357 days ago
by John Franklin |
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I have not been good about taking interim pics, here’s the number 6 after electrolysis and a lot of cleaning…
she is one good looking plane!
since most of the japaning was lost to time, scrubbing and electrolysis, i’m going to eventually sandblast and refinish
for now the sole needs to be lapped, the sides brought to 90 degrees, and I’ve got a veritas blade and chip breaker on order (I almost went with the IBC/Crosman but for the 50% premium over lee valley...
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365 days ago
by John Franklin |
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and I thought my POS Buck Brothers plane was worthless… NOPE! it’s an awesome anode!
evaporust was not as wonderful as i’d hoped (probably not enough prep by me); trying electrolysis.
i think i read that this should be done at 6 amps, my choices are 2 (trickle) and 10 (fast) so i’m going with 2. might take longer, but what the heck…
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406 days ago
by JordsWoodShop |
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In this how to video, I show you how you can use electrolysis to restore your forgotten, old, rusty hand tools.
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496 days ago
by Dave |
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Electrolysis has become my favorite way to clean an old tool. It is a chemical method but is one of the cleanest and greenest ways to do it. First I clean the dirt and debris off of the project. Then take a roto tool with a brush and loosen paint, grease and large rust deposits. I believe this method leaves as much of the original metal as possible. There are some fine articles on the subject. WWGOA , americanwoodworker , and a ton of or lj’s have posted on the subject, here is just one...
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602 days ago
by Sarit |
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I added another entry to my blog describing the build here: http://saritsblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/garage-sale-handplanes-2-psu-mod-for.html
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615 days ago
by Sarit |
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I’ll be documenting my restoration on my blog also.
I got these on my last outing. I had just about given up hope when I saw one more yard sale sign on my way home. I managed to negotiate them down to $60. Its a Stanley #7C and #5C. The tote is broken on the 5, and the lip on the 7 also looks broken off. I’ll do a blog on restoring these once I can get some of my other projects squared away.
I don’t think these are the kind that should be kept in its original rusty con...
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678 days ago
by ajosephg |
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One of these days I plan on using electrolysis to remove the rust on my modest antique tool collection. However, I don’t own a battery charger and see no need to purchase one, so I decided to use the power supply out of an obsolete personal computer. This is my story.
1. I ran an ad on Freecycle for an old computer. Within several hours I get a hit from a fellow with a late 90’s Dell Dimension desktop computer.
2. Removed the power supply and after a lot of head scratch...
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683 days ago
by Don W |
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First and formost I want to thank Al for his Electrolysis: on the cheap for vintage tool people and all the other LJ members who responded. This is a shortened version of the forum thread.
Go get a rubber tote, a battery charger, some Arm and Hammer Washing Soda and a long piece of metal (like a length of rebar, or steel rod or bar)
Add water and about a table spoon of Washing soda (baking soda doesn’t work nearly as well) to each gallon of water. I like to error on the “...
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712 days ago
by Bertha |
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I’ve got some things with brown stuff on them. Lesser men call it rust; true LJ’s don’t recognize this “rust” as a worthy foe. To follow is a real-time electrolysis setup.
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I’m no expert on electrolysis, but being stupid has never stopped me from doing stupid things. I’m going to blog an electrolysisi system for rusty tools in real time. You accept all risk, as I’ll be deemed incompetent pre-trial, so good luck in the civil..
First...
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813 days ago
by hambonez |
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I first read about hand plane restoration here and I’ve been waiting to try my hand at it myself for some time. The link is very informative and was my blueprint for trying rust removal with electrolysis.
What I did differently:
I used a “wall wart” as my power supply. My battery charger is too smart and wouldn’t power the tank. I had an old plug to an old scanner that was in the toss pile as part of stage I off “Tiny Basement Shop Construction”, s...
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