Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - Split Phase Model 800

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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:	Motor
Machine Size:	1/3 h.p.
Submitted By:	Michael Milner

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Split Phase Model 800
Date of Manufacturer:	1931 to 1939
Serial Number:	K 2143 (?)
Last Updated	11/29/2016 6:16:13 PM

Comments:

An early Delta motor to be used on a 10" Model 785 band saw restoration. Still runs quietly after all these years but, of course, it will have to be rebuilt. I saw this one online and was curious when Delta used the round red and blue motor ID tags. After doing some research on 'The Delta Page' it turns out that these "new Delta 2-shaft electric motors" were first offered in Catalogue H, April of 1932. By 1939's Catalog P-1 (pages 49-51), this split-phase motor had completely changed to the more familiar "oval tagged" Model 6300 with a separate switch box mounted on the steel casing (no longer built into the cast-iron end bell), and "with the extra shaft covered by our new, non-rotating shaft protector, Patent Pending..."

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Comments: I.D. Tag
Source: Previous Owner

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Comments: Switch Side View
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Comments: Other Side View
Source: Previous Owner

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Comments: Another Top View
Source: Previous Owner

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