variable speed Delta 14"

[mywoodshopca]

Looking for a 3rd lathe for the shop (if you count the unimat as a second lathe?:biggrin and came across this one:

variable speed Delta 14" with a bad motor..

Never saw it yet.. but heres the guys response:

it's the variable speed Delta 14" swing modified to handle a
19" diameter piece. Bed is about 4 feet long I believe, I'll try to get
out there and take a pic today. The variable speed mechanism in these
units was faulty, so I replaced it with a good balanced pulley. Any
motor 1/2 to 1hp would work great.

He is asking $100 Cdn. ($94 usd)

Looking at getting a second lathe done up for doing pendants,etc and that way I dont need to remove the mandrel,etc from my existing lathe.

Are the mech for these easily replacable and sound like a good deal?


Thanks Jason

 

[snyiper]

Sweet find!!!

 

[Gary Max]

I would buy---you can set it up many different ways.

 

[glycerine]

You can always turn it into a bow lathe!
I think with a little ingenuity, you could find a way to mount just about any motor to it. Look on ebay for a washing machine motor...

 

[jskeen]

search around for a Permanent magnet dc motor and controller. I picked up my last one from surplus center for about $20 for the motor and about 30 or 35 for the controller a few years ago. They don't show them in their online catalog now, but they are not that hard to find. On a 240v outlet it's rated at 2.25 hp and is realistically probably putting out 1 to 1.5, but that is with full torque even at low speed. Never tried one on a lathe, but it made a hell of a 2 x 72 inch belt grinder for knifemaking.

 

[mywoodshopca]

Thanks everyone.. I have a few delta motors sitting in the shop that I can use as well.. waiting on a response from him with pictures.

Had another great find recently..

A 1950-60s sears 6" all steel jointer and stand.. NEVER USED (origional person who got it put it together wrong and it sat for years, the guy who got it off him correctly assembled it, but had no use for it and it sat in his shop corner until recently when he was selling everything off to move to an appt from his house (in his 80s)

I also got a 14" delta bandsaw and a 1940s homemade drill press that was supposely made from airplane parts in ww2 by his father into an arbor press then converted to a drill press.. (it is a table top one but weights well over 100 lbs) (Got the jointer/bandsaw and drill press for $200 cdn - his asking price)