Restoring a Smart & Brown Lathe

[Mr Mechanical]

Hi Guys

New to this forum. Thought I'd share my current project. Last week a bought a Smart & Brown Sabel Lathe.

So far I have stripped the lathe down and I'm just staring to clean, de-grease, de-rust and paint.

Also, there is a bit of play in the spindle, so I hope to fix this when rebuilding.

Videoing this project and sharing it on youtube, so if your interested please check out part 1 (strip down) on my channel:

Any tips on how to remove paint from the cast iron parts would be appreciated. (currently I'm thinking of using paint stripper.)

Also, ideas on how to improve / check the the accuracy of the machine would be appreciated.