Delta Biscuit Joiner? Mystery Solved!

[ChrisD]

Did Delta ever make biscuit joiners? A friend is asking if I am interested in a used one (his dad, a woodworker, passed away a couple of years ago) and he sounds quite sure it is a Delta.

Edited 08/30/2005:
And the winning entry is...Raj's! It is a table-mounted Delta 32-100. We have yet to set it up, test it, and see if there are any missing parts. I'll kee you posted.

[messmaker]

I have never seen one but don't take that as gospel.

[Hoover]

Porter Cable?

[LarryG]

quote:Originally posted by Hoover

Porter Cable?

Delta and P-C were under common ownership since sometime during the '90s, so I guess it's possible. Could've been an export-only model (Canada, for instance).

Maybe he's confusing Delta and DeWalt? Throw out the W and move the A two chars to the right, and there you go. [)]

[ChrisD]

Hoover: I thought about that, but he described it as 'light blue'. I asked him to bring it to work on MOnday.

Larry: I did actually ask him if he meant "DeWALT". He said he could tell yellow from light blue.

[LarryG]

quote:Originally posted by ChrisD

he described it as 'light blue'

That could be a good clue. Delta has recently started selling air nailers that are identical to their P-C cousins apart from the labels and the color of the housings -- blue. But they're more of a medium-dark blue. And you're saying this tool is at least a couple years old, right? Hmmm.

[Stormbringer]

DeWalt used to be blue-ish/gray-ish

[ChrisD]

quote:Originally posted by Stormbringer

DeWalt used to be blue-ish/gray-ish

Wow, I wonder how old the thing must really be then!

[vaking]

I believe the whole biscuit technology is relativiely young. That's why we see so many tests proving that biscuits make as good a joint as m-t, etc.

[r1968]

Delta made a unit for small production runs. Came monted on a small table with a couple of clamps and a fence. You would push the wood on to the fence, clamp it and pull a lever to make a cut fo the biscuit. If this is the unit, it is a great deal. grab it . They do turn up on ebay once or twice a year and go for about 400 bucks

Raj

[LinuxRandal]

Light blue is a Makita color.

[LCHIEN]

Delta pretty much makes bench and standing stationary tools.
Bosch, Porter cable make mostly hand held portable power tools.
Porter cable and Delta are related in having the same parent company.
Dewalt makes mostly hand held tools but also some stationary tools.

A Delta BJ doesn't sound likely.

PC, Ryobi, Dewalt, Lamello, and Freud are the famous big name BJ makers.
a couple of others like HF and ??? sell relabeled Chinese BJs.

OTOH, if Raj is right then so it is. (just saw Raj's post) Maybe I'm partially right if its a table mounted unit.

[RayintheUK]

quote:Originally posted by vaking

I believe the whole biscuit technology is relativiely young.

Invented in 1955, Alex. More on that here if interested.

Ray.

[durango dude]

sorry to dig up an old thread - but a Delta bench-top biscuit joiner showed up here in Durango!

The unit is really interesting --- 10 amps ---- built like a tank.
Pedal activated makes it very stable.

It's definitely a Delta tool.

Pretty darn precise the way it's built.

I have plans for a table that I'm looking at (which is how I'll use it).

$100 ----

[DannyT]

here is a photo of the 32-100

http://delta-rockwell-tool-hunter.bl...it-joiner.html

here is a link to the manual for it

http://www.manualslib.com/brand/delt...it-joiner.html