wadkin JY bobbin sander restoration

[custard]

Wallace, I'm really envious of such a superb bit of kit! I've tried two bobbin sanders, both were okay-ish, but neither was really good. One was a cheap far eastern product (it's badged Triton amongst many others) which doesn't really have a big enough table to deal with large pieces and I'm not 100% confident that the spindle runs truly perpendicular. The second was a bobbin sander tool for my spindle moulder, it fixed the table size and run-out issues, but the lowest speed isn't quite slow enough to prevent scorching the workpiece.

 

[wallace]

Heres some more done, inspired by Jacks RM planer I painted underneath the table red.



After the dodgy paint affect I sanded things back and had another go. much better





Everything else got a few more coats while the spray gun was out



This is the bobbin bit all cleaned up



Doing the tags is one of my favourite parts, Sprayed with black car paint. It works better because its thinner. Thanks for that Jack. Then after a week to make sure its gone off properly you rub down with very fine sand paper 400-600


Does anyone know a source of the little studs that fix the tags to motors, I had to drill mine to get the tag off

 

[rileytoolworks]

Another very enjoyable thread, and another lovely machine (on its way to being) restored to its former glory.
Well done Wallace.
How does the 'up and down' bit work? I can't make out how it goes together.

Adam.

 

[wallace]

Thanks Adam, the spiral gear at the top of the box is on the shaft that goes through the motor. It drives the big toothed cog which is on an eccentric shaft with the brass wish bone bit which intern makes it go up/down. I think but I've never seen it work so time will tell.

 

[No skills]

Looks like another quality job. Bet you have something else lined up already :-"

 

[wallace]

Just one or two or three :shock: but I have made a pact with devil so I have to do some serious woodwork over the next year

 

[wallace]

The handwheels had some casting marks, easily removed with a powerfile





Then for a couple of primer coats. Its a bit chilly so I used a chick brooding lamp to dry things.



And then a few coats of black enamel


I then sprayed the raised sign

 

[wallace]

I had a go at putting the motor back together, but first I had to fix the wires. Someone had done this before but they hadn't insulated the join properly and just used the fabric outer sleeve to cover the join.



This is how it was underneath the fabric



I snipped things back and soldered the wires together and then covered with some heat shrink, I used a couple of sizes to cover a couple of times



After doing all this and then putting the motor together I gave it a try and not a lot happened. I swapped some wires around and the most I could get was the motor moving very slowly and the static converter making a nasty noise. Can anyone offer some advice. Is their a way to test the wires? I was thinking that the motor may be burnt out because of the condition of the wires

 

[wallace]

It turned out that the windings were toast so it needed to be rewound. I have a local motor shop who quoted me £100 which I thought was a cracking deal. I dropped it off a couple of days ago. I was in the vicinity today so thought I'd pop in to see if it was ready. They got it wound but it needs varnish and baking so should be Monday.

 

[wallace]

I got the motor back from the winders. They had to heat it up to get the windings out which made a mess of my paintjob. They stripped all the paint and filler off for me.







I thought I'd clean up the casting with a flapper disc and a dremmel for the wadkin bit

 

[Halo Jones]

Wow. £100 was a good deal. I was quoted £250 for a rewind of a burnt out motor on my tablesaw. Not worth it when I could buy replacement from Record for £230 or an equivalent of the 'bay for £130.

Nice looking job so far. I'm looking forward to you showing some of your wood project WIPS using the lovely machinery!

H.

 

[wallace]

Thanks H the machines I find pretty easy to do its the wood work that I'm hopeless at

 

[wallace]

Got the motor back together and put some new wick in the reservoir.





I have a few touch ups to do where things got bashed while assembling but its pretty much done

 

[yetloh]

Mark,

As with all your restorations, this is absolutely stunning. So much more beautiful than the modern pressed steel stuff which is undoubtedly effective, but will anyone want to restore it in 50 or 60 years time, I doubt it.

Are there any basic types of Wadkin kit that you haven't yet tackled, or is this the end of the line for your fascinating series of restoration threads? i hope not.

Jim

 

[wallace]

Thanks Jim, I still have a couple of machines to do but since they work fine they are getting left for awhile. I very nearly have my workshop the way I want it. Plus I have a list of major jobs from my good lady, I have run out of excuses. I used to say I just need this one machine then I can start.

 

[defsdoor]

Simply stunning. How does it run ?

 

[Halo Jones]

Beautiful

Sculptural

Magnificent

:shock:

Please tell me you keep all these? With a bit of thought I am sure it wouldn't be long before you could open up some kind of Wadkin Mecca.

H.

 

[wallace]

Thanks chaps, it runs really nice and is quiet. I generally keep all the machines I do. I did sell my oversized pk saw to give me a bit more space but I had another regular to put in its place. It is in very rough condition but will have to wait.

 

[n0legs]

=D> Excellent.