Phil Hobbs  wrote:   
   > On 12/03/2017 08:29 AM, bruce2bowser@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > Phil Hobbs  wrote:   
   > >> On 12/01/2017 08:21 PM, default wrote:   
   > >>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:02:26 -0800 (PST), bruce2...@gmail.com   
   > >>> wrote:   
   > >>>    
   > >>>> Will putting a pouch of rice in a toolbox with devices stop   
   > >>>> rust?   
   > >>>>    
   > >>>> (I remember this was recommended, but I don't remember where)   
   > >>>    
   > >>> Doesn't answer your question maybe but I ran across an   
   > >>> interesting thought about tools and tool boxes.  A machinist here   
   > >>> had an old wooden box he used for ages and always talked about   
   > >>> getting a new one. One Christmas his daughter got him a roll   
   > >>> around metal Craftsman box with all the bells and whistles.   
   > >>>    
   > >>> He transferred the tools to the metal box and found they rusted   
   > >>> at an alarming rate.  The consensus at the shop was that the wood   
   > >>> boxes would dry out when the weather was dry and absorb moisture   
   > >>> when the weather was humid - protecting the tools by ameliorating   
   > >>> the swings in humidity.  But it's only a theory.   
   > >>>    
   > >>> People put rice in salt shakers and swear by it.   
   > >>    
   > >> Or possibly at it.   
   > >>    
   > >> An oil rag in the tool box helps a lot.  I generally give it a shot   
   > >> of WD40 when I remember, and my tools don't rust.   
   > >    
   > > I didn't know that.  In a discussion, maybe someone knows of   
   > > something even better than rice. I know sometimes these questions   
   > > seem strange, though.   
   >    
   > I got the idea from the little piece of oiled paper that came in the   
   > case of a the vernier micrometer that I used for doing valve shims on my   
   > TR7 back in the palmy days.   
      
   I haven't gone into the tool box in maybe two to three years (other than to   
   get a hammer to break frozen food).  So I guess evaporated oil from an oil rag   
   or paper might help stop any rust.  I wonder if I should ad a lit incandescent   
   bulb to keep the box    
   warm or not. I guess, forget adding packets of silica pebbles or rice would   
   help, then.   
      
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