1920-60s DELTA / ROCKWELL picture thread - Post your Delta!

[chargedmr2]

Sometimes it’s the little things that count!

My floors are not level and I’ve been meaning to address that for some time. Plus I’m 6’2” and always felt the pedestal was a little on the short side for my preference. So, I grabbed some spare 2” thick maple and built a nice little base. Worked great and gave me an additional 3-1/2” of needed height.

 

[wmec627]

my Rockwell Delta 1460 wood lathe after cleaning it up and painting it.

 

[Hoorn]

@chargedmr2
That came out absolutely beautiful. Very well executed.

 

[Hoorn]

@wmec627 welcome to the Delta thread, your first entry is beautiful. Nice that you have an original Delta 1116 drum switch, and the cast iron legs to compliment that lathe.

 

[wmec627]

@wmec627 welcome to the Delta thread, your first entry is beautiful. Nice that you have an original Delta 1116 drum switch, and the cast iron legs to compliment that lathe.

I have three of these lathes,one has the complete accessories including the xy axis tool holder and steady rest.All three have the original cast iron legs.

 

[Hoorn]

JUST got this out of my vehicle:



Although this is my third complete Delta foot feed, this is the first one that has had the added bonus of the MSA pulley.

This drill press is absolutely loaded with goodies, the foot feed, the MSA pulley, the retirement light, the on-off pull switch, and just for good measure, a 1940s Mastercraft XY table with no broken knobs.

Here is the ad that I responded to with immediacy:



Yes, I paid $100 for this absolute gem. It's not often that I'm actually happy about handing money over, this was one of those situations.

Look how loaded with accessories this 1948 220 is:







Definitely more to follow when I start cleaning it.

 

[chargedmr2]

@Hoorn Oh wow, you got an amazing one there! Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up!

 

[Hoorn]

Got the foot feed assembly off relatively easy. I laid the machine forward on a couple wooden dollies and the base came off in less than 5 minutes with some dead blow hammer hits. Same with the column mount foot feed assembly. I count myself lucky here as I've had to resort to blocks of wood and a sledgehammer to get a drill press base off.





For 78 years, the majority of the paint is still on there and in fairly decent condition. I will not remove the paint on this one.

I've seen MSA pulleys with a million set screw scars but this one, unusually for its age, has just a few.



Belts are in great condition also.



A lot going on there, but Delta pulled it off and made it all work well.

 

[chargedmr2]

@Hoorn coming along nicely! It’s a good feeling when disassembly goes smoothly.