FS: Walker Turner Surfacer / Sander

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:04:10 -0600, Frank Boettcher
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip for brevity>

>Platinum Edition - one promotion prior to X5. Late '90s time frame.
>Fully made in the USA, including motor. strong 1HP resiliant mount
>motor. I think it only came out under the one model number. it was
>primarily a color, touch points and free goods promotion. Premium
>stock blade. I believe it had Carters. A very good unit.
>Essentially the base and overarm is the same as units going back 40
>years.

Thank you and others for the explanations on the above topic. It is
very helpful. I was offered a "Delta 28-263 Platinum Edition, ball
bearing guides, 20 amperes, about 4 yrs old and mint conditions." I
have not seen the bandsaw. I assumed it was an American made maybe
with some imported components, (maybe) with Charter's guides and 1hp
motor. I plan to upgrade to 1-1/2hp, 14" raisers and others components
from Iturra. I would have preferred a pre 60's editions. I have a few
more questions; Are "all" the components interchangeable from others
Delta? How about the bearing and steel wheels and most important to
1-1/2hp motor.

Thank you again.

On 11 Jan 2007 16:44:02 -0800, "marcaf" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have owned the Delta 28-475 for a year now and use it daily. Even
>though I use it every day, I don't care for it, but i'm stuck with it.
>Set up was troublesome, had to replace the belts, the cord wouldn't
>reach with the extension attached, had to modify this and that, not to
>mention it's underpowered for my use. Well, I can go on and on, but I
>would reconsider buying this machine for what it's worth.

I sold my G0555 with a 14" riser, now looking for a used Delta. Almost
everyone speaks highly of Grizzly G0555 and I for one does not fully
agree. The Grizzly bandsaw guide rod very flimsy and it does not
always line up with the blades properly. After 1-1/2 years sparingly
used, the motor started to make "click, click" sound when you start
the bandsaw. Lastly, getting a replacement 1-1/2hp motor would be
impossible other than buying from Grizzly as the motor shaft is longer
that what is available in the aftermarket.

>
>
>Charlee wrote:
>> Anyone owning a Delta 14" bandsaw can explain the differences between
>> various models, such as Delta model 28-475X, Delta model 28-263
>> Platinum Edition and model 28-206. What are the differences, in HP,
>> Carter blade guides, made in the USA, Taiwan or China?
>>
>> I am particular interested in buying a used Platinum Edition and
>> trying to understand Delta model numbering system. Thanks for your
>> help.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:11:41 GMT, [email protected] (Charlee)
wrote:

>I sold my G0555 with a 14" riser, now looking for a used Delta.

I wandered an hour up the road a bit today. Went to the tool supply
place to look around, they recently started to sell Steel City tools,
the 20 inch bandsaw for about $1300 stared at me for awhile. Did not
run it, but it looks nice.

Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a Walker Turner Surfacer / Sander (combo disc and belt sander)
> in great shape with and extra sanding disc wheel and original
> instruction sheet for sale now on Ebay. The auction number is
> 190067991198 and the auction ends on January 8th. Please check it out
> if you are looking for this kind of machine.
>
Probably get better results if you said where you are. I can't see anyone
going to the trouble of checking Ebay to find out.