I have accumulated some spare knives for my jointer/planer. I'm
looking for suggestions for storing these. I obviously want to protect
the cutting edges. I thought of cutting some slots in plywood for them
but I'm concerned that prolonged exposure to any moisture in the
plywood may cause rust. Anyone have experience with this?
As mentioned by another poster, your best choice is to individually
wrap them in paper which is impregnated with Volatile Corrosion
Inhibitors (VCI paper). It works best when you can seal the wrapped
items in a plastic bag or a box. The VCI chemicals will evaporate in
open air and the paper will lose its protective properties quickly.
Unfortunately, I don't know where you can buy just one or two sheets of
the stuff. I buy it in a 200 yard roll for my steel angle blocks.
Send me your address in email and I will send you some.
Thanks,
Ed Bennett
[email protected]
http://www.ts-aligner.com
Home of the TS-Aligner
[email protected] wrote:
> I have accumulated some spare knives for my jointer/planer. I'm
> looking for suggestions for storing these. I obviously want to protect
> the cutting edges. I thought of cutting some slots in plywood for them
> but I'm concerned that prolonged exposure to any moisture in the
> plywood may cause rust. Anyone have experience with this?
As mentioned by another poster, your best choice is to individually
wrap them in paper which is impregnated with Volatile Corrosion
Inhibitors (VCI paper). It works best when you can seal the wrapped
items in a plastic bag or a box. The VCI chemicals will evaporate in
open air and the paper will lose its protective properties quickly.
Unfortunately, I don't know where you can buy just one or two sheets of
the stuff. I buy it in a 200 yard roll for my steel angle blocks.
Send me your address in email and I will send you some.
Thanks,
Ed Bennett
[email protected]
http://www.ts-aligner.com
Home of the TS-Aligner
[email protected] wrote:
> I have accumulated some spare knives for my jointer/planer. I'm
> looking for suggestions for storing these. I obviously want to protect
> the cutting edges. I thought of cutting some slots in plywood for them
> but I'm concerned that prolonged exposure to any moisture in the
> plywood may cause rust. Anyone have experience with this?
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>I have accumulated some spare knives for my jointer/planer. I'm
> looking for suggestions for storing these. I obviously want to protect
> the cutting edges. I thought of cutting some slots in plywood for them
> but I'm concerned that prolonged exposure to any moisture in the
> plywood may cause rust. Anyone have experience with this?
>
They arrive well-oiled, like a Saturday night drunk. Keep them that way,
and stack, secure with some saran wrap.
[email protected] wrote:
> I have accumulated some spare knives for my jointer/planer. I'm
> looking for suggestions for storing these.
Talk to a sharpening service.
Most of what I've seen are wrapped in an oil impregnated paper of some
kind.
Lew