Photography by John Todd
HOW TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM METAL
Glean gleaming treasures from rusty trash.
I love using old machine parts for my projects; often their workmanship surpasses that of anything new, and you can get them cheap or even free. Find a junkyard full of ancient, rusty industrial equipment, and you can build almost anything — or at least be inspired to, which is half the battle!
But many older machine parts, especially cheap ones, have rust, paint, or other coverings that make them ugly and difficult to work with. Over ...
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