It’s been some time since I posted about this. A quick recap. I was handed down all the tools on my God Father’s farm. This Delta bandsaw combo was one of them.
It was running when I got it and I actually used for a while in that condition. But I wanted to restore it back to it’s former glory. Some of you might remember my early posts showing the results of Evaporust.
It runs like a dream. I replaced the tension spring, tension wheel and tracking arm with parts from Iturra Design. I also replaced the guide blocks with ceramic ones. I replaced the pulleys with adjustable ones so I can vary the speed. So far I haven’t changed it.
I’ve included a picture of what it looked like when I got it and here it is without the jointer.
Cheers,
Len
Clicked post to soon. See the next post for the pictures.
Edited 2/11/2008 9:02 pm by Len
Edited 2/11/2008 9:05 pm by Len
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Ok here are the pictures.
Sorry,
Len
Oh, wow, that's some pretty old ahrn! Was the motor OK after all these years? How about the wheels?It looks like it can do some serious resawing. Excellent score!Tom Iovino
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Tom,
The bandsaw had very little use. It was bought by my God Father's Father. I have the original receipt that showed he paid $98 for it. Pretty amazing. The original guide blocks showed no wear.
The wheels were fine. I replaced the tires with urethane ones to accomodate the higher speeds the variable drive could produce. The motor had only rust, old wasp nests and a mouse skelton in it. It was running when I got it so I just worried that I would some how break it when I took it apart. Obviously I didn't. The saw runs so quiet it's a little scary. Takes about 2 minutes to spin down.
Have a good day.
Len
Dang - that's one heck of a find!I hope you had a proper burial for the mouse skeleton... :-)Tom Iovino
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Nice ,very nice ,do you have other such peices? if not you likelly will this stuff is addictive .I have been collecting old delta & delta/rockwell for many year the new stuff just is'nt the same they are the heasrt of my shop. when is the jointer going back on? again_NIce. enjoy makiing dust & chips on that baby.
Outstanding! All of my machinery is used iron mostly old Delta. Isn’t it great what you can end up with for a bit of elbow grease and a few new parts? I rebuilt my 1966 Unisaw and it was far easer than a brake job on my wife’s jeep. I have a Delta combo 8” tilting table saw and 4” jointer; it is the last one to refurbish. It would make a great on-site set up for a finish carpenter.
Would love to see some pictures of your Unisaw. I had chance at a tablesaw / jointer combo. Had to turn it down since I've run out of room.
All my old iron comes from the family. Which is nice to have family history. I have a 1938 Craftsman 48" belt sander and a 6" planer as well. The sander works fine. The planer scares me.
Have a good day.
Len
Len
Wow. Great job on the old iron. Just a little grief for you though.....what happened to that rusty eye-bolt on the corner of the stand. It now looks out of place. Paint that puppy up, will ya.........<g>!!
Jeff
"what happened to that rusty eye-bolt on the corner of the stand"
Good eye!
It's not an eye bolt but the pull lever to the old switch that had long gone bad. It was sitting in that hole since I was a little kid. Since it was there for more than 40 years (Guessing from my age.) I put it back after I was done. I guess it's homage to when you live on a farm you never throw anything out.
Have a Grand President's Day!
Len
Len,
That is a nice bandsaw, well worth the time spent in refurbishing it. Even though it is a baby, it was built strong with heavy castings, decent hand wheels etc. Compare it to the flimsy stuff they make now, of the same capacity.....
Can you show a picture of the variable speed pulley? What fpm range will get with it?
Thanks Phillip.
The variable speed pulley is made by Browning. I purchased them at Grainger. I would have bought them from Iturra Design but my motor has a 3/4 inch shaft instead of a 5/8 inch one. The speed can be varied from 2400 to 4500 sfpm.
Have a good day.
Len
Excellent restoration/rebuild.
Is the top wheel a solid disc, or is it spoked?
Very nice!
Ed,
I think you meant that for me. The top wheel is spoked. I don't think that there was a solid wheel option.
Have a good day.
Len
Len, I thought I had a photo of my bandsaw's top wheel I could post; I'll take one tomorrow.
If your's has an opening under the bottom wheel I'll post pictures, if you'd like, of the dust collector I made to fit it.
Ed,
Thanks. I would like to see it. I have made one at the top with some rare earth magnets to hold it in place. It works alright but I was planning on doing something at the bottom as well. I would rather cut a hole in the bottom of the stand since I won't in the bottom cover.
Also thanks for the catalog picture of the mortiser. Here's a picture of all that's left.
Len
Wheel photo to follow:
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Not my original idea, I saw something like it somewhere...
I made up an under-the-table collector held on by magnets as well. I can't find those pictures, either.
Here's the top wheel.
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Edited 2/14/2008 9:58 am ET by EdHarrow
Ed,
I have never seen a solid wheel before. It's really interesting. Do you have any idea how old you bandsaw is?
The other photos didn't show up in your post.
Len
"The other photos didn't show up in your post. " They are there now. Look, quick!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Edited 2/14/2008 12:02 pm by forestgirl
It's IE... I had to go to firefox to see it.
"It's IE...I had to go to firefox to see it." Huh?! I use IE, no prob., unless there's a picture I didn't see that I didn't know I didn't see. Huh?!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Its a secret picture just for me.
And now they are not... I don't pretend to understand. You can click on the 'x', copy properties, and paste that into your browser address window, at least that worked for me, this time!
Fantastic restoration work, Len. I had to look twice to make sure that it was the same bandsaw in both pictures!
Chris @ flairwoodworks
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Hey, Len, it's lookin' great!! I didn't realize, all this time, that it was originally a combination machine. Kindof a strange combo, no? Thanks for posting the pics!!
It's not in any of the catalogs. The original receipt says bandsaw/ jointer combo. All the cutouts in the table and mounting holes didn't look like they home drilled. Expect for the horizontal mortiser mounted on the other side. That being said all the mounting hardware was mismatched so it could have just be a pick and choose thing.
Len
From the 1935 catalog.
Thanks. Good to know. Unfortunately I don't have all the parts to the mortiser. My God father is digging around to see if there are any other parts.
Len
This may help.
That is too cool. forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Thanks for posting that catalog pic. I have that lathe, a Delta Dual Duty, 36" bed and about a 9" swing. Bought it from my grandma when I was in early teens for about $15.00. There are many lathes much better, but none with that emotional attachment for me.
Thanks again,
Bruce
Hey, I wonder if the horizontal boring table from the little Inca saw would fit? ROFL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Actually , Jamie, you can fit one anywhere. There is one to the left of the bicycle. I just used a suitable motor fitted a chuck and mounted it on a wooden table.Philip Marcou
Have you seen this page? You have a famous saw. The following year, the tilting arbor Unisaw was invented.
http://www.redmond-machinery.com/delta.htm
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Len,
Very nice looking restore of some good old iron. Most of my stuff is old Delta or Rockwell also. I have what looks to be the same lower base and jointer as you do but mine did not come with the TS or BS. It works well for the little use I have for it.
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