Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - 34-351 (5 hp, 3 phase)

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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:	12/14"
Submitted By:	Cliff Sommers

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	34-351 (5 hp, 3 phase)
Date of Manufacturer:	unknown
Serial Number:
Last Updated	5/15/2005 5:47:46 PM

Comments:

This Delta-Rockwell badged saw was purchased in April 2004 via eBay auction from a cabinet shop in Covington, LA. The seller indicated it spent most of it's life at the naval shipyards in Pascagoula, MS. USN service/inspection tags found on the motor support this contention. It was not working due minor electrical problems when I obtained it, but the saw required little repair to put back in excellent working order; just one bearing in the original bullet motor, new belts, and replacement of a bad contactor switch. I also replaced all of the old wiring as the insulation was in poor repair. I never did get the Short-Stop electronic brake working properly. While I was at it, I removed a coat of truly godawful blue and refinished the saw (cabinet, base and underside of top) complete, inside and out, utilizing Sherwin-Williams industrial oil paint (from a Delta tint formula found on this site). In lieu of the start/stop buttons on the face of the Allen-Bradley combination starter (located on the upper cabinet side under the right side of the table), I installed a remote push button station under the front edge of the table at the left corner, a location I find more practical for most cutting operations. My miter gauge is a knockoff obtained from Grizzly and painted to match. Grizzly's bar from their model G7210 saw fits the Delta table T-slots with no modification. Unlike the Delta original 1-1/4" wide bar with rabbited edges, the Grizzly bar uses a 1" wide bar with a roller bearing on the back end and a set screw on the front end to adjust for optimum play. The mobile base was fabricated by a local welder using 1/4 x 3 x 3 angle iron and some cushioned casters, rated for an honest 500 lbs. each, obtained inexpensively as pulls from a surplus house. I used three pieces of 1/4 plywood in the bottom to channel dust towards the collection point. The fence is original with the exception of plastic laminate faced MDF wear boards sandwiched on either side of the stock aluminum fence body and a track on top for Board Buddy anti-kickback rollers. It is very accurate, locks front and back via single lever, and has a geared mico-adjust feature (the black knob on the right side of the cast iron fence body). I'm quite happy with the stock fence as slightly modified and see no reason to replace it.

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Comments: Relocated push button station
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Comments: Original bullet motor
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Comments: Mobile base innards
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