Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - Model No 1302 Slo-Speed

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl.
Milwaukee, WI; Jackson, TN; Tupelo, MS

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	14 inch
Submitted By:	Barry Willis

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Model No 1302 Slo-Speed
Date of Manufacturer:	1936
Serial Number:	nope, none
Last Updated	9/30/2021 1:56:07 PM

Comments:

I bought this machine on Craigslist. The previous owner "received it as a debt payment" and had owned it for only a week. He knew, nor cared little about it.

My restoration included:

- A switch rebuild - http://wiki.owwm.com/Fixing%20a%20Dead%20Switch.ashx
- All castings sand blasted.
- Sprayed three coats Rustolium, canvas white. (spay gun – shinier)
- New motor bearings.
- Plugged seven holes in table with pipe plugs and JB Weld.
- Blanchard ground the table.
- Hand scraped the base (for effect, not flatness).
- Hand polished the column, shoe shine style. (180, 220, 360, 400, 600 all with WD40)
- Re-plated and polished all cadmium. ($$$$ ouch!)
- Polished all non-plated steel.
- And a new Jacobs chuck.

More on this press can be found here: http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=73294

Thanks for looking.

Photo 1:

Comments: aka DP220
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Comments: Front view
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Comments: Head and motor
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Comments: Front close up
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Comments: Hand scraped base
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Comments: Before
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