wadkin RS lathe restoration

[wallace]

Thanks Jim. I'm doing all the little bits now and I'm very nearly finished.



I have made it so the VFD can be unclipped and moved to the outboard end











Heres a clip of the lathe running for the first time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ckvCjD ... drLoCMqmqg

 

[wallace]

I made a spanner for the tailstock bolt today, well just chopped an old spanner up

 

[yetloh]

Lovely job Mark. Like the spanner and also noticed a nice power feed in the background.

Jim

 

[wallace]

Thanks Jim, the power feed came with the EQ spindle moulder. I think it needs some new wheels, its also a pig to set up

 

[Adam9453]

The lathe is looking fantastic, I particularly like the refurbished black and gold plates, very smart

 

[Flynnwood]

Frigging brilliant work !!!

 

[sapwood]

Thats great work. Where are you in County Durham? I have a machine shop in Seaham Harbour.

 

[wallace]

I'm in spennymoor about 6miles from durham city. What kind of stuff do you do?

 

[Aden30mm]

What a wonderful transformation, many thanks Mark for sharing this with us.

 

[schnapps95]

Hi Merlin / Wallace, at long last I have found out how to upload photos, so here are some of the RS for you to enjoy. Showing my indexing arrangement and the router attachment and a special drive and special tail stock pieces, and by the way the large faceplate is 6' 9" diameter, hope they are interest to you, thanks a lot Stan.

 

[nathandavies]

Nice setup, like the router. And that is a man sized face plate

 

[merlin]

Hello Stan,

Looks fantastic - an RS doing what it does best.

The indexing set up looks very good .... would the maker of such a thing be interested in making another?

Merlin

 

[wallace]

That is a mighty fine set up thanks for sharing

 

[schnapps95]

Hello Merlin
Thanks for your kind words. In answer to your question NO I am the maker and also a septuagenarian who is running out of time in life. A short history of the lathe. it was 8" centre height I lowered the bed on the headstock and had a block cast to raise the tailstock and made a new leg as I was joining two together. the piece of wood in the lathe was actually a tree trunk just for testing the lathe I made a new fitting for the headstock drive and tailstock so it couldn't come out then I made the router bracket (that was easy) but I had to make a dovetailed stop for the cross slide because it kept altering it's self. The indexing plunger I picked up at an auto-jumble and the division wheel with circles of 24,20,9 & 7 holes I made on a Colchester student lathe. I also made a cap to fit the spindle so as to remove the drive centre easily. I also made patterns and had some faceplates cast. PS I don't use the lathe wood turning lathes bl---- frighten me. Cheers Stan