Photo Index - Walker-Turner Co., Inc. - Ram Radial Drill

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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, Radial
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	CPeter James

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Ram Radial Drill
Date of Manufacturer:	1945 +/-
Serial Number:	7-645
Last Updated	2/12/2012 10:51:11 PM

Comments:

I was offered this machine via an email and after looking at a couple of photos, decided to take a look at it. The photos made it look much worse than it really was. I purchased it and brought it home, it weighs about 900 pounds. After cleaning it up and looking it over to see what it needed, I started going through it replacing bearings (there are 14) and missing parts and cleaning the bare metal of rust. It only has a couple of shallow mistake holes in the table and the ram is very tight and moves very freely. As most may know, it is adjustable up/down, in/out, rotate 360º,the head tips 45º left and right and it has 4 1/4" spindle travel. I have the original Driver Line motor but it is 3 phase and so I have temporarily replaced it with a 1/2 hp single phase motor. I wired out the reversing leads to a second switch to allow easy reversing. Not often needed, but handy sometimes. Of the 14 bearings 10 are 6203 and two are "special" but I got those from the Walker Turner guy in CT. I replaced the belts with AX series because of the small pulleys on the step pulleys. It is missing the cover for the spindle and I made one, but would like to find an original. I had to make two new arms for the ship's wheel and purchased all new knobs and also new knobs for the tilt from Mcmaster-Carr. Paint will have to wait for awhile.

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Comments: W/T Radial Drill
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Comments: Moving into shop
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