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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
I have found another ... a very nice all original, unrestored and complete 15 inch bench model. Not a mark in the table!!! Go here for more information: (click here) I've now accounted for 13 of these machines. I'm making them less rare every day!:)- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
Thank you very much for the kind words. You might want to reach out to Jeff Hofmann at Walker Turner Serviced Machinery, LLC, Coventry Conn. for parts, especially for the industrial stuff. My Dad was born in '25, Mom was a bit after that, but both remembered those times and talked about it a...- Ted D
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Antique punch and shear
It's a little hard to get a sense of the size of the piece involved, but IF (and that's a big if) you can mount it in a mill using the existing holes to align it, you may be able to mill out the pieces indicated in yellow and replace them with steel of the appropriate size. It would be a bit of...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
Sorry for the long posts. The paper just wouldn't fit. If you have information on the 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner drill presses, catalogues, manuals, lube charts or the like, please share them. If you have pictures or know of other 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner drill presses please share them...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
PART 5 CONCLUSIONS The head casting drawings seen in US patent D91,094 granted to William Brewer Turner November 21, 1933 describe the design features seen on the drill presses found in the 1934-1935 Walker-Turner catalogues perfectly and are very similar if not identical to those found on the...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
PART 4 AN INTERVIEW During the research for this paper, Jeff Hofmann at Walker Turner Serviced Machinery, LLC, was contacted and through email was asked a series of questions which he graciously answered. Walker Turner Serviced Machinery is a company located in Coventry, Connecticut which...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
PART 3 THE WALKER-TURNER CONNECTION So how was Walker-Turner involved in all of this? From the Vintage Machines website: "The beginnings of Walker-Turner are murky, but the business was founded sometime between 1927 and 1929 by Ernest T. Walker and William Brewer Turner. They were located in...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
PART 2 CATALOGUES As I have mentioned, I have never been able to find any owner manuals, parts diagrams or even lube charts for this series of Craftsman/W-T drill press. If you have anything at all, please share what you have. In the time I’ve been researching these old Craftsman d.p.’s, I’ve...- Ted D
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The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery
The 1935 Craftsman/Walker-Turner 15 Inch Drill Press Mystery Part 1 A number of years ago I bought an old cast-iron 15 inch Craftsman drill press at an auction. It needed some repair and maybe paint, but all the parts were there and I thought it would make a useful addition to my workshop. When...- Ted D
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