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Our rusty lathe (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago by domdanial@reddthat.com to c/machinist@sh.itjust.works

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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 points 4 months ago (1 children)

and after cleaned it up with wire brush and scotchbrite

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 points 4 months ago

Elbow grease and a pneumatic wire wheel thing.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you have to rebuild the chuck? I'd imagine that was in a nightmare state.

[–] domdanial@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago

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.