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Chris Johnson
04-11-2008, 12:05 PM
Hello All,
Just how stiff of a wire brush can you use to clean the teeth of a saw blade without damaging it.
Thanks
Chris
Bruce Volden
04-11-2008, 1:21 PM
Chris
I would recommend a BRASS wire brush (not steel) along with a thinner if you have a real pithed up blade.
Bruce
Joe Chritz
04-11-2008, 3:43 PM
I'll do on a limb and say that nothing you will do by hand, short of a file on the brazing will hurt it at all.
You certainly can't hurt the carbide without some help from caustics or diamond.
I usually use whatever cheap brush I have handy.
Joe
Joe Spear
04-11-2008, 3:48 PM
Both brass and stiff nylon bristles work fine.
Guy Germaine
04-13-2008, 6:17 AM
I use a small brass brush that I use to clean my golf clubs.
Jack Briggs
04-13-2008, 8:06 AM
+1 on the brass wire brush. But I think that even a stainless steel brush would be okay.
Matt Meiser
04-13-2008, 10:15 AM
I use brass too. You can get them at Harbor Freight.
Bruce Wrenn
04-13-2008, 9:24 PM
HF often sells a set of three brushes for less than a dollar. There is a nylon, brass, and stainless steel brush in the set. I use the nylon, and brass ones on my blades.
Jack Gingerich
04-13-2008, 11:29 PM
I've never used anything stiffer than a toothbrush and a solution (Woodcraft) of pitch/resin remover.
Jack
Tom Walz
04-14-2008, 11:42 AM
A soft brush should do it. A Cheap scrub brush.
The idea is to soften the material first. In commercial operations they soak the tools in cleaner until all the crud just rinses off.
Tom
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