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Thread: Wadkin MF number 2
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16th April 2022, 10:36 PM #16
Switchgear Compartment Doors.
I thought it was bigger than standard. The standard door is 9" (227mm) H x 9 3/4" (248mm) W.
This is the standard size door fitted to my 1945 PK.
PK 1945.jpg
The following year the reset button was done away with.
By 1956 the standard door looked like this - with the switchgear manufacturer's name confined to a small screwed on tag.
CC 1956.jpg
Your door does not have an overload reset button, which makes me wonder if it's 1946 on - however as the door is non-standard size, all bets are off. I have an RB buzzer missing it's tag - it has a non-standard door (smaller than yours) with no cast lettering either.
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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18th April 2022, 12:58 PM #17
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19th April 2022, 06:47 AM #18SENIOR MEMBER
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Good to see this machine going to good use. Not sure if you spent much time chatting to Col but he had an interesting life making all things including working for a cathedral in Brisbane.
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19th April 2022, 08:48 AM #19
Hi Charlie 6ft,
Firstly thanks for the introduction and yes I had a good chat with him and found him very skilled and thought more members should know about his work, so I found a bit of information about him on the Web and started this thread.
Master Craftsman
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23rd April 2022, 10:45 PM #20
Removing rust to Chain to Chisel side of mortiser
Removed Chain & Spring housing to Chisel side of MF, chain links were rusted together and links wouldn't move, managed to get it working better
MF 2 Chain Chisel 1.jpgMF 2 Chain Chisel 2.jpgMF 2 Chain Chisel 3.jpg
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23rd April 2022, 10:51 PM #21
This is a pic of the Motor nut to the Chisel part of the MF, looking at the nut it has been removed before, so maybe a bearing replacement or a motor rewind or both.
Can someone tell me which way this nut comes off clockwise or anticlockwise?
MF 2 motor nut.jpg
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25th April 2022, 06:09 PM #22
Pic of Spring housing for Chain side of MF, this was more difficult to remove, the housing had to slide along the shaft (along with the spring) before it would come free, because the pulley was hitting the MF's main casting, is this normal? You can see the shaft in the right of the pic, the collect on the shaft missed the MF casting but the pulley holding the chain that is connected to the pull down lever handles didn't, hence the housing sliding along the shaft, I was worried this would pull the spring out of the slotted shaft.
Chisel spring housing.jpg
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26th April 2022, 06:03 PM #23
With the MF standing in an open sided shed for 20 plus years, there is a lot of rust making the stripping process slow, pic shows removing the Chain Lever Handle with the aid of a bottle jack.
Bottle jack to remove lever handle.jpg
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26th April 2022, 06:17 PM #24
Pulley for chain lever handle hitting main casting
Getting this pulley off was a bit of a challenge, it was hitting the main casting inside the MF, but Wadkin had machined an hole for the shaft of the pulley all the way through the casting to the face side, the challenge was getting the shaft to slide through the hole enough to get the pulley off from the inside of the MF.
Pulley hitting main casting 1.jpgPulley hitting main casting 2.jpgLever handle pulley shaft before knocking through.jpgLever handle pulley shaft throgh main casting.jpgLever handle pully shaft 1.jpg
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26th April 2022, 06:29 PM #25
The MF seems to use a number of parts from the earlier ME, Wadkin didn't bother changing the part numbers on their patterns for casting parts for their newer MF.
These 2 pics show a couple of examples and I am not sure what non-ferrous metal was used for the gear part ME 45, but no rust just dirt on this part.
Lever handle pulley.jpg Chain side gear ME 45.jpgChain side rack gear.jpg
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26th April 2022, 10:37 PM #26
Same with the PK - lots of PJ parts.
PK rip fence.jpg PK rip fence.
PK sliding table.jpg PK sliding table.
PK table extn.jpg PK table extension.
I guess that at least lets you know there are alternative sources of spare parts.
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
Proud member of the Wadkin Blockhead Club .