I just inherited of a set of planing forms that a good friend had inherited from another mutual friend of ours who machined them. Grumble, it's starting, I'm getting to that age...
Anyway, the forms are well made. Dan was a master machinist/toolmaker and if something wasn't dead nuts on then it didn't see the light of day. Period. Unfortunately the forms lived in a non air conditioned beach side garage for the last few years, so they are singing the oxidation blues. It's not horrific, but there may be some light pitting along with a bunch of surface rust. I just took possession this weekend, so I have not looked at them too much but I did cringe when I put them in my truck. Before I do anything I wanted to check with the forum and get some suggestions since this can't be the first set of forms to get some rust on them. Do's/don'ts? My tentative plan is to use an abrasive pad (ie scotch bright, 3m, etc.) using some light oil as a lubricant such as WD40 (weasel pi$$) and then degrease. If that is a good plan, how do I protect them to prevent more rust? In other words I need some care and feeding instructions as well please.
Thanks