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Originally Posted by Worth1
Some of you may have seen where I picked up an old Shop Smith from way back when.
More than likely one of the first that was made back in the late 40's or early 50's.
If not here is what it looked like.
Since then it has been disassembled and put in the garage.
It took some doing as it was all rusted up.
The two long tubes are more or less what you call ways, this is what other parts of the lathe slides on.
Today I have one of them polished back up.
You cant turn the stuff off I had to polish it off to maintain the proper diameter of the tubes.
One down and one to go, it is a lot of work in a 95 degree garage, it makes the 80 degree house feel cool.
As times goes on I will continue to post the progress of this old relic here.
Worth.
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Have you ever had a moment when you wish you could go back in time to see something in its exact color and state before it was ever used? The black does look good.
I am glad you posted pictures before restoration as well.