Bandsaw blade brush?

[sophijo]

I picked-up a Delta 4x6 bandsaw (Taiwan) $90. I remember that my Dad's saw has somekind of brush affair, to clean chips off the blade, after the vise. Seemed like a good idea. This little guy dosen't. Anyone have a nifty solution?

[Dr Stan]

I've seen wire wheels that rotate (driven by the blade) and small brushes similar to a finger nail brush that clean the teeth. Something as simple as a tooth brush should suffice.

[AiR_GuNNeR]

This is one on my to-do list. You use a wire cup brush for a hand drill, (brush shaped like a cup, not a brush for a cup...). The brush is canted so that the blade causes the brush to rotate and also brush down. You have one mounted on each side of the blade.

[Beazld]

I have used a modified tooth brush to do the job.

[Forrest Addy]

Consider a shanked cup brush on a compound angle arranged so the blade drives it and the bristles brugh the chips away from the teeth. The 1/4" shank fits an R4 bearing from the box store.

That's been one of my round tuit projects forever

[Paul Alciatore]

Why not a coolant hose just AFTER the cut to wash off the chips and a funnel below it to catch it. This would also provide coolant for the cut as the blade would go around wet.

[Ron of Va]

I didn’t have any brushes on my band saw, so I made a holder out of a piece of aluminum and a couple of old toothbrushes. They are held in place with rare earth magnets.

[Davo J]

Why not a coolant hose just AFTER the cut to wash off the chips and a funnel below it to catch it. This would also provide coolant for the cut as the blade would go around wet.

Thats what I do and it works great with out any brushes.





Dave

[jkilroy]

Its not easy on the electric bill but I rigged up a compressed air line with a line-loc hose, like those used for coolant, with a el-cheap-o needle value from HD. Works well and doesn't use that much air. I don't have flood on the saw and usually use hard lube sticks so this works well for me.