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Question, have you ever shipped a bench grinder? The power bronze one I have listed locally on FB market and local pickup on eBay. Someone one from Minnesota is very interested in it and I tried to explain shipping is going to be a lot of money. They still want it. All I know is I would need...

That’s the same one as mine! I didn’t think there were any others out there. And that is the same year as mine 1966.

You can clean it up, and perhaps find a better switch solution than that. I know it’s large switch opening to fill but something better can be done. Quench tray can be found on market place or eBay only downside is they rattle a lot. Unless you always have water in it. You can also make...

You can clean it up, and perhaps find a better switch solution than that. I know it’s large switch opening to fill but something better can be done. Quench tray can be found on market place or eBay only downside is they rattle a lot. Unless you always have water in it. You can also make...

If you were thinking of red here is how a Delco bench grinder was painted from the factory. The original red wasn’t glossy though.

I want to try this as I’m not sure if it is a close match or not.

Sorry to say but they are. I still hold onto the original NP bearings that came with the grinders. In fact I hold onto all Made in USA bearings. Most of the time you can clean them out and repack them and they are just as good.

Thank you, I appreciate it! It was my grandfathers and I restored it 5 years ago. It gets used a lot actually. I have been restoring a lot of my grandfather/dad’s machines from their old business. I was gifted a lot of machines and I acquired a lot as well. It’s been used non stop since I...

The badge is early version roughly 1946-1950 but the color is power bronze which didn’t come out until 1956. If you look on vintage machinery website they have all the old catalogs, you can start 1947 or 1948. They don’t have maybe catalogs that took place during the war. Everything was...

Just recently I swapped out bearings on this one in 30 minutes. That’s including disassembling and assembling. I changed out the new Timken bearings for NSK bearings. I find made in Japan bearings are a lot better than ones made in China.

You actually don’t have to take it completely apart to change out the bearings. There is enough give on either side to get a bearing puller on and swap them out.

Unfortunately it is not. Still an uncommon grinder but not what this thread would consider a block grinder. Those were sold separate from a motor. You could purchase the motor that came with yours or an owner could have bought a cheaper one to save money or use a motor they already owned...

Nice find, made by Delco electronics right after they replace Packard Electronics. Delco made cast iron grinders for two years and then switched over to cast aluminum. They also switched to a new color and their own designs for their grinders. The only thing that stayed the same for a while...

I am not sure if they do. That’s why I like the capacitors because they are still very common and cheap to find. There should be a numbers on it to help with trying to narrow it down. I might have one but it’s for a 1/3 HP motor so I don’t think it would work. I’m not sure what amps the 3/4...

Those have a sensing relay to start Delco did away with start capacitors. You can see it at the bottom, I know yours is boxed and this is the cast aluminum round but still made by Delco.