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Hey, if you let me know what software you are using, what sort of camera, and any other details, I may be able to help resolve some of the technical stuff.

Hi, My BEM had a large yellow metal guard over the fence/spindle area. I think the front panel slid up and down to adjust to the work. You should have a double hole casting for the vertical and horizontal finger springs. Also the whole table will rotate to use the sliding table.

Hi, I bought my first BEM from a guy who sold his yard to Tesco for a supermarket. It was 10 horsepower three phase with reverse and an extra speed with a sliding table and all attachments in nearly new condition. Best spindle i have ever used. Stacked tooling on Iroko no problem with loads of power. I think the power feed was a holtser. Worst thing about it was the small brake pad whivh would regularly wear out. I still have a one and a half inch shaft and collars for this machine.

Amazing work you do. Hats off to you.

I like how you join your radius jamb head to the legs with that drawbolt hardware. I would love to see how you attach the vertical rod that operates the louvers.

Breath of fresh air to see real joinery shop on RUclips 😊

Fantastic collection. I had a shop with about fifteen Wadkin machines plus a Weinig four sided moulder. I had two BEM spindles. An MT morticer, disc and bobbin etc etc. Wadkin machines are unbeatable really. Ref your BRA14? crosscut. Surely one of the best ever made. We had a brand new one in about 1968. Incredibly versatile machine and amazingly accurate with a proper Leitz crosscut blade. I still have all the brochures and manuals plus a Wadkin tooking book supplied to Westland Helicopters woodmill in the 1950s.

Interesting, no thermopane/double glazed panels? Is your area in that sweet spot for heat and cold that makes double glazing unnecessary?

busy is good - business is healthy - keep well.

No worries do videos when you can, you guys are the best and thanks for the videos.

How does it look after finishing? Is it super noticeable?

Nice video, thanks for sharing! To live in a country where they have laws against certain tools is wild. I'm sure the average woodworker is far more likely to get into a car accident than a industrial injury, yet there are no restrictions on cars. Also one year without touching a power tool? Any evidence that supports that it is worth it? Seems like the tradesman is being held back in progress

Great job what adhesive is that you used? Love all of your work

Well done mate. You’re trying to tell people in one video what you have learned in 60 years 😮 only joking. We are still moving forward. If anyone is starting out go the extra and pay out for a tilting arbour spindle. Lats go back to Whitehill cutters ( scary but got it done )

I haven't used the AV515 yet, it seems to set up quickly how extensively do you use it, as is is a reliability expensive product, I use mostly use AV180 (yellow) except for exterior work.

My advice is start with the better euro cutter head like the one in the orange box they can be got with spir cutter for rebate work and euro cutter for all the profits he's shown until you become confident with setting up. The euro heads use alinement pins making the fool proof for beginners.

Great video. Just picked up 2 of these machines (we call them shapers) with power feeders and need to get tooled up so they can earn their keep. Would love to see more content! Especially on techniques for running material through the machine

Interesting hearing the pricing differences. 40mm heads and profile knives are relatively cheap here. Under $20 per pair is average. Heads are a bit over $100. Cant say ive seen a wobble saw available anywhere. I would likely skip the glue joint cutter and suggest a 180/200mm 15-30mm adjustable groover. (In addition to a 4-15mm groover in place of the wobble saw) the 15-30 will allow someone to cut moderately sized square shoulder tenons as well as grooves.

Wow, the client wanted that beautiful door painted?!? Whew.

Do you hone new blades, and what do you use to grind the blades; do you have any particular machines or do you just pull them off and use a regular sharpening stone? As always, thanks much for all of your excellent videos and advice.

Hi DT! I jhave just purchase my first spindle moulder, a Grizzly model G1026 manufactured in 2001. It is in good condition. I bought it to do all of the mouldings and T&G flooring in the new home my wife and I purchased recently. I have several years of construction and shop experience (carpenter's kid, many summers helping my Dad, and a few years working with him as an adult). I will be milling about 2000 board or probably about 4000 linear feet of 4/4 oak flooring from trees that were beetle killed in my area and I sawed into lumber, plus coffered ceilings, base moulding, window and door trim, the works. Specifically, for doing significant (for me anyway) amounts of T&G boards, what sort of set up would you suggest as far as hold-downs or feather boards, jigs, etc. Also, is there a cutter head manufacturer and set you would recommend for 4/4 (26cm) boards? My moulder holds from 1/2" to 1" spindles and is 3HP. Fantastic video, by the way. My wife is watching it now as a way to understand the moulders and the dangers involved in improper use. Thanks very much for your video.

This is genius. One day you have to build another one of these with plans so we can purchase and make one. Love your videos pal. Had to subscribe. Keep them coming all the best from manchester U.k❤👍

Nice work. Nice machiery. No home shop can afford any of that commercial machinery.

Wow! This looks like an interesting channel. I recently found myself looking at woodwork, mainly doors and windows, and thought how beautiful they were. Now, they are all being replaced with uPVC. I bought myself a set of books on woodworking from the early 1900s and the 1960s in the UK, which show you how to make them. I just can't get my head around the scribing part where the stile joins the shaped rail, etc. Your channel looks great, though. Thanks for sharing. It doesn't look like you use double glazing there?

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Gary, I think this is great! So few people hone their knives here in the states, it nice to show people how to get some more life out of your blades. I do personally find that that all my knives come in from the grinders with a bit of a hallow in them. My assumption is that it has to do with heat build up as they’re grinding them.

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thanks for making these clear and intelligent videos

How easy do you find it to set up the knives on the tenon heads after sharpening?

What a beauty mate. I’ve got a haigh spindle from about 1912 I believe

What a beast! If all else fails you could always melt it down and build a yacht hull, lol

lovely machine, I love the shape of the cast iron parts, what a beauty. I would guess 1920's on age but difficult to tell. I would keep the switch gear, nothing wrong with it and much better and safer than modern plastic ones.

Fascinating how you use, repair and jerry-rig these beasts. Wonder how ‘fun’ it is for you to get these in working condition or keep them in production vs just doing what you have to out of necessity. Necessary evil or more than that?

Good to see the big boss make an appearance,

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Nice looking door - good job. I've started cutting almost half way with the TS, then flipping it over and almost cutting half way again. I then finish the small middle section on the band saw. I don't like surprises and even with a riving knife, there's no guarantee it won't bind up. Cheers

Hey DT i am a wood worker too from jamaica i subsribe and look forward for your videos all the time

Keep up the good work

Thats an old one. Most SCM stuff I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole to press the start button. But I have used the later t 110 and 120. They are okay. The fence assemblies arent the best but they work. You can set them up as a single end tenoner if you get an aftermarket clamping cradle. Takes up less room but not as fast as a dedicated machine of course.

The old delta unisaw was a decent machine. There's hardly a woodshop in America that doesn't have one. But most of their stuff is kinda second rate. I hated Rockwell Delta bandsaws and thicknessers. The shapers aren't much chop either. They did make good drill presses though.

Gor blimey four tenoners, no one's got four tenoners but you are right when you got machines setup it becomes a production line much quicker, we had seven spindle moulders setup only for doing kitchen doors.

wonderful information, I own 5 RAS...all Dewalt.....16 inch, [3 ] 10 inch and a 9 inch.......thanks

Thanks for your videos. I love old English woodworking machinery. I'm retired and my Wadkins live in my garage/workshop and are hobby machines. I have a 1925 Wadkin LP recessing and boring machine (like an LQ); a 1926 Wadkin RB 9" buzzer; a 1936 Wadkin CK radial arm saw*; a 1945 Wadkin PK dimension saw*; another (untagged so I can't date it, but ~1946) Wadkin RB 9" buzzer; a 1951 Wadkin RT 6" wood lathe; and a 1928 Preston Woodworking Machinery (Canada) 30" bandsaw*. Some are undergoing overhaul, * some are runners.

Thanks for the tour. Looking at your EP spindle moulder, you suggest it was built around 1960. More likely between 1946 and 1951. What's more, it appears it was built by Sentinel (the steam lorry building company) for Wadkin. If you look on the left hand side of the base there are three tags. I'm sure the bottom tag says "Manufactured for and to the design of Wadkin Ltd by Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd". Apparently after WW2 Wadkin had too many orders and so sub-contracted out the manufacture of some machines. Sentinel seem to have got all the EPA sub-contracts. Cheers, Vann.

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All the time, it’s a nightmare. Even in accoya it can happen 🤷 I usually get a ‘feel’ for how it’s moving and over cut based off that , ie. skim face and edge and leave a bit of time .. then repeat… and if it seems to have settled down I’ll thickness. Even then sometimes I’ll pop it on a pile on jointer over night‘weighted’ Worst I ever had was a couple of cube of ‘thermally modified hemlock’. At least 60 percent was shot to shit inside / totally unusable from about 3 mm in the whole way, it was shocking. Some you could pick the cell collapse just looking at it in the rough!! But some caught you out. The most annoying thing was the ‘good stuff’ was fantastic !

Wow! Nice work Gary. It would be interesting to see it in place. Strange having frosted glass for a kitchen 🤨 Maybe the view was not to their liking 😁

Nice work integrating the old and new. Cheers

That sure is a unique looking window. Nice job!