Re: Straightening S2S boards on the Table Saw

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removespamlcb11211@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "krw" <krw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > mrdovey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Morris Dovey wrote:
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> >> > In my dreams! It's _really_ cheap luan-faced 3/4" plywood.
> >>
> >> You can see just how cheap by following the link below and looking at
> >> the 4th photo from the bottom of the page...
> >
> > Unrelated question:  It looks like your shop is in a garage?  Is
> > there a problem with rust?  I'm moving to Alabama next week and
> > finally will buy a table/cabinet saw (we're done moving for a long
> > while).  Since basements are rare where there isn't ground frost I
> > was wondering what to do with cast iron tools.
> >
> > BTW, a lot of good hints.  Thanks.
> >
> > -- 
> > Keith
> 
> I'll chime in here ifin you don't mind.  

Certainly not.  (sorry for not gettin back sooner - packing for the 
move and just fini****ng up at work here).

> I live in Houston and rust is pretty much a nonissue unless I am
careless.  

Careless?  Like spill a drink, careless?

> Humidity on a dry day is 50% 
> and 75-80% is the norm.  Humidity is not a problem, it is when the
humidity 
> condenses on the tools surface that you have a problem  I actually have
more 
> of a problem with sweat dripping on the tool surface.  If your tool is
cool 
> and exposed to humid warm air you will have a problem.  If you air
condition 
> the room and warm humid air is introduced you will have a problem.  As
long 
> as the equipment remains the same temperature as the humid air around it
you 
> should not have a problems with condensation and rust.  

Yes, but in my basement (in Vermont) I could more easily control the 
environment with a dehumidifier.  Heat was never a problem because 
the humidity in the Winter was shockingly low.

> For those times 
> where you might not have the perfect environment apply 3-4 heavy coats
of 
> TopCote initially to the cast iron surfaces and buff off.  Follow up
with 
> and extra coat every 6 months or so. 

This stuff??  

http://www.glubie.com/01_Pages/lubricants.htm

I would have thought a wax, or perhaps a teflon based "wax" like the 
stuff used on boat bottoms.

Thanks.  Now to figure out which saw.  ;-)

-- 
Keith