Wondrin' if anyone has any knowledge of this saw. Can't find much info
on the Delta site. A guy has one for sale near me for $135. Sounds
reasonable. I found a manual online and all I can figure out from that
is that it is belt driven which I think is good right? (noob) He says
that it is 15 amps. Is that sufficient for hobby woodworking? Any
wisdom greatly appreciated! Thanks, Peter
[email protected] wrote:
> Wondrin' if anyone has any knowledge of this saw. Can't find much info
> on the Delta site. A guy has one for sale near me for $135. Sounds
> reasonable. I found a manual online and all I can figure out from that
> is that it is belt driven which I think is good right? (noob) He says
> that it is 15 amps. Is that sufficient for hobby woodworking? Any
> wisdom greatly appreciated! Thanks, Peter
I've had one for about 20 years...
I'd take the 135.00 and put a few more dollars with it and buy a better
saw...
It's under powered for most jobs and the table is too small....
The belts are about 20.00 and are a pain to put on....
A good used older craftsman would be a better buy.
John...
[email protected] wrote:
> The 34-670 uses a small cogged drive belt enclosed within the motor
> housing, The motor itself is a single-purpose design made just for this
> saw. The saw is similar to the 36-600 and the more recent TS350.
Except that the TS350 uses an induction motor.
Mike
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:01:19 GMT, "resrfglc" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I saw a replacement belt of this model on line
>at"http://www.tools-plus.com/dep34-674.html?utm_medium=shopeng&utm_source=nextag&utm_term=DEP34-674
>
>and it looks like a unique belt - toothed (if that's a word) rather than the
>v-belt on my saw (which I replaced witha LINK BELT (and love it - big
>difference noticed))
>
>http://www.deltamachinery.com/index.asp?e=177
>
>Above login for DELTA OWNERS GROUP
>
>
>From what I saw in the manual, I would suggest you could do as well with a
>new saw from Sears o Harbor freight tools - maybe better.
For $135? Not likely.
It's a little bit of an oddball, but for that price- I'd jump on it.
You're not going to find anything comparable in that price range
elsewhere.
I saw a replacement belt of this model on line
at"http://www.tools-plus.com/dep34-674.html?utm_medium=shopeng&utm_source=nextag&utm_term=DEP34-674
and it looks like a unique belt - toothed (if that's a word) rather than the
v-belt on my saw (which I replaced witha LINK BELT (and love it - big
difference noticed))
http://www.deltamachinery.com/index.asp?e=177
Above login for DELTA OWNERS GROUP
From what I saw in the manual, I would suggest you could do as well with a
new saw from Sears o Harbor freight tools - maybe better.
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> Wondrin' if anyone has any knowledge of this saw. Can't find much info
> on the Delta site. A guy has one for sale near me for $135. Sounds
> reasonable. I found a manual online and all I can figure out from that
> is that it is belt driven which I think is good right? (noob) He says
> that it is 15 amps. Is that sufficient for hobby woodworking? Any
> wisdom greatly appreciated! Thanks, Peter
>
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>Wondrin' if anyone has any knowledge of this saw. Can't find much info
>on the Delta site. A guy has one for sale near me for $135. Sounds
>reasonable. I found a manual online and all I can figure out from that
>is that it is belt driven which I think is good right? (noob) He says
>that it is 15 amps. Is that sufficient for hobby woodworking? Any
>wisdom greatly appreciated! Thanks, Peter
>
The 34-670 uses a small cogged drive belt enclosed within the motor
housing, The motor itself is a single-purpose design made just for this
saw. The saw is similar to the 36-600 and the more recent TS350. It
is a step or 2 above a benchtop model, but it is not in the same class
as what most people would call a contractor's saw. If it is in good
condition $135 is a fair price, but a "true" contractors saw, with an
induction motor and regular belt drive, somewhat larger table surface,
would be more poweful, quiter, and more pleasant to use.
--
No dumb questions, just dumb answers.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - [email protected]