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Ed: Thanks - I promised not to spend a lot on materials while I learn woodworking and 'free metal' had my number. Also any new lumber was from the 70% off pile at Home Depot. I made each panel in 2 foot sections with just glue and pipe clamps. I then used glue and dowels to join the two foot parts t...

I found someone getting rid of their old metal horse corral fences for free to anyone who would come out and cut them up, so I went out with my daughter and we cut 'em up and hauled 'em back to the house. I wanted to create some kind of four-tiered garage shelving and these provided a skeletal frame...

algale wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:22 am The ice cream comment made me laugh! But I'm impressed with the rust removal capabilities!

I never forgot that Life cover you posted years ago -- wotta Rube Goldberg of pending disaster that was!

Steve: Good questions - all of which are answered in John Dalton's informative post below (I'm still learning/reading up myself).

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Scott

Ed: Thanks for your feedback, and explanations. You've also solved a longstanding issue for me: I have the same portable sand blaster and suffered repeat clogging while using it. T'was the long hose killer all along! Thanks for that, seems so obvious. Next time I'll use a shorter one. Incredible dea...

This was a banner Xmas - I received both a free (and partially rusty) barbell weight set from my neighbors, and a shopsmith flexible shaft purchased through eBay from my wife. So to combine the two I placed the rather large wire wheel I got with my 10er and made short work of the rust on the weight ...

Noted. I'll stick with spray painting for this one and keep my Central Pneumatic 150 PSI for low-level bead blasting.

I just unpacked one of the greatest surprise Xmas gifts I've ever received - a 1955 Magna Air Compressor. AirCompressor.JPG I read up on it previously in the link below: https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=303753&hilit=compressor#p303753 as well as Chapmanruss' excellent deep dive into S...

Russ:

I think that's a good lesson for me to leave unrusted areas well enough alone. Good luck with your move, may the summer weather be kind.

Thank you! This is my first time restoring (cleaning up?) one of these so any and all advice is welcome!