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Yes. Tested at the Wadkin factory on 18th October, 1926. I'm sure the motor is original - but I don't know whether it's been rewound a few times over the years. It was meggered and test run in October 2017 by an electrician mate... ...but overhaul stopped a month or so later when I found the...

Hi Folks. I've been doing up a Wadkin RB surface planer since I bought it about three years ago. With in nearing completion (i.e. only another year or two to go :roll: :roll: ) I decided to tidy up the motor as well. It's a 3phase, 1.5hp, 400 volt induction motor, manufactured in 1926. I've...

My RB is an early one, from the same batch as the one I posted previously. Mine is RB 116. I did a lot of research into mine and at Archives NZ found a file regarding a large amount of machinery purchased during the late 1920s by New Zealand Railways. A 17 page document dated 17th September...

The business end of each square head bolt should be pointed - and fits into a countersink in the gimble. Back off the locknut and adjust the bolt so that there is no play (backlash), but not so tight as to prevent the gimble from rotating freely (best done without the handwheel shaft through the...

Jacinda? (hammer) Cheers, Vann.

I believe the RB was first manufactured in 1926, as a replacement for the 9" Wadkin RC (which also came in 12", 16" and 22" versions), and was itself replaced by the Wadkin RV in 1954 or 1955. Approximately 920 RBs were manufactured during that period (as RB, RBA, RBD and RBV). The RV didn't...

Yup, that's exactly what I bought for mine. Same packet (2 per packet - but that advert states price per knife, not per pair) but I paid 29.55 UKP per pair. Cheers, Vann.

Flat belt (lineshaft) drive was an option on earlier RB planers. If you opt to go without slots then 30mm wide is what you'll want. But remember, this design is what the Yanks call a 'clamshell' head = dangerous. The slots make it much less dangerous by preventing the knifes from flying out...

Interesting graphics. The right-hand picture shows the second type of infeed table with a groove for the first style of fence - which is longer and lower. This fence is attached by a wedge that runs in a dovetail in the table (same as the ripping fence on a PK dimension saw). Whereas the...

Nice work on the electricals. You're more proficient than I am. I looked long and hard for slotted knives. I even bought some for a 12" Wadkin, hoping to cut them down to length. But the position of the slots varies with different length knives - and in the case of the 12" knives is too close...

I enjoyed the kauri museum at Matakohe - being into old woodworking machinery there was some to see. Not so the Kaitaia timber museum. And back on topic: I had mushy peas (I think for the first time in my life) last week, while on holiday in Queenstown. They tasted okay I guess - but then I...

Over here (New Zealand) they're considered a pest and whenever I've encountered a nest I wipe the little ba$tards out. Usually a puff of poison powder into the opening of the nest after dark. The first one I did was a big one in a bush about 3m from the front door. I must have done it while it...

Everybody needs two surface planers... :wink: Cheers, Vann.

88 years old. Completed (tested) July, 1932 - according to the people who hold Wadkins records. You've bought it 8) . Well done. Welcome to the Wadkin RB owners club :wink: Cheers, Vann.

What diameter bore? I have a collar in my stash - although international mails are a bit slow at present. Cheers, Vann.

The motor on an RB should be 2hp. This one has been modified by fitting a new motor at some point, as an RBD was originally a DC machine (that's what the "D" at the end of RBD indicates). Have you considered the single phase RB that wallace is selling? Cheers, Vann.

Phew, I thought you were going to suggest a slice of kiwi (the endangered bird). Cheers, Vann.

Wot, no trees on Mars? No point in going then (hammer) Cheers, Vann.

Maccas have taken it up (probably for a limited time only). They call it their Kiwiburger. One of my favorites. But then we're a family of beetroot lovers :wink: Cheers, Vann.

That's all we are saying... Cheers, Vann (who's never tried mushy peas).