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Manufactured/Badged by:
Wadkin Ltd.
Nottingham

True Manufacturer:
Wadkin Ltd., Nottingham

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Tool and Die
Machine Size:	12" capacity
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	NH
Date of Manufacturer:	1959
Serial Number:	NH 417
Last Updated	4/4/2016 6:11:32 PM

Comments:

This machine recently sold in New Zealand (not to me).

The manufacturer's tag is almost indecipherable (see 4th photo) - but if I read the sellers comments correctly it is NH 417, Test No.60845, which makes it a 1959 build. Certainly the aluminium handwheels suggest it's post ~1950, while the grey livery suggests pre-Bursgreen green (~1960s?).

According to the 1958 catalogue (on this site) it can grind blades up to 12" long. Longitudinal travel of table is 16"; transverse travel is 9 1/4". It can also grind circular saw blades from 8" to 18" diameter. The motor is 2hp. the machine weighs 13 1/4cwt (1512 lb).

It appears to have two grinding heads, and the catalogue states the grinding head swivels 240 degrees.

Photo 1:

Comments: Front view.
Source: Seller's photograph.

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Photo 2:

Comments: Right-hand quarter vew.
Source: Seller's photograph.

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Photo 3:

Comments: Almost the same view again.
Source: Seller's photograph.

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Photo 4:

Comments: Machine tag.
Source: Seller's photograph.

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