Walker turner question.

[cbmeadors]

Cross-posted from the general forum. I've in the midst of rebuilding a veteran - and rather mistreated - Walker Turner tabletop model drill press (900 series I believe). I've semi-successfully removed both the manufacturers tag and the retailers brass tags. This is the old model - pre-serial number. Figure that puts it late 30's - early 40's.

I"m trying to work out:

1) what the correct color for the WT tag is?
2) Anyone point me to a tutorial for clearing up and repainting the tags?

It appears Orange, or possibly red color (very faded) with black letters and Green(?) border. Under the Lupe, I think maybe the green is either later paint or corrosion and its maybe it was originally a black border with silver letters. I've searched online, but I've found these old ones tend to look orange with either a brass or silver border. Any thoughts (or better yet photos) would be helpful.

On restoring them, I was planning on Brasso to clean off brass highlights, but i'm not sure about how to best attack the colored parts. Any tips are appreciated.

 

[CalsXS2]

Have you looked around over on the vintage machinery site. Be sure to look through the whole dang thing. There's a badge how to somewhere.

http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/WalkerTurnerSerialNumbers.ashx#BF-inch_Drill_Press_0

 

[cbmeadors]

Thanks - that site is a great resource. I'll need to poke around again looking for the how too.

My badge actually predates all of the ones listed there. I might submit a picture when I get it cleaned up I've seen a number of other pictures of the early badges, but they seem inconclusive on the color. This current ebay listing is a pretty good example,

That is why I was hoping someone here could enlighten me.

 

[CalsXS2]

Before 1939 the tag said "Driver Line". I have stumbled across the info you seek on that forum. Look through the pictures, and catalogs. You will find the cut off date as to when they started using serial numbers.

Read this.
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=5271

Edited to ad:

It might be a 1938.
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=25294

Just found this too.
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=20450

Let's see some pictures of your drill press.

Here's a pic of mt 1936 "Driver Line".

 

[cbmeadors]

Thanks! Here are some picks 'as found' sad state. Rusty, covered in West Texas red dust, missing parts and as well as the Arc of Shame for good measure. In most cases, I would consider it to far gone and part it out. However, as I have a weakness for preserving these machines and I wanted to expose my kids to the process (as well as learn a few things myself), I decided to rebuild it. Besides - it makes a nice companion to my 1950's model WT drill press which is already redone and used often.

I'll do a proper build log shortly.

<img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1699/25349379011_db3e7bdcc0_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="IMG_0488"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/25323937152_5ced6fa90b_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="IMG_0486">

 

[ekegelmann]

very nice , i just sold a nice walker turner 1950's belt sander. It was a monster. Cant wait to see what the buyer does to it.