Our rusty lathe

The company didn't pay the mortgage for over a year, and our nearly new lathe got very rusty.

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domdanial@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

and after cleaned it up with wire brush and scotchbrite

Machinist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I was about to say, some elbow grease, and it's probably pretty okay under there.

Takes way more rust than you would think to ruin cast iron.

domdanial@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y

Elbow grease and a pneumatic wire wheel thing.

jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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domdanial@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y

Nope, no rebuilding. I also haven't actually used it yet, because of other work taking priority. I'm the only machinist in the shop, so I have a lot to get to lol. And, the tool holder shouldn't need to be ultra precise anyway because I touch off tools anyway.