Hartville sale & blade cleaning idea

[Randy Rose]

On the way to Hartville this AM, my friend and I were discussing T/S blade cleaning, we both agreed that Zep citrus cleaner would be a good experimental solvent. But what to use as a tray ? Genius buddy says " How big is a Frisbee?"
Turns out it is EXACTLY the right size for 10" blades ! Holds 3 easily while using a minimum amount of your favored cleaner. ( soaking as I type)

Mini shopping gloat : 5 sheets of B.Birch / A fresh Freud Ind. cut off blade / 4 Bessey clamp extenders and some other small stuff.

[Randy Rose]

Happy to report that after soaking and a quick brush around the perimeter that the carbides are as clean and shiny as the new blade purchased today. Obviously not as sharp but I don`t believe anyone has invented liquid sharpening juice.
However, the Zep that went in as a translucent orange is now a muddy brown.
Now, how to hold and soak my 12" miter saw blades.

[John Donhowe]

If you don't have a Frisbee, make a shallow pan from the bottom couple of inches of a 5 gallon plastic paint pail.

[Matt Day]

I've been using a frisbee a for years - works great. Cleans it up for my weekly Ultimate Frisbee game too!

[Enrico Caruso]

A glass pie pan would be my choice, like I use to de-rust clock gongs with a naval jelly like compound.

[guy knight]

i just use oven cleaner spray it on wait 1-2 minutes light brushing and rinse

[Andrew Kertesz]

I thought I read some where that you should not use oven cleaner to clean carbide tipped saw blades....

[Brian Tymchak]

Rockler sells a blade cleaning kit that has a plastic pan with lid that allows you to store the blade cleaner between uses. It's pretty handy for me.

[Andrew Kertesz]

I bought a pie carrier from WM that has a seal-able lid and a handle for a couple of bucks. Works great and you can leave the liquid and it helps stop evaporation.

[Edward Oleen]

WM Model number? I looked, and found one, but it is "new" and "out of stock"

[Andrew Kertesz]

I just looked in the store. It is kind of an opaque white with blue handles in the housewares department.

[Doug Garson]

Look at your local auto supply store and pick up a pan designed for draining oil into when you do an oil change. Some come with a spout to pour the oil out into a disposal container. I use Simple Green to clean my blades and pour the used cleaner into a plastic peanut butter jar and reuse it. I store the pan and peanut butter jar in a giant zip lock bag between uses.

[Ken Platt]

As long as we are listing cleaning tray ideas - I use a circular tray intended to be put under a plant pot to catch the excess water. They are cheap, durable, a good height (couple of inches), and, best of all, have a raised ridge which is intended to hold the plant pot up off the very bottom of the tray, but in this case holds up the blade a bit so it's easy to clean the teeth with a toothbrush, as they are about 1/8 inch up from the bottom of the tray.

I wouldn't mind having a spout of some sort to pour the Simple Green back into the jar I keep it in, though, so I'll have to check out the oil pans.

Ken

[Dan Rude]

Haven't tried it yet, but one of the woodworking magazines recently said the cleaner from the dollar store worked really good. I have several old Frisbee's that could be used for this so I going to try it. Just have to finish wiring up the saw. One man remodel crew, kids & family and work make for slow work, as well as time to do it. Dan