Marty Escarcega wrote:
"SRF" wrote in
I'm cleaning up a South Bend 10" Heavy and want to make it look really
nice. One problem is that there are a number of nicks, some fairly
good size. Most are in places where I can't just grind the surface
down. I don't want to use epoxy where it is not a painted surface
since the epoxy will show up pretty obviously against the polished
steel. I don't want to weld it and put stresses into this nicely aged
metal. I was wondering if spray welding would work and can it be done
by a home shop guy. Or is there any epoxy out there that looks like
polished steel? Any other suggestions?

If its a machined surface, I would not touch it.
If its non critical, I wouldn't worry about it. Polish everything else
up. Its not a brand new machine, it does add some character to it. :-)

Leave it alone, they're battle scars and as Marty says
it gives it character. For arguments sake say that you
would spend hours to clean that all up somehow and than
*you* put a nick in it: You would feel very bad about it.
If you leave it alone you can say: "Eh, another nick
so what, you can't see the difference" and even smile
when you think: "Good thing that I listened to Marty's
and John's advice and did not waste my time" HTH
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