Adventures in Chemistry

So, I'm working on refurbishing this rusty old leg vise. And I came across a lot of references to electrolytic rust removal. It looked easy, effective, and really cool. So of course I had to try it.

( Lots of pics here )

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Oh yeah! Today an officemate locked himself out of a filing cabinet. So I got to pick a lock for work. Squeeeeee. And conveniently enough for my ego, it only took about 20 seconds. (Minus time spent expositting on the art of picking locks to said officemate.) Life is good sometimes. :)