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THAT IS the question.
It's my third lathe since July.
I'm not really sure what to do...
I wasn't looking for it.
It was given to the guy before me so he gave it to me when I showed interest.
It came in pieces, rusted, clumped in a pile under a tree, beside a burn pile.
I've been Mole asting it and marinading pieces in vinegar. Reverse electrolizing the holy rust out of it and I still can't seem to write it off.
What I was sure looked like rust splayed and split gear teeth have turned into possibly worthwhile gears.
So that is why I joined this here forum.
To lay it out so to speak and see what ya'll think about it.
Sell it off as parts or put it back together?
(and fund it by selling one or both of the first two. Or it occurs to me I could sell all three and get a.... what is as cool as an old piece of machinery?0
rather than taking up bandwidth here. here's a link
https://goo.gl/photos/K1r33yqMAYGMK2Zt8
I'll add more photos as I get around to having pieces clean enough to identify.
So far nothing more than a small wire brush and soap and water after the E bath has been done to anything.
Once 'clean' I spray a little Kroil, or Kerneys rust cutter to help loosen things up.
Several pieces including the Spindle/chuck have run through the oven @ 400F for 2-3 hrs but the face plate is still stuck. Chucks off but not the face plate from the spindle.
It's my third lathe since July.
I'm not really sure what to do...
I wasn't looking for it.
It was given to the guy before me so he gave it to me when I showed interest.
It came in pieces, rusted, clumped in a pile under a tree, beside a burn pile.
I've been Mole asting it and marinading pieces in vinegar. Reverse electrolizing the holy rust out of it and I still can't seem to write it off.
What I was sure looked like rust splayed and split gear teeth have turned into possibly worthwhile gears.
So that is why I joined this here forum.
To lay it out so to speak and see what ya'll think about it.
Sell it off as parts or put it back together?
(and fund it by selling one or both of the first two. Or it occurs to me I could sell all three and get a.... what is as cool as an old piece of machinery?0
rather than taking up bandwidth here. here's a link
https://goo.gl/photos/K1r33yqMAYGMK2Zt8
I'll add more photos as I get around to having pieces clean enough to identify.
So far nothing more than a small wire brush and soap and water after the E bath has been done to anything.
Once 'clean' I spray a little Kroil, or Kerneys rust cutter to help loosen things up.
Several pieces including the Spindle/chuck have run through the oven @ 400F for 2-3 hrs but the face plate is still stuck. Chucks off but not the face plate from the spindle.