d coenen
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has anyone made one ? and what is actually used to clean the parts?
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homemade parts cleaner?
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I made one...
I made one from an old stainless steel kitchen sink and faucet,and a 15 gallon laquer thinner barrel,and I used a boat bilge pump (12V) that was submersible and it ran off a 12V power pack like you use for a CB in your house (or a battery charger or battery would work too)...
It worked well for many years,to my suprise the bilge pump didn't croak from using parts cleaning solution pirated from another tank at work that used "Safety Kleen" brand stuff--I also used mineral spirits and diesel fuel with good results..A "Sock" filter from an old gas tank kept sludge out of the intake hose to the bilge pump--could have used fine mesh screen instead--(it used 3/4" heater hose,had barb fittings on it)..
But now you can buy one so cheap from places like Harbour Freight nd Northern Tool ,so I feel its a waste of time making one,unless its a big one like the one in the other post(a nice job BTW!,and bigger IS better)--I always wished mine was bigger when I tried washing a rear end chuck or heads off in mine...the kitchen sink wasn't quite wide enough..another 15 gallon drum cut in half would have been a perfect size..
I made one from an old stainless steel kitchen sink and faucet,and a 15 gallon laquer thinner barrel,and I used a boat bilge pump (12V) that was submersible and it ran off a 12V power pack like you use for a CB in your house (or a battery charger or battery would work too)...
It worked well for many years,to my suprise the bilge pump didn't croak from using parts cleaning solution pirated from another tank at work that used "Safety Kleen" brand stuff--I also used mineral spirits and diesel fuel with good results..A "Sock" filter from an old gas tank kept sludge out of the intake hose to the bilge pump--could have used fine mesh screen instead--(it used 3/4" heater hose,had barb fittings on it)..
But now you can buy one so cheap from places like Harbour Freight nd Northern Tool ,so I feel its a waste of time making one,unless its a big one like the one in the other post(a nice job BTW!,and bigger IS better)--I always wished mine was bigger when I tried washing a rear end chuck or heads off in mine...the kitchen sink wasn't quite wide enough..another 15 gallon drum cut in half would have been a perfect size..
kool an excuse to show it off again. 
