Comments on: Scrape Your Saw Clean

By: WiseGuy81

WiseGuy81 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:59:41 +0000

Tolpin…grumble grumble….stupid mistype

By: WiseGuy81

WiseGuy81 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:58:29 +0000

I love Jim Polpin….if only he had a new book coming out soon….;)

By: vinfonet

vinfonet — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:07:51 +0000

Chris
No qualms about taking the scraper to the machine, a little surgery now saves the amputation later. But how on the green earth could you standing the screaching sound of that!!!

By: weride

weride — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:23:09 +0000

Chris,
if you have time to read these i just wanted to say thanks. bought my first jointer yesterday, just a 6.5″ Craftsman. At $50.00 it needed the rust cleaned off and this was a life saver.
Jake

By: Lenny B

Lenny B — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:42:28 +0000

I, a 43 year, now retired maintenance machinest, admire your thinking to use a carbide scraper. It is far better to have a 1/2 thousand low spot on your table saw top than to have a .002 thousand high spot from rust that puts a stain mark on everything it touches. Great Idea.

By: JoeDes

JoeDes — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:17:48 +0000

Had similar problem with nasty stain on my table saw. I was on tour when water partially flooded my basement. The friend I had watching my house called in some cleaners to clean up the mess. Unfortunately one of them put two of my metal tool boxes on the table saw…still wet. You can picture the mess that did. Being machinist I used a combination of scotch brite (red) and 600 sand paper with my palm sander. It took time but I managed to get rid of all the rust. I do like “BLZeebub” rubbing wax paper does an excellent job for rust prevention.

Joe

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:16:19 +0000

Gary, Chris probably doesn't have his with him (he's teaching at Marc Adams's this week, and mine's at home). And I'll add my approbation to Chris's, though for paint removal in corners on some stuff I was stripping, rather than rust removal from tools – I haven't tried it for that. One of the things I appreciate about the "Skraper" is that the carbide tip is a solid bar, so there are eight sharp edges – which means if you work in a corner, you can simultaneously clean gunk off two surfaces (assuming they meet at 90°, of course). You can see the tool on the Benchcrafted Blog here.

By: Gary Smyth

Gary Smyth — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:53:43 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing a picture of the scraper. I have several carbide scrapers, but on mine the width seems a bit small for what you used yours for on the table. How about a picture of the tool?

By: JWatriss

JWatriss — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:08:01 +0000

I second (third? fourth?) the paste wax idea. We used Butcher’s at NBSS, I use something else in my shop. The important part is that it’s a beeswax/ carnauba mix. The beeswax wears off pretty quickly, but the carnauba builds up over time, and is much harder.

And if I have folks over to the shop, they’re made to understand not to put beer down on the cast iron. Good fences and all that. Or, you could make a masonite cover. Double-duty, makes for a decent glue-table.

By: abt

abt — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:41:05 +0000

I use Topcoat on these kinds of surfaces for preventitive. Purists may not like it, but it works well.