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Walker Turner Motor is running!

John Morris
John Morris
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Thank you Larry Buskirk for spending a ton of time with me on our IM tonight and taking the time to help me trouble shoot the wiring to the motor switch for my Walker Turner Drill Press. The wiring was all disconnected and I had no way of knowing how to hook it all back up. Ken Rasmussen was a big help too with the wiring diagram he dug up. Larry referenced that to help him along the way. The wiring diagram came from a contributor over at Vintage Machinery.org. Click on the link to see the diagram.


This was a little milestone for me, to see this running. Now tomorrow I am going to bolt it back up to the chassis and give the press a whirl and see if there are any mechanical issues that I will need to address during the restoration. But seeing this motor run, was way cool.


Here is a little video of the motor being fired up for the first couple times in a long long time.


Thanks again Larry for your patience and diligence. And thank you Ken for your part in this too.


 


John Morris
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Oh yes, one more question, is the 1/2 HP on this motor the same as 1/2 HP on motors today?


 


John Morris
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Glad to see the motor works. That should make you a nice drill press. If it's anything like my WT band saw it will run so smooth you'll have to check closely to see if it's running or not.

John,


The motors of today don't even compare.112.gif


The old motors seem to have more torque than thier modern counterparts.113.gif


I'm glad that I could be of assistance to you in getting it running. Grin.gif


Doing so just helped to push you a little further down the old machine slope.24.gif


When you get the press up and running give us another video please.3.gif


Regards,


Larry


 

She needs bearings!! What you are hearing is the centrifugal switch engaging and disengaging


 


My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist

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Thanks again guys! And thanks for the affirmation Ken regarding the bearings. Hopefully I'll get the motor mounted tonight or tomorrow and a video up of the press in action.


 


John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Those little Walker Turner motors are really nice. I had a 1hp model on a WT table saw that was just great. WT used another company to build their motors. If you look through some of the owwm pics you will see that they look alike. WT, Stanley, Kingston Conley as well as others also used they same motors. The bearings should be fairly easy to locate. I use Accurate Bearing in Illinois for ALL of mine. I have not found a better supplier with better prices anywhere, and in fact 99% of the owwm guys use them as well. Call 800-323-6548, ask for Lynne


It is best to have the bearings out so you can read the maker and numbers so she can cross them. If not numbers are available a good set of calipers will work as well. Mondays are really hectic for her. It might also be a good idea to have the press torn down completely with ALL of bearngs needed and order them at once.


My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist

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Thanks Ken, I think that is a perfect method, having all the bearings out at the same time. Let me ask you this, while doing a complete tear down, is it advisable to replace all the bearing while it's apart? Seems like while we are in it, might as well just do em all. Thanks for the bearing connection, noted and filed.


Ken Rasmussen said:


Those little Walker Turner motors are really nice. I had a 1hp model on a WT table saw that was just great. WT used another company to build their motors. If you look through some of the owwm pics you will see that they look alike. WT, Stanley, Kingston Conley as well as others also used they same motors. The bearings should be fairly easy to locate. I use Accurate Bearing in Illinois for ALL of mine. I have not found a better supplier with better prices anywhere, and in fact 99% of the owwm guys use them as well. Call 800-323-6548, ask for Lynne


It is best to have the bearings out so you can read the maker and numbers so she can cross them. If not numbers are available a good set of calipers will work as well. Mondays are really hectic for her. It might also be a good idea to have the press torn down completely with ALL of bearngs needed and order them at once.


My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist




 


John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

I will usually replace all the bearings while I have it down. To me, it just makes sense. After all, you have no idea how the machine was used or abused in the past and most of the machines I work on are well over 20 years old which is the life expectancy of most sealed bearings. After about 20 yrs the grease will become hard and brittle and loose it lubrication properties.


John Morris said:


Thanks Ken, I think that is a perfect method, having all the bearings out at the same time. Let me ask you this, while doing a complete tear down, is it advisable to replace all the bearing while it's apart? Seems like while we are in it, might as well just do em all. Thanks for the bearing connection, noted and filed.

Ken Rasmussen said:



 


John Morris
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That's what I thought Ken, thanks for the council.


Ken Rasmussen said:


I will usually replace all the bearings while I have it down. To me, it just makes sense. After all, you have no idea how the machine was used or abused in the past and most of the machines I work on are well over 20 years old which is the life expectancy of most sealed bearings. After about 20 yrs the grease will become hard and brittle and loose it lubrication properties.

John Morris said:




 


My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist




 


John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

John......Here is a current thread going on OWWM that is right up your alley. I would take a very careful and close look at it. Rich McGowan is one of the Walker Turner gurus there and knows the machinery very well.



http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106824



My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist

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Thanks Ken!!!!! That's fantastic!

Ken Rasmussen said:


John......Here is a current thread going on OWWM that is right up your alley. I would take a very careful and close look at it. Rich McGowan is one of the Walker Turner gurus there and knows the machinery very well.



http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106824



My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist





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