Actually, Tautz made many things and the American Boy/Girl were but two.
:-) The original sold for $20 which is about what I paid for mine.Īmerican Girl Sewing Machine ¶When you have an American Boy it seems logical to have an American Girl. There are surviving examples and they show up on eBay quite a bit. The scroll saw took off and the rest is history. It was a small hand crank and later was self-powered with the addition of a motor. The other co-owner was William Peters who left the company in 1923.Īmerican Boy Scroll Saw ¶This was released in 1923. One of the co-owners, Herbert Tautz, was a machinist. It was called the Delta Specialty Company until the early thirties. The Delta Specialty Company began business in 1919 in a one car garage at 969 Louis Avenue on Milwaukee's near northwest side. I also lack a number of catalogs making a drill press write up difficult. I have not paid much attention to the various Delta drill press lines as there were so many through the years it's darn near impossible to focus on one popular model. Of course a 1999 ain't holding a candle to the 1939 but it's still a fine saw none the less. It out to 1999 and the price should be around $1900. In fact I've taken the $168 (plus or minus) cost of a Unisaw in 1939 and calc'd You might find the cost of tools today to be a much better buy. Before you start salivating consider the buying power of a dollar in So, without further ado.ĭelta Brand & Model History ¶I've gone through and put this together in chronological order. Publications, i.e., periodicals, from the same time period. When possible I try to corroborate facts with coinciding *dated* Old art work was re-used and recycled for years, and in some cases, decades. I should also note, the Delta catalogs are not historicallyĪccurate in all ways.
#Delta industrial unisaw update#
To fill in the gaps and "devagarize", please feel free to contact me and I will update this article. Much of this information came about from my meager collection of old catalogs and Deltagrams. Please note, much of this consists of my own opinion but this opinion is somewhat based on fact. It was later re-edited and re-released onĪ couple of woodworking forums. Introduction ¶What follows was born from a request on rec.woodworking to put together a list of Delta's major machine release dates. 10" Bandsaw, Bench Top Drill Press and 24" Scroll sawīench Top Shaper and 10" Tilting Table SawĨ", 10", 12", 14", 16" & 20" Radial Arm SawsĨ" Jointer, 12"-14" Table Saw and 20" BandsawĢ0" Drill Press and Ram Type Radial Drill Press
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