The Jimmy Diresta Band Saw Restoration, Part 3: Prepping Parts by Removing Rust and Old Paint

HI, Mr Rucker. You are the shop class I didn't get. Thanks.

Keith!! thank you!!!

Am Happy to see your assembly 😊😊😊👍

One of my favorite channels I never miss a video here.

fine job as usual keith

Thanks for the video, hope you are doing well with the surgery!

What a contrast I restore 70+ year old portable tube type and early transistorized radios, Keith restores heavy iron machinery but we both have the same goals keeping this old stuff going.

Agree with what you said about priming casting. Thanks for the video.

good job keith

Great project.

There is one product that I live by for priming and rust prevention - Flood's Penetrol - Goes on with a brush and creeps into everything - After each project I wipe the brush off on any tool that is going to be used outdoors - hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches etc.. This stuff is thinner than motor oil. I have a lamp post next to the Atlantic ocean that was primed with it 30 years ago - the anchor bolt nuts are just starting to show corrosion. You can also mix it in oil based topcoats to eliminate brush marks - works great on castings.

Nice work! as usual!

this is why apprentices were invented

Looking good, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this big boy toy turns out

Looks fantastic as usual! Fun to watch

I used to work with a young guy who taught himself hand-brushed painting. We were into railway preservation and his family owned several locomotives and other rolling stock. We were at the Doncaster Plant 150th Anniversary event with the steam loco 'Mayflower' which my pal had hand-painted and 'Flying Scotsman' s Chief Mechanical Engineer (Scotsman had been spray painted at the plant immediately prior to the event) came over to our group, shook the owner's hand and told us all what a beautiful engine we had. Proud moment indeed!

Wild man Keith painting indoors with no respirator! Hopefully enough space and moving air in there..:You are a national treasure Keith. We need you in good health!

It's coming along nicely! Enjoy watching the machines come back to life!

I enjoy watching you work. Very thorough and methodical as you work your way, seemingly effortlessly, through the project. Thank you.

Keith, great project! Tip: for rusty machined wear surfaces, use fine steel shot instead of glass beads or sand. Shot won't embed, actually harden the surface, and retain oil similar to a scraped surface.