Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - scroll saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Walker-Turner Co., Inc.
Jersey City, NJ; Plainfield, NJ

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jig or Scroll Saw
Machine Size:	14"
Submitted By:	Larry Hampton

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	scroll saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1930s
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	12/30/2012 11:24:54 AM

Comments:

Today I succumbed to the disease again at an estate sale. Nobody else was interested in this little, simple (even primitive) scroll saw, so it was mine for $5. (Actually my friend Eddie bought it for me. He knew I was disappointed that a cool Davis and Wells jointer that I lusted for went to somebody else.) The little scroll saw is entered one other time in this photo index. It appears in a 1933 Driver Line pamphlet posted under Walker-Turner, also here on the VM website.
It seems to be complete except for missing a blade and a motor. I bought a little 1/6 HP motor today for $2.50 which should work fine.

Edited Dec 28, 2012. Finished restoration. Disassembled and cleaned and sandblasted all parts, painted with Rustoleum hammertone copper from a rattle can, covered all naked metal parts with Boeshield. Repaired pulley after breaking it when attempting to straighten a bent flange. Installed a coping saw blade since I couldn't find a scroll saw blade to fit. Fashioned a better-looking turnbuckle. This little machine is cute but has some distinct limitations, and I chose not to put it into use. It sits on a shelf between a couple of orchids.

Photo 1:

Comments: After restoration. I chose not to use the saw after all, for a variety of reasons, and it sits on a shelf in my house.
Source: my Nikon D200

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Comments: As purchased
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Comments: The mechanism is, as they say, elegantly simple.
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Comments: WT was proud of this; the company name is cast on the front, as seen here, and on the side of the vertical at the back.
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Comments: A turnbuckle is used to tension the blade. The original was missing, and I fashioned one from tubing and a sawn-in-half smaller turnbuckle.
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Comments: Being pot metal, the pulley flange snapped right off when I attempted to straighten this bend. I couldn't find a replacement anywhere, but my specialty welder friend rescued me.
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