Big thicknesser

[Deafhead]

How about slacking off the gib strips on the slide.

Edited September 17, 2020 by Deafhead

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Deafhead said:

How about slacking off the gib strips on the slide.

Was just gonna say that - but didn't want to look clever ? k

Edited September 17, 2020 by Khriss
Well done that man !

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

Was just gonna say that - but didn't want to look clever ? k

No danger of that Khriss mate . ?

[Woodworks]

5 hours ago, Deafhead said:

How about slacking off the gib strips on the slide.

Do they use dovetail slides with gibs on a thicknesser rise and fall? Only ever stripped smaller machines which have either had a central column and an old Luna which worked of 4 threads all linked

 

 Mark its an old machine and like almost all machines it will need maintenance and have issues. You either pay expensive "experts" to sort things or get to know your machines yourself. Even new kit can need some tinkering. I had a Felder Universal which was supposed to be the muts nuts in the lightweight pro market but still ended up setting up the planer tables and sliding saw myself as it was all on the piss. It is a bit daunting at first but just be methodical and take your time. Very satisfying learning to fix kit yourself and can save you few bob as well

Edited September 17, 2020 by Woodworks

[Deafhead]

On the Wadkin machine that I used back in the last century, the thicknesser bed moved up and down on an inclined slide and I'm pretty sure that was either dovetail slides with gib strips or rectangular slides with an adjustable clamp bar. The wheel for the bed movement was low down on the feed end.( May have been the other end, it was a long time ago).

Edited September 17, 2020 by Deafhead

[Khriss]

26 minutes ago, Stubby said:

No danger of that Khriss mate . ?

Fanks pal  ?  you do remmeber it's Friday  ?  K

Edited September 17, 2020 by Khriss
( empty yr jerricans n shoot the magpies !! )

[Woodworks]

No idea if its the same model but lots of info on a restoration here 

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[gobbypunk]

Thanks guys I dont know what a gibs strip is never heard of them before ,my thicknesser has square slides either side and 2 square cut worm drives under the bed I will take some photos ,I need to do photos if I am going to dismantle it ,could really do without it though.

[roys]

The in feed on my Wadkin planer thicknesser wouldn’t work, stripped it and found it was all gummed up with what I guess is pine sap, applied liberal amounts of a diesel petrol mix as that is what I had, seemed to clean it up and it freed off.

[Deafhead]

I think  some Wadkin planer/thicknessers were fitted with a means of locking the table once adjusted to the correct height. Just a thought.