Thread: 1956 Series 1 with PTO welder (home made)

Originally Posted by gromit

Dinty,

Can't find it on an internet search and I've only seen two.
Markings are

Floorboard Cutter
Model TC4
Patents Pending
Made in England by
Melway Products
Maidenhead
Berkshire

Colin

Hello Colin,

I found one that had been on sale on eBay and they showed some photographs. Accessed 10th November 2015 from, THE Delway Floorboarding Tongue Cutter Model TC4 PAT Pending C 1970s | eBay.

The last photograph shows the foot clearly.

With the final price it would have cost more to post than to buy.

I like old wood working tools BTW.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Thanks Lionel,

The one listed is also missing the depth adjustment stop but it does have what looks like a rubber edge on the aluminium section. Mine has a line of glue, I guessed there was something fitted there.

Is there a section on the forum for old woodworking tools ? I have about 20-30 planes, many saws, braces, bits, spokeshaves, draw knives etc. etc. Most obtained from boot sales or trash & treasure sales for minimal sums plus a few inherited from my Dad. Then there are all the carving tool for making rocking horses.....
I've just about finished a pole lathe & shave horse.

I easily get distracted and move on to another project......



Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

Thanks Lionel,

The one listed is also missing the depth adjustment stop but it does have what looks like a rubber edge on the aluminium section. Mine has a line of glue, I guessed there was something fitted there.

Colin

Hello Colin,

You mean a depth gauge like in this photograph

Accessed 10th November 2015 from, Delway Floorboard Cutter Model TC4 | eBay

Plus some showing the rubber strip
Accessed 10th November 2015 from, Vintage Delway Floorboard Cutter, Model TC4, made in England (09/10/2014)

Another photograph of one that sold along with what looks like its original packaging Accessed 10th November 2015 from, https://www.easyliveauction.com/auct...FD0529D8D4CAEA

Kind Regards
Lionel

Thanks Lionel,
The depth guide looks simpler than the one I made !

Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

Thanks Lionel,
The depth guide looks simpler than the one I made !

Colin

G'day Colin,

You can just grab a bit of scrap alloy and start up your mill-drill. Or whatever that bit of precision machinery was shown back in the Isuzu C240 thread?

Kind Regards
Lionel

Took the Series I to the Scoresby Steam rally today.

Yesterday while checking it over I decided to try the windscreen washers and there was no water movement. There isn't a non-return valve so I buzzed it a few times then it just stopped working.
After stripping the pump down I found a plastic gear running on a plastic shaft with no water it had seized !
Managed to get it apart, scraped the shaft & inside the gear, added a dob of waterproof grease and got it working again......

Uneventful trip to Scoresby apart from a few people in modern cars tailgating, seem to think that if they drive really close somehow the old Series I will go faster ?!

Here she is with Marcus (Chops) with his Defender.

DSCF5156 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

Lots of interesting vehicles, a few Perenties and many people who came up to talk about Land Rovers they had owned earlier in their lives.
Met someone who nearly owned my Series I, in fact I met him at Cooma in 2008 when he rushed up and said 'I nearly purchased that a couple of years ago".


Colin

Are those rope guide brackets home made? They look different.
.W.

Originally Posted by B.S.F.

Are those rope guide brackets home made? They look different.
.W.

Yes they seem to be home made.
Someone commented at Cooma that the winch wasn't 'correct', something to do with the shape of the raised lip around the capstan. I'll have to post a few photos.

Colin