http://https://imgur.com/a/HbyrPts
https://imgur.com/a/0kz3TnN
A different sight from another m540x
https://imgur.com/a/BmEDr3D
https://imgur.com/a/K7j7Efz
https://imgur.com/a/7PLCNLb
And one from a 513T
https://imgur.com/a/DzlYdX5
https://imgur.com/a/r7v0n8w
And here is that last one side by side with one from a different 513T.
So the thing is, I have a lot of old peep sights, and about 1/2 of them arrive rusty like those above.
Some respond to a light steel wool and oil. Others respond to a green pad pretty well.
Still others need even more assistance.
For a home DIY situation, what are my reasonable options? I don't want to pay Turnbull Restorations to color case harden these things - I'd love to, just can't afford it- but I do want to get rid of the rust and maintain them as well as I can.
"Reasonable" meaning that I can do it at home with basic tools, including a bench grinder/buffer for metal prep, a drill press (for carding if I don't use the buffer), and most basic hand tools.
Since they are all small parts I'm thinking of salt bath bluing them...Or Brownells old faithful Dicropan...Or old faithful home rust bluing. I have an old uhaul moving box/stand up hanging closet thing that's begging for me to hang a ton of little parts inside...
Doing them all at once I could probably get a bunch done over a 2 day period just rust bluing them.... Am I mising any reasonable options?
Thanks
Robert
https://imgur.com/a/0kz3TnN
A different sight from another m540x
https://imgur.com/a/BmEDr3D
https://imgur.com/a/K7j7Efz
https://imgur.com/a/7PLCNLb
And one from a 513T
https://imgur.com/a/DzlYdX5
https://imgur.com/a/r7v0n8w
And here is that last one side by side with one from a different 513T.
So the thing is, I have a lot of old peep sights, and about 1/2 of them arrive rusty like those above.
Some respond to a light steel wool and oil. Others respond to a green pad pretty well.
Still others need even more assistance.
For a home DIY situation, what are my reasonable options? I don't want to pay Turnbull Restorations to color case harden these things - I'd love to, just can't afford it- but I do want to get rid of the rust and maintain them as well as I can.
"Reasonable" meaning that I can do it at home with basic tools, including a bench grinder/buffer for metal prep, a drill press (for carding if I don't use the buffer), and most basic hand tools.
Since they are all small parts I'm thinking of salt bath bluing them...Or Brownells old faithful Dicropan...Or old faithful home rust bluing. I have an old uhaul moving box/stand up hanging closet thing that's begging for me to hang a ton of little parts inside...
Doing them all at once I could probably get a bunch done over a 2 day period just rust bluing them.... Am I mising any reasonable options?
Thanks
Robert