Is This Worth Restoring?

Anybody know the procedure for scraping in chromed ways? Just curious. Seeing that there is flaking I guess one can assume that the normal scraping procedures apply? Or are they generally ground?
 
So I recently acquired a 1972 Bridgeport series 2 for a hell of a deal and I've been learning as much as I can about machining, tooling and setups just as much as I can about machining in general. I'm currently working on getting the machine converted to 230vac operation as I would like to see it running before I go ahead and start with any sort of restoration. I figured you guys would know best so I got some close ups of all my ways and I'm wondering what you guys think, is it worth salvaging!?
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A series 2 Bridgeport is a big machine
And awqured to work at .
They are very heavyduty and a heck of a lot
More ridged than a series 1 Bridgeport.
I would get it cleaned up and running real
Good . Then try to trade down to a Bridgeport series 1 mill.
The Bridgeport series 1 with the J head would
Be a lot more comfortable to run .
If you have room to keep it in your shop
Then fine keep it and get a series 1 also.
 
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Excellent score, it seems. Let's just hope it stays that way. It's impossible to tell just how good a condition it is until you put it in service. Let's hope there isn't something hidden that will take the shine off what appears to be a super deal.

I'm with the clean up first crew. Scotchbrite or steel wool and a mild solvent will make a huge difference in your ability to see what lies hidden. Save the stone work for areas that you can see a good reason for it. If there are no dings to stone down, then so much the better. And things that are difficult to move may well free up once things are clean. I wouldn't try to run it too much until I was satisfied that all moving parts are clean and well lubricated. Then you can give it a more fair evaluation. If nothing major shows up, then you definitely got a steal. Great going and I hope that is how things turn out. But even if you have to spend some on a few bits here and there, it's still overwhelmingly in your favor that you got a good or great deal. Many of us would (and should) be envious.
 
Anybody know the procedure for scraping in chromed ways? Just curious. Seeing that there is flaking I guess one can assume that the normal scraping procedures apply? Or are they generally ground?
Chromed ways would be to hard to hand scrap
I would think . I know noting about scraping
But don't think you could .
It is just my opinion
 
KBC (Canada) sells a good selection of different weight way oil's. 1 gal size as I recall under EEZ brand. I've seen some guys re-packaging them into smaller bottles, but not in Canada.
 
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