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[ThunderDog]

I picked up this little benchtop horizontal mill. Problem is I'm not finding any documentation. It has a Delta tag, but I found nothing that looks the same. I've searched Vintage Machinery but no success. Any help would be appreciated.



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[Martin W]

Nice find Looks pretty stout. I have never seen anything like this one before. The nice part it doesn't take up a whole bunch of space.
Cheers
Martin

 

[Uglydog]

Is she a Burke?
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=132&tab=3

Daryl
MN

 

[brino]

Interesting......can we get pictures from a couple different angles?
Thanks,
-brino

 

[wawoodman]

I'll bet she was real purty before the red paint...

 

[ThunderDog]

On further inspection it does not look like a Burke. The shape of the column is thinner near the back bearing and there is a protrusion in the casting for the lower pulley to socket into. I think I'm going to swap in a treadmill motor for some variable speed control. The treadmill is rated as 2.5hp "treadmill duty"(whatever that means). I'll be conservative and assume that equals a 1/3 hp motor, which is what this machine came with.

Wawoodman, I agree that the red paint needs to go. It looks to be originally green, but I am a fan of gray.

Brino, here are some more pics.

 

[Superburban]

Is the table powered?

Keep in mind, the speed difference between a treadmill motor, and that 1/3 HP motor.

 

[ARKnack]

Krucker@friendlycity.net

Send a few pictures to Keith Rucker about this. He may be willing to forward it to a person he knows that is a Delta fanatic. Keith has been working on restoring a Delta grinder for the guy on his YouTube channel. Also Keith is one of the persons the started Vintage Machinery web site. Originally the OWWM site.

 

[David VanNorman]

Dandy little mill .

 

[FOMOGO]

The red does make her a bit the tart, but you know, I think I kind a like it. . Definitely need to stay out of the smiley farm after the second Manhattan. Here's mud in your eye, Mike