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Posted by ravensworth2674 on January 28, 2008, 3:53 am
Please log in for more thread options > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:29:16 +0000, Tim Leech
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> Tim -- so you are still alive and well-- after you emailed me saying
> that I could purchase the motorised head for the Ward T&C I have not
> been able to get hold of you (email doesnt seem to get through). By
> the way I have done quite a lot of work on the Ward; I made new
> leadscrews for the table and workhead, fitted new replacements for the
> DU bearings etc.
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> Back to the grinding issue:- being down sarf aint absolutely necessary
> as it occurred to me that even if a suitable shop was way "oop north"
> i.e. beyond a reasonable car journey then perhaps I could strap the
> tables to a pallet for the journeys, obviously I would far rather
> actually be there whilst it was being done but if it comes to
> itgetting it done is what matters
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> Nigel
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> >>I am in the middle of re-building a large old Wadkin
> >>planer/thicknesser and can pretty much do everything myself (even
> >>managed to get the main rollers which are 28" x 3" onto the HLV-BK
> >>for truing and re-cutting the serrations). However I would really
> >>like to get the 2 surfacing and the thicknessing tables re-ground.
> >>They are not in bad condition i.e. no nasty dings but they are worn --
> >>the infeed surface table rolls off by about 0.3 mm and the
> >>thicknessing table is hollow in the centre by about the same amount.
> >>I have been asking around for some time but cannot find anyone with
> >>big enough surface grinding machines to cope. The surfacing tables
> >>are about 30" x 20" and the thicknessing table is about 48" x 16"
> >>they both have registration surfaces on the underside which are
> >>parallel to the top surface so mounting them up shouldnt be to
> >>difficult -- see attached pics. My workshop is in North London but I
> >>can get the tables into the back of my old Volvo estate or hire a van
> >>to take them to be machined -- obviously I would prefer not to travel
> >>much more than say 150 miles each way and I dont need toolroom
> >>accuracy grinding but it would be a real shame not to get this done
> >>after all the other work I have done and I sure as hell cant afford a
> >>new machine that approaches the quality and solidity of the Wadkin.
> >>So if anyone can help me with some addresses of grinding shops that
> >>could do the work I would be very much obliged.
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> >>TIA Nigel
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> >Ask around 'real' engine reconditioning shops - not the ones which
> >just do car engines. My local one has a grinder which would almost
> >certainly do those, but they're not in the sarf.
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> >Tim- Hide quoted text -
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>planer/thicknesser and can pretty much do everything myself (even
>managed to get the main rollers which are 28" x 3" onto the HLV-BK
>for truing and re-cutting the serrations). However I would really
>like to get the 2 surfacing and the thicknessing tables re-ground.
>They are not in bad condition i.e. no nasty dings but they are worn --
>the infeed surface table rolls off by about 0.3 mm and the
>thicknessing table is hollow in the centre by about the same amount.
>I have been asking around for some time but cannot find anyone with
>big enough surface grinding machines to cope. The surfacing tables
>are about 30" x 20" and the thicknessing table is about 48" x 16"
>they both have registration surfaces on the underside which are
>parallel to the top surface so mounting them up shouldnt be to
>difficult -- see attached pics. My workshop is in North London but I
>can get the tables into the back of my old Volvo estate or hire a van
>to take them to be machined -- obviously I would prefer not to travel
>much more than say 150 miles each way and I dont need toolroom
>accuracy grinding but it would be a real shame not to get this done
>after all the other work I have done and I sure as hell cant afford a
>new machine that approaches the quality and solidity of the Wadkin.
>So if anyone can help me with some addresses of grinding shops that
>could do the work I would be very much obliged.
>
>TIA Nigel