Spokeshave Restoration

[240SX]

My Father gave me an old Spokeshave that he's had for a nice while. It's rusted pretty bad and I'm in the process of restoring it. I disassembled it and put it in a bath of Simple Green to get rid of all oil and residue, I gave it a cleaning with a stiff bristle brush after the simple green and then rinsed it in water. After that I placed the parts in a bath of Evapo-Rust and they've come out of that looking great! I gave each part a spray of WD-40 to prevent flash rusting. My next step is going to be painting the handle. What is the best rattle can (spray paint) primer and paint to use for this project? I'll post photos later today.

 

[240SX]

Re: Spoke Shave Restoration



Here's what it looked like after disasembley.

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[pendragon1998]

Re: Spoke Shave Restoration

I would strip off the WD-40 very well so paint will adhere, then mask the surfaces that touch the blade and hit the handle with Dupli-color engine enamel in semi-gloss black (DE1635). I buy it at advance auto and it is pretty similar in appearance to japanning. Apply progressively heavier coats, but don't let it run. You can paint the cap too, but anything that was machined flat should be lapped flat and left bright. Look at some spokeshave pictures online to get an idea of what should be left unpainted. You can put a coat of paste wax on the entire thing once you're done with the paint and it's cured.

When you go to sharpen, watch this:

 

[240SX]

Re: Spoke Shave Restoration

Oh yes, I'm going to strip the WD-40 off before I go to paint, I just applied it so that the parts wouldn't rust as I don't have any primer at the house.

 

[Tony G]

I have used Rustoleum epoxy black on similar things and am pleased with it.

 

[dadsEH]

Put all the bits in a bucket of vinegar for a few days....wire brush and paint.

 

[Outlander]

Put all the bits in a bucket of vinegar for a few days....wire brush and paint.

I just realised I had left 'bits in a bucket of vinegar' for a couple of months (or more). Opened the sealed container and there was an interesting combination of material, foam and odour emanating from the coffee container. Sure did the trick after I hosed the scum off! Good tip!

 

[crackit]

Do you have any photos from after the treatment with evaporust?

 

[240SX]

Do you have any photos from after the treatment with evaporust?

I'll post them tonight, I took the parts out and they are clean! Now they have greyed quite a bit, should I use a fine wire wheel with my bench grinder on them? What's the best way to polish them again?

 

[pendragon1998]

To polish them, I would just work up the sandpaper grits. No need to polish what will be painted, of course.

 

[240SX]

To polish them, I would just work up the sandpaper grits. No need to polish what will be painted, of course.

What grits would you use?

 

[d.mcfarland]

Wire wheel, then start at about 120, going all the way up to about 600 or so. More than that and you are just going to start giving it a mirror like appearance.

 

[d.mcfarland]

https://paulsellers.com/2014/07/restoring-a-151-record-marples-or-stanley-spokeshave/

 

[240SX]

Thanks for the info!

 

[240SX]

Here it is straight out of the Evapo-rust.


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[crackit]

That cleaned up nicely! It looks like you're well on your way to a proper restoration. I've never used evaporust (vinegar is much cheaper), but I may have just been converted. Those results are impressive.

 

[toddmp]

That cleaned up nicely! It looks like you're well on your way to a proper restoration. I've never used evaporust (vinegar is much cheaper), but I may have just been converted. Those results are impressive.

If you cover the process in plastic wrap to prevent evaporation and filter the leftover back into the bottle the small bottle last a loooong time (over a year and a half and lots of projects for me).

 

[240SX]

I'm hoping to pick up the paint for this tomorrow. Hopefully I'll update with another photo soon.

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[RivennHewn]

Careful, shaves can be addictive.

Pretty soon you'll be on the hunt for shaves with different profiles.

Ya can't have just one!

 

[240SX]

Wow! Nice collection!

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[a40lover]

I agree! nice!

 

[DadsTools]

I'd skip the bench grinder wire wheel. It's ok if you're just cleaning rust off an old wrench to use, but it can be brutal on some of those cast surfaces. Yes, it's quick and easy, but you can scar and pit the metal with them. I'd stick with fine sandpaper, or the soft wire wheels of a dremel tool.

 

[pfaustus]

"Ya can't have just one!"

That applies to the pig sticker mortise chisels on the left too?

 

[6PTsocket]

I just realised I had left 'bits in a bucket of vinegar' for a couple of months (or more). Opened the sealed container and there was an interesting combination of material, foam and odour emanating from the coffee container. Sure did the trick after I hosed the scum off! Good tip!

[emoji481]

Unlike Evaporust, acid removers like vinegar and phosphoric acid based products like Naval Jelly and those blue liquid rust removers don't discriminate between rust and sound metal. Given enough time, the acid will etch the metal surface beyond the damage left behind by the rust. That might not matter in a lot of cases and might even be an advantage if you paint it but on a machined surface, I would not want a dull satin funish.

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