Marcus often internal slides and even external if a good metal will not have lost enough in rusting to make them unusable and any original oil can keep most in reasonable condition for a number of years. When you clean the surface rust with a scraper (not too sharp) and or wire brush you can still see machining marks.
My southbend came rather black from a paint shop but any rust I had to clean off is small fry compared to the wear on the slide from its production days. I have cleaned and painted a few parts over the years, still scruffy though http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchstr=southbend+pd in my hobbing machine, was a bit of a fight to free and take apart http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchstr=barber+colman+pd I had some water into the slide, mostly ok, just needed a clean with a scraper and fine (1200 grit) wet and dry to clean up. sorry no picture of that area after cleaning. Dave Caroline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
