"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Are you supposed to take extreme care not to touch the cast iron on
> planes (ie. the soles) or the steel of chisels? I don't mean rubbing
> your mud-smeared paws all over them, but simply picking them up and
> putting them back in the tool cabinet, with clean, dry hands. Thanks.
>
Don't leave your sweaty body acids on them. They'll etch. I do a wipe with
WD40 before putting them back on the shelf. Probably overkill, but keeps
them nice.
On 27 Dec 2005 18:47:19 -0800, "Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Are you supposed to take extreme care not to touch the cast iron on
>planes (ie. the soles) or the steel of chisels? I don't mean rubbing
>your mud-smeared paws all over them, but simply picking them up and
>putting them back in the tool cabinet, with clean, dry hands. Thanks.
>
>JP
Given that one often touches the steel and bodies when using the tools, I
don't know why that would be an issue. Just keep them well-waxed and
cared-for.
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"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Are you supposed to take extreme care not to touch the cast iron on
> planes (ie. the soles) or the steel of chisels? I don't mean rubbing
> your mud-smeared paws all over them, but simply picking them up and
> putting them back in the tool cabinet, with clean, dry hands. Thanks.
>
The secret is paste wax, but, in fact, if you don't touch the shiny parts
any more than is essential, it's, as Martha says, a good thing. What we
consider clean, dry hands, polished cast iron considers wet, salty and maybe
acidic.
On 27 Dec 2005 18:47:19 -0800, "Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Are you supposed to take extreme care not to touch the cast iron on
>planes (ie. the soles) or the steel of chisels?
I don't bother about this, except in the height of summer when I'm
literally dripping sweat.
OTOH, I have a friend who once managed to etch fingerprints into the
chrome plate of a lathe's handwheels. We don't even let him handle the
titanium any more. BTW - he's a smoker.
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:01:36 +0000, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>OTOH, I have a friend who once managed to etch fingerprints into the
>chrome plate of a lathe's handwheels. We don't even let him handle the
>titanium any more. BTW - he's a smoker.
I've seen bicycles and exercise machines that had so much corrosion
from sweat, parts made from all kinds of metals simply disintegrated.