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Snips... ;-)Condensation in my cold shop Having a shop with a concrete floor which was poured to resemble
a saucer with a drain sump Handplanes, saws and my other newly discovered toy..er tools are proving to be a different animal altogether. So far I have tried waxing (only moderately successful), oiling (from 3in1 to 10w30, this seems to be better than waxing) to silicon spray (the jury isn't in on this one yet). All of these methods seem to be moderately successful but none seem to work completely. Sealed containment with desiccant is probably not an option, because of size and quantity, access, and working habits. The one thing that I know which seems to work well (as Scott said) is air movement. When my shop was a two car garage in Houston (avg. humidity 80+%) I had two ceiling fans in my shop, by leaving one running all the time I was able to avoid a lot (not all) of the normal rusting which would have occurred. I sometimes wonder if this is the reason I find the quantity of planes painted that I do. Not that I'm advocating painting tools. Just wondering if this could be the reason. The real problem is keeping the tools waxed or oiled or whatever, as this needs to be done after each tool is used before putting it away (and many times a plane or other tool will spend a week or more in the tool tray after use before being put away). What? You thought I might have the answer...no such luck, unless you want to try painting your tools to keep them from rusting, and if you do paint them, use some color other than black. Maybe red or green. Roy Griggs January 10, 2006 |
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piped to nowhere, simply piped off underground, I have a problem
with moisture. I maintain about a 52 deg. minimum in my shop during
the winter months but whenever I kick the heat up to work in the
shop I get the inevitable condensation. With p*w*r tools this wasn't
a real problem, waxing tables frequently with Johnson's paste wax
seemed to hold the rust monster at bay. Not a hard thing to do as
the number was small and it didn't take all that much effort and
time.