I have a 1961 vintage Bridgeport mill that I am fixing up so I can finally learn to use it properly. The machine is mostly in good shape but the table has been crashed into several times with tooling. Does anyone see a problem in resurfacing the table? I figure it will take about .100" to .150" to clean it up and planed to use the surfacer at a friends engine machine shop. The surfacer designed for decking engine blocks and heads will get the table nice and flat but the surface finish will be a little rough. From there I planned to just hand polish. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something like the dimension change effecting some operation or the hardness of the table service, etc. Thanks for any help.
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