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Our rusty lathe (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] Machinist 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Elbow grease and a pneumatic wire wheel thing.