SPRING RAS Gloat!

[Chip Lindley]

My friend Mel and I made a rainy-day trip to Omaha again last Thursday! This time, to pick up this pretty-much pristine Delta 14" 5hp RAS. It's missing the elevation crank handle and some water blew under the tarp to swell the MDF table, but I'm not complaining.

I suppose the reason it sold so low on eBay was because of the 200V 3-phase motor--unusable for all but a few with that sort of commercial power.

Bidding on the beast just seemed like the right thing to do, since I have another 5hp 230v 3-phase motor in my "rathole"! The saw went for only $100.99 on eBay. Gas and eats on the 12 hr. round trip were about $200. And I have less than $200 in the extra motor.

That's a Big 5hp 1995 Delta RAS for about $500! Not bad at all for an RAS in this kind of shape, rather than those that sat out, uncovered, in the elements for too-many years.

Maybe I can sell the 200V motor for a few bucks to recover some of my gas money! Time will Tell. Meanwhile, life is good!

~Chip~
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[Cary Falk]

That's a beast. I wish I had the room for something like that.

[Aaron Berk]

that table sure is wonky looking.

Super nice score by the way. I love the big RASs

[John TenEyck]

Sweet. I'd love to have one that large. Good on you. You could put a VFD on instead of changing the motor.

[John R Green]

Chip, It looks like it came out of the Smithsonian......You scored big time !!

[David Winer]

Beautiful find. Congratulations.

5 HP! That oughtta hold you for a while. It's the long-arm version too. Does it have a model number (a 40 CL?)? Year? Picture of the nameplate?

[Neil Brooks]

Aw. She's a beauty.

Pretty sure you could crosscut my dining room table with that thing.

Congrats !!

[david brum]

Dang, that saw is impressive. It's great to see RASs coming back into use. I'll bet there isn't much that thing can't crosscut.

[Chip Lindley]

Beautiful find. Congratulations.

5 HP! That oughtta hold you for a while. It's the long-arm version too. Does it have a model number (a 40 CL?)? Year? Picture of the nameplate?

Here's pix of the nameplate, Model 33-402 built in 1995 :

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Sweet. I'd love to have one that large. Good on you. You could put a VFD on instead of changing the motor.

Not sure that a VFD is the way to go to run a 200v saw on 230v. 5hp VFDs are quite pricy even if it works. Since I already have the Delta 5hp RAS motor, it seems like a no-brainer to just swap. We'll see how it goes. Thanks all, for the kind words!

[Erik Christensen]

Chip

Nice score, but I hate to break it to you man, but that thing is too dang BIG - but no worries - I have a 12" Delta 3HP single phase turret model with the short arm that I'll trade ya straight up for it - that way you have more room in your shop and don't need to deal with the whole 3 phase motor thing.

Hey no need to thank me - that's just the kinda guy I am - send me a PM on when you want to make the swap :)

[Chip Lindley]

Aww Thanks Erik, but I'm getting kinda used to BIG in my small shop. This long-arm version will replace the "old" '84 model Rockwell 33-362 7.5hp 18" RAS. See?? I am downsizing already! ;-)

[Chris Rosenberger]

Nice saw Chip. You will like it.
I have a 240 volt model from the same year.