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

True Manufacturer:
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
Submitted By:	Brad Michalk

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	890
Date of Manufacturer:	1937
Serial Number:	None
Last Updated	4/28/2020 5:14:36 PM

Comments:

Original Post was 3/3/2019: I picked this saw up in Oroville, CA. The PO picked it up at an estate sale but never put it to use. He had no other information about the machine. It has some interesting shop-added pieces but I haven’t figured out what they were for.

4/28/2020: Fellow member Willie Lockhead explained that the added wood pieces were for boat building. The long arm on the table is for leverage to change the table's tilt while the table locks are loosened. The curved part is for marking the degrees of the table's tilt. I decided to retain the pieces as part of the machine's heritage when I completed the restoration. Everything is now done but the reproduction decals. Paint is Rustoleum light machine gray spray can with a clear matte overlay finish. It matches close (though not precisely) the original paint color.

The motor is a period-correct 1930s large frame No. 820 motor that I happened to have picked up several years ago that takes up every bit of space in the cast iron stand. The stand, retirement light and cast aluminum wheels are donated from my 1952 band saw so they may not be period correct but they do seem right with the machine. The stand is a Harbor Freight off the shelf kit except I substituted square steel tubing rather than wood and it is painted to match the saw.

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Comments: Newly-completed Restoration
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Comments: Newly restored saw
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Comments: Restored machine with boat building attachments retained.
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Comments: As found. No stand and no motor.
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Comments: As found with boat building attachments
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Comments: Original Paint contrast with new
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