Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - Model 34-425 Tilting Arbor Bench Saw

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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:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10 inch
Submitted By:	Curtis Garrett

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Model 34-425 Tilting Arbor Bench Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	Feb. 1959
Serial Number:	CE 3027
Last Updated	9/23/2013 11:20:23 PM

Comments:

I picked this up off the local CL and it had been out in the weather for a while in a RV storage yard. The saw came with the original Delta flare foot No. 50-320 stand and this was origianlly a Delta Saw-Jointer combination set up with a long bed 42" Delta Model 37-220 6" Jointer also (MIA). From what I read this Model 34-425 was introduced in 1957 and was only around for a few years being discontined in around aprox. 1962.(Probably just cost Delta to much to manufacture.)
The original Delta motor was long gone and it had a newer Chinese made (Centeral Machinery) 1.5-HP 240 volt compressor duty motor that came with it that I have not checked out yet to see if it still works.
Also included with this buy was a very nice unexpected big time surprise in a Walker-Turner geared indexing miter gage that I have already restored for use on my 1966 Craftsman cabinet saw.
This is one of the heaviest duty 10" Contractor type saws I have ever seen anywhere, massive over kill under table casting assemblies and the same 3/4" arbor bearing journals size (and bearings) as used on the Delta Unisaws. The rear trunion is suported by a masive one piece cast iron support that is also the base mount...realy unique and differnt from other Delta table saws I have rstored in the past. I love the heavy gage metal used to form the base with the art deco rounded corners. The hand wheels are solid chrome plated cast iron (not hollow on the back side like others) and a work of art by themselfs. It has a unique spring tensioned motor mount set up on a 3/4" solid steel shaft. This saw weighs in by itself at 180 pounds. Everything is off the charts big time heavy duty on this table saw was truly made for a real contractor using it to make a living. I sprayed the base in my "Delta Grey" mix of a two part poly urethane "Awl Grip" and went all goofy when I color sanded it down to 2000 grit and then buffed it up to shine like a diamond in a goats ass..LOL (remember it's a table saw here right)

I'll post a few more pictures when the project is done and back on it's stand ready to make saw dust. I'm going more than likely sell this saw when it's all complete locally to a new happy owner in the very near future :)

Photo 1:

Comments: As found on original stand mounted backwards at a local RV park, you can see the WT miter gage rusted in place backwards.
Source: Previous Owners CL post

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Comments: Restored saw with new shop made blade insert, a 1937 miter gage I had on had that was also restored and new switch/electrical. The lower front base mounting tabs were broken off/missing so I made these you see here by hand and brazed them in place.
Source: C.Garrett

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Comments: Restored rear view with newer 3/4-HP 3450 rpm motor mounted.
Source: C.Garrett

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Comments: Left side view
Source: C.Garrett

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Comments: Right side view.
Source: C.Garrett

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Comments: 1957 Delta magazine ad for the brand new Model 37-425 10" tilting arbor bench saw.
Source: Internet

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