AZGRUNT
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Found an old 1988 Delta DL-40 (aka 46-401) on craigslist. The gentleman selling it was a a 76 year old hobbyist that really took great care of his tools but was moving out of state and did not have space or desire to drag all his tools along.
THE GOOD
The unit runs great, 16" swing with 24" max, 5' bed, is variable speed, indexing head stock and comes with a ton of parts, about 20 turning tools (most Robert Sorby), oneway and nova chucks and various sized faceplates and tool rests.
This unit was built in Brazil as Delta Invicta and has a reputation for being very fine machines. The lathe was about $2600 when new, He was only asking $650 for everything (could not believe it)
THE BAD
This unit was built before the current AC motor and VFD technology was widely used and has a 1.5 HP DC motor and DC variable speed controller. Although this unit is running great, some of these units were known to have issues with the speed controllers and its next to impossible to find OEM replacement parts.
MORE GOOD
Since I'm in the electrical field, I have a few used 2hp Motor/VFD combos available to me that I can use to upgrade my lathe to more modern technology without too much stress if/when unit fails.
Gotta love finding a great craigslist deal! If anybody has any useful info or comments on this lathe, please feel free to post or contact me via PM.
Joe
THE GOOD
The unit runs great, 16" swing with 24" max, 5' bed, is variable speed, indexing head stock and comes with a ton of parts, about 20 turning tools (most Robert Sorby), oneway and nova chucks and various sized faceplates and tool rests.
This unit was built in Brazil as Delta Invicta and has a reputation for being very fine machines. The lathe was about $2600 when new, He was only asking $650 for everything (could not believe it)
THE BAD
This unit was built before the current AC motor and VFD technology was widely used and has a 1.5 HP DC motor and DC variable speed controller. Although this unit is running great, some of these units were known to have issues with the speed controllers and its next to impossible to find OEM replacement parts.
MORE GOOD
Since I'm in the electrical field, I have a few used 2hp Motor/VFD combos available to me that I can use to upgrade my lathe to more modern technology without too much stress if/when unit fails.
Gotta love finding a great craigslist deal! If anybody has any useful info or comments on this lathe, please feel free to post or contact me via PM.
Joe
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