Old Delta Jointer 34-207 – Refinish
Hello everyone, this is my first posting to this forum. I am a beginning hobbyist, and about a year ago I picked up an old Delta Jointer from ca 1946. It is model No. 34-207.
As you can see it recently (last month, I had some issues with the sewer line I was installing) got some water damage, as well as a little rust just from the atmosphere. It also needs a new belt and probably a “tuning up”.
There are plenty of resources available for general tune-ups for jointers, but does anyone have any suggestions for anything specific I should be doing to make this thing usable? Any reason why I shouldn’t use it? Is there anything that needs extra lubrication/etc? The motor appears to run fine, but I have not put a load on it yet, just let it run free. I even have an extra set of knives that are still unused and clean, although the ones on there look pretty good, might just need some sharpening.
Also, it needs a guard, as the original is missing. I found one for an 8″ jointer (mine is a 6″) here on ebay: http://is.gd/fW3Y Will that work? Are there any other options? I still have the spring, just need to guard itself. Think I can make one myself out of wood, or will that not be hefty enough?
Thanks for any info, these forums look very informative.
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Charles,
You need to head over to owwm.org and ask there. Bearings, a sharpening of the knives and someone may even have that guard you need.
Ty
Great, thanks for the tip.
dgreen is one of our very knowledgeable machine-guys, he may have some pertinent advice, so don't desert us. Welcome to Knots!
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Edited 1/15/2009 2:41 am by forestgirl
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I have refurbished 2 old Delta jointers identical to yours. They are beautiful old machines, solid cast iron & run so smooth. Got talked into selling first one to a friend who was moving away. Picked up a 2nd last year & just sold it to help finance a 1975 Delta 8", long bed. Had to make a guard for one of them as it was missing. Used white ash, a plated carriage bolt for a pivot & a small screw eye for the spring to attach. There is also a hole on the back side of the out feed table for an identical guard to cover the blades as the fence is moved towards the operator. Have never seen one installed even on the OWWM site. Made a round ash disk & used another carriage blolt to mount it in the back hole to keep fence from moving back too far & dropping off the edge of the outfeed table. Bearings, if needed can be bought at any bearing supply house & spare knives are available everywhere. Should have kept the 2nd jointer but with an 8" jointer at each shop kinda hard to justify it, & also no space.
hey charlie,
welcome. i have one that's just a few years younger. i don't know how much of a tinker you are, but i had fun taking mine completely apart, tuning it and the results were wonderful. mine purrs like a kitten and its accurate. all this took the better part of a saturday.
good luck,
eef
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