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Working on a new tiny shop
vtsteam:
Here's a cloth pad (old cloth diaper (nappie?)) cut to fit the drill press table, and a scrap block of steel as an electrode.
vtsteam:
Here's the pad and electrode set up on the drill press. I used a battery charger set to 6 volts. Current draw with this setup was about an amp. I wore rubber gloves even though this was a low voltage (washing soda is rough on skin -- as well as conductive), and never touched the press or pads while the charger was plugged in. Even low voltage can kill if the current is high enough, or there is a ground fault, and I don't take chances that way.
I had the door to the tiny shop open while de-rusting -- that's practically as much ventilation as removing a wall on a shop this small. I don't recommend anyone else try this under other circumstances, but as I did it I felt confident I wasn't going to fry myself or ignite gasses. The precautions hold true of charging an auto battery in a space like this.
vtsteam:
I was gratified to be able to see even the original factory milling marks of the drill press table after only 10 minutes of de-rusting using this setup:
vtsteam:
The bench vise was trickier because it wasn't flat, Rust removal wasn't perfect, but good enough for now. Next summer I'll probably take it apart, de-rust in a tank, and paint it.
vtsteam:
The drill press and drill press vise look a lot happier than they did before. You can see I'm de-reusting the base below.
Well that's all for today.
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