Having seen the fine work by Wallace I wondered if I could have some advice on cleaning up a 10" Sedgwick PT I recently bought.
I've attached some pics and basically I want to clean up the tables, fence etc. They are rusted and a bit mucky. I'm not looking to strip the machine and give it a respray or anything like that. Just get the metal work rust free and polished up.
I haven't run the machine yet. In fact I haven't even switched it on! I've sent the blades to Leitz for sharpening and that's as far as I've got. I have given it a basic check over and the thicknessing table moves smoothly, the electrics inside the switch gear are clean, rust free and all terminated tight and neat. The planer head rotates smoothly. This is the first PT I have owned so apologies if this sounds like thick things to say, they were the immediate things that came to mind. So keen to hear anything else I should check.
My job after this is to build an extraction hood. I got a quote for fabrication of one and nearly passed out! I've seen a fair few posts on this so should be ok on this.
The seller said it hadn't been used for 20 years. So if there's anything relevant you think could do with checking or servicing I'd be glad to know.
My immediate thought was autosol and some machine wax but wanted to ask the experts before rushing headfirst into to and making a mess!
Cheers
Andy
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