Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - BN730 (R.I.P.)

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

True Manufacturer:
Walker-Turner Co., Inc., Jersey City, NJ; Plainfield, NJ

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Dan Grade

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	BN730 (R.I.P.)
Date of Manufacturer:	1937 thru very early 1940's
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Last Updated	10/3/2014 12:15:51 PM

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This saw was posted for sale on our local Craigslist. The story was that a neighbor had given it to seller, who had no use for it so was selling. I was the first to contact seller, and we agreed on a price and a time to meet. A half-hour later seller called to say that another party had contacted him and offered $25 more . . . did I want to outbid him? I declined. Once seller had proven he was not a man of his word, all bets were off. What happened next was no surprise . . . within 24 hours the saw was for sale on eBay, in parts. Everything of value was being stripped and sold off piece by piece.

This was a really nice intact complete specimen of a BN730. It was a well made machine that survived for somewhere around 75 years, give or take a few. It had generations of useful life left in it. Yet within 24 hours of falling into the wrong hands its history is over, nothing but a pile of parts.

BN730
R.I.P
1937 - 2014

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