Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - ?#890?

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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:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	14" band saw
Submitted By:	Neil Bourjaily

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	?#890?
Date of Manufacturer:	ca1937
Serial Number:	none (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	8/13/2017 5:19:17 PM

Comments:

I bought the machine from a widow outside Durango, CO in August 2017, promising to give it a good and active life. It lacks accesories, no light or rip fence. See the Oakland Machinery Exchange decal in Pic 2. See the patent decal in Pic 3. I found the most recent patent to be 1936. The gorgeous lone decal, Pic 4, exists on the stand, not the machine itself. All I did was bring it home and clean it (badly needed) system-by-system, breaking it down into every piece. I suspect the bearings need replacing; I couldn't force any vaseline into them as suggested by the Manuals posted on this site [Thank you!], and the blade wanders about 1/8 " no matter how finely I try to adjust the wheel angle. It came with a GE 1/6hp motor, for which switch I built the switch/receptacle box on the feed side at the top of the stand. There was a grounding post on the chasis, yet it was wired with an old lamp cord! I have not calculated the fpm on it, yet. It came with an assortment of blades and the sawdust-chute-plywood guards, which I'll leave in place. So far it's only been used to rip poplar wedges for cooling fins for my slingshot pattern. I know it can do much more.

Photo 1:

Comments: 14" Delta band saw ca 1937
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Photo 2:

Comments: Circular "Delta" plus Retailer tag!
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Comments: Multiple patents, last USA ca1936
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Comments: Delta decal on base, sawdust chute below
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Comments: Cleaned and ready for use
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Comments: Solid wheels, my 1955 Rockwell Delta circular saw in the background
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