Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - D950 Bench Drill Press

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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:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	15"
Submitted By:	Stan Daniels

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	D950 Bench Drill Press
Date of Manufacturer:	1941
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/15/2005 10:15:22 PM

Comments:

My father bought this drill press on Nov 8, 1941 (I still have the sales receipt and the instruction sheet), without motor, and paid $46.95 for it. The 1/3 hp Craftsman motor cost $12.95. This motor came with the switch built into the base, so the tool does not look like the others in the photo gallery that have a switch box on the left side of the frame. I have wondered for many years what the two tapped holes on the frame were for, so thanks, OWM. This drill press was the third power tool that my father let me use starting when I was about 14. The first two were a jig saw and a wood lathe. I inherited his tools upon his death in 1953 and have been using this drill press in my home shop ever since. The only maintenance on it has been to change the v-belt, which I did just a few years ago.

In addition to everything else I have used it for, my drill press does duty as my wood shaper. Because of the vibration, a collet is used in place of the jacobs chuck. Photo number 3 shows this arrangement with a router bit held in the collet. If you ever wondered what the screw threads on the spindle, just above the jacobs chuck, were for, this is it.

Photo 1:

Comments: View of the left side of D950
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Photo 2:

Comments: View of the right side of D950
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Photo 3:

Comments: Close-up of router cutter in collet
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