Sawmill Brushes

[Peter Drouin]

When I go to all jobs I bring my aircompresser in the back of the truck and cleen the mill at the end of the day. That 100 psi cleens! Then like MM I ride and drag my hand on the way back. Your right MM more control  8) 8) But sometimes riding puts you in the gun sites of the debarker  ;D ;D                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Woodmills1 I cleen my WM edger (rollers) with a wirer brush 8)

[SwampDonkey]

Well all ya need now is to be stationary, an air conditioned booth with a TV, a joystick to run the mill and a conveyor for the bark and sawdust. Get the customer to roll his own logs onto the chain and let the wife deliver sawdust and bark to the boiler plant. :D :D

[Magicman]

We ain't sissy sawyers.   ;D

I use a Stihl 055 to blow the mill off.  More air volume.

[Brucer]

so, what kinda brush takes the grunge offin the edger rollers?

I use a welding brush. It works great if I clean the rollers after each session. If things get too built up or pitchy, I spray the tough areas with WD-40 and let it sit for 10 minutes or so before applying the brush.

My edger was 7 years old when I bought it, and probably sat unused for 6 years. The feed rollers were really built up badly. I did the WD-40 trick and applied the brush. Most of the build-up flaked off. I gave a second shot to any patches that wouldn't come off easily and that did the trick.

[Papa1stuff]

Does anyone wash down their mill with a water hose?

[Chuck White]

I DO!

When I get done for the season!

First I'll blow it down with the gas powered leaf blower, then when I get it home, I'll blow it off with high pressure air nozzle, then hit it with the water hose.

You'd have to look for a while after all that to even find a flake of sawdust!

[pnyberg]

Does anyone wash down their mill with a water hose?

Spring, summer, and fall, yes.  Winter, not so much.  Forecasted high for today is 20° F.

--Peter

[SwampDonkey]

No, wouldn't be a good idea at all today. 9 F here, but no wind, lots of sun so it feels great. 

[Magicman]

Yes, a few times, but I don't want to spoil the old gal.   ;D

[backwoods sawyer]

I replaced the door seal for the big control box right after I washed my mill the first time and found water in with all the electronics. When the mill is home on the asphalt, it gets washed way more often then all my other rigs put together. Washing it out is about the only way I can clean out that space between the drive and idler wheel that is boxed in with just a slit for the saw to fit into and is a big collection area for sawdust and bark.

[woodmills1]

SO   still no edger ideas?

[Brucer]

SO   still no edger ideas?

Go back 7 from your last post ;D ;D.

[Magicman]

I never was able to find a replacement for my broken brush, so drastic measures were necessary.  A package of Permatex Cold Weld. (think JBWeld)  I drilled four 1/8" holes into each broken piece and filled everything with the epoxy.  I hope that it will be better than new.  I was missing my old brush.   :-\



Two part epoxy



Epoxy enhanced handle.

[Buck]

 smiley_clapping

[captain_crunch]

Magicman
I need just amight bigger brush : : :

[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 :D