Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - Walker Turner Lathe / Model No. LS540

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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:	Lathe, Wood
Machine Size:	Driver Line
Submitted By:	Shane Whitlock

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Walker Turner Lathe / Model No. LS540
Date of Manufacturer:	1936
Serial Number:
Last Updated	8/6/2010 4:42:10 PM

Comments:

One of my first restoration projects, restored in 2006, and my first lathe. It got me hooked on OWWM and turning wood.

I picked this sorry looking lathe up on an online auction. You can see from the first pic it was in pretty bad shape. I stripped it down to bare metal and covered all the pits from rust with bondo, and then gave it a nice paint job.

The tailstock wheel was broke and I was lucky enough to find an original replacement. The tool rest was also missing and I found one of those too (not shown in the pic). I put new bushings in the headstock, built a stand for it and made a jackshaft for more speed control.

Its a great old lathe and sees a lot of use.

More photo can be seen here:
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/v/wood/misc/wtl/

Photo 1:

Comments: What it looked like when I bought it
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Photo 2:

Comments: Close-up of the ugly old headstock. Still has the original index pin.
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Photo 3:

Comments: Beat-up tail stock.
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Photo 4:

Comments: Stripped and ready for filler and paint.
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Photo 5:

Comments: Painted but still missing a few parts.
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Comments: and what it looks like now.
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