Having worked for a machine shop that made cutter heads for Owens Corning Fiberglas for a short time, I learned a couple of lessons after fighting the skiddeness. I said, 'What the heck: They were free so try to learn something new!  I tried to take the same number of strokes on each one, use the same amount of pressure throughout, and file at the same angle. On a handsaw, you should file the top of the teeth first; only if they are not the same height. Also, it is important to set the teeth with a hand tool. I have two of them, and found that there are a lot of them available on ebay; I bought the second one at a yard sale, and the other one was inherited. I picked up an almost new Disston a while back in a thrift store for $5.00. It is dull, so someone abused it. This is going to have to be put on the back burner for now since I have had three motors to stop on me, and I worked on them for a short time for past week when possible since I take care of my wife who is disabled.

Now, to the rust: I prefer electrolysis because it takes away the rust better than anything I have tried. To learn how to do this, you can find information on YouTube. Hope this helps someone.

Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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I am a huge fan of electrolysis as well.  It is so thorough at getting into the tight spots.  And it is inexpensive as well.   The only issue that I have found is that the water gets so solid this time of year in my unheated shop!  

I like electrolysis also. Works really good and you can start it and leave it and come back later.  

Sounds like the voice of experience.   You follow up with an acid etch or ???

The OP is a German company selling cutting, hand and power tools made in China. Rather an odd posting.

John

Coat the saw plate in Simple Green ( full strength) and have a red/maroon 3M scratch pad on a palmsander.    "Sand" until clean, wipe down.   

 

Gun Blue paste,  spread over the areas of the etch, allow to dry.    Come back with a sanding block to remove the excess.   Etch will show when you clean the excess off. 

 

BADLY rusted plates ( you know the ones)I will put some 100 grit paper on the palmsander, and go to town on the rust.    I usually remove the handle, too.   Once the 100 grit is worn out, i keep using finer grit paper until the rust is gone.   Then go to the Simple Green.

On 1/11/2017 at 4:59 PM, HARO50 said:

The OP is a German company selling cutting, hand and power tools made in China. Rather an odd posting.

John

Noted, thank you Haro.

Steve does the simple green also work on planar beds or table saw tables or thickness planar beds?  These items are too large for electrolysis.  

Used Simple Green and a Citrus Mold Cleaner when I worked at an Injection Molding company.....to clean the molds in the machines. 

The citrus mold cleaner aids the removal of rust from the TS table and Joint Table how?

The simple green seems to act as a lubricant for the green scrubby.  Beyond that how does it help eliminate rust ?