Post by BearCreekLapidary on Mar 18, 2005 0:23:19 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
Can I give you a trick that I use on my 14" Star Diamond saw, when it time to really get it clean?
When you get the oil out and scrape out what you can ... I use this to really get all of the sludge, grime, chips, etc. off of my saw.
You will need:
2 each 5 gallon buckets
1 each garden hose
Process:
Take the garden hose to your hot water heater. Attach the hose to the drain valve on the bottom side of your hot water heater. Open the valve and fill one of the five gallon buckets with say four gallons of hot water. This will do two things for you. One, it will help flush out any debris from the inside of your hot water heater (which will also increase the ability of the hot water heater to work more effeciently). Two, the hot water will cut through the oily sludge and make your saw very clean.
Place the second bucket under the drain on your saw and then gently (because the hot water can burn you, if you are not careful) pour the hot water into your saw and allow the hot water to get into those areas that you wont be able to readily reach so easily and get rid of the sludge from the more inaccessable areas. I repeat this as much as I need to, until I feel that my saw is as clean as I want to see it. Generally it only takes about 4 gallons of hot water to accomplish this on my saw.
I would suggest that you have your husband lift and pour the hot water into the saw for you. This sounds harder than it actually is ... I do it all the time on my 14" Star Diamond and it is a great little trick for getting it extremely clean!
You could use smaller one gallon jugs if you wish. They would be easier to handle and much easier to direct the hot water to exactly where you would like it to go ... you will just nee to fill the one gallon jugs more frequently that is all.
When the drain bucket is full, simply discard of the contents and repeat the process, if you are not 100% satisfied with the results of the first four gallons or so.
I generally wipe the excess water from my saws basin, re-install the drain plug, fill it back up and you are ready once again
One word of caution: when I fill the five gallon bucket from the hot water heater, the garden hose gets extremely hot. I generally use gloves for this as well as when I am pouring the hot water, to help protect myself from the hot water.
Hope this has been of some help, I have done this for years and it works beautifully!
Take care and have a great day!
John
Can I give you a trick that I use on my 14" Star Diamond saw, when it time to really get it clean?
When you get the oil out and scrape out what you can ... I use this to really get all of the sludge, grime, chips, etc. off of my saw.
You will need:
2 each 5 gallon buckets
1 each garden hose
Process:
Take the garden hose to your hot water heater. Attach the hose to the drain valve on the bottom side of your hot water heater. Open the valve and fill one of the five gallon buckets with say four gallons of hot water. This will do two things for you. One, it will help flush out any debris from the inside of your hot water heater (which will also increase the ability of the hot water heater to work more effeciently). Two, the hot water will cut through the oily sludge and make your saw very clean.
Place the second bucket under the drain on your saw and then gently (because the hot water can burn you, if you are not careful) pour the hot water into your saw and allow the hot water to get into those areas that you wont be able to readily reach so easily and get rid of the sludge from the more inaccessable areas. I repeat this as much as I need to, until I feel that my saw is as clean as I want to see it. Generally it only takes about 4 gallons of hot water to accomplish this on my saw.
I would suggest that you have your husband lift and pour the hot water into the saw for you. This sounds harder than it actually is ... I do it all the time on my 14" Star Diamond and it is a great little trick for getting it extremely clean!
You could use smaller one gallon jugs if you wish. They would be easier to handle and much easier to direct the hot water to exactly where you would like it to go ... you will just nee to fill the one gallon jugs more frequently that is all.
When the drain bucket is full, simply discard of the contents and repeat the process, if you are not 100% satisfied with the results of the first four gallons or so.
I generally wipe the excess water from my saws basin, re-install the drain plug, fill it back up and you are ready once again
One word of caution: when I fill the five gallon bucket from the hot water heater, the garden hose gets extremely hot. I generally use gloves for this as well as when I am pouring the hot water, to help protect myself from the hot water.
Hope this has been of some help, I have done this for years and it works beautifully!
Take care and have a great day!
John
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