ANGLE GAGE - TILT SCALE - for VINTAGE DELTA 6 X 48 SANDERS - ALL NEW

Description

ANGLE GAGE OR TILT SCALE FOR A VINTAGE DELTA 6 X 48 BELT SANDER’S WORKTABLE SETTING
This is an “all new” banana-shaped angle gage plate to fit the vintage Delta 6 x 48 belt sander.
Delta’s part number for this item is BS-250.
The original angle gage or tilt indicator plate that is used to set the worktable position was made from thin aluminum and was often dented, dinged, scratched, damaged, painted over, or lost.
Our tilt indicator plates are newly manufactured and better than the originals.
These nominal 5/8” x 4” plates are made of stainless steel and have been carefully and painstakingly recreated from the dimensions of the original plates and from the original artwork.
The indicator blanks were laser cut from .030" thick 304 stainless steel before being carefully deburred and brush finished, prior to application of a high quality bright red vinyl decal.
The holes in the angle gage plates are an exact to match the original plates, and use the original holes to mount.
Each plate is individually bagged and shipped in a protective envelope.
Shipping is .00 to anywhere in the lower 48 states.  Other locations may have to pay an additional shipping fee
When restoring or refurbishing a 6 x 48 belt sander, getting the old angle gage plate off is always difficult because of the drive rivets Delta used to install it.  Removing the rivets, more often than not, damaged the gage plate to some extent.
That problem has gone away, now that a replacement gage is available.  We use a small steel chisel to loosen each rivet by tapping at the base of each on all four sides, with less concern about plate damage.  Be carefull not to shear the rivets off.  They are hardened steel and drilling them out is very difficult.  Once loose, the rivets can be removed.
Installation of a new plate after the machine is painted and complete can be done with OEM type rivets or with screws like we use in our restoration work.
The original rivets holes can be drilled out with a #38 drill bit and tapped for 5-40 pan head screws.  We find that screwing the new plate back in place with stainless steel makes more sense than using the once installed nonremoval rivets.