Grizzly g1021 has landed! Rust ?

[Mike DeHart]

A grizzly g1021 planer has landed on the garage floor. This thing was a beast to move. Paid $250 for it. It does have some (well, a nice coat of) rust on the the table that needs to be taken care of, leaked some oil during the move , but other than that I just have to reinstall the dust hood (previous owner didn't have a dc) and the rollers and should be good to go. I got the spare blades that have been unused, setting jig, and manual too.

for those that need proof:

On to the rust. Searching the creek showed a rust removal job using conditioning belts on a belt sander. Has anybody else done this? Looked like a good job, but not as bad of a starting point. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...ditioning+belt Or is 400 grit/mineral spirits/elbow grease the way to go? I would need a pretty big tub for the electrolysis method

Thanks,
Mike

[Brian Groetsch]

Mike,

I've had a lot of success using 400 or 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper in a palm sander with plenty of WD40. It takes a lot less elbow grease and will remove the surface rust very nicely.

[John Keeton]

I agree with Brian on the rust removal, although mineral oil may work, too, and not evaporate as quickly. On the oil, be sure and top off the gear/chain box before operating. By the way, I think you got a great deal on the planer, even with the rusted bed!!

[Ben Cadotte]

I use a air die grinder with scotch brite surface conditioning discs. They work really good.

For heavier rust. I might start out with 220 in a 1/2 sheet sander. And get the bulk out. A vibrating sander is not going to take alot of material off on a table like that. Once the bulk of it is gone. Then I would switch to the finer grits to clean up the tooling marks and last bit of corrosion.

[Mike DeHart]

Thanks for the tips guys. I think i'll start with some wd40 and 400 grit as I have those on hand and see how it goes. Can't wait to get some wood running through it!

Thanks,
Mike

[James Suzda]

Thanks for the tips guys. I think i'll start with some wd40 and 400 grit as I have those on hand and see how it goes. Can't wait to get some wood running through it!

Thanks,
Mike

Well Mike if the WD40 and 400 wet/dry didn't work for you, try my method of using Lemon flavored Simple Green and a 320 grit sanding disk if you have a variable speed orbital sander.
When I got my used saw home I attempted to get the rust off with the WD40 and green pad method and soon discovered that I wasn't going to live long enough to accomplish the task this way. Then I remembered an old auto body trick of using soap and wet/dry sandpaper and the rust just rolled right off.
But, if you do use Simple Green (SG) you MUST carefully remove all the residue left because SG used to be a corrosive and it could continue to work at the cast iron if not removed. I just throughly clean the metal with some thinner then wax the surface.
Somewhere in the forums I have a posting showing before and after pictures with the SG method.

[Jay Jolliffe]

If it's just surface rust scrap it off with a few razor blades. then treat the table

[Tom Godley]

I had good luck with WD40 also.

I put a heavy coat on and let it sit over night - then I took one of those thin scotch brite pads and worked around with that.

Some gloves and paper towels are a nice addition to the mix.

I may try the soap and wet dry paper -- I never think of sandpaper when I am working with metal

[Jerry Booher]

I have never tried to remove rust on woodworking tools, but I have removed lots of rust on old car parts. The best method I have used is to scrub or dip with phosphoric acid.

It is sold as navel jelly, screen door cleaner, etc. I would wear rubber gloves and sand with the navel jelly as the lubricant. It converts the rust to black iron phosphate. You can then scrub it off with water.

Jerry

[Steven Wilson]

I would try a coarse sandblock first and if that works then finish off with the medium and fine grit sandblock's. Otherwise Roloc surface conditioning disks in an angle grinder. A bit of oil as a lube and that rust will be gone in no time. Make sure to wear coveralls or an apron - you will get messy.