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Thanks! I'll definitely be trying that. I have used straight citric acid in the past on a hand plane that I de-rusted, but sounds like the baking soda and dawn addition works even better!

I'm happy with this morning's progress. After liberal hosing with PB, WD-40, and Simple Green, all of the siezed parts are now un-stuck. Including the chuck, the depth stop fine-adjust knob, the head lock, a safety collar, the hub, and the quill. All were stuck before and now move more or less...

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. Love the style of that one.

Wow!

Thanks! It's helpful for me to get a feel for where this thing lives on the rust spectrum. I am realizing it's not as extreme as my initial thought. 😀

Wow! Those are lovely. Thanks, I'm looking forward to digging into this thing. I hope this weekend to get the stuck parts un-stuck. I am curious though, what constitutes a "poor" repaint? (Just so I don't do it myself!) I'd strip it down to bare metal, prime and paint.

I bought a Craftsman 150 drill press at an online auction. I won it for $27 and happily drove the 45 minutes away to pick it up, only to find that the auction photos did not really tell the condition. When I arrived, I found that it had been stored since time immemorial in an open barn on that...