Removing mild to moderate rust: five simple methods
When it comes to the scourge of rust in the workshop and beyond, we all know it’s a real menace – and indeed, it has been blogged here before about preventative measures you can take to stop it cropping up
Enhancing the lifespan of Power Tools
Workshopshed: A typically British summer this year, alternating between strong sun and damp weather. It’s not the best conditions for your equipment and tools so our latest guest author has provided some thoughts on keeping your power tools in tip
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Tags: maintenance, rust, Sponsored, Tools
Cor-ten Steel
Most people working with steel go to great lengths to make sure that it does not rust. However “Weathering Steel” or Cor-Ten® Steel as it’s most commonly known is actually designed to rust. The sheets rust following installation and generate
Environmental Monitoring With Arduino
Since Harold Hall sent through his thoughts on rust, I’ve been thinking about monitoring temperature and humidity in the workshop which in turn will allow me to work out what I can do to improve conditions in there. I already
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Tags: internet of things, monitoring, rust, temperature
Harold Hall on Preventing rust in the workshop
Given the time of year, I decided to ask an expert about how to minimise rusting in the workshop through the autumn and winter. I emailed model engineering author and ex-MEW editor, Harold Hall and he kindly replied with a
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Tags: harold hall, heating, rust, Workshop
More rust removal
Following up the previous post, I looked into the different ways of cleaning off the rust from the anvil. Looking at Isaac’s idea first, I found a couple of good articles explaining the process. Instructables has a few articles but
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Tags: rust
Rust Removal
Isaac’s comment on my anvil’s rust issue reminded me that I had a set of “Engineering Workshop Practice” by Arthur Judge on my bookshelf. From last reading I remembered that volume iii had a chapter on “Miscellaneous Workshop Hints and
Pins and Needles
I was casually picking a splinter out of my finger the other day and remembered some advice that my mother had given me. “Always use a needle to remove splinters, never a pin as that can cause infection”. I decided
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Tags: blood poisoning, iron, Metal, pin making, rust, Steel
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
