

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Lasts year I restored a rare 1942 Bursgreen band saw from England. It was to replace my Aggazini from Italy that was 40 years newer. The problem was I did not have 3 phase in the shop set up and so…Continue

Top Ten Reasons To Date an Engineer

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Top Ten Reasons To Date an EngineerThe world does revolve around them... We pick the coordinate system.Find out what those other buttons on your calculator do.We know how to handle stress and strain…Continue

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Took the Presures Bars out of The Wadkin RM . The infeed side was worn in the middle as is always the case. I want to get this thing tuned in when I get it all painted . I like to do the machinery side of thing first. I find it easy to work the with the small parts and after all the mechanical is repaired i jump in and jackifie.the chip breaker and pressures bars on ether side of the Wadkin RM head…See More

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Wadkin RM Under Over 26" jointer on top a 24x9 planner 1920s to late 40s

The wadkin R family of machines were designed in the 20s and built up until the mid 50s they were the first generation of machines in England to be offered Line belt or motor dive. Most of the time you will see that the motors are just after thoughts. I have be on the look out for a few of these rare machines. I have an RS lathe and RD jointer but the Wadkin RM is a hard one to find. When you talk as much as i do about wadkin people start to contact you and give you the heads up on where…See More

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I guess most of us after old ARN are on the lookout for used old tools. It is a great way of getting high quality tools at a reasonable price. We say: “What a good standard of quality they used to maintain in the old days”. This is a little deceptive since all the bad stuff has been trashed a long time ago leaving many good quality tools to us. It's sometimes happen that we find tools and machinery that we suspect are very old – say 100 years or older. It might sound a little bit over the top…See More

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preservation of old woodworking machinery

Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:46pm 2 Comments 5 Likes

I guess most of us after old ARN are on the lookout for used old tools. It is a great way of getting high quality tools at a reasonable price. We say: “What a good standard of quality they used to maintain in the old days”. This is a little deceptive since all the bad stuff has been trashed a long time ago leaving many good quality tools to us.

It's sometimes happen that we find tools and machinery that we suspect are very old – say 100 years or older. It…

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At 4:59am on August 17, 2011, ApprenticeJean-Pierre Filion said…: Thanks Jack. It is a little up north. I use to live in Hawkesbury and we went shopping in Ottawa all t he time.

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At 5:45am on July 29, 2011, Site AdminJohn Moody said…: Tool613, Welcome to The Patriot Woodworker. We are glad you have found and joined our site. We have many fine woodworkers here all willing to help and share. We love to see what other woodworkers are doing, so when you can please share your projects with us.

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At 3:59am on July 29, 2011, Master CarpenterBob Kloes said…: Hello Jack. Good to have you here. Hope you enjoy it. Good group of folks and your knowledge and pictures and all the stuff you do will be a great addition. bob

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At 10:42pm on July 28, 2011, JourneymanKen Rasmussen said…: Welcome Jack......medicken

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