Photo Index - Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl. - 14-007 Slo-Speed Bench Model

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl.
Milwaukee, WI; Jackson, TN; Tupelo, MS

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	14"
Submitted By:	Brian Kachadurian

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	14-007 Slo-Speed Bench Model
Date of Manufacturer:	1951
Serial Number:	95-572
Last Updated	10/5/2017 3:16:57 PM

Comments:

>>MACHINE<<
Delta's 14" bench model Slo-speed model 14-007 drill press.
The serial number dates the machine to 1951.
The fixturing is still attached to the table.
A shop-made belt guard rests on the base.
The motor and electicals appear to be 3 phase.

>>HISTORY<<
September 2007:
This machine was owned by the Sibley Machine & Foundry Company (South Bend IN).
It was bolted to a steel bench and fixtured as a dedicated drill for a small metal part.
Sibley was reorganizing their machinery and didn't need this small DP anymore.
The owner gave it to me, in exchange for some engineering advice on a part they were casting--thanks again Bill!
I plan on cleaning this machine up (it has a heavy layer of oily grime) and using it exclusively for metal drilling.

September 2007:
The original 3-phase motor (label missing) and electricals were donated to the ArnFest07 auction.

November 2007:
Started disassembly and cleaning process. Scraping off 50+ years of foundry grime with a wooden stick and washing individual parts with Zep in HOT water. It looks like mice took refuge in the belt guard at one time. Seeds and chips got into the head casting (from the upper lift attachment slot) and jambed up the pinnion to quill mesh (mental note--cover this slot unless I find the lift balance mechanism). Found a newer layer of gray paint on top of the putrid green, which covers the original color.

January 2009:
Painting and cleaning complete. Reassembly begins. Finally punched the spindle from the chuck. Chuck is disassembled, cleaned, relubricated and being reassembled. Lightly dressed jaws with small grinding cylindrical grinding wheel in my Atlas drill press.

June 2009:
Completed cleaning and painting the base and column. Waxed column and table surfaces. Assembly complete.

August 2009:
I no longer own this drill press--sold to a fellow OWWMer.

Photo 1:

Comments: 3/4 right side view.
Source: Canon S230 with flash in my basement workshop.

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Photo 2:

Comments: Table with fixture.
Source: Canon S230 with flash in my basement workshop.

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Photo 3:

Comments: Motor and electricals.
Source: Canon S230 with flash in my basement workshop.

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Photo 4:

Comments: Cleaning and painting nearly complete-reassembly started.
Source: Nikon CoolPix existing light in basement workshop

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Photo 5:

Comments: Complete, front right view.
Source: Nikon Coolpix, basement workshop, existing light.

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Photo 6:

Comments: Complete, front left view.
Source: Nikon Coolpix, basement workshop, existing light.

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