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wadkin RU lathe
seventhdevil:
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that IS my dream lathe.... lucky bugger...
how are you going to get that in the boot of your car??? ;D ;D ;D
please let me know the precise weight if you can find it out as i never could get that bit of info...
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Maybe you could ask them?
https://www.wadkin.com/
The “little” Wadkin RS weighs 774 Kg so not lightweight machines!
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Wadkin are completely useless for getting any info from and seem to just not care unless you have a machine built in the last 20-30 years. i've had more luck getting info about this machine by scouring the internet.
Bryan Milham:
That is just a little bit bigger than the lathe I can see behind it...
Try looking at YouTube, Woodturner 21, or Facebook, The Woodturners. Steve Jones has one of these, converted to variable speed. His videos will show you what you can do on one of these.
bodrighywood:
Richard Findlay has a wadkin I believe, not sure which one thoiugh. There's one in the workshop next door to me as well but I am not going to try and weigh it.
Pete
ken crittle:
Wadkinrestoratoins have information
Look up machine date .the test no comes in 1951
I have the smaller rs8
Ken
seventhdevil:
i believe Steve Jones just has an RS lathe not an RU.
i remembered about some pictures i had from the internet on some of the specs and it gives the weight of the 12", 15" and 18" models but i don't understand what CWTS are.
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