What Color or Design should Van Huskey paint his Delta 28-350 Refurb Bandsaw?

[scott vroom]

Candy Apple Red

[Wes Grass]

I think it should be veneered in cherry and maple, with ebony binding on the corners.

[Van Huskey]

Oooo-oooo-oooo! Another idea just came to me.

Look at the blocky top on that big ol' saw. Ya gotta paint it Gumby green with Gumby eyes. The dust collection hose (painted green) can be his waving arm.



I'm not well......

If any saw is Gumby it is a PM 141, which especially in the evergreen looks and is referred to as a Gumby. I will prbably bring my 141 back to factory spec though.

[Van Huskey]

and crystal knobs that hold the doors closed..................

That is actually a very cool thought, would have to track them down though Mcmaster Carr doesn't have any.

[Van Huskey]

I love the idea of some risque nose art on that old saw, and maybe a few fake bullet holes. Humor in the workshop is a good thing!

The bullet holes are another interesting idea, I hadn't thought of. Just as long as none were made by a "golden BB" since I do need it to run.

[Van Huskey]

Lotus 7 Type 2 - The car driven by Partick McGoohan in The Prisoner.
Traditional Lotus Green + Yellow racing colors. Plus the red seats.




Be seeing you............

Although I respect what Colin Chapman did I am too much of a Ferrari F1 fan to consider that, Ferrari red with Schumacher or Lauda's name/number on the saw might be different though, red with a big yellow prancing pony.

[Wes Grass]

Did some work for a guy years ago who owned Lauda's championship 312-T2.

http://ipad.smugmug.com/Cars/Seen-ar...#7563795_agUfc

Horrible paint job if you looked at it up close. But the mechanicals were beautiful. Front anti-roll bar was about the size of a pencil, with lever arms splined on the ends. And the rear axle carriers were built with the air scoops for the brake calipers as part of the structure. And the flat 12 with the velocity stacks was gorgeous.

So if you really want it authentic, make sure it's got a lot of orange peel in the finish ;-)

[Van Huskey]

Did some work for a guy years ago who owned Lauda's championship 312-T2.

http://ipad.smugmug.com/Cars/Seen-ar...#7563795_agUfc

Horrible paint job if you looked at it up close. But the mechanicals were beautiful. Front anti-roll bar was about the size of a pencil, with lever arms splined on the ends. And the rear axle carriers were built with the air scoops for the brake calipers as part of the structure. And the flat 12 with the velocity stacks was gorgeous.

So if you really want it authentic, make sure it's got a lot of orange peel in the finish ;-)

That would be the '77 win, his '75 championship was in the 312T. He lost the '76 championship to Hunt by only a point in crazy wet Japanese GP, even though he missed 2 races after literally almost burning to death in the crash at the German GP. The '77 win was decisive even though he left Ferrari (fed up with Enzo) with two races left in the season. That is a gorgeour car. One more championship for the T312 type cars and into the dark ages until Ferrari was resurrected by Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher in the late 90s.

I don't think it would be quite right to paint the Delta Ferrari red, it would make more sense to pain my Minimax red. I don't see covering the powder coat of a pristine saw but maybe one day a yellow or black "Cavallino Rampante" on the side of it.

[Van Huskey]

I wanted to add what a longer term idea with the bomber theme was/is. Beaver made (and then several successors that bought the company through the years) made the 2300 12" bandsaw http://s992.photobucket.com/albums/a...g%26newest%3D1

The cool thing about it is the wheels are solid disc aluminum and have no guard over the smooth part. I was thinking about painted the wheels with the "hypnosis" disc pattern you see on WWII era fighters and basically painting it up like a fighter so it could escort my Delta "bomber". I know some see it as blasphemy not to paint these machines back to original colors but remember it is just a coat of paint and the Delta will be far more loved than it ever was in a high school getting brush painted. I see it as a chance to bring some levity, interest and maybe some beauty to some worn machines.

[Paul McGaha]

Was the original color of the Delta gray?

I know all these other ideas are interesting but my first thought was what was the original color?

PHM

[Van Huskey]

Was the original color of the Delta gray?

I know all these other ideas are interesting but my first thought was what was the original color?

PHM

It was/is the medium dark Delta gray. Everything that a brush couldn't touch with the doors closed is still the original paint, you, see below. The saw must have been close to the wall because the back of the spine is still original.

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[Van Huskey]

If anyone cares the two B-17s that I will base the scheme off of will either be:

Miss Angela which is still air worthy 34th bomb group: http://www.johnweeks.com/b17active/b17missangela.html

http://members.cox.net/b17brian/b17/...gela/index.htm

Dark Angel 384th Bomb Group: http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q.../DarkAngel.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...DarkAngel2.jpg

[Chris Nolin]

I was thinking about painted the wheels with the "hypnosis" disc pattern you see on WWII era fighters and basically painting it up like a fighter so it could escort my Delta "bomber".

I'm not 100% sure of this, Van (and I have no time right now to google it), but I believe the hypnosis pattern was only used on the nosecones of Luftwaffe aircraft during WWII. In my mind, I'm seeing it on an FW190, but there could be others. Would be quite strange to have an Allied bomber escorted by an Axis fighter, but times have changed!

[Pete Bradley]

You wouldn't be the first (or the second) to paint a 28-350 pink:


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or:



But I recommend go either with the shark mouth or good old Delta gray. Delta used all different shades, mine was color-matched to the original:

[Van Huskey]

I'm not 100% sure of this, Van (and I have no time right now to google it), but I believe the hypnosis pattern was only used on the nosecones of Luftwaffe aircraft during WWII. In my mind, I'm seeing it on an FW190, but there could be others. Would be quite strange to have an Allied bomber escorted by an Axis fighter, but times have changed!

Hmm, never bothered to check, just assumed they were on Allied planes as well, maybe not. Guess I could paint it up like Ta-152H and figure out how to use nitrous oxide on a bandsaw. 20 inches of Ipe, no problem hit the red button. Well the B-17s I am thinking about were sharing the air with the FWs...