Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - HD Shaper

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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:	Shaper, Wood
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Erik Murray

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	HD Shaper
Date of Manufacturer:	1947
Serial Number:	55-4267
Last Updated	3/8/2012 8:45:56 AM

Comments:

Acquired from another OWWM member. One foot was replaced with another original type foot. The table wings are not original to the machine. It was in very good shape for it's age. The inside of the cabinet was still a shiny paint job in places. The floor pan was the only really rusty thing. That and the feet, the fence and the outside of the cabinet were painted. Everything else was disassembled and cleaned. I had the cartridge rebuilt and replaced the motor bearings and the height shaft bearing. I went with black trim type color scheme on conservative Delta type gray. Maybe one of the earlier black switch plates would be better but the red highlight seems okay too. The foot stripes are done as seen on some early Unisaw pictures but I have seen no evidence that the Four Foot Shapers were ever painted this way. This should be all I really need in a shaper.
It has come to my attention that the stripes on the feet were done between the raised sections and hence only two stripes. I like mine with three and it will stay that way, not being a restoration purist.

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Comments: Four Foot HD Shaper 55-4267
Source: EM photo

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