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17 January 2017 at 3:13 pm #308444
It can be a bit messy, but WD40 and coarse steel wool will take care of most rust. Anything more stubborn gets 80 grit wet & dry abrasive paper, but I like the steel wool because it leaves any etching and hard edges intact where the paper can blur or round over.
16 September 2016 at 1:48 pm #140261I’ve just done a similar project – I was buying two walnut wardrobes from a house clearance and the seller happened to mention that she wanted to get rid of some tools from the shed!
A #4 Stanley, clamps, surforms, bench vise and a carpenters square similar to yours for close to nothing!
If the blade is solidly attached (i.e. doesn’t move when you wiggle it) you should be OK – I just removed as much of the rust as I could with steel wool and oiled it. It’s not shiny metal but I quite like that. I’ve had to true mine with the parallel lines method (draw a line with it on a piece of paper clamped to a table, then reverse the square and draw another from the same base point) and some abrasive paper. So the important bit, the actual edge, is perfectly flat.
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