BandSaw Refurbish job, Remove Rust - Tune it & Use it Part 3 *New Vintage 20" band saw Project

It works, Time to begin the Tune Up. I'll show How I Removed ALL the Nasty RUST off the Top, Made a Tension Handle & got this old bandsaw dialed in turn key. It now works perfectly.
The first step I did was to make a tension handle, this new handle is by far the best thing I could of done. Imo way better than ordering a cheap plastic radius piece that would have cost money.
The dreaded rust removal how-to. Okay here is how I removed the rust off the cast iron top. As we all know there are more ways than one to skin a cat so it would be silly to think there is just one way to remove rust from a cast iron top such as this bandsaw or a table saw , jointer or any machine with a bare metal finish. One other way that comes to mind is the electrolysis process. Electrolysis cleans away rust like magic, and you can set up a simple system in your shop with a battery charger and a few household items. Feel free to search it out. It can take a few days while the chemical reaction does its thing, I was planning on doing that here with this top but I for one didn't have the time to wait a few days while the process worked plus I knew I would of needed to hand sand the black Magnetite which is a pain regardless So I opted for the sure way & that begins with soaking the rusty top with wd-40. I soaked this top for 24 hours letting it soak right into the rust & loosening things up a bit. After that I first tried to sand by hand using a scotch brite pad & then a steel-wool but both were tough to break through the thick rust that settled on the cast iron. I then used an orbital sander which I contact cemented a scotch brite pad onto & used that in conjunction with wd-40 being the lubricant, it worked to cut the rust but I got a rust spot splattered on my new shorts from the sander, haha but thats a different story. Okay now I had all the orange rust removed I was left with a mostly black surface & a few areas where the clean metal was poking through. This stuff is hard to remove. After fighting it for a while I decided I had to go a different route. I used lacquer thinner to remove all the oily wd-40 from the top making sure I got it all. Then I got out a different clean orbital sander & then used a fine wet dry 400 - 600 grit wet dry sand paper & proceeded to dry sand the top. I took even passes being sure not to remove too much material in any given area & this technique worked great for me. It should be noted that this entire process took place outside with plenty of ventilation. After around 60 minutes of dry sanding & about 5 or 6 sanding pads I was satisfied with the results & then set up for the next step.
The last remaining steps to this process was basically polishing & wax. An electric buffer would speed things along but I did this by hand. I started with rubbing compound on a rag, I worked from one corner to the opposite corner while working it the best I could applying even swirls to the surface as I moved, It dries pretty quik so I wiped it all off with a rag then did it again three times total. Then did the same process again only this time with polishing compound. After that I applied several coats of carnauba wax & well thats it. It took less than 3 hours but like I mentioned an electric buffer would be ideal. I want one now by the way.

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This project fell short of being called a restoration because it was mostly a fix what was needed to proceed so the word refurbish is fitting.
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First song DOCTOR VOX - Frontier: https://youtu.be/lkY3Ek9VPtg

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Ahrix - Nova https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNdYp2gXRY&index=26&list=FLw6wmD9Sw8Fpwf-l-exu-Hw

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