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I might as well start an official restoration thread for my 4904 and just make posts to it as I go. SO here goes.. I cleaned the ways, the tailstock, and the cross slide. The ways cleaned up very nice, barely a nick or scratch in them and the carriage moves like glass across them. The tailstock was tough to move towards the end of the travel so I cleaned up a few burrs and polished it and it works smoothly now. I also cleaned up the cross slide which is totally beautiful. Overall, I am pretty thrilled with the lathe. It will need a spindle bearing and a few other bits and pieces and a paint job, but for the most part this should be a pretty straightforward job. First up will be getting the VFD mounted and wired up properly. Attached are a few pictures of all the shiney metal i cleaned today.