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Start again,

 

Are Eric Hunters still the agents for kwikchip/Tunnisen/Salean?

 

The woodruff key has worn the shaft on one of the feed rollers, so before we attempt to weld it and mill a new keyway, I could do with finding out the availability of a new roller and the cost.

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I have a simular problem with my gravely chipper but in my case the actual teeth on the roller have worn very low, but to have a new one refabricated i was quoted over £700 as its a lot of time and labour to make one, and that if i remeber rightly was thorn enginering

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The current people for TS woodchippers which are Quick Chip are a company called PSD or Gibsons Machinery in Colne, Lancashire. You could your old roller into a engineering company and ask them to re cut tge keyway or copy the complete thing.

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Thanks Pete, Colne isn't actually far from us.

 

Regarding cutting a new keyway, it's a bit beyond that. I'll post a pic tomorrow. Luckily we have an engineering firm next door. We're considering the next step as there are a number of ways to mend it, but dependant on cost a new roller may be cost effective.

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I got a new top roller for my really old kwik chip around 3 years ago, it was shipped from somewhere in Germany and was around £300! cant remember the firm name.

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£300 doesn't sound too bad, considering the cost of mending ours, and still essentially having a well used roller.

 

Could you try to find some details for me, please?

 

Gary

 

I know i went through fletcher stewart who put me in touch with somebody else, id try them. It was around 3 years ago now though.

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The current people for TS woodchippers which are Quick Chip are a company called PSD or Gibsons Machinery in Colne, Lancashire. You could your old roller into a engineering company and ask them to re cut tge keyway or copy the complete thing.

 

I pass Gibson's most days, if you like drop me the serial number I'll call in a see what they say .

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I pass Gibson's most days, if you like drop me the serial number I'll call in a see what they say .

 

Thanks Sky. I'm in the office/workshop all day tomorrow so I'll ring them in the morning.

 

Generous offer though - the power and cameradie of Arbtalk (usually!) :thumbup1:

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