Shaft, power

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OBJECT TYPE: FLEXIBLE/MULTI-PURPOSE/ELECTRIC
DATE: 1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0762.001

MANUFACTURER: Walker-Turner Co.
MODEL: DRIVER LINE
LOCATION: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL WIRING & CASING WITH RUBBER COVERING/ STONE GRINDING WHEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 163.5 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Servicing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Walker Turner
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Plainfield

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1937 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: FLEXIBLE SHAFT ATTACHED AT ONE END TO MOTOR SHAFT, TRANSMITTED POWER ALONG SHAFT TO TOOLS ATTACHED TO OTHER END SUCH AS GRINDING WHEEL, DRILL, POLISHER, ETC. FLEXIBILITY ENABLED OPERATOR TO REACH FORMERLY INACCESSIBLE PLACES. IN THIS CASE GRINDING WHEEL HAS BEEN ATTACHED SO AS TO ENABLE IMPLEMENT TO BE USED FOR GRINDING.
Technical: SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF TRANSITIONAL SHOP TECHNOLOGY, INDICATING TRANSITION FROM BENCH & FLOOR MOUNTED POWER TOOLS DRIVEN FROM CENTRAL POWER PLANT TO SMALLER INDIVIDUAL ELECTRIC MOTORS POWERING SINGLE TOOL. FLEXIBLE POWER SHAFT ENABLED BENCH MOUNTED MOTOR TO BE USED TO POWER TOOLS IN SURROUNDING AREA (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON HAND GRIP READS "WALKER-TURNER CO. THE DRIVER LINE"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: RED RUBBER COVERING/ GOLD COLOURED METAL/ GREY GRINDING WHEEL
Decoration: N/A

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Walker-Turner Co., Shaft, power, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1997.0762, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0762.001/

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