Roberts210
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There is a metal recycler in our town, and I stop by about once a week to see what he has on his bargain table. The bargain table is full of rusty, crappy stuff--everything from tools to odds and ends that he thinks someone might buy. Most of this stuff is just **** but every once in a while he has something nice but pretty trashed. He sells this stuff by the pound, so I only paid $4 for this Ridgid pipe cutter. And you can see why. It was completely locked up. It looked like it got dropped into water at some point and left there.
I put it into the ****** tank for a solid week, turning it once or twice a day as the mood struck. It came out really nice. I was worried I'd have to chuck it up in the vice and maybe damage it trying to break the screw loose, but I was able to turn it by hand right out of the tank.
So I took it apart. The rollers and cutting wheel must have been covered in grease because they weren't too badly rusted. The cutting wheel was sharp and I cut several pieces of 3/4 pipe easily after I put it back together. I greased the wheel and rollers and reinstalled 'em.
Next I primed the castings and shot some hugger orange engine enamel on them and baked them in the oven at 300 degrees for just a few minutes.
Lookin' good!
I put it into the ****** tank for a solid week, turning it once or twice a day as the mood struck. It came out really nice. I was worried I'd have to chuck it up in the vice and maybe damage it trying to break the screw loose, but I was able to turn it by hand right out of the tank.
So I took it apart. The rollers and cutting wheel must have been covered in grease because they weren't too badly rusted. The cutting wheel was sharp and I cut several pieces of 3/4 pipe easily after I put it back together. I greased the wheel and rollers and reinstalled 'em.
Next I primed the castings and shot some hugger orange engine enamel on them and baked them in the oven at 300 degrees for just a few minutes.
Lookin' good!