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How do Dorothy and the Scarecrow rescue the rusted Tin Woodman?

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Illustration by W.W. Denslow showing Dorothy comforting the Cowardly Lion on a yellow brick road, with Toto, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow nearby in a forest. — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.

In L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and the Scarecrow discover the Tin Woodman in a forest, where he has been standing immobile for more than a year after rusting while chopping trees. At his direction, they rescue him by oiling his joints, which allows him to move again and join them on their journey.1