Small Parts Cleaner

[morsa]

For really tiny parts, a tea ball works well too. The spring-loaded clamshell made of screening type come with an attached handle that makes them really easy to use.

Thanks mklotz. This is a really good idea.

[mklotz]

Thanks mklotz. This is a really good idea.

This is the sort of tea ball I had in mind, although larger spherical ones without a handle are available for brewing large volumes of tea.

[Jon]

Congratulations morsa - your Small Parts Cleaner is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

This is a clever and inexpensive build, and this discussion thread is a good example of how this forum works. A clever tool, followed by a clever followup idea (French press as parts cleaner by CharlesWaugh), followed by another previous clever idea (tea ball as parts cleaner by mklotz).

Some more nice picks from this week:

Knife by anthonyget
Honing Disc by Philip Davies
Grounding Tool by orioncons36
Bar Gauge by morsa
Tablet Stand by morsa
Upside Down Hydraulic Jack by Mr.DK DIY
Bar Stock Twister by Vyacheslav.Nevolya
Upside Down Lock Key Fob by rgsparber
Portable Power Source by Claudio HG
Lathe Carriage Stop Modification by Retro Steam Tech
French Cleat Panel by Bricoleando
Wood Lathe by fawabros
Cordless Hot Glue Gun Stand by RCTURKA
Rotary Broach by ttmrj
Drill Press by ananas studio diy


morsa - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. You'll be receiving a $25 online gift card, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and gift card choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

More importantly - this is your 3rd Homemade Tool of the Week win!

You join these other 3-Time Homemade Tool of the Week winners: rgsparber, rossbotics, mr95gst, Paul Jones, Christophe Mineau, Captainleeward, immortalx, scorch, Brendon, Frank S, mklotz, Vyacheslav.Nevolya, brianhw, kess, LMMasterMariner, jjr2001, Tuomas, olderdan, tonyfoale, bobs409, Mikhandmaker, thehomeengineer, old_toolmaker, Bellevue Woodshop, Stevohdee, warsztatOdZera, and Mark Presling.

You'll notice the 3-Time Homemade Tool of the Week award trophy graphic in your postbit beneath your avatar.




Here are all of your Homemade Tool of the Week winning tools:

Dremel Pin Router by morsa

tags: Dremel, punch, router, rotary tool, switch

Wonder Pup by morsa

tags: clamp

Small Parts Cleaner by morsa

tags: cleaner

[Nick79]

A great inexpensive solution to cleaning small greasy parts from mowers and similar cleaning projects.

[morsa]

A great inexpensive solution to cleaning small greasy parts from mowers and similar cleaning projects.

Thanks, Nick79. For this purpose I usually use gasoline, but it is possible that solvents like mineral spirits, diesel or turpentine can also be used.

[JoeVanGeaux]

I was at a garage sale today and there was a pretty little French Press (for coffee) for sale.
I told my wife: "Do you know what this is?"
She said, "Yeah . . . it's a French Press!"
I said, "Nope! It's a small parts washer" (as I showed her the up and down motion).
She rolled her eyes!
Pshaw! Women!

I'll bet if you told her it would make a good jewelery cleaner, she would not have hesitated to get it for you!

-Joe

[CharlesWaugh]

Joe,
I must crow a bit:
I have a wonderful wife!
The only jewelry she ever wears is her wedding ring (and she was crushed when she lost the original, that I had cast for her.)

And, oddly enough, she put on lipstick one time when we were going out.
Freaked me out.
I didn't even know she owned and lipstick!

She is who she is and don't need no dollin' up to be the best.

BONUS: she puts up with ME!
:-)