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My Homemade Metal Lathe Project
Yes I too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by Mr. Dave Gingery.
Here is the bed casting smeared with Prussian blue oil paint purchased from an art supply store for about $3.00. I did the scraping with a cheap dollar store chisel. I don't know if I mastered scraping but I sure got a lot of practice sharpening that cheap chisel...
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