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Re: Shop tool protection

To: shop-talk@triumph.cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: Shop tool protection
From: jsheds@ix.netcom.com (Jim Shedlauskas)
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 07:28:21 -0500 (CDT)
You wrote: 
>
>Anyone have advice about how to protect a drill press from rust?  
Should I
>WD-40 it occasionally?  Some sort of light oil?
>
>Kevin


I used some regular car wax on my table saw when I started seeing some 
rust on the top.  It can get pretty humid here in middle Tennessee in 
the summer, and the wax keeps the table top from rusting,  makes the 
wood slide better too!  Also works good on planes (the kind that cut, 
not fly).

A while back, someone on the list mentioned putting a cake of camphor 
in your toolbox to keep your tools from rusting.  I'll try anything 
once, but where can I find a cake of camphor?

Jim

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