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Got the question in the title. It is now blue but I want to refurb and paint original color.
Question did you mount the quick change tool holder in place of the 4 way tool post that was stock? The one that I ran in the the late 70's was green.
4gsr,
I believe over in Practical Machinist, they have a Warner & Swasey section, You might want to check, What model is your machine? as it looks a small machine as these machines go, A factory I used to visit in Glasgow Scotland had a line of Warners, these machines may have been lease lend dating from 1939-45 war period, They were a dark grey colour
Look after your machine they are good & impressive items of machinery
I see this all the time on this forum and others, too.
Why does it matter to paint it the original color it was from the factory?
Most of the old paint colors used way back then are not that great, much less pleasing, as newer colors used today.
Paint it what ever color you want. Make it pleasing to your eyes.
Rustolum makes a color that I started using on my machines that is called "smoke gray". It's kind of a color that is very similar to the old "machine tool gray" And it looks very nice!