Originally Posted by
Patrick Kane
JC, $20k?!? Percentage-wise, how much was the original machine versus the restoration? That is an eye popping number, not to mention the man hours involved.
Agree with everyone else, its one of the cleanest machines ive ever seen, including newly uncrated ones. Certainly the paint job is better than new machines. Superb work. With how busy you are, i cant imagine myself taking things to the extreme that you did, but kudos. With my handful of rehabs, its been belts, bearings, clean and grease, and then start cutting wood. The PM i painted last year was the first machine i painted, and even that was just a wire wheel for 15 mins, primer, paint.
Question about the machine. In your description of the sliding table support carriage, you say it has unique adjustment fore and aft. Im not a sailor, so i want to clarify that im following you correctly. Does the adjustment tilt the table up and down in its stroke, or does it move it away perpendicular to the blade? I believe the Wadkin PK's sliding table will move left or right--starboard and port-- in relation to the blade for it to take a dado and not chew into the table. Does this martin do the same? Ive never seen that feature talked about before on this or the T-17. Interesting though.