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Thread: Robinson Thicknesser
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18th August 2013, 07:47 PM #1
Robinson Thicknesser
This one is a Robinson 24" double sided thicknesser. It will probably be the last machine I ever hook up for a number of reasons. The main one is that it is driven by a line shaft (on the ground) and not shown in the photos. To get it up and running I will have to convert it to a vee-belt drive and the motor will be around 8HP.
It is definitely a project for the future. For some reason I thought it was an Invicta brand, but I don't know where I got that idea. There is no reference except for Robinson and Sons of Rochdale.
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The top cutter head
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The bottom cutter head. The leaves are narrow leaf ironbark .
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Some more pix
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Weight is estimated to be around the ton mark so it is quite a beast. Quite a lot of restoration work required, but most things still rotate as they should despite being out in the weather for more than twelve years.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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18th August 2013, 09:04 PM #2Senior Member
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very nice Bushmiller
i have always had soft spot for the robinson stuff,with the double header how does the table move?cheers pat
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18th August 2013, 11:31 PM #3
I'm in love, what a lovely old thing !!
Paul what is the machines history, as in where was it before you acquired it?, did you see it running at all ?
As far as an age to it I would say 1920's as it is after Robinson's BX four cutter machine.
Thanks for showing, that has just made my evening seeing such a beautiful machine !
Melbourne Matty
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19th August 2013, 01:39 AM #4
Thanks again Matty for the catalogue reference.
I bought this machine as one of a group of nine machines that had been part of an old joinery in 2000.
The joinery had been started in the mid fifties, but had been shutdown since about 1990 with all the machines just sitting there. The power had been disconnected so I was not able to see any of them running.
The machines were:
24" Thicknesser
24" Jointer
Table saw
Spindle Moulder
Framing Saw
8' Stroke Sander
Four head tenoning machine (sold)
Chain Morticer (sold)
Blade sharpener
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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17th September 2019, 10:41 PM #5Member
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How's the restoration coming along?
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18th September 2019, 04:54 PM #6
CBaulds
I'm afraid it is a long way off. Not even on the back burner at this stage.
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PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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8th October 2019, 04:34 PM #7
Just recently I commenced moving some machinery out of the location it has been stored in since around 2000. It included the line shaft with flat belt drive pulleys for the thicknesser.
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To give a better idea of size, the tray of the ute is a little over 2.3m long.
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There is a reasonable amount of weight in it too.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"