Look what followed me home this morning

[JRHall]

Delta 20" band saw with the original 1 HP motor.
As far as I can tell, it was built prior to 1952 and weighs a ton.
And, yes, it won't fit through the garage door standing up.

[tippie53]

How many friends does it take to load up a saw Nice score

[Darryl Young]

Very nice!

[tippie53]

Almost a birthyear bandsaw

[BEJ]

Nice, seems like old cast iron weighs more than the new stuff.

[JRHall]

I hadn't thought about it, but this is one of the earliest all welded steel frame bandsaws.

Even the wheels are aluminum.

Still weighs almost 500 pounds when it's all assembled.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Now THATS a bandsaw! Nice haul, JRHall........
I bet that baby will resaw.

Kevin

[Darryl Young]

I'm a little surprised it originally came with a 1 HP motor. Do you plan to upgrade the motor?

[JRHall]

I'm going to try it with the original Delta RA motor, these are very well reviewed. If it doesn't have enough power I'll start looking for a replacement. I could probably get as much out of the old Delta motor as a new 2 HP would cost.

[Ben-Had]

I think that's mine. It wandered off a couple days ago . Thanks for taking it in, I be down shortly to retrieve it:)