That's quite a subject line, huh ???
During the recent heat,humidity and generally miserable time
of the year here in North Carolina, I was faced with the very
nasty task of cleaning my table saw top(s). I am fairly anal
about this job but I still hate the process cause it's so damn
messy.
My standard method is
(a) WD-40 sprayed on and set for a few minutes
(b) Scrub my ass off with a hold down pad and 3M pads
(c) wipe off
(d) goto step (a)
and repeat this process until the top looks nice and clean.
I have used my ROS on occasion and it is MUCH faster, but it slings
that nasty black WD-40 all over me and the rest of the shop.
While in a "clean up" mode last weekend, I came across an older
"jitter bug" Craftsman sander. It's noisy, shakes like crazy and
is generally a real POS.
I got to wondering how it would work with the 3M pads and the WD-40.
Soooooo... I hosed down the table top with WD-40, cut a piece of
3M pad to fit the square base of the sander and had at it.
Because this sander moves "back and forth", there was NO slinging
nasty WD-40 and it really works like a champ on the table saw.
Sooooo.. now you got somthing to use that sander for that your
wife/mother/daughter/son bought you ten years ago and you were
ashamed to throw it away...
That's got to hurt! JG
Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> "Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > That's quite a subject line, huh ???
> >
> > During the recent heat,humidity and generally miserable time
> > of the year here in North Carolina, I was faced with the very
> > nasty task of cleaning my table saw top(s). I am fairly anal
> > about this job but I still hate the process cause it's so damn
> > messy.
> >
> > My standard method is
> >
> > (a) WD-40 sprayed on and set for a few minutes
> > (b) Scrub my ass off with a hold down pad and 3M pads
>
> It would be much more efficient if you didn't combine shop cleaning with
> personal hygiene.
>
> B.
Why are you cleaning your table saw top so often? A periodic reapplication
of paste wax is all I've ever needed for decades! I live in hot, nasty,
humid Alabama.
"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That's quite a subject line, huh ???
>
> During the recent heat,humidity and generally miserable time
> of the year here in North Carolina, I was faced with the very
> nasty task of cleaning my table saw top(s). I am fairly anal
> about this job but I still hate the process cause it's so damn
> messy.
>
> My standard method is
>
> (a) WD-40 sprayed on and set for a few minutes
> (b) Scrub my ass off with a hold down pad and 3M pads
> (c) wipe off
> (d) goto step (a)
>
> and repeat this process until the top looks nice and clean.
>
> I have used my ROS on occasion and it is MUCH faster, but it slings
> that nasty black WD-40 all over me and the rest of the shop.
>
> While in a "clean up" mode last weekend, I came across an older
> "jitter bug" Craftsman sander. It's noisy, shakes like crazy and
> is generally a real POS.
>
> I got to wondering how it would work with the 3M pads and the WD-40.
>
> Soooooo... I hosed down the table top with WD-40, cut a piece of
> 3M pad to fit the square base of the sander and had at it.
>
> Because this sander moves "back and forth", there was NO slinging
> nasty WD-40 and it really works like a champ on the table saw.
>
> Sooooo.. now you got somthing to use that sander for that your
> wife/mother/daughter/son bought you ten years ago and you were
> ashamed to throw it away...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
I think "decades" is a very long time between cleaning.
I can get by with "about" four cleaning a year and more
often during rainy weather.
My shop is neither heated or cooled, so maybe that's how you
get by with cleaning your tops every decade or so ???
bob wrote:
> Why are you cleaning your table saw top so often? A periodic reapplication
> of paste wax is all I've ever needed for decades! I live in hot, nasty,
> humid Alabama.
"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That's quite a subject line, huh ???
>
> During the recent heat,humidity and generally miserable time
> of the year here in North Carolina, I was faced with the very
> nasty task of cleaning my table saw top(s). I am fairly anal
> about this job but I still hate the process cause it's so damn
> messy.
>
> My standard method is
>
> (a) WD-40 sprayed on and set for a few minutes
> (b) Scrub my ass off with a hold down pad and 3M pads
It would be much more efficient if you didn't combine shop cleaning with
personal hygiene.
B.