I stumbled across this web page from a guy that made a tire cleaner from a
toothbrush head. The unique part was the mounting. His bandsaw is the same
as mine, a Grizzly 555 (looking at the photos anyway) so I am going to try
this. I am sharing this with the group in case the idea can work in your
case.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19465
His concerns about the Rocker tire cleaner are the same as I read on their
website. Of course, I welcome other ideas too. Namely, do you think the
bristles on a toothbrush will have enough strength to clean the tire?
Dick
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I stumbled across this web page from a guy that made a tire cleaner from a
>toothbrush head. The unique part was the mounting. His bandsaw is the same
>as mine, a Grizzly 555 (looking at the photos anyway) so I am going to try
>this. I am sharing this with the group in case the idea can work in your
>case.
>
> http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19465
>
> His concerns about the Rocker tire cleaner are the same as I read on their
> website. Of course, I welcome other ideas too. Namely, do you think the
> bristles on a toothbrush will have enough strength to clean the tire?
>
> Dick
>
>
I think if you start with a clean tire, it should keep the chunky stuff off.
At the very least, it can't hurt.
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:35:29 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>His concerns about the Rocker tire cleaner are the same as I read on their
>website. Of course, I welcome other ideas too. Namely, do you think the
>bristles on a toothbrush will have enough strength to clean the tire?
The version I saw did the same thing without the bracket. Use a flat
handle toothbrush and heat the handle up to bend the L in it. Drill a
hole and off you go.
Mike O.
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I stumbled across this web page from a guy that made a tire cleaner from a
>toothbrush head. The unique part was the mounting. His bandsaw is the same
>as mine, a Grizzly 555 (looking at the photos anyway) so I am going to try
>this. I am sharing this with the group in case the idea can work in your
>case.
>
> http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19465
>
> His concerns about the Rocker tire cleaner are the same as I read on their
> website. Of course, I welcome other ideas too. Namely, do you think the
> bristles on a toothbrush will have enough strength to clean the tire?
>
> Dick
>
>
Peronally I think the only purpose of the brush is to keep off excess
debris. A little manual sandingr will clean the tire if necessary.
"Mike O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:35:29 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>His concerns about the Rocker tire cleaner are the same as I read on their
>>website. Of course, I welcome other ideas too. Namely, do you think the
>>bristles on a toothbrush will have enough strength to clean the tire?
>
>
> The version I saw did the same thing without the bracket. Use a flat
> handle toothbrush and heat the handle up to bend the L in it. Drill a
> hole and off you go.
>
> Mike O.
Good idea. I will go this way if the other way doesn't work. I happen to
have some rare earth magnets and a small corner bracket so it is easy to try
that way first.
Dick