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Ive been looking for a wood lathe for a while. Yesterday at a yard sale, I found a 1930s era Delta Double Duty. It is in pretty good condition.
I'm in the process of cleaning it up...
a question I have is, are face plates inter-changeable? I don't know what the thread is. Could it be a universal thread?
Any suggestions on where I may purchase one?
im looking forward to trying this thing out. I haven't been at a lathe in 35 years.
Last edited by Tom Howarth; 06-28-2015 at 5:51 PM. Reason: I accidentally hit the post button
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The only way to know for sure is to measure the spindle diameter and threads per inch. Lots of parts for these on Ebay.
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nice find! it should be a 1"X8tpi. faceplates are easy to find. there is someone on owwm that is selling stacks of them.
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What he said ⬆️Originally Posted by mark kosse
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That is a nice find. Looks like it may be the original table too. Have fun!
Doug
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Great find.
I cant help with the size faceplate you need. But when you find out, Penn State has some good low price options to get you started.
http://www.pennstateind.com/store/lathe-faceplates.html
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Congratulations on the new lathe! You can have a lot of fun with that. If it's the model I'm thinking of, it was quite popular in high school industrial arts shops, etc. Suggest you or a mod move this thread to the Turners forum. There are folks there with personal experience with this lathe, and others who have restored similar old iron. They may also have a suggestion on finding or fabricating a belt guard.
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I bought a old Delta lathe(not as old as yours) and it had something like a 3/4"x16 TPI headstock and #1 morse tapers in the head and tail stock. I wouldn't count on anything as being "standard" with Delta.
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Should be 1x8 tpi with a mt2 taper in the headstock and tailstock. Faceplates, chucks etc. are easy to get since 1x8tpi is a modern standard threading. Delta originally made 3" and 6" faceplates for your lathe . The 3" faceplate was 1x8tpi right hand thread (inboard use) and the 6" faceplate was 1x8tpi RH/LH thread so it could be used inboard or outboard on this lathe. Plenty of accessories out there from many manufacturers today to fit a 930.
Last edited by Brian Myers; 06-29-2015 at 2:31 PM.
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Link to manual http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs...l.aspx?id=3240
I know the voices in my head aren't real but boy do they come up with some good ideas !
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. - Claude Monet
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Nice find! Looks like some of the ones they just replaced at the High School near me last year. They wholesaled them off to one place so we never got a chance at them.
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Do you know what you plan to turn? Some guys(me) don't use a faceplate. Your money may be better spent toward a chuck or some centers.
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Nice job! Everything looks great. Did you change the motor bearings? Go make some shavings!
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There are no bearings, bronze bushings. When I took the motor apart, I found wool yarn under the oil filling caps. The bushing are grooved in a way, I assume, to spread the oil about. There is no slop on the motor shaft, back and forth, up and down. I checked the head and tail stock bearing and they looked new, I'll see when I fire it up. If they sound funky I'll replace them...
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