Just ran across this neat idea in a Wood Magazine enewsletter - a very simple and inexpensive cleaning brush for the lower bandsaw wheel.
http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000321_shop-made-brush-for-your-lower-band-saw-wheel/?sssdmh=dm17.688751&esrc=nwwood082913
I haven't tried it on my Shopsmith bandsaw yet but I am certainly going to give it a try. Cost: $Zip.
Simple wheel brush for bandsaw
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Simple wheel brush for bandsaw
Bob Groh
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
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Where does one get free tooth brushes?;)bobgroh wrote:Just ran across this neat idea in a Wood Magazine enewsletter - a very simple and inexpensive cleaning brush for the lower bandsaw wheel.
http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000321_shop-made-brush-for-your-lower-band-saw-wheel/?sssdmh=dm17.688751&esrc=nwwood082913
I haven't tried it on my Shopsmith bandsaw yet but I am certainly going to give it a try. Cost: $Zip.
Is there reason to position it after the blade has separated from the tire. Any reason to not place it just below where the blade recontacts the wheel on the way down thus brushing the blade and tire both at once? Or better(?) yet both sides if the blade prior to wheel contact????
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On the 'free' toothbrushes, I buy a new one every couple of months plus I get one from my dentist when I have my 6 month cleaning and checkup. So lots of 'free' toothbrushes (sort of tongue-in-check since I realize that they are not really 'free').
Despite that, I will probably buy a honest-to-goodness 'new' one so I can get the stiffest possible. In the long run, cheap as heck.
Position of the brush? I think that if you put it where the blade is off the wheel, you are getting at the sawdust under the blade. I guess you could always backup the system with two toothbrushes! Now there is extravagance!!
Despite that, I will probably buy a honest-to-goodness 'new' one so I can get the stiffest possible. In the long run, cheap as heck.
Position of the brush? I think that if you put it where the blade is off the wheel, you are getting at the sawdust under the blade. I guess you could always backup the system with two toothbrushes! Now there is extravagance!!
Bob Groh
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
[quote="JPG40504"]Where does one get free tooth brushes?]
I Presume that they are next to the wheel to avoid the heat generated by the blade.
I was thinking about doing something similar since I'm getting new tires. I wanted to angle the brush so that the dust moved away from the tire and blade, maybe at 45 degrees towards the openings in the bottom.
One near the rear or bottom of the housing between 6 and 8 o'clock to get any dust that might be on the outside blade surface and the other at about 10 o'clock on the wheel itself. Between those and a dust collector, hopefully very little accumulates on the tires.
Still haven't figured out an optimal spot for the dust collection outlet so if anyone has any brilliant ideas.....
I Presume that they are next to the wheel to avoid the heat generated by the blade.
I was thinking about doing something similar since I'm getting new tires. I wanted to angle the brush so that the dust moved away from the tire and blade, maybe at 45 degrees towards the openings in the bottom.
One near the rear or bottom of the housing between 6 and 8 o'clock to get any dust that might be on the outside blade surface and the other at about 10 o'clock on the wheel itself. Between those and a dust collector, hopefully very little accumulates on the tires.
Still haven't figured out an optimal spot for the dust collection outlet so if anyone has any brilliant ideas.....
Sorry! I'd rather do what I've been doing for the last 10 years or so. Just wipe down the rubber tire on the lower wheel with silicone. This keeps it pretty free of sawdust. Sawdust won't adhere to silicone. No stinking brush to put up with and no brush to clean.
Caution - don't spray the table or wood with silicone as finishes won't adhere to silicone either.
Caution - don't spray the table or wood with silicone as finishes won't adhere to silicone either.
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Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
I got the idea of using a tooth brush some years ago. I installed it on my Delta, and find it works great.
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bobgroh
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On the question of dust outlets, I would put one about where Shopsmith put their's (about where the down traveling blade goes after going through the table) and then maybe a 2nd one at the bottom center where the dust still manages to wind up collecting. Connect the two together into a manifold. I have the one outlet in the upgraded cover and I still get a fair amount of dust out the bottom.
I sometimes think it would be neat to have a piece of clear plastic on the bottom so you could watch the dust paths. Having a 2nd brush down there to sweep the bottom of the wheel might be interesting.
I really like the idea of the plastic window!
I sometimes think it would be neat to have a piece of clear plastic on the bottom so you could watch the dust paths. Having a 2nd brush down there to sweep the bottom of the wheel might be interesting.
I really like the idea of the plastic window!
Bob Groh
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
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1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
Try This
Short piece of scrap metal
Epoxy
L-Bracket
Magnet
Brush
Total cost about $ because I had the metal, bracket and epoxy on hand. It works quite well.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=11619
Epoxy
L-Bracket
Magnet
Brush
Total cost about $ because I had the metal, bracket and epoxy on hand. It works quite well.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=11619
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bobgroh
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I loved your posting! Good laugh for the day. A bit pessimistic but probably oh so true.sawmill wrote:Good idea. Be just my luck the glue would let loose and the brush would take the blade out along with the tire and I would have a heart attack from the noise:D
Bob Groh
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
--------------------------------------------
1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)
Blue Springs, Missouri (just east of Kansas City, MO)
--------------------------------------------
1984 SS Mark V updated to model 510
1994 SS Mark V updated to model 520
SS SPT's: Bandsaw
Other tools:routers, Bosch router table, Craftsman 6" jointer, Steel City 12" bench planer, Porter Cable 7" power saw, and too much other stuff (not really - just kidding!!)