Sawmill Brushes

[SwampDonkey]

Looks like a nice shiny shovel there.

[Magicman]

Shovels and brushes are your friends.
 


This one just celebrated it's 9th birthday.

[Tom]

I had one just like that but I put a long handle on it and got rid of the D handle.   It worked great for a lot of years, until I ran over it with the bushhog one day.

[Magicman]

I have my Dad's old scoop, but I won't use it around the mill.  I know that it is between 55 and 60 years old.  I did use it to shovel sawdust for a while, but sometimes stuff needs to be retired before something bad happens.   

[rbarshaw]

I had one just like that but I put a long handle on it and got rid of the D handle.   It worked great for a lot of years, until I ran over it with the bushhog one day.

I've done that all to often, let the grass grow up too high and all kinds of things get lost in the bushhog, under tractor tire.

[redbeard]

Dry sawdust is a little rare in my area it is usually  raining this time of year So a squeegee works pretty good. 

[weisyboy]

brush, clean what it this you speak of, mine gets a good wash everythime it rains.


i dont shovel either, that what tractors and bobcats are for.

[Magicman]

I guess 10 years must be the life of my favorite brushes.   
 


I just hope that they still make these grout brushes.  This is what I use to clean my Lubemizer nozzles and sawdust chute.

[SwampDonkey]

I use a brush to remove wood dust from my rasps and a toothbrush sized one to clean the sawdust from the air filter in my brush saw once a day. They all come as a package in the automotive department in the hardware store.

[northwoods1]

I use a brush to remove wood dust from my rasps and a toothbrush sized one to clean the sawdust from the air filter in my brush saw once a day. They all come as a package in the automotive department in the hardware store.

I use a lot of different rasps and files in my woodworking, in fact I use those tools more than any other, the best thing I have found to clean the teeth in them is just a regular old brass brush you would commonly find in any hardware store for cleaning the grate on a charcoal grill.
The one thing you do NOT want to use is a file card made out of steel which is commonly sold for cleaning these

[terrifictimbersllc]

I have my Dad's old scoop, but I won't use it around the mill.  I know that it is between 55 and 60 years old.  I did use it to shovel sawdust for a while, but sometimes stuff needs to be retired before something bad happens.   

I carry a scoop shovel my father gave me too,  about 30 years ago, and am starting to think maybe I should get another.   I wouldn't want to lose that.

[SwampDonkey]

the best thing I have found to clean the teeth in them is just a regular old brass brush you would commonly find in any hardware store for cleaning the grate on a charcoal grill.

Well, don't think for one minute this package of brushes I get out of the automotive are some high falooten expensive brushes.  I only buy the package for the smaller toothbrush like brushes and the bigger brush is part of the package, so it gets put into service cleaning rasps and may occasionally freshen up a sanding disk surface.

[Magicman]

I kinda found a replacement brush.  I just had to run it through the band saw and thin it down.
 


It's a bit too wide.
 


This should work.     And did today.   

[Magicman]

I finally found a replacement brush for the one I broke last year.  I modified another brush but it never worked as well as my original.
 

 
I use this grout brush for cleaning the LubeMizer nozzles and the sawdust chute.
 

 
It can take it's proper place on the sawmill.
 

[Chuck White]

Hey Magic, you should have patented it! 

[Magicman]

Looks like Clorox already has.     Notice that I bought a spare.   

[beenthere]

Somehow that reminds me of the ol' toothpaste ads.