Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
OT: Delta Machinery
jim breeden
Seems I heard through the grapevine that Delta is not going to support any of their older machines any longer - only those newer machines that are listed in their catalogs. Is the rumor machine in affect, or are we all in the dirt expecting the availability of replacement parts?
They have the reputation,
Dick Coers
of not supporting their new machines with parts. I would suspect even worse news for older machines.
Re: OT: Delta Machinery
Bill Howatt
This seems to be the situation for really quite some time now. Lots of complaints on the internet about parts unavailability from Delta many of them lathe related. There are some third party parts suppliers who seem to have parts still but you can't rely on that for the long term.
I tried to get a knob for my Delta CMS and Delta said no but some other outfit had them but for the price I just turned and drilled a maple one.
Delta is certainly not the original Delta company; the name has been bought and sold probably a few times.
Bill
Re: OT: Delta Machinery
David Walser
Delta is certainly not the original Delta company; the name has been bought and sold probably a few times.
IIRC, one of the recent purchasers neglected to purchase the rights to Delta's old designs. Thus, the company cannot legally make replacement parts for some of the older Delta machines. Whether the failure to buy the rights to the old designs was a way of lowering the price or a screw up of the buyer's legal team, I cannot say. (Having helped negotiate such purchases, I can say making such an oversight is fairly easy.) This is one of the problems of buying a manufacturing company. Even if the new owners want to, they cannot always serve the needs of their (soon to be disloyal) customer base.
