Personally, I would use an electrolytic process with carbon and a power source. Any other method would only further damage the rails. You're 'plating' onto the rails, so no metal is lost. The rust gets reduced back to Fe and can be brushed off.
Roland On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 at 09:47, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Last year there was a chance to acquire Biesse machine for a a really > low price so I surprised myself with pretty large and heavy Christmas > present. Just put it in the workshop (where heating is not yet > present) and was waiting for a warmer weather to start retrofitting it > with LinuxCNC. > > Since this machine has spent at least several years in a shed - roof > above it but no other protection against outside temperatures, I did > not worry about adding one more winter to it. > > I have 2 questions: > 1) are there any recommendations for outside temperature when trying > to connect it to power? I want to see the status messages on > servodrives - hopefully they are good (I have done 4 similar retrofits > so I feel familiar with those old drives). > > 2) my main problem is the rust on linear rails. what is recommended > procedure to treat this? > Here is a picture that show the extent of the issue: > https://pasteboard.co/C1EAn0w5t8KT.jpg > What I did is brushing it with a piece of steel wool moisted with oil. > I am not sure that it is sufficient so I would appreciate any tips on > how to treat them. > > Viesturs > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
