Parts Wanted:

• Table elevation assembly (screws, handwheel, chain, gears, etc)
• Cutterhead Gibs
• Cutterhead Knives
• ‘Oliver’ Cast-Iron Name Plate

The machine was dissasembled to a certain point when I got it. Here it is all put back together and waiting to be freshened up.

After many emails back and forth events coincided for me to swing by his fathers old house while taking my daughter on a trip to an Aunt’s birthday party. Greg met me there with his mother and we loaded the machine, which was the last item left in the house as it was in escrow. We chatted for a bit and I then I was back on the road.

Back when we I had been emailing Greg about the machine and we started talking about the price, he said something that shocked me about how it seems like his father would want the router to go to me and it should be happy in my shop.

So, as the story goes I got to meet two nice people and was given a very fine machine. Yes, as in free.

It’s a nice early version with the round delta badge. It’s mostly complete. It has the solid steel wheels which was something I was looking for. This saw is definitely a keeper!

Several months ago a friend tipped me off about this machine. It was going for a low price but was over 7 hours away. Finally I was able to go and get it - a decision I don’t regret in the least. It is a great machine - 12″ swing with a 72″ bed, 4 speed on-the-fly speed control, direct-drive.

While at the seller’s house it started raining heavily right when we started pulling wires off. A 4×8 piece of plywood kept it at bay for a little while.

The lathe being unloaded at home.

Cutting and labeling wires in the rain.

Finally, after looking for over a year I found a Silver of fair size within my price range. This saw is going to be my main bandsaw I think. I am hoping to get a 36″er for resawing and a 14″ Delta for small work.

As it stands the saw needs a new wheel shaft turned, guide work and a strip and re-paint. The previous owner ran a foundry and bought the saw with hopes of using it to help build his patterns.

(note the tensioning assembly is on up-side down and the lower wheel was strapped in place for the photo)

The vendor’s tag - is was sold originally in either Los Angeles or San Francisco, CA.

I purchased this lathe from a gentleman in Lodi, CA who’s father originally had and used the lathe. It is thought to have come from a factory in Lodi that made ‘re-treads’ for tires in the 50’s. I am going to use this lathe to make and repair parts for my wood working machines.

The machine sits on the cast iron ’special legs’ and has the rarer gear box that lets you change the lead screw feed speed easily. I believe it is one of if not the most robust machine that the company made. It has the distinct handwheels instead of the normal ‘faucet’ handles which also stands out.
It is in good running condition with a 3 horse 3 phase motor running to a jackshaft/truck transmission. I plan on doing away with this setup and going to a flat belt step pulley mounted above the machine from the wall.

The lathe came with a few cutters, a 12″ 3-jaw chuck, a tapering attachment, lantern style tool stand and the original adjustment wrenches. It also has a cross feed stop. The overall machine width counting the gearbox is around 80″, much larger than I thought.

I purchased this grinder from a man in Petaluma, CA over the phone. A few weeks later I was able to pick it up. It is pretty much complete and mostly rust-free. I plan on stripping it down and repainting it. The badges will need to be re-done, I may recreate them on aluminum plate and have the images screen printed on.

The grinder came with a large Allen Bradley power switch and a step-down Mullenbach transformer. Each face shield has two lights on it, with shatter resistant glass.

After searching for many months I was beginning to wonder when I’d find one that wasn’t either on the east coast or priced way above my budget. Finally one night this beautiful machine popped up on craigslist and I was able to get it for a fair price.

It came complete and in good condition with a 1hp RI motor, slo-speed gear reduction unit, and the foot lever attachment. I’m very happy with it. My poor Craftsman/Atlas is now dwarfed next to it’s much larger gray brother.

17-860 Slow Speed Attachment