I've just bought my first drill press (Jet JDP-15M). The machine marks on the flat surfaces of both the table and the base seem to be quite aggressive. I don't know if this is normal or not. I'm wondering if (on the table anyway) it's for friction? Although it seems to be more coarse than necessary for this purpose. The base is even more rough. Its actually proving quite difficult to clean off the shipping protective coating due to the sharp tool marks.
I'm wondering if I should attempt to smooth them out a little and, if so, what would be a decent method?
The DP will be used mostly for woodwork and I hope to add a larger woodworking table to it at some point (although the stock table is not bad for size).
Any opinions would be appreciated
Geoff