Photo Index - Sears | Craftsman - Cat# 454

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Wood
Machine Size:	9"
Submitted By:	Rick Barozinsky

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Cat# 454
Date of Manufacturer:	1935
Serial Number:	None
Last Updated	10/1/2018 1:14:58 PM

Comments:

Found this with a Craftsman badged Walker Turner scroll saw. The guy's father owned them from the beginning. Long gone, and long neglected, they sat covered, but outside. The saw table was heavily pitted, so I pulled the motor to use with this lathe. I found only one other lathe like this in the photo index (submitted by Marc Darisse), but there is no specific date or mfr. Looking at Sears catalogs, I put it right at 1935.

Sorry, no before pics, but you know the story; rusty, stuck, ugly. I barely got these two photos as the guy who was buying it from me was taking it away when it occurred to me to get a couple!

The motor is an old Westinghouse 1/3 hp with a cast iron body. Cool little motor. One of the springs was missing in the cutout switch, so the motor had to be given a little spin to help it start. I hadn’t taken time to fix it, and the new owner thought it made the lathe more charming. Who was I to argue?

Photo 1:

Comments: Sorry for the bad lightiing
Source: My camera

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Photo 2:

Comments: front
Source: my camera

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