Jul 09, 2016 I rebuilt and powder coated this basket case Delta drill press. All parts except the motor is original. Driver Trans-it Usb. DELTA-MILWAUKEE 14 Drill Press DP-220 Instructions & Parts Manual [Misc.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Number of Pages: 8 This is a.

Photo © Martin King Photography Early Beginnings In 1919, Herb Tautz started Delta Manufacturing Company in his garage. In 1923 he started manufacturing a small scrollsaw based on a design licensed from its inventor, Carl Moberg. The saws were sold through a subsidiary,, and wore the 'Delta Specialty Co.' In the late 1920s and into the early '30s, Delta rebadged a 12' bandsaw made. Beginning in 1929, Tautz started identifying Delta Specialty Co. As 'a subsidiary of Delta Manufacturing Co.'

In early 1932 the 'Delta Specialty Co.' Name was dropped. A Period of Ownership Changes and Acquisitions In 1939, Tautz sold the company to a partnership consisting of Marshall Field, Charles G. Cushing, and H. Campbell Stuckeman; Tautz went on to run, which rebadged and sold Delta products overseas. The Delta name was difficult to trademark in other jursidictions so the Tauco name was used instead. We are uncertain of the ownership of Tauco and it is possible that it existed before the 1939 Marshall Field buyout.

Tauco label from a scroll saw that was exported to South Africa In 1942, Marshall Field and partners sold it to Timken Detroit Axle Co., part of an early conglomerate controlled by Willard Rockwell. In 1945, Delta was sold to, which had until very recently been known as the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter and Manufacturing Co., and which had just purchased In late 1945 or early '46, Rockwell bought; although both Arcade and Rockwell/Delta had a 'Homecraft' line of machinery, none of Arcade's Homecraft designs were ever sold by Rockwell/Delta; they did, however, use Arcade's foundry and machining facilities. Label from a Delta Homecraft machine. In 1948, Rockwell/Delta bought, makers of a line of turret-arm radial arm saws that competed well against radial arm saws. It appears that the saws and their motors were manufactured for Rockwell by, which had already been making motors for Rockwell, and possibly for Delta before the purchase by Rockwell.