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John Pierce
 
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Default How to keep rust off hand planes?

John wrote in message . ..
Store in a fairly tightly sealed box/container with some of the vapor
phase rust inbititors in there and a desicant to keep it dry would do
the job

Check out the rust preventor wrapping paper as well.

All of the above can be found for sale at Brownell's
(www.brownells.com) as well as other websites out there

[snip for brevity (if brevity is the soul of wit, what if someone is
half-brief?)...]

rust show up so quickly? How do I keep this from happening and what do I

do
after it does? Regards. -Guy


Move to Denver?


Best answer! However, there is a dearth of jobs there. Here in the
DFW area, I keep a 5 gal bucket with pure mineral spirits in the shop.
I dumped canning paraffin in, to dissolve. I just dunk in a plane,
or chisel, or whatever, and it comes out coated with very thin
paraffin. Capillary action gets it in the smallest nooks and
crannies.

Much cheaper than boeshield, et al, and works just as well for me.

Did I mention I'm frugal, er, cheeeep?

John Pierce
Maker of Fine wood Chips and Shavings