I told my daughter that we should start saving our pennies for a forklift.

I am kind of torn as to what to do with the Woods.  I have a good offer for it to sell but, I am really kind of wanting to use it.

I know it is only a 4"x 3" machine but, I can make a lot of things that fall within those sizes.

 

 

Darcy,

           The 4" moulder has a lot of capabilities. You just need to be creative. I used a Wadkin FD 4x4 moulder to run all of the trim for my house. I have 12" baseboard mouldings which I made in three parts. Here's a photo of the trim work as it was being installed. All of the window heads, casing, char rail were made on the 4" moulder.

 

-Arthur

nice work .

How many lbs this year Arthur? and could you divide by oceans  the tonnage.

 

jack

English machines

Long time no update.

I got the Yates all repaired and back together.

Whoally Molly! Great SCotts Darcy. She is a beaut! Thanks for the video that was a pleasure to watch and hear. She purrs and meows all day long don't she? So Darcy, was this a total take down? Nice man very nice.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

I had it about 75% tore down.

The electrical controls were rusted solid ( I was able to rebuild the push buttons), all the chains were replaced, I did not pull the cutter head or the infeed and out feed rollers. 

The bed rollers were rusted, there was a cracked bearing housing.  I was able to clean up and salvage all the original roller bearings, thank goodness because the 4 bearings for the bed rollers would have cost over 600 bucks and taken 14 weeks to get one of them.  The only bearing that was shot was the outboard motor bearing.  Ironically someone had replaced the original open bearing with a sealed one.  

It was a heck of a lot of work, but boy does she plane some lumber.  The top feed speed is 60 ft/min and that is too fast for me to keep up with.

Nice video Darcy, that looks like a sweet machine. Man at 60 bf/min you need someone working the outfeed side. Looks like it does a great job. Nice rebuild.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

SWEET Darcy!  That look a whole lot different now than the day we loaded it.  Nice job!!

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Ron Dudelston
Site Host


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