Reply To: Plough plane – advice on buying
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For what its worth I live up in Newcastle and my workshop is in a 11×8 shed with no insulation and until recently a leaking roof! It probably comes as no surprise that this winter I had a problem with tools rusting due to condensation. It was mainly the planes that were badly affected as they were on open shelves.
Half way through the winter I cleaned the rust off and nipped to a charity furniture shop and bought a second hand vintage chest of drawers with ply bottoms to the drawers for strength. I put all the planes in there and not one has rusted since. I didn’t bother oiling them but this would have been a belt and braces approach. It seems to me that if you want to stop rust, get your tools under cover in a chest or a tool cabinet (top of my list for my next project).
I did fit a greenhouse tube heater running off a thermostat but I think its questionable how effective it has been. I have also used those single use de-humidifier tubs and they have helped take moisture out all year round. Oh and fixing the roof may have helped a bit too!