I moved the 30 " Wadkin band saw to the mill shop today. I have had this saw in the bench shop for a year now. Today I put the table on and ran some wood through it. Its an old blade 6 point so it not cutting great I will order a new 16.5 foot 3 point. This is a DMD(direct motor drive) saw with a blade SFPM(surface feet per minite) of 6476. The high speed saws are a little louder too.
The wadkin has solid steel pulleys and so it takes some time to come of to speed.

look at the dime at the very begining and it does shack just a bit.
Enjoy I did

you sometimes wounder if theses machine will ever be done.  here is a link to the rebuild for the answers to the machine specs.

http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=86300&hilit




jack
English machine

Jack,

Another fine member from the House of Wadkin.

Looks like it's cutting fine to me.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Once again beautiful work Jack. I noticed the series of holes in the table and am assuming for circle cutting?

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Very impressive, I would be ecstatic with that cutting speed. must check my sfmp, when I'm in the mood for the brain teaser

Enjoyed the post cheers S>C

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sam c

Nice work Jack

Impressive! Nice working with your band saw huh! Really fast. 

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