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Well today I went around town and gathered some simple supplies to scrape... Prussian blue (at Napa), a decent file & handle from Home Depot to convert to a scraper, a rubber roller from a craft store.
I've got a small surface plate that I'm sure is out of cert if it ever was in. But it's free and was given to me from a job site where it was being a door stop for who knows how long... at least the working surface was face up!
The item to be worked on is an milling table for a drill press. It's missing the vise so the top is just an open dovetail. But that part is mounted on another dovetail that is complete with a gib. It's small and looks like it was just rough milled into the condition its in now. It's cast iron. End value of it being just an item to practice on.
I've been reading tons...watching all the videos. Reading the machine restoration book as recommended.
Should be fun....Doing this while I wait for parts on the Bridgeport full head rebuild.
Paul
I've got a small surface plate that I'm sure is out of cert if it ever was in. But it's free and was given to me from a job site where it was being a door stop for who knows how long... at least the working surface was face up!
The item to be worked on is an milling table for a drill press. It's missing the vise so the top is just an open dovetail. But that part is mounted on another dovetail that is complete with a gib. It's small and looks like it was just rough milled into the condition its in now. It's cast iron. End value of it being just an item to practice on.
I've been reading tons...watching all the videos. Reading the machine restoration book as recommended.
Should be fun....Doing this while I wait for parts on the Bridgeport full head rebuild.
Paul