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beeg wrote:Thanks MickyD. Last time a couple months ago I did knot understand how to set it up. But this time after reading it, I GOT IT. You want several rods wired together for the positive connection, then the negative connection is attached to the the piece being cleaned.

Don't use rods. Instead, use pieces of sheet metal that fit tightly around the inside of the container. It has much more surface area and it not only cleans faster but also, you don't have to clean off the junk that gets deposited on it so often. With the rods having such a small surface area, they start to loose thier ability to attrack since they get VERY gunked up. Look at the sheet metal I use in my container. It's in my post :

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=3078

mickyd wrote: Have you seen Nick's video on how he gets rid of the rust on the bench tubes the lazy mans way? He uses a potato in a PVC pipe filled with H2O. I just tried to find the video but couldn't. I'll look again or if someone knows where it is, post the link.

Here is the 8 minute video of Nick's potato cleaning.
http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/Tips_Ar ... emoval.htm