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I go to a local church which is predominately elderly people. I have made about a dozen of the walking canes and given them to some of the senior fold. They love the design, the weight and the variety. Using scraps fro other projects, I have be able to use red oak, white oak, walnut, ebony, curly maple, and cherry.
They are a great gift idea.
I don’t know how bad your rust is, but naval jelly will work. I had an old Delta table saw that had been in the open door of a barn for years and was really rusty. I dismantled it soldered a wire lead to it, soldered another lead to a length of re-bar. I placed the rusty parts in a bath of borax (washing soda) suspended the re-bar in the bath, but not touch the rusty saw parts, connected the leads to my batter charger and left it for four days. All the rust floated off leaving an oxidized surface that wiped off with a rag. You google this if you need detail instructions. Personally, I only went to those lengths because I had so many parts and lots of rust.
There will be sanding and buffing with which ever method you choose. I have done several with a motorized wire brush and abrasive paper.
Good luck
I have worked wood for 35 years, amateur only. I started out wrong. I thought I had to have all the power tools and gadgets, a proper European bench and jigs. I wish I had started out as a hand tool only worker, which is where I am headed now. Veritas has a plan for an “apartment bench.” It might be exactly what you want, but it has ideas that are applicable. The vises are not. I lived in Africa for ten years and watched African craftsmen build good items with only about four tools. I helped me long for better craftsmanship and less tools. Less tools mean less need of more space. You can, if you have to, doo good work in a space not much more than a closet…..see Aldren’s book on hand tools, he has a plan for a closet size bench. Good luck
George
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