KRW Combination Machine Question

Jim Kellett

Jim Kellett

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I have a reprint of the "1931- 1932 Catalog of K.R. Wilson tools for Ford". In that catalog they show the machine and attachments for both the Model A engine and the Model T engine. To update earlier Combination Machines to the Model A engine they list 12 attachments required for this update. The two items of interest to me are: A300-J Combination Machine Bed Plate and A300-K 1/8 x 9 x 9 Raising Block.

On page 10 of my catalog they show a picture of the machine set up for the A engine and the Raising Block is shown in the picture. They also list the attachments needed to do the T engine with this machine. This includes a Bed Plate.
On page 16 they show a picture along with a list of the attachments needed to update the earlier machines to do the A engine. Although the Raising Block is listed it is not show in the picture.

My question is: what is the purpose of the Raising Block? Is it used with both the A and T Bed Plates or just one of them?
Hope this makes sense.
 
Re: KRW Combination Machine Question/Update

I have a friend that has some of these machines plus the attachments. He wants to match up the machines with the proper attachments so they are correct when sold. Seems there are two versions of the machine, an early version that came out for the T and a later version that came out for the A.
Also it seems that there are attachments to allow the early T version to handle the A engine and attachments to allow the later A version to handle the T engine. I am not absolutely positive of this but that is the way it appears from what I have found at this point. Hopefully someone can either verify that is the case or correct the situation for me. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Steve,
Thanks for the kind words. We were fortunate to get it on the front cover of the July/August 1993 issue of the Restorer magazine along with an article describing the restoration.
 
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