MASSIVE New Machine! | Half-Sized Ranalah Wheeling Machine

It's time to bring in the big guns! Whilst attempting to crack on with the production of my half-sized Ranalah wheeling machines, I messed up by trying to drill a tricky hole in the casting...

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[robames]

Am I the only one who almost cried seeing that hoist destroyed. I would have thought that more projects will need the hoist than a few mini Ranalahs will need the drill.

[jiml]

You could do worse than just contacting Asquith Butler direct. They are still very much a going concern and should be able to furnish you with a reprint manual from their archives.

[kenb]

Hi Dom, as soon as I saw that under the cover I knew what it was under it. I used a Asquith Radial Arm Drill at Qantas Engine Overhaul Centre from about 1973, and that machine was used up till 2001. Make SURE you bolt that machine to the floor good and secure, if you swing the arm it will take you out in a

[multirole]

Dom, before you finally bolt the machine down put some Teco pads underneath the machine base at the points where the bolts go through the base into the floor. These are a composite compressible cork pad that will take up any irregularities in the concrete floor and or the base casting, otherwise when you tighten down the anchor bolts and level you may brake the machine cast iron base. Best of luck with the project.

[iancatchpole]

When's the video of you welding the post lift back together? Bet you'll need it later on with the Porsche

[peterhofmann]

Dom, I do so love the "toys" you purchase 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏cant wait to see what this will be used for

[paullawrence]

I have a similar machine though mine is an Archdale. Built like a brick outhouse.
Beware - bolt it down securely. If you move out of the north/south orientation to east or west they can tip over!😱
Wiring in is no problem. If you know how to wire the 3 phases and neutral.
If you get a phase wrong the motor will run backwards - just swap two phases.

[stuart]

Line boring machine. That’s what you need, you’re still going to have fixture and stability problems when using that radial arm drill.

Mind it’s a good investment to you as I’ve had mine for years and it’s a life saver on certain jobs.

Good luck.

[mikebowers]

That Hiab operator took his life in his hands!! The angle he was prepared to lift it was crazy. If it had started to slide down that
Strap, there would have been no stopping it! Do you already have 3 phase? I have heard you can use single phase for a few moments but, definitely not worth the risk

[davemitchell]

My night school teacher was the boss at Asquith Butler. He took us on a tour of the factory in Halifax. They made huge planers the length of a building. We had a large pillar drill in our workshop. Your next move is morse taper drills, Steel wedge with a cross pin to drive them apart and a load of clamps. Glad to see you save it 👍

[fernandofert]

Keith Rucker surely knows how to get the papers of this machine.

[thomaspollock]

Go big or go home indeed. There is no matching your passion and enthusiasm for vintage equipment. Thank you for enabling the rest of us to live vicariously through your projects. Nay sayers be damned, live your dream.

[sirjosephwhitworth]

To get your holes in line, boring is the answer, drills and much of what you have used will just follow the axis of the cast holes. Reaming if required can act as a final sizing procedure after the boring has trued the cast hole inaccuracies. A dependable and repeatable course of action is the way.

[bobwallace]

I wasn’t sure what the smile was about, nice machine buddy!! I’m going hit web start looking for these rare and historic mechanical marvels!

[nigelhudson]

Radial arm drills last forever if they are looked after correctly. I was working in a long-established factory in Gainsborough in 1975/76 and I was shown a radial arm drill that had been in continuous use since c1919. However it wasn't new in 1919 - it had been commandeered from Germany at the end of WW1 as spoils of war!

[dolphson]

Started my working life as an apprentice at Adwest Engineering in Woodley on the original site of Miles Aircraft, our machine shops were massive and were filled with every machine imaginable. Great to see a great bit of kit brought back to life, those machines come from an era when our engineering was the best in world and they were so well made. Will be great to see progress on it in coming weeks 🙂

[robertpace]

Dominic Chinea, hero of the old school method and resurrectionist extraordinaire of perfectly useful but not quite modern enough for current factories, tools. Following your channel whatever you're working on is just a joy.

[rogermusgrove]

I made thousands of aircraft parts in the late 60s on my OD1 i loved it well done!! enjoying the vids Roger.

[ThePillenwerfer]

Those machinery skates would be a good future line.

[paulcooper]

That's an awesome radial arm drill ... big enough to do the job, but on the smaller side as far as radial arm drills go. I think you picked the right one!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦