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Images in Public (MitchellM)

Images in Public (MitchellM)

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  • Seemed on the boarder line of being able to save it, decent surface rust but no flaking rust.
  • Found this old saw on the Kerb-side pickup. As i'm a trash panda I decided to take it home.
  • Blade is not great in some areas, but decided to attempt to at least bring it back into service.
  • Disassembled to take a better look and make sure all the rust is gone.
  • Used my Ryobi Random Orbital sander to take the majority of the rust off.
  • Things are looking better here, but I'm not a great fan of the tarnish the rust has left behind.
  • Took a break from the blade and hit the fixings with some 240 grit wet/dry sand paper
  • Sanded back the
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  • Fortunately my camera for some reason, didn't capture me applying a stain varnish, which dried not to my liking. It also showed I needed to sand with a finer grit as I could still see some sanding marks. Sanded back the handle again, which came up nicely.
  • Didn't want to re-coat with a varnish again, so went with a Feast Watson stain (Oak) then buffed in some Scandinavian oil. I'm very happy with how it turned out, exactly what I was going for.
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  • After a decent effort with wet and dry sand paper the a metal polish the blade came up fairly nicely. Some imperfections still but they are just too deep to worry about, I did not want to compromise the integrity of the blade over having a mirror finish.
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