I did some more prep today. I did something I never do. I went to Harbor Freight (because Menards didn't have what I needed) and bought a wire wheel and polycarbide wheel for the angle grinder. The polycarbide wheel is fast for paint and rust removal on flat surfaces, but grinds metal quite quickly. The wire wheel is good for any surface but shoots out little wire missiles, make sure you're wearing heavy pants and eye protection. Citrus degreasers remove/damage paint and Dawn Power Dissolver which I used to cut through some old cutting lube/grease/muck on a lathe part dissolved the paint on the band saw covers fairly quickly with less work than paint stripper. Some people use Dawn Power Dissolver to clean model engines which is why I had it. It's made for the kitchen to cut through baked on grease. I forget what's in, it but wear gloves. I stopped using it on model engines because it seems to soak into pores in casting were you can't even see any and shows up later as white spots. Maybe some photos tomorrow. And try to bid on some proper pulleys on Ebay.
Regarding the table, I do have Evaporust, but will probably just manually remove it. I have also done electrolytic rust removal in the past.
Gus, I did consider just what you did, but I do have the space, although it's running out quick and the wife complains that all the space is mine. It's time to move.
Greg