Just bought a ABC Bridgeport style mill.

pontiac428 said:
Looking very clean! Nice work!
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Thanks! I appreciate that. I'm waiting on some bearing for the head so i can finish it. Since i was waiting, I went ahead and cleaned the left side and cleaned some of the ways...which look pretty good btw.

Jeff
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Not much visible wear on the ways, looks like you got a real gem. Have you gone after the surface rust on the table yet? What are you planning to use? I let mine sit in a new building with concrete that was still letting a lot of water vapor off, and I got some surface rust :dunno:. I was going to try steel wool and light oil, what's your plan?
 
pontiac428 said:
Not much visible wear on the ways, looks like you got a real gem. Have you gone after the surface rust on the table yet? What are you planning to use? I let mine sit in a new building with concrete that was still letting a lot of water vapor off, and I got some surface rust :dunno:. I was going to try steel wool and light oil, what's your plan?
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Yes, i hope so!

Im just going to scrape it with a razor blade, then I'll go over it with 0000 steel wool and wd-40. Here's a test section. Im just trying to clean it up. I don't need to remove the patina.

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Finished with the head and put it on. Cleaned a little more on it. Getting closer to cutting chips on it!
 

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That is a fantastic result for your cleaning efforts. Gives me hope for the job I have ahead on mine. The table came out looking nice!
 
pontiac428 said:
That is a fantastic result for your cleaning efforts. Gives me hope for the job I have ahead on mine. The table came out looking nice!
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Thanks! It's been a fun project and im looking forward to seeing how it performs!

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