I have a 40-50 year old Delta table saw joiner combination.
It must weight around 400 lbs.
I was wanting to see how I might be able to get a suggested value for
it.
It has a new motor that is about 7 years old and run on I guess a
unique 220 plug. The motor runs both the table saw and joiner at the
same time.
Any ideas or areas to look would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Greg
I suspect from www.owwm.com that it was built 1954. I haven't run the
numbers yet but plan to. Anyway, it was shipped from Florida and has
quite a bit of surface rust on it. It there a preferred way to
condition it and restore it? Since a lot of people on this site seem
to be performing restoration. Is there any reason why I would want to
just buy a new one and limit my losses on this old piece of history.
So other than the benefits of a tilting arbor anything else?
I am assuming that any piece of equipment will require a rebuild
anyway under just wear and tear.
[email protected] (Gregon2Whls) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I have a 40-50 year old Delta table saw joiner combination.
> It must weight around 400 lbs.
> I was wanting to see how I might be able to get a suggested value for
> it.
>
> It has a new motor that is about 7 years old and run on I guess a
> unique 220 plug. The motor runs both the table saw and joiner at the
> same time.
>
> Any ideas or areas to look would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
Gregon2Whls wrote:
>I suspect from www.owwm.com that it was built 1954. I haven't run the
>numbers yet but plan to. Anyway, it was shipped from Florida and has
>quite a bit of surface rust on it. It there a preferred way to
>condition it and restore it?
Also on the OWWM is a *start up* article and if memory
serves me it's by the same fine fellow that wrote up the
Delta serial number article.
>Since a lot of people on this site seem to be performing restoration.
Some do and are and some just like owning machinery. Hey,
kinda like the wreck.
>Is there any reason why I would want to just buy a new one and limit
>my losses on this old piece of history.
There are eleventy million reasons to own a new saw. There
are eleventy million reasons to own an old saw. You are the
one that has to make the decision.
>So other than the benefits of a tilting arbor anything else?
That is a major reason.
>I am assuming that any piece of equipment will require a rebuild
>anyway under just wear and tear.
Eventually. I would go into my speech on depreciation right
about now but it's all been said before and a search of Al
Gore's Google would bring up a number of articles. I will
warn you, should you decide to hang out with the OWWM it's
more than likely that you'll fall in with a pretty good
crowd.
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