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Turn-O-Carve Tool Co.
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

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The Turn-O-Carve Tool Co. made a patented lathe attachment that produced duplicate turnings controlled by a template.

December 1959 Popular Mechanics page 56, small display ad with photo, from Turn-O-Carve Tool, Inc., Dept. A-1259 3227 Fairmont Ave., San Diego 5, Calif."
June 1962 Popular Mechanics page 54, classified ad: "Make money at home. Expertly duplicate turnings, carvings on or off your lathe in minutes. Free literature. Turn-O-Carve Tool, Inc., 9551 Domer Rd., Santee, Calif."
November 1967 Popular Mechanics page 81, classified ad: "Duplicate Wood turnings, carvings, on your own lathe or ours like an expert. TURN-O-CARVE TOOL COMPANY. P.O. 4355, San Diego, California 92104."
October 1971 Popular Mechanics page 196, article on lathe attachment from Turn-O-Carve Co., 3680 University Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92104.
November 1974 Popular Science page 89, brief illustrated advertorial for a lathe steady rest from Turn-O-Carve Tool Co., 7708 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa, Fla.
August 1976 Popular Science page 145, classified ad: "Over 25 years manufactured. WOOD TURNING DUPLICATOR attachment for lathes. Literature: Turn-O-Carve Tool Co., P.O. Box 8 P/S. Tampa, FL 33674."
1984 book The Home How-to Source Book, page 147. "Turn-O-Carve Company PO Box 8315 Tampa, FL 33674 A pantograph for lathes, the duplicator made by Turn-O- Carve is a heavy-duty version of something you might think up and make on your own. Say you had a table leg or had..."
January 1991 Fine Woodworking, article on "Woodturning Duplication Systems", which lists the "Turn-O-Carve Tool", made in U.S.A., $178, from Turn-O-Carve Tool Inc.