Otto: The factory color for that era was a green/blue color that I did not care for. This is a color that I had the paint store custom mix for me. The paint is PPG oil base gloss and I used a Rustoleum white clean metal primer. The machine weighs about 1600 lb and I built a couple sets of wheels, sometimes called skates in the trade, to move it around in the shop. Of course I hired a rigging company to move it to my shop.
Jason: This is an "M" head machine, somewhat smaller than the "J" head. My understanding is the early round ram machines did not have the J head available. The whole machine is smaller than yours, Y travel is only about 9 inches. The table is full size. Its a more lightweight machine, certainly not for any heavy duty machining. Collets are Brown and Sharp #7 which only go up to 1/2 inch size. I like that you took yours apart to rebuild it. I did not remove the knee or saddle, I was not that ambitious. Did you scrape the dovetail ways for accuracy?
