Hi! I'm new to the board!
I, too, recently acquired an Enterprise sausage stuffer, and fully hope to use it to do what it was intended--make sausage!
The thing is a complete rust bucket, but it's become something of a mission of mine to restore it to it's almost original grandeur. I started "polishing" it yesterday--after dismantling the whole set up--and I've knocked off the worst of the heavy rust with a wire brush attached to a drill.
(I live in Chicago, and don't have much in the way of a backyard or workshop, so electrolysis and lye treatments aren't really an option).
My questions: How "deep" should I polish it? Is there any danger in using a drill/wire brush set up?
I think I should 'buff' or very lightly sand the stuffer to get the last, stubborn bits of rust (and the stuff stuck in hard-to-reach places), but I don't know what to use. Suggestions? I don't want to scratch the surface too much, but give it a nice cast iron patina.
Re-seasoning is my biggest fear--how to season so many parts and pieces that must move smoothly in order for the stuffer to work? I'll use Crisco, as recommended here, but if anyone has any experience or hard-learned lessons to share, I'm all ears/eyes! If the site allows, I can post before and after pictures of the stuffer when the project is complete!