That little amount of pitting should not have any affect on the machines performance. If you want it to look perfect you would need to take the top to a machine shop to be resurfaced.
How to remove pitting in cast iron saw tables?
Hello all
I am lookinjg for some advice. See the attached picture? It is the infeed table on my jointer. I have 5-6 small spots where some rust developed (Most are the size of a dime, give or take.)
Anyway, I got the rust off, but there is some pitting left behind. You can see it in the top of the reflected light in the attached pic.
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IS there any way to solve for this? Would I have to try and sand it out, or can it be filled with something?
Obviously, this isnt a huge deal and the cast iron tables on my table saw, drill press and band saw do not have this issue. But it bothers me. I am somewhat fanatical about maintaining my tools, and this just bugs me that I can't seem to fix it.
I live in St Paul, MN - so we get a fair amount of humidity in the summertime - thanks to the 10,000 lakes. I am not constantly battling rust, but it does pop up from time to time.
I treat my cast iron with 2 products. After a thorough scrubbing with a green scratchy pad & mineral oil, I give it a liberal coating of Boeshield (the product developed by Boeing to protect their aircraft against rust). When that is dried, I follow it up with an application of Johnson's paste wax.
This combo has worked well, but I do have a few of these small patches of pitting on the jointer table. (I got it used and the spots were already there when I received the machine.)
Any advice would be appreciated from anyone who has successfully solved this problem.
Thanks!
AJ
I am lookinjg for some advice. See the attached picture? It is the infeed table on my jointer. I have 5-6 small spots where some rust developed (Most are the size of a dime, give or take.)
Anyway, I got the rust off, but there is some pitting left behind. You can see it in the top of the reflected light in the attached pic.
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IS there any way to solve for this? Would I have to try and sand it out, or can it be filled with something?
Obviously, this isnt a huge deal and the cast iron tables on my table saw, drill press and band saw do not have this issue. But it bothers me. I am somewhat fanatical about maintaining my tools, and this just bugs me that I can't seem to fix it.
I live in St Paul, MN - so we get a fair amount of humidity in the summertime - thanks to the 10,000 lakes. I am not constantly battling rust, but it does pop up from time to time.
I treat my cast iron with 2 products. After a thorough scrubbing with a green scratchy pad & mineral oil, I give it a liberal coating of Boeshield (the product developed by Boeing to protect their aircraft against rust). When that is dried, I follow it up with an application of Johnson's paste wax.
This combo has worked well, but I do have a few of these small patches of pitting on the jointer table. (I got it used and the spots were already there when I received the machine.)
Any advice would be appreciated from anyone who has successfully solved this problem.
Thanks!
AJ
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