Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - Driver Line

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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:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Manny Ringel

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Driver Line
Date of Manufacturer:	1930's
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Last Updated	3/2/2003 12:00:00 AM

Comments:

Walker-Turner Driver Line 12" bandsaw. The folks at Delta (who bought Walker Turner), when I sent them a picture, identified it as mid-1930's, but couldn't come up with any manuals. If you look on the oldwwmachines Walker Turner catalog page, at the Driver Line 500 Series catalog, the cover page shows a picture of a boy looking at a tool catalog. This bandsaw is on the cover of the catalog the boy is holding. No blade guard on the original, the one in the photo is shop-made. The blade on the saw when I got it was 78", but I've found the tensioner has sufficient range to let me use standard 80" blades.

I'm currently running it as a single speed machine. If you look at the back view picture, you'll see a shaft bearing cast into the frame above and to the right of the main pulley. I suspect this originally supported an idler shaft with a step pulley for multiple speeds

Photo 1:

Comments: Bandsaw front view
Source: M. Ringel

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Comments: Bandsaw rear view
Source: M. Ringel

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