Good As New! - Vintage Woodworking Machine Restored

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2 жыл бұрын

The latest vintage woodworking machine to find its way into my shop is a Delta jointer planer.
The machine has been standing unused for some time but I was confident that it would take much to restore it to its former glory.
Restoring a vintage Delta-Milwaukee Wood Jointer.
I am really enjoying these restorations so let me know if you want to see more of them and I will try and fit in the odd restoration video.
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@markpreston629 2 жыл бұрын

Always good to see old equipment being restored and brought back inot use, keep them coming.

@bobkin611 Жыл бұрын

You have NO IDEA how happy I am to stumble on this video! My brother and I just bought this exact one today, and btw it is from 1950 :) The guy i bought it from had a specific website for Delta jointers that gives you years of manufacturing for any model. 73 year old machine!

@Siminfrance 2 жыл бұрын

I actually also really enjoy those type of restorations. It is nice to have a mixture of shop projects, restorations and so on. Thanks

@zanecourie3545 2 жыл бұрын

Jean, jislaaik meneer. As only a capetonian will understand, you did a befokte job of restoring the jointer. Proudly Capetonian

@Jaws677 2 жыл бұрын

You should have put the spindle in the freezer for a few hours. The bearings will go on much easier with minimal force

@renevanpetegem7995 Жыл бұрын

And the Bearings in warm/hot oil. Thats how I was teached. (Sorry for my English).

@gilsonrocks4740 7 ай бұрын

Great video! I just purchased an old jointer that looks almost identical to that one. So I'll be able to use your video as a guide. Thanks!

@RedClover1987 2 жыл бұрын

Restoring vintage equipment is worth every penny. These restored tools should last another generation or more. Old school quality, heavy, solid, precise, not throwaway crud, is almost never duplicated by modern equivalents.

@idiotluggage 2 жыл бұрын

I like to see old equipment restored. Thanks for sharing this.

@Markus-fw4px 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to do more of those projects, then do it! Who cares what others want?

@benjaminreinhardt259 2 жыл бұрын

In the future I recommend using an acid to remove the rust from the machined surfaces. Vinegar will do it over the course of a day or two. Muratic acid will do it in maybe an hour or so. Soak a rag in it, and set it on the metal. Come back with baking soda to nuetralize it. The jointer looks great. I have an older Craftsman sitting in the garage waiting for me to do something with it.

@rlm98253 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, sir. My shop is populated entirely with restored machines from the days when they were built to last.

@joelybrand6007 2 жыл бұрын

I just got myself the same machine last weekend. Saved it from the scrap pile. Nice job on your restoration.

@jeroendeklerk6978 2 жыл бұрын

Want to see more of dis sort of things old machines are the best of kwaliteit

@markhedquist9597 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, while watching this video, my neighbor came by for a visit. She looked up used jointers on her phone. First one that came up was this same jointer. It's a Sears Craftsman brand, but the pics look like it's the exact same as your Delta. Probably just rebranded. A jointer has been on my shortlist of tools to buy for awhile now. I just haven't been actively searching for one. So, at the moment, I am getting ready to drive 20 minutes down the road to look at the jointer and make an offer. Beautiful, sunny day. Great day to pick up a jointer!

@markhedquist9597 2 жыл бұрын

The jointer is mine! Runs great! Needs a good cleaning and really should be gone over completely. I'll use it for the time being until I have the time to do a restoration. Thanks for sharing your video with us. It got the wheels turning for me to get one!

@alasdairspitzer4625 2 жыл бұрын

Damn... I'm drooling to both have and fix this. Lucky ducky.

@zerocool2352 2 жыл бұрын

Couple of cheap upgrades are to replace the pulleys with machined instead of cast (better balance and smoother), and replace the v-belt with a linked v-belt (won't warp and smoother). I did those upgrades with my Craftsman 113 table saw and it made a huge difference. Beautiful rebuild. I've got an old 6" jointer built in the 1950s that I'm planning to restore in a similar fashion to what you've done.

@sychosez Жыл бұрын

I did the same with my Craftsman 113, works like a charm!

@RANDALLOLOGY 2 жыл бұрын

I love restoring old equipment it's very satisfying, and making it look and work like new. Old stuff was made to last and rebuild. You should buy or build a sand blaster cabinet. I didn't know how bad I needed one, till I got one.. I use it more now that I have one

@WoodshopJunkies 2 жыл бұрын

Believe me I am looking to buy one. Need to free up some space first.

@fuddly123 5 ай бұрын

Great job on a fine piece of machinery!!!!!!!!

@edcarden6086 2 жыл бұрын

Careful restoring old tools can become a stronger addiction than woodworking.

@peterlisyak5396 2 жыл бұрын

Keep em coming Jon

@hansiejansevanrensburg291 2 жыл бұрын

As always thank you for another great video.

@mikebooker6243 8 ай бұрын

We had one similar to this when I did my wood machinist apprenticeship it was made by Robinson of Rochdale it was a handy little machine

@Yackhammer75 2 жыл бұрын

A spiral cutter and a new bearing and you'll be all set with the best of the old and new. More restorations would be great for two big reasons. I love to see the old stuff restored plus I think you will be happy with them. Some of the old stuff is just better quality then the new. Add that to the satisfaction of knowing you restored it yourself and I don't think you could ever go wrong. Great job as always.

@MrPatdeeee 2 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha! You said, "Another 60 yrs!" That was funny kind Sir. But "Great!". You just didn't something you didn't know it could be done. "So you went ahead and did it anyway! Wow. Thank you for it was great too.. For you are truly a "Cut" above. And YES; please restore old machinery. I love it and I'm sure most would love it too. "Cheerio!" (But "Cherio" in England and SA I believe. Oh well). Waiting for your next DIY'r. Love 'em.

@KaylaaMariee48 2 жыл бұрын

Found my dad's old planer from over 20yrs ago in the garage the other day. I'm looking forward to bringing it back to life!

@agustinbarcelo9653 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!! A nice and simple work.

@thatman84 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, nice see a decent machine brought back to working order.

@zafarsyed6437 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work! Mate, you gotta do a planer next!

@earlledoux9824 2 жыл бұрын

I love the restorations Earl Connecticut, USA 👍

@bernonic 2 жыл бұрын

yes to restoration as a part of building your shop out - love to see restored tools being useful again

@hphincke39 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, more restorations, please. They are inspiration and ideas for some shop tools that I have that are in need of restoration. Keep up the good work you are doing!

@XJRenovations 2 жыл бұрын

Why is this so satisfying? I love to see good old equipment restored instead of just recycled.

@c.a.g.1977 2 жыл бұрын

Love it how you use old (but good) machines to upgrade your workshop! Keep those restauration projects coming!

@wiseoldfool 2 жыл бұрын

Great work Jean, looking forward to seeing you restore this again 60 years from now.

@KaneDesign 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a South African woodworking channel. Awesome restoration man🤩

@keggyification 2 жыл бұрын

More please Jean, More of everything you do please, I love all of your content, it is inspiring, entertaining and educational.

@ForestWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Great job! I'm working on restoring an old table saw and it was your first series restoration that helped me in deciding to tackle the project. You provide lots of great tips along the way too. Thanks so much!

@hughchapman5319 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely little jointer

@MrBobisadog 2 жыл бұрын

I did a similar rebuild with a slightly newer Delta planer two years ago. But I replaced the cutter with a helical model. Works like a charm. I agree the hammered paint is great on these old beauties. Good job!

@beverleythomas5708 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy both your woodworking videos and your machinery restoration videos. Looking forward to the next ones!

@HeavyDemir 2 жыл бұрын

Great job, it looks so good now. Can I give you a tip? Next time put the spindle in the freezer for 20 minutes and the bearings will fall in to place. Where I used to work, way back when, we had a freezer and a deep fryer (with motor oil) on the bench for bearing replacement. If you couldn't freeze the axel you could gently and uniformly heat the bearing.

@johnnybgood6424 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing, I restored that same model jointer for my brother last year. His was kept in a barn for the last 20 years...

@Thomllama 2 жыл бұрын

love watching older tools getting fixed up and re used! do more. :). that's a nice little jointer yay got there!

@mictheflash 2 жыл бұрын

You've done a really good job 👍 it's great to see a classic bit of machinery brought back to life, and being used and loved ❤️

@fredwild190 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice job. I restored the same Delta 6" short-bed jointer with the tool obtained from Craigslist and a vintage stand from e-bay. I sandblasted everything myself and painted it with four coats of Rustoleum (Smoke Gray). The company that made the "saturn" fence knob is still in business and supplied one as a sample. Setting the new knives was tedious, but a dial indicator mounted on a home-made jig brought them into spec. With new bearings, the jointer works great, but then, of course, I decided I needed a long-bed jointer. Many thanks for documenting a very satisfying project. And definitely get that knife guard.

@ashleighfarnham5586 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Love seeing old machines given love like this

@WPGinfo 2 жыл бұрын

Nice project; Great result!

@gregmislick1117 2 жыл бұрын

Oh YES!! Slip in the restorations as you go along - particularly the points of interest you considered when deciding if the machine in question was a viable candidate for restoration. Knowing better what to look for when one happens upon a find can save a lot of wasted effort and transportation. Thanks !!

@chrisbligh2970 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, happy to see old machines brought back to life! I have my grandfather's 1938 Craftsman jointer, and it still works, and I still use it. Similar to this one, but a little smaller. Cheers !

@stevel6895 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I have the exact same model, now when I do maintenance on it I have something to reference.

@philrader2016 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks these restorations videos are fun to watch

@jabrwok 2 жыл бұрын

Add me to the pro-restoration-video crowd. It's nice to see this old equipment given a new lease on life:-).

@spinyuk 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, please do more vids like this, it's good to see old machines brought back to useful life.

@danvisser5921 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy

@patrickwilson623 2 жыл бұрын

From reading the comments, more than a few of us have similar old machines. Mine is a 4" model (inherited from my Grandfather) very similar to yours and your teardown and restoration is going to be very helpful when I have to bite the bullet and give it a little attention. Nice video!

@WildEagleWoodworks 2 жыл бұрын

I have this exact jointer and want to restore it. Thank you!

@randyowens264 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I like to see your restoration projects! They are very informative. Thank You for sharing these projects with us! Blessings!!

@smjewett 2 жыл бұрын

Very satisfying and now you have a machine built like a tank, quite unlike much of the garbage today. Good work!

@squalazzo 2 жыл бұрын

excellent work!

@themightylemor 2 жыл бұрын

Please! MORE restoration videos! EXTREMELY enjoyable and informative.

@salvatoreattinello3942 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love old tool restorations. Keep them coming.

@garydelder 5 ай бұрын

Do more restorations. Great video.

@MadAsKiwi 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the restoration videos coming.. it shows that you don't need brand new tools to do the work you want, it shows us that with time and effort you can have the tools you want and at a somewhat more reasonable price than if you go new. Keep up the great work

@pemtax557 2 жыл бұрын

Restoring vintage tools is my passion and I love to see equipment built as well as these were, restored to their original, superior, beautiful selves. Well done, Cheers!! (BTW ... more, more more!)

@fryreartechnology7611 2 жыл бұрын

There is something so satisfying about fixing stuff like this. Awesome video with so much care and love in it. Keep up the great work!

@steveferguson1232 Жыл бұрын

Would most definitely like to see more restorations. I love old tools

@umeshfernando3438 Жыл бұрын

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@tomthumb3085 2 жыл бұрын

Great job, thanks for sharing this video.

@nZebco 2 жыл бұрын

Rubber gloves are amazing!

@DaveWrightKB9MNM 5 ай бұрын

I’m looking at jointers in my area to do the same. I currently have a Rockwell table saw I’m starting to restore so your saw rebuild gave me some great ideas!

@alindorindicu3732 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice and handy little machine!

@dougarcher3976 2 жыл бұрын

Great old machine!

@christophermcmullen5693 2 жыл бұрын

The restoration videos are fun

@gordonriddle2726 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! I worked with one or these for years. I hade a person give me a Homecraft 4” jointer that needed redone, I’m still using it. It is identical to the Delta.

@josephkrug8579 2 жыл бұрын

That came out really nice. I have done two vintage drill press restorations on my channel (Rockwell Delta 15" and more recently a Walker Turner series 1100 20" from the 1940's) and I totally agree that doing a video of the tear down process is invaluable when putting things back. :) I enjoy the restoration videos.

@williamdoyle649 Жыл бұрын

My father owned this very same jointer back in the 80s, and he loved it. Really enjoyed the video.

@lukedixon3371 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely want to see more restoration video. It’s is so good to see these old machines come back to life. I have an old cast iron top table saw and would not give it up for a modern saw. You a very good channel

@derekmerchant1282 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! Made it look gorgeous and so simply. Real skill here. Thanks for showing is your little project

@kevinscudamore2711 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t beat old cast iron machines nice to see it restored 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Repost572 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you refer to yourself as an 'amateur'. I watch your videos in awe and wish I was an amateur like you. Awesome restoration

@bobireland1256 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this video. I have the exact jointer so you saved me a lot of fumbling around with it by your detailed disassembly/reassembly. Superb video. Hope you have many happy jointings.

@billywebber8002 2 жыл бұрын

Looks really good, A TIP for removing rust, just soak it in vinegar overnight, it’s cheap and does an exceptional job

@csimet 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job. I have this exact same jointer already in great shape, as I inherited it from my dad. It will need a little cleanup, but this video inspires me to do so... and perhaps even give it a re-paint and add a proper stand for it. A 4" jointer is nice to have around a smaller shop, when those larger ones just will not fit (as well as their higher cost).

@peterlastrucci324 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Jean, I have an identical 6" Tauco (Tauco was the export arm of Rockwell Delta USA, manufactured in Port Elizabeth South Africa) that was given to me and is still in great shape. I will at some stage also do the resto along similar lines to my Wadkin Bursgreen table saw which is now working beautifully, thanks for your inspiration!

@johnanthony2545 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job I have the same plainer and it needs all of this. It does work but needs a lot of TLC lol. I did design a dust collection system for it that works perfectly so there is no need for shoots or collection pans. Amazingly the system draws 90 % of dust from the table top as well.

@compunurse Жыл бұрын

That was very satisfying to watch. I love bringing new life two old things. I can only imagine it was even more satisfying to do it.

@scottwallace5180 2 жыл бұрын

Yes more restoration

@lorenmeyer5290 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed watching!

@triplex86 2 жыл бұрын

Great video - really enjoyed watching you do that. Maybe post a quick update when you get the new bearing and blades? Thank you.

@wiseoldfool 2 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely watch and "like" any of your restorations.

@wateredblades4817 2 жыл бұрын

Just a tip for plugging holes before blasting or painting try earplugs I use them daily myself as a industrial painter.

@waynesinden 2 жыл бұрын

Bakgat Jean, wish I had neighbours like you.

@johnkelley9877 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work! I enjoyed and learned from you in watching this tutorial. Thanks for sharing it.

@0uglyduckling0 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great. You might like to consider using machine wax to keep your working surfaces slippy slidey and rust free. Should also work on the sliding parts that you greased if you find they build up gunk! Enjoy your new machine!