On 2010-01-31, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus14657 wrote:

On 2010-01-31, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus10246 wrote:

It took me a lot of hours, but finally there is some visible
progress. At least I can use it now.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Clau...he/03-Cleanup/

i

Looks like a lot of elbow grease has been expended. Hope you have heat in your garage.

I normally do not heat my garage.


I have a homemade 10 kW heater that I use very occasionally, like when
it is very cold and I need to work for an hour in the garage.

If you store an automobile in your garage, the heat can be rough on it. All that road
salt works a bit harder to rust it.

I now feel lucky because I do not store automobiles in my garage.

Right now, the lathe has a lot of bare metal exposed that I do not
want to oil, plus I work in the garage on it a lot, so I just put a
room heater in it to prevent rust and to make it a little more
comfortable. Now it is at 40-45 degrees or so.

I guess while you are doing the elbow grease thing that is warm enough.

Yes, it could be warmer, but it is OK

Hopefully in a couple of weeks I will make a final determination as to
whether this lathe is usable as it is (which seems to be the case) and
finish cleaning, so I could paint what is paintable and oil what is
not paintable, then I can turn the room heater off.

So what are your plans as far as using it should you decide to keep
it? Are you going to machine in the cold during winter?

What other choices do I have, I think that I will machine in the cold
and hot.

i