| Project by Greg Wurst | posted 119 days ago | 737 views | 5 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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Not my original idea, but I though I’d share this with you. My new Grizzly 14” band saw did not come with any wheel brushes to keep the tires clean, so I did some searching for options. I could buy them from Rockler, but people complained about the bristles not being firm enough and I thought I could do better. Plenty of people attached tooth brushes to their cases, but I didn’t want to screw into the machine if I could avoid it.
Finally, I came upon a picture of someone attaching a brush head to an L-bracket and attaching it with rare earth magnets. This allows me to easily replace the head if the bristles wear-out, and I didn’t have to drill into the wheel covers. They work well enough with one magnet, but they will rotate a little so if you can’t get sufficient pressure on yours I’d recommend using two magnets to hold the L-bracket in place. The size of the L-bracket depends on the depth of your band saw wheel covers.
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Craftsman on the lake
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posted 119 days ago
Way cool idea.
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Occie gilliam
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posted 119 days ago
wow the value of old tooth brushes just went up
nice post
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tenontim
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posted 119 days ago
Great idea, Greg. I’ve been meaning to make some of these for years. Cant get any simpler than this. Thanks for the post.
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ajosephg
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posted 119 days ago
Neat but not gaudy!!
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a1Jim
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posted 119 days ago
good idea
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Karson
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posted 119 days ago
Nice setup
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spanky46
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posted 118 days ago
Well Done!
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Innovator
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posted 118 days ago
Thats using your head.
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builtinabarn
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posted 118 days ago
nice…..very nice
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John Gray
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posted 118 days ago
Great idea…...THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SimonSKL
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posted 118 days ago
Great idea! That looks like a brand new tooth brush. My used tooth brush doesn’t look that good!
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 118 days ago
I think maybe something a bit rougher would work better maybe a nail brush or brass wire this might work but I would imagine the toothbrush bristles would not be hard enough.Alistair
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