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I am a former owner of a shopsmith, (a big mistake when I sold it but we won't go there), and I have inherited a 1985 model 510 w/a jointer and other various attachments. Other than needing a good cleaning and lubrication it seems to be in good shape. The jointer is another story. The bed is covered in rust. Are ther any "magic products" out there better than naval jelly to remove the rust?

It is a solid coating of very fine rust. It was stored in an un-heated garage since the gentleman passed away about 5 or 6 years ago. It's funny that out of all the accessories the joiner is the only thing that has any rust.

ht1985 wrote:It is a solid coating of very fine rust. It was stored in an un-heated garage since the gentleman passed away about 5 or 6 years ago. It's funny that out of all the accories the joiner is the only thing that has any rust.

I use mineral spirits with a scotchbrite and some elbow grease. Wipe and clean then apply a couple of coats of wax. Also do as beeg says.

I agree with Dick. I had the same problem some years back and fixed it the same way Dick described. Worked like a charm.

Doug Reid, a former Traveling Academy instructor, taught me that one.

Thanks guys. I will let you know how it turns out.
Richard

Recently helped Bill Mayo with one of these. Used a wire wheel on a buffing motor to get the oxidation off. Better have good arms, even apart the outfeed table is heavy.

ht1985 wrote:Thanks guys. I will let you know how it turns out.
Richard

It hasn't been mention, so I will. Once you have the jointer cleaned up, wax the in/out feed tables and the fence. Then do it all again a couple days later, because it's been said that the cast iron will soak up the first couple of waxings.

I started by polishing a jointer outfeed table w/emry cloth to remove rust. It made it better but didn't get rid of all the rust.

Came back to it a couple of months later, removing the wax w/WD-40 and emry cloth to remove rust. That worked, removing the rust that the earlier treatment w/o WD-40 did not remove.

I think that Nick suggested the the use of WD-40 for removing rust, but not for protecting surfaces. Use wax for protecting. Since it worked very well, I wish I had used it on a Scroll saw table,,,,,before emry cloth treatment, followed by paint.