Our rusty lathe

The company didn't pay the mortgage for over a year, and our nearly new lathe got very rusty.

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and after cleaned it up with wire brush and scotchbrite
- 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.
  
  Elbow grease and a pneumatic wire wheel thing.
Did you have to rebuild the chuck? I'd imagine that was in a nightmare state.
- Nope, no rebuilding. I also haven't actually used it yet, because of other work taking priority. I'm the only machinist in the shop, so I have a lot to get to lol. And, the tool holder shouldn't need to be ultra precise anyway because I touch off tools anyway.