I store my Delta 220LS in the basement, off the stand so I can haul it around the house or yard and set it up easily. I hauled it out last week and the surface has corroded away in a number of spots that look like heavy corrosion or oxidation. Lumber still slides across it decently, it is not like the cast-iron tops that grab lumber when they start to rust, but it is still annoying.
Any one ever had this happen? Should I look for some sort of acid leaking onto it? Is there something I can do to prevent any further corrosion?
Thanks all
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Salt get on it?
Clean and wax it.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
You're going to need to get every bit of that rust out of there to make sure it doesn't keep spreading. Then, as Imerc recommends, wax it and keep it waxed to prevent moisture from invading again. Or, store it in an enclosed area, box-like, with a small-wattage light bulb going most of the time to keep the enclosure dry.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
He said aluminium top. This is the first I've heard of alu "rusting"
BWTB that is corrosion. Something is eating the alu but it's not rusting. Acid rain, salt, sulferic acid or some such. I would suspect salt 1st.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
He said "aluminum" but if his tool is the 220LS Shopmaster tablesaw, it has a cast-iron top. The wings, I assume, are steel and not aluminum. That's certainly not to say there isn't some foreign substance creating this problem though!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Edited 10/20/2003 12:03:16 AM ET by forestgirl
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