Making mine bright yellow, so I can see easily any things I might drop.
Don't get hung up on color. Manufacturers changed colors and paint base depending on the lowest bidder for that batch, or month, or year.
Gray was the cheapest color because you could make it by dumping in all the paint remnants and a squirt or two of color to get some "consistent" hue.
Make your lathe the color that floats your boat. Be unique. Enjoy your toy.?
Polka dots are fun, too, especially for lathes sitting on a cabinet.?
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Food for thought. ?My 1929 SB 9” Junior original color was black (japanning) with white color inside the bed ways (nice contrast while viewing your work). ?I kept all the japanning, simply top coated with semi gloss black. ? Your lathe, your
color…..all the the restored machines in my shop are dark gray, the SB is my exception. ?
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On Jul 26, 2023, at 2:28 PM, E A <b-arch@...> wrote:
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This is an extremely close match to paint that had been hidden by the gear box since 1942... Went on nicely as well...
But as others have said, the color formulas changed over ……..
