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I store all my smaller parts, including saw blades, in hermetically sealed plastic food storage containers, you can get good quality ones that seem to take most, even quite large, parts. I think the one for my saw blades is meant for pizzas. These can then be stored on open shelving without worrying about the dreaded rust.
Having said this one of the projects on my list is a rolling under SS storage cabinet, but I will still keep the parts in the plastic boxes.

If you're going with sealed containers with the idea of reducing rust remember to include some desiccant (like silica gel) in the container (or vacuum seal them) to remove ambient moisture otherwise you are just trapping moisture and not reducing the opportunity for rust to accumulate.

terrydowning wrote:If you're going with sealed containers with the idea of reducing rust remember to include some desiccant (like silica gel) in the container (or vacuum seal them) to remove ambient moisture otherwise you are just trapping moisture and not reducing the opportunity for rust to accumulate.

Ahh, but the amount of trapped moisture is 'fixed'.


I use a straw to remove air from baggies with food inside(vacuum sealed so to speak).


Yes I assume zip loc bags.

I'll amend my sentence to read

"you may be trapping moisture inside". albeit less than leaving open in the rather wet climate that is the British isles.

I know, I lived there for almost 4 years. Mold, Mildew and Rust are a constant issue.

I've been doing this for years with all my small tools and tooling such as router cutters, lathe parts etc and haven't had a problem with trapped moisture and Cornwall is the wettest county in the UK. However, any tools left unprotected in the unheated workshop will and do rust /corrode within days in the winter so plenty of wax on the SS for the coming months!
Btw any views on covers for the SS? I've got mine waxed and covered with a fabric bbq cover which fits well but loosely, I haven't had my SS for long so can't comment on it's efficacy.

When storing my biscuit joiner, I am not happy with the cutter head loose in the housing, even if sitting still on a shelf, the metal the metal contact concerns me for potential condensation/rust. Sketched up this 3d printed insert to use when storing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4640693
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