Time to spend a couple hours wire wheeling some parts. This goes incredibly fast and is my favorite part of any project. For now, this is just a 90% step to get the major assemblies apart and the massive grunge off. The wire wheels are going to get dirty fast, so will leave film, oil, etc. to some extent. Later, I'll install new wheels and do a quick once over, plus I'll polish/buff the exposed and non-painted parts like handles and knobs.
This is a long post, apologies for getting boring. There are a few comments interspersed in a couple places, but it's just before and after photos for the most part. Again, this is about two hours of work total.
Spindle cap.
Column cap.
The inside goes over to the drill press with a little spindle wire wheel for the interior.
Depth stop rod and nuts. What's this, there appears to be an extra, third, nut? That's a nice little find.
Yep... I even clean and reuse nuts, bolts, and washers if possible. They all have the same patina in the end. Keep your fingers away from the wheels if possible.
A useful tip for nuts... use the mating bolt or screw as the holder for the nut, just make sure it's rotating up the shaft, not down, so that it doesn't go flying across the room.
The table mounting and lock assembly.
Again, use tools to keep your fingers away from the wheel, make sure the wheel direction is pushing the small item onto it. Anybody else ever spend some time on their hands and knees looking for that critical little part that got flung to the other side of the shop?
I also run the threads, both internal and external, on every part during the cleanup stage.
The head and quill lock assemblies.
The quill lock casting. This part will get painted, and the machined internal surface of the column must be cleaned and protected so that it moves properly on the column.
The table clamp bracket that was such a pain to remove. Cleaning the internal threads on this will help it move a LOT better.
The return spring cover, plus a little mineral spirits rinse on the interior. The outside of this is more deteriorated than most other parts so far.
OK, time to take apart a couple subassemblies... the motor mount and the handwheel. These part intersections have been soaked with penetrant several times over the past several days. First the motor mount needs to have the large steel rods driven out. Time for the BFH, a steel pin, and the vise again. Huh, piece of cake, they come right out and clean up just fine. I'll strip the casting in a day or two.
Next up is the handwheel, which is still attached to the pinion shaft. The mounting bolt comes off surprisingly easy. Don't lose that little shaft key that holds everything in place.
Clean up the pinion and call it a night.
I'm down to the remainder of the handle, which I'll probably not take apart any further, the head, the table, and the table raising assembly. Plus several little cups full of nuts, bolts and other small parts.
Bearings for the motor got ordered this morning and should be here in a couple days. It's moving right along, looks like painting and the motor should be doable by the end of the weekend.
That thing is my strategic plan to divert the attention of anyone walking by when my garage door is open. The machine is mechanically perfect, but looks like crap. So I leave it right out front and center where it's the first and only thing you notice. I figure folks will see that POS and not pay attention to anything behind or around it. 
