Recent content by Splat!

Necroposting...... @evintho How's your setup working these days? I would need to do this to a 60's Delta dp I'm looking at. Thanks.

I hear ya. I'm a fan of Mitutoyo but I have some old Starrett things I still use. I've had benchtop DP's my whole life and think it's time for a floor model. The Walker Turners are nice but I haven't seen a floor model around here yet.

If they had the 17 or 20 floor models on display but not around here. I passed on the 583's in my area. One was pretty beat and had a crack in the table mounting arm and the other the seller decided to keep his. I've got a line on an old Buffalo #18 I'm going to look at Tuesday, even tho it has...

My Delta benchtop motor's start cap blew up, oozing its electrolyte into the motor windings. Time for an upgrade. I'm a metal guy, not wood. I'd love American iron but everything I see is top $$$ and/or worn badly. I don't have the time to refurb another machine. Locally there's a couple of...

I was at HF today looking at the $179 free standing and the $119 benchtop blasting cabs. Amazed to see what appears to be some type of caulking in the seams now on the benchtop version. Looked like dried sealant of some kind, not bead tape. I didn't see anything like that in the freestanding...

A lotta guys here love the 44". I'm looking for storage for my machinist's tools and other assorted goodies and can't decide between the 44 or the 26" 67831 model. I think the combo or small and bigger drawers would be good for me. Going vertical in my tight basement is also pushing me towards...