| Blog entry by Mark Duncan | posted 115 days ago | 646 reads | 0 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
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These are the pictures after I completely took this saw apart, lubed it, removed the majority of the rust, repainted, and reassembled. All i have to do now is to finish hooking up the switch and this saw will be ready for a top.
-- Mark Duncan, Central California
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4 comments so far
littlecope
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posted 115 days ago
Nice find by your Dad, and great clean-up/re-paint, Mark! They don’t make them like that anymore…I’ll bet that even after 50 years there’s very little play in the slide!
My Dad bought a Delta Drill Press circa 1964 and bought me one for Christmas in the early 90’s, of comparable specs. Mine you could actually “jiggle” the chuck shaft in the column straight out of the box! His is as steady as a rock, to this day. Better machining and use of heavier cast parts makes a world of difference…
Have fun with that!!
-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
huff
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posted 115 days ago
Mark, Looks like your Dad found a winner for you. Great job and cleaning it up and repainting. I agree with Mike, they don’t make them like that anymore. Make sure you post a few pics when you have it up and running with the new table and blade. Will be curious how it performs for you. Thanks for sharing.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
motthunter
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posted 115 days ago
great restore.. looks great…
-- making sawdust....
Jesse
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posted 115 days ago
Looks great, I have the same saw.
I also paid $60. Are you a member of the Dewalt radial arm saw forum? If not I would recommend it for lots of good info (of course not specific to a Delta).
I did not have to change any bearings on mine, it seemed as though it was barely used. Once you get it up and running, I am curious to know how long you blade spins after shutting it down.
You probably already know it but there are manuals for this machine on OWWM.Com.
edit: after looking at the post about your shop I am guessing that you don’t need any advice on tool setup. That is quite a shop you have.
-- Jesse, Hopewell Jct., NY