Delta 14-600/650/651 Dedicated Mortiser


A Hall of Fame Tool




14-600


14-650


14-651

I'll bet Norm has sold a lot of these and the versions of other manufacturers as well. If you do Mission Style furniture with lots of mortises, you need something like this.

I believe a 14-600 (I had the model # wrong for many years) started it all, however Delta redid it early on, renaming it to 14-650. Then they re-engineered it to the 14-651, which showed up in Episode 1704. I'm part way through reviewing all of the episodes and I'll have definitive identifications eventually. All 14-651 appearances are correct.

Notable distinguishing characteristics are:

  • the lack of cooling fins on the motor of the '600.
  • the slightly rounded housing on the '600, then the squarish on the '650, followed by the even more rounded housing on the '651.
  • no left/right access covers in the housing of the '600.
  • the column on the '600 was square tubular steel, the '650 had a plain cast iron column, and the '651 had cross webbed pattern cast iron column.
  • the on/off switch on both the '600 and the '650 was a toggle switch while on the '651 it was a push button.
  • there is a tool holder at the back of the head on the '651.

Of course it's principally the housing—slightly rounded, quite rounded, or flat—which will be visible in any of the episodes.

Appearances: Episodes

  1. 407, 411
  2. 501, 504, 505, 512
  3. 605, 608, 611
  4. 701, 704, 706, 712, 713
  5. 801, 802, 803, 806, 811
  6. 901, 903, 904, 906, 908, 910
  7. 9801, 9802, 9803, 9804, 9805, 9806, 9808
  8. 9902, 9904, 9905, 9912     Episode 9902 first appearance of 14-650.
  9. 1203, 1204, 1210
  10. 0105, 0108, 0109, 0112
  11. 1405, 1411, 1412
  12. 1502, 1508, 1512
  13. 1601, 1605, 1609, 1610, 1612, 1613
  14. 1701, 1704, 1705, 1707, 1709   Episode 1704 first appearance of 14-651.
  15. 1802, 1808, 1812
  16. 1901, 1904, 1905
  17. 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013

Last updated: 17 June 2009