Searcher7 wrote:

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I also wasn't sure how a battery charger is to be hooked up to do the
electrolytic de rusting.

Negative to rusty part.

I don't know who this guy is but he is a genius!
http://www.spaco.org/Blacksmithing/Rust/ElectrolyticDerusting.htm

But I now have a 16oz bottle of Loctite Naval Jelly Rust Dissolver.
(I'll see how that works).

P.S.: Can you tell me what grit of sand paper would be used before
Nevr-Dull is used to polish the shafts? (At the moment, the finest I
have on hand is 400).

I would go much finer.
This stuff looks ideal to put a shine on that metal:
http://www.shop3m.com/60070003177.html?WT.mc_ev=clickthrough&WT.mc_id=sh op3m-AtoZ-Crocus-Cloth

--Winston