The company didn't pay the mortgage for over a year, and our nearly new lathe got very rusty.
and after cleaned it up with wire brush and scotchbrite
I was about to say, some elbow grease, and it's probably pretty okay under there.
Takes way more rust than you would think to ruin cast iron.
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