Type 2: Starting in April of 1950 a new system was introduced. At some point thereafter the tags were changed to read "Walker-Turner Division of Kearney & Trecker". In 1948 Walker-Turner was sold to Kearney & Trecker. BW740 bandsaw, serial 29-449, contributed by Rich McGowen. BN905 bandsaw, serial 19-639, contributed by Mike Wiggins. Note that although the original document lists serial numbers with dashes, the numbers that were stamped onto the badges often used a space instead.Įarly Type 1 tag. See the machine-specific section below for details. Some of the numbers indicate the year that the model was introduced (not necessarily built) as the last two digits. These followed no logical pattern and were more akin to a model number than a unit-specific designation. Type 1: The first serial number system began in 1939, although not all machines had them that year. Early machines did not have any serial numbers. With respect to serial numbers we can divide Walker-Turner's existence into five epochs: Introduction ¶The information below is taken from a Walker-Turner service bulletin that dates from about 1961.
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