Well, right now I could use a little less "fight" and a lot more cooperation LOL.
Thank you for the suggestion on the hot / cold thing. That seems to have done the trick!
For sure, I am a hard-headed SOB! I don't give up easily.
Bringing "basket cases" back to life seems to be turning into a bit of a habit lately. This is my third basket case this year. We had a really bad flood in this area back in 2016. Flooded an incredible number homes and businesses - rained 42" in 48 hours if I remember right. Anyway, my father-in-law had a wood working shop set up out in his barn. He got 14' of water in his barn. All his tools got flooded and I think he just got depressed about it and left it all out there to rust. Almost 5 years later, in Feb this year, he passed away. All the stuff in the barn was still there rusting away. In an effort to help the MIL, I volunteered to try to restore some of the pricier equipment out there and sell it for her. So far I've done a drill press and a planer / jointer. Got a wood lathe and a large band saw to go. I kept the drill press for my shop.
A couple of befores and afters:
Mud all the way up top. There was still water in the head between the bearings.
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Planer / jointer
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