Blade brush for the band saw

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I had posted the construction of this as an edit on my band saw modifications but am posting it here, as I just finished it and for any who missed it and think , as I do, that this is worth an afternoon to make. It keeps the saw blade clean and the chips from building up in the saw hosing. If you are like me, I forget to look in there unless I am changing the blade and it gets really piled up with chips. This eliminates that problem. I have been told it may help increase blade life, but I can't verify that.
blade brush installed.jpg This is the brush installed on my saw
blade brush instaled 2.jpg
completed band saw blade brush.jpg This is the completed assembly
completed blade brush.jpg
blade brush parts.jpg These are the main parts. The end cap and end plate are not shown because I hadn't made them yet.



Mark Frazier

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blade brush installed.jpg blade brush instaled 2.jpg completed band saw blade brush.jpg completed blade brush.jpg blade brush parts.jpg
 
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Great idea. It frustrates me when I cut ALU and the chips stuck to the blade. I started by just holding a piece of wood on the blade and it keeps the blade clean. Problem with that is that I need to stand there holding the piece of wood. Your patent is much better and hands free ;-)
 
Something that I've been meaning to make for years - that's a very nice implementation, Mark, way more elegant than anything that I had in mind ! :)
 
Mark, is the brush riding directly on the teeth? I was thinking about using hard felt to run on both sides of the blade. What do you think. Thanks, Mike
 
Nice work, Mark. My horizontal band saw has a similar brush, but the blade runs right in the center of it.
 
FOMOGO said:
Mark, is the brush riding directly on the teeth? I was thinking about using hard felt to run on both sides of the blade. What do you think. Thanks, Mike
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Yes the brush rides on the teeth and the blade spins it. It only has to touch the blade to do its job. Don't put a lot of pressure on the brush. I think hard felt may work pretty well also.
 
Franko said:
Nice work, Mark. My horizontal band saw has a similar brush, but the blade runs right in the center of it.
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I'm not sure what you mean exactly , but the center of the brush rides against my blade.
 
That's what I meant, Mark. I changed blades on mine last night and noticed the blade has pressed a groove in the center from where it has been riding. The blade sinks pretty far into the brush's wire bristles. Last night was the first time I opened the back and I found some chips in there, but not bad after using it for a year.

The brush holder on mine isn't near as pretty as the one you made. :)
 
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