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Cast iron rule (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I have a set of cast-iron I found under an abandoned trailer next to a junkyard. They cost exactly nothing and I got to have nerdy fun restoring them over a weekend afternoon, I have been using them for 20 years.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

That sounds like the best set of cast iron.

Lol a few minutes with an angle grinder and a flap wheel will take it back down to metal real fast.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sure, but not having those tools, I used the wonders of SCIENCE.

Some washing soda, a steel rod, a 12v battery charger and a tub of water and overnight all the rust had migrated to the steel rod.

That is a much cooler way than simple abrasives.

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