Post by connrock on Dec 28, 2013 7:40:39 GMT -5
I don't think there's a soap on the planet that dissolves the mineral oil/rock residue entirely!
I have an old,,,,,VERY old Lortone 10" saw and although I don't cut every day I do a good bit of cutting.My first experience at cleaning the saw was a total disaster and there was oil everywhere and all over me.Like a fool I lifted the saw out of the pan myself,,,,,need I say more? LOL What was supposed to be a 1 day project ended up taking 4 days and I was very frustrated with the whole thing!
The whole time I was cleaning the saw all I could think of was why Lortone didn't have a hinge on the saw so it could just be swung up(back) and "stabilized" in the "up position"!
Well,,,,,before that saw went back together again me and my Uncle Rube Goldberg had us a hinge on the back of the saw and some sash chain to hold it open!It's not pretty but neither is Tom and the entire area covered with oil! LOL
I bought a small 3 gallon shop/wet vac that's dedicated to cleaning the saw and suck the oil off of the top of the "snot".I do get a little of the "pudding" in the vac and have tried several ways to recover what little oil is in it.I found it's not worth the time and effort to reclaim that small amount of oil so I don't try anymore.
I tried the paper bag in a bucket thing which led to a LOT of experimenting on how to reclaim the oil.I found the paper bag thing to be a waste of time as the oil DOES NOT sink to the bottom of the muck but rather comes to the top.This got me thinking and what I found was if I just put the muck/oil in a bucket or a few gallon jugs,the oil rises to the top and is almost as clean as when it's new!The bucket,and or jugs just sit there on the floor for a month or even several months until I need to "top off" the oil in the saw.I pour off the clean oil and let the bucket/jugs sit there till next time.
Next time you clean a saw ,that mineral oil is used in,save some of the thickest/driest muck in a glass jar.Put in some clean oil and mix it up real good until it's like pancake batter.Put the jar on a shelf,let it sit there and see what happens.Do the same thing,at the same time,with a piece of paper bag draped into the jar and see which jar recovers more oil!
Don't laugh but I went so far as having my wife buy me 2 wood rolling pins to make a "hand wringer" out of(which was a project in itself) ,,,,like the old washing machines had! LOL
I sopped up oil/muck with rags and ran them through my home made wringer!Now you talk about a huge mess! LOL
No matter what you do or how you do it,it's just a messy job and that's that!
connrock
I have an old,,,,,VERY old Lortone 10" saw and although I don't cut every day I do a good bit of cutting.My first experience at cleaning the saw was a total disaster and there was oil everywhere and all over me.Like a fool I lifted the saw out of the pan myself,,,,,need I say more? LOL What was supposed to be a 1 day project ended up taking 4 days and I was very frustrated with the whole thing!
The whole time I was cleaning the saw all I could think of was why Lortone didn't have a hinge on the saw so it could just be swung up(back) and "stabilized" in the "up position"!
Well,,,,,before that saw went back together again me and my Uncle Rube Goldberg had us a hinge on the back of the saw and some sash chain to hold it open!It's not pretty but neither is Tom and the entire area covered with oil! LOL
I bought a small 3 gallon shop/wet vac that's dedicated to cleaning the saw and suck the oil off of the top of the "snot".I do get a little of the "pudding" in the vac and have tried several ways to recover what little oil is in it.I found it's not worth the time and effort to reclaim that small amount of oil so I don't try anymore.
I tried the paper bag in a bucket thing which led to a LOT of experimenting on how to reclaim the oil.I found the paper bag thing to be a waste of time as the oil DOES NOT sink to the bottom of the muck but rather comes to the top.This got me thinking and what I found was if I just put the muck/oil in a bucket or a few gallon jugs,the oil rises to the top and is almost as clean as when it's new!The bucket,and or jugs just sit there on the floor for a month or even several months until I need to "top off" the oil in the saw.I pour off the clean oil and let the bucket/jugs sit there till next time.
Next time you clean a saw ,that mineral oil is used in,save some of the thickest/driest muck in a glass jar.Put in some clean oil and mix it up real good until it's like pancake batter.Put the jar on a shelf,let it sit there and see what happens.Do the same thing,at the same time,with a piece of paper bag draped into the jar and see which jar recovers more oil!
Don't laugh but I went so far as having my wife buy me 2 wood rolling pins to make a "hand wringer" out of(which was a project in itself) ,,,,like the old washing machines had! LOL
I sopped up oil/muck with rags and ran them through my home made wringer!Now you talk about a huge mess! LOL
No matter what you do or how you do it,it's just a messy job and that's that!
connrock