bwal,
Terribly sorry about the delay. I've been all over the place, and my "feverish pace" diminished after not meeting the New Year's goal. Do I have pictures?! How about way too many?
Actually, I've been looking for a place to post them, but I don't think there is an appropriate place on here, and I think it would be white noise on practicalmachinist.com. Any ideas?
Until then, here are a few pics..
This is how she looked when I brought her home. It was literally rusted immobile. The ram would not slide, and I couldn't get anything to rotate.
I've seen people squirt solvent, and force machines back into operation, but I knew right away I wouldn't be comfortable with this. So, I began tearing it down.
Here's a nice trick I came up with knowing I definitely did not have a tool made to remove this part.
My tiny workspace quickly became overloaded. You can see the ram in the background, and the guts of the machine strewn across the front of the bench.
Pretty early on I had to decide whether this would be a functional restoration, or if I was going full on. I think you can guess which one I chose. Not only am I chasing all threads, but removing badges, etc.
Look at that ram. It's really coming along. I've got a couple of screws to extract, and one or two badge securing pins as well. But, I'm just about ready for paint on darned near all of the parts.
I've also got a maroon scotch brite wheel coming to "buff" all of my screws, rods, etc.