Cleaning Stick

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:confused: Do these 753523 Abrasive Cleaning Stick really work?:confused: I have one that has been on back order for about 3 weeks now, along with some other "goodies".
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I think they do. Just don't let your disk get all loaded up.
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Yes, they work. Although I understand why you may want to get it from Shopsmith, they are a common commodity. Keep your order with SS and if you need one immediately you could get it from Rockler, et al. One stick does go a fairly long way, however.

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I use them all the time. They can be aquired from many locations. I usually hit my disk with one several time while sanding. I try to get the stuff off before it has time to set in so when I am finished doing my sanding work I have a clean disk to put away. If the paper gets too impacted with sawdust and site for awhile it is hard to clean up.
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They are well worth it. I'm on my second one. Great for cleaning not only sanding disks but extremely useful on sanding belts as well. Really extends their lifespan. To paraphrase Karl Malden, "Don't enter the shop without one."

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Unless you just like spending more money for the fun of it (753523 $10.99)....
you might want to look here ($4.99) for the same thing...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=30766

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They sure do work! I had one for the longest time - keeping it 'virgin' in it's shrink wrap and then finally decided that was silly .. 'just use the darn thing'!

So I did. Boy, it works great. Cleaned up the sanding disk just like that. Definitely recommended. As per others, it probably doesn't matter too much where you get them.
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Post by reible »

Hi,

Back before anyone made these "sticks" it was common to go to one of those resale shops and shop the shoe section. OK now some of you are thinking what in the world would anyone go to the shoe section of a resale shop and then post about it here in this thread????

As it turns out the very same material that is now used in these "sticks" use to be used as soles in shoes! Of course you did get some strange looks from the check out people when they saw the size 12, size 9 and size 8 shoes when you checked out....

One simply cut away the shoe and were left with the sole... which you could cut into pieces or sometimes nail on a board and use to clean your sandpaper.

I haven't done that in years and I don't even know if anyone still uses that material on shoes anymore. I have one from shopsmith that has about seen its last days, I have also gotten them several other places and they all seem about the same. The last one I got was on sale at rockler for I think $3.

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reible wrote:Hi,

Back before anyone made these "sticks" it was common to go to one of those resale shops and shop the shoe section. OK now some of you are thinking what in the world would anyone go to the shoe section of a resale shop and then post about it here in this thread????

As it turns out the very same material that is now used in these "sticks" use to be used as soles in shoes! Of course you did get some strange looks from the check out people when they saw the size 12, size 9 and size 8 shoes when you checked out....

One simply cut away the shoe and were left with the sole... which you could cut into pieces or sometimes nail on a board and use to clean your sandpaper.

I haven't done that in years and I don't even know if anyone still uses that material on shoes anymore. I have one from shopsmith that has about seen its last days, I have also gotten them several other places and they all seem about the same. The last one I got was on sale at rockler for I think $3.

Ed
Yes you can still find old shoe soles of the 60's at your local GoodWill store! I visit there often just to buy old clothes for rags.. Lots of good thing to be had at your local GoodWill store
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