Photo Index - T. Robinson & Son Limited - Type HV.

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Manufactured/Badged by:
T. Robinson & Son Limited
Rochdale, Lancashire

True Manufacturer:
T. Robinson & Son Limited, Rochdale, Lancashire

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jointer
Machine Size:	18"
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Type HV.
Date of Manufacturer:	late-1920s
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/25/2019 8:50:39 AM

Comments:

This is not mine. It’s located at the Ferrymead Historical Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.

It was ordered in the late 1920s – one of four – by New Zealand Railways, and had been delivered by mid 1930, at a cost of £205 1s 9d (NZ£) and was installed at the Addington Railway Workshops (Christchurch). After the workshops closed in 1990 it was purchased by one of the societies that operate from the Park (the tramway society I believe). It has since changed hands and is awaiting reinstallation. It was probably line-belt driven when manufactured and currently has no motor.

The machine’s tables are 10ft (actually 10’ 2½” or 3110mm) long; 18½” (470mm) wide; and 34” (865mm) off the ground.

I regret that the lighting conditions (and my lack of skills with a camera) did not allow better photographs.

Photo 1:

Comments: Front view.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 2:

Comments: Infeed end view.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 3:

Comments: Outfeed end view.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 4:

Comments: Back view and some detail of fence mechanism.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 5:

Comments: "T. Robinson & Son Ltd, Rochdale Eng." (England).
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 6:

Comments: Order No. W.R.6748 cast into bed. Workshops No. 1238 painted on.
Source: My photograph.

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