Brian Lawson wrote:
Hey William,

Well, first off, get it in out of the cold. There is a good chance
that the casting has shrunk slightly and is therefore tight. When
cold, everything is tougher to work on, and has greater risk of
breaking if you force anything.

When you do move it into a warmer place, blow some dry heat over it,
and keep it under constant air circulation for at least a day until it
warms up to room temperature so it won't rust from the condensation
formed when coming in from the cold. Be ready for that before
bringing it in.

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Excellent advisory.
At Babin Machine Tools we keep the rebuilting faculty at consistantly
68 degree temperature. I learned this during my apprenticeship at
Moore in the precision filling and painting department many years ago.
SWMBO HILde and I spent our honeysmoon in Seneca Falls and conceived
our first child there many only years ago. Your machine is older than
that. Not modern to high speed mul;titasker turnings.
You have a good lather there and the drive argament looks good. Don't
get sidwedged to fix what's too already working.
Happy Hollentdays!
Al Babin & Sons
ISO 9000 comliant job shop, rebuilting and refreshments to machinery
tools, k-mART CASGHIER 312 BRISTOL, CUSTOM POOL CUES AND COVERS TO KEEP
THE LEAVES OUT