Old delta scroll saw manual

It has a four pages of information on blade selection, lubrication, air blower, reversing drive shaft, and motors. Also it contains exploded parts diagrams of all the parts.

I have collected this information for many years and have found the information they contain to be priceless in using and setting up the machines properly. I believe this manual will be a valuable resource of knowledge that will provide a lot of helpful information that is often hard to find.

In , Delta was sold to Rockwell Manufacturing Co. About the same time Rockwell also purchased Crescent Machine Co. Shortly thereafter, Delta tools were labeled Delta Rockwell.

In late or early '46, Rockwell purchased Arcade Manufacturing Co. Label from a Delta Homecraft machine. It appears that the saws and their motors were manufactured for Rockwell by A. Smith Corp. In the early s, Delta manufactured the Penncraft machines for department store chain J.

In , Rockwell Manufacturing Co. The Rockwell International era was marked by an emphasis on corporate financial performance and quality suffered on some products. In , the line of handheld power tools was sold to Pentair Inc. On April 12, , Rockwell International sold the "machine tool" woodworking and metalworking machinery division to Pentair.

Pentair operated it as the Delta International Machinery Corp. Wikipedia article Rockwell International. In the early '90s, Delta bough the Acme National subsidiary of R. Also beginning in the early s, Lindquist Machine corp. In , Delta bought rip-fence maker Biesemeyer Manufacturing Corp. In , the two divisions were formally merged.

The new company is Delta Power Equipment Corp. Delta provides owners manuals and parts lists for a variety of machines, including many of those from the Rockwell and Homecraft lines. Check the Delta website first; some manuals are available there for free download.

Be sure to have either a model number or serial number handy. There is a small fee for manuals sent by mail. Be sure to check out the "Publication Reprints" tab, above, where you will find a list of over manuals and catalogs covering the entire history of Delta, from the s to the present. Well, there isn't much information past the mids but Delta can provide information on those more recent machines.

Delta mostly made their own products, but especially in the early years they sometimes OEM'd machines from other makers. For example, Delta's No. And the Model 6" old-style bench grinder was made by Doerr Electric Corp.

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