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Hello all,

Just wanted to introduce myself as I have been lurking around the forum for the past couple weeks. My father is a carpenter/cabinet builder and I have recently taken up woodworking as a hobby and have been very slowly accumulating tools. Last weekend, I re-united with an old college buddy who had a Mark V Greenie in his garage that he just wanted to get rid of and refused to take any money for it.

It included a bandsaw and jointer, but is missing a few random things like a power coupler, drill chuck and lathe centers,etc... The motor seems to runs beautifully thus far, but the gilmer belt appears to have a lot of wear. Anyway, after reading through a lot of this forum, I've decided to attempt a full restoration.

I have absolutely no experience in tool restoration and as you might expect I have about a hundred questions. I will try not to bother you guys with too much and feel free to link to other threads if my questions are redundant.

I am going to start with some refurbishing of the tables, stripping paint, polishing handles etc...and will tackle the headstock in couple weeks. I have read a lot about electrolysis, evaporust, etc...My first question is for the table saw table/extension table/fence which do not have a ton of rust but clearly need refurbishing, what would you recommend (step-by-step) for these. (pics below) Is naval jelly a good option for these?

Below are some pics of the Mark V -- Serial No: 270875, 1954. Jointer not seen here because I still have to go pick it up.

I look forward to my time in the Shopsmith community and appreciate any help/advice.

Thanx,

Erik (Barsymes)

Welcome to the forum Erik. You will enjoy your time here. That is an awfully nice looking machine for a freebie.

mbcabinetmaker wrote:Welcome to the forum Erik. You will enjoy your time here. That is an awfully nice looking machine for a freebie.

Very nice indeed!!!!!

Just to be specific, Electrolysis and evaporust are for steel/cast iron parts(rusty) ONLY(ignore Mickyd's attempt to electrolyze aluminum - was not very successful). I have found citrusstrip to do a good job of removing the alox so as to help a subsequent cleaning/polishing with wire wheel(fine). Rough it out with a steel brush(FINE) and finish it off with a brass(VERRRRRRY fine) wire wheel.

Use evaporust on smaller steel parts(screws/nuts/bushings/...) and save the electrolysis for sheet shaped items(legs, belt housing, motor pan). It will also do very well at paint removal!!!

If doing the tubes, do consider evaporust in a 2" drain pipe(with a 1" insert to reduce the quantity of evaporust needed to fill the tube) .

Good Luck, and Welcome to the looney farm!

JPG40504 wrote:Very nice indeed!!!!!

Just to be specific, Electrolysis and evaporust are for steel/cast iron parts(rusty) ONLY(ignore Mickyd's attempt to electrolyze aluminum - was not very successful). I have found citrusstrip to do a good job of removing the alox so as to help a subsequent cleaning/polishing with wire wheel(fine). Rough it out with a steel brush(FINE) and finish it off with a brass(VERRRRRRY fine) wire wheel.

Use evaporust on smaller steel parts(screws/nuts/bushings/...) and save the electrolysis for sheet shaped items(legs, belt housing, motor pan). It will also do very well at paint removal!!!

If doing the tubes, do consider evaporust in a 2" drain pipe(with a 1" insert to reduce the quantity of evaporust needed to fill the tube) .

Good Luck, and Welcome to the looney farm!

Wow,

This was extremely helpful, thank you so much. Heading off for supplies now!

Gee, I missed your original post. Welcome aboard. It's impossible to bother us too much. We've got nothing else to do.

You should be able to find a couple of your questions answered here.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=3078

Good luck and looking forward to a progress report.

Welcome and congrats on a great find. I have been looking for a 2nd SS for about 2 years and haven't found a anything even close to yours. Goes to show you the good will on the forum, I'll bet every helper was wishing it was theirs, but helped anyway. Keep us posted.