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Manufactured/Badged by:
Wadkin Ltd.
Nottingham

True Manufacturer:
Wadkin Ltd., Nottingham

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	24"
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	DH
Date of Manufacturer:	February 1927
Serial Number:	DH 163
Last Updated	2/9/2023 5:46:40 AM

Comments:

This is not mine. It's in storage, awaiting possible re-use.

The table is 2' 1" wide, by 2' 4" long.

I think the guards are user made.

Edit: (Feb, 2023) Now in regular use at a railway museum in Wellington, New Zealand.

Photo 1:

Comments: General view.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 2:

Comments: General view with doors open.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 3:

Comments: Motor (wrong way around) and flat belt pulleys. Note the square hole through the body where the belt selector used to reside.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 4:

Comments: Flat belt drive - loose pulley left; fast pulley right. You can see where the previous operator ran the three Vee-belts on the fast pulley.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 5:

Comments: Upper wheel adjustment.
Source: My photograph

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Photo 6:

Comments: Manufacturer's tag.
Source: My photograph.

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