Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Walker-Turner Lathe


Last Fall when I was in Boulder, Paul Sibley gave me an old Walker-Turner lathe from 1938. I have cleaned it up and started to restore it. I'm getting an old motor, a new Tailstock live center. I built a bench for it, and am looking forward to turning some wood!

4 comments:

sbt said...

Neat! What's your first project going to be?

Anonymous said...

DEFINITELY jealous--
great machine.
Bill

Anonymous said...

that a nice Lathe! I have a early 40s walker-turner wood lathe and its my favorite machine in my shop! It accually has changed my life! I wish you the best of luck with it!

Anonymous said...

Did you find an owners manual?