Hi everyone.
There's a guy in my area here that buys out places going out of business. Any business. Frequently, he has some great deals on machinist equipment, and recently I picked up an old Delta metal-cutting bandsaw in very decent, 100% clean and perfect shape. Its got the gearbox, and large oil cup right in the front. I haven't measured the low and high speeds coming out of that gearbox yet, but that sucker can go pretty slow.
Question: Does anyone know a site I can go to to identify this saw, and determine via the serial number what year and model it is? I saw on one site that the serial number indicates it was manufactured in 1944, but I can't find a model number anywhere. Delta's website is garbage unless you happen to own their new (garbage) machines.
Also, I was thinking of replacing the base and the 1/2hp AC motor with a 3/4hp DC motor, just to provide some smoother pwoer, and less hassles to change speeds. Do any of you think this is sacriligeous on such an old, and nice machine?
There's a guy in my area here that buys out places going out of business. Any business. Frequently, he has some great deals on machinist equipment, and recently I picked up an old Delta metal-cutting bandsaw in very decent, 100% clean and perfect shape. Its got the gearbox, and large oil cup right in the front. I haven't measured the low and high speeds coming out of that gearbox yet, but that sucker can go pretty slow.
Question: Does anyone know a site I can go to to identify this saw, and determine via the serial number what year and model it is? I saw on one site that the serial number indicates it was manufactured in 1944, but I can't find a model number anywhere. Delta's website is garbage unless you happen to own their new (garbage) machines.
Also, I was thinking of replacing the base and the 1/2hp AC motor with a 3/4hp DC motor, just to provide some smoother pwoer, and less hassles to change speeds. Do any of you think this is sacriligeous on such an old, and nice machine?
