Delta Rockwell 8"jointer

Offer her $250 and see if she bites.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

whatever you do find out the price it’s worth and be very fair my 2 cents.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Hey Ronnie
Before you offer a low price think about if this was your mother or grand mother, what would you offer then?
These older machines are usually built really well. I think a fair price in good order is $400- $550.

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i agree 100% it would be easy for me to try to steal this at a deal, but this equip obviously means alot to her she’s waited yrs to even think about selling it. thats why its so hard for me, i want her to feel that he’d be proud of her for what she got outta it. Im leaning toward 500-600 dollar.

-- BlueMillWoodworking@gmail.com

Hi Ronnie, I was at a high school shop sale this spring and they sold a 8” delta silent bids and I believe it sold for between 650 and 700 sounds like you are in the ball park and glad that your looking at the purchase in that manner I’m sure she would be glad someone caring would be getting the tool and taking good care of it

God bless noblevfd

Nice to know LJ’s are not schiesters :-))

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

I’ve seen them go somewhat regularly for about 400 with some work needed. Depending on Year options etc. Sheet metal or cast iron base?

I think it’s around 500$

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I found this link at “OWWM” http://www.owwm.com/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=7337

According to him…the 37-315 machine is a 1965 take a look at his pictures and see if it is the same machine.

And IF ser. numbers go by when made…yours may be a little older than his

-- Don S.E. OK

don, it looks just like that one after he restored it, i think its older than the one im wanting. his has a toggle switch on/off, mine push buttons.other than that there pretty similar.im gonna check with delta tomorrow. i think im gonna offer her 500, seems fairfor both of us. thanks a million for all the help

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Sounds like a very fair price…and you would have a machine that will last a life time.

-- Don S.E. OK

Let us know if you got the machine….If this one is even HALF as clean as the one in the pictures, $500 would be a GREAT deal and a fair one imo.

-- Don S.E. OK

update. i made the offer and she greatly accepted, by her reaction it was like it was worth 75-100 bucks. hehe. il post some pics, ive made some arrangments to pic it up this weekend.

-- BlueMillWoodworking@gmail.com

GOOD FOR YOU !!!!! I am sure you will be happy with your jointer (and you can look at yourself in the mirror for not ripping off a old grandma lol) I can not wait to see the pictures…I LOVE old woodworking machines…nothing like old iron !!

edit: By the way…your previous post about a toggle switch and a button switch…really does not mean a thing. If you looked at all of the machines that guy in the link has restored…some are from the early 20’s and have buttons.

-- Don S.E. OK

I had 3 of those 8” rockwells , there great machines, when I moved across state I sold 2 @ 500 each. Still have one of them and a model 60 PM. If they were both in the same condition I would lean more towards that older rockwell than the newer deltas . Just always seems like the decks are a much better quality steel. Same goes with the Powermatics given the same condition I would take green over yellow any day of the week . I gotta give you credit though , I could never walk away from a quality tool stashed away somewhere .

-- RJ, Tampa Fl, RJMETALWOODS.COM