Bar Groove Cleaning Tool

[slowp]

Twinkle had a dirty time this week, so I thought I'd better do some work on her. I couldn't find my Safeway Club Card to clean the groove thing out on the bar, so I devised this. It worked pretty well. Perhaps a patent should be obtained?

 

[forestryworks]

nice ingenuity there

 

[67 Mustang]

What's the current price of these beauties? Notice this is the Stihl model. Must be pricy!

 

[simplypete]

I don't know if this is common knowledge but the tensioner plate works real good. I don't know if that is the right name of the little plate between the bar and the chain tension mechanism.

 

[CORNFEDMIDGET]

Ask your dentist for an old dental pick. They seem to work well, and I'm sure he'll just give you an old one.

 

[landroverbill]

I use the butt end of a sawzall (sp) blade. But , heck if a beer can is handy and empty, why not use the pop top.
Bill

 

[tbuggle]

a twig or piece of bark works fine.

so does a beer can, apparently.

 

[injun joe]

when i clean my bars i like to use a hacksaw blade the blade by itself or the bottom of a broken blade wrapped in electrical tape. i can use it over and over and i can use it to cut if the need arises.

 

[Vincent]

@ Slowp
Hi You all ways find a reason to open a beer-can

Cheers

 

[Taxmantoo]

@ Slowp
Hi You all ways find a reason to open a beer-can

Cheers

Looks like some variety of sugar free Pepsi to me. Patty probably used the contents for parts cleaner.

 

[jack-the-ripper]

I carry a small putty knife in my toolbox which goes with me whenever I'm cutting.

 

[excess650]

I use a large paper clip. Its easily bent to whatever shape that works, and serves multiple purposes, like for fishing fuel lines and filters out of the tank, digging sawdust out of fastener heads, etc.

 

[trimmmed]

slowp, this really should be in that metal fabbing thread

 

[THALL10326]

Here's a real McCoy bar groove cleaning tool.

 

[flatpikr]

A little kerosene and compressed air at home. In the field- a tooth brush (that way you can kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak. Also, my broken tools I keep for myself. I guess I should invent a tool for bar flossing.

 

[stihl sawing]

These work good too, This is what i always use. A painters tool.

 

[Burvol]

I thought I saw a tape on your side in one of those pictures. Use your spencer tape nail. Always at your side, never loose it.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Multi Tool from Bailey's

This handy tool can be used to file rakers and has a bar cleaning end. One is thicker than the other so that you can clean .050 and .063 gauge. It allows you to really get in and clean out the impacted grunge in the bar groove.

JQ

 

[nilzlofgren]

Here's a real McCoy bar groove cleaning tool.

That's the one I use, it came with my Stihl filing kit. Funny thing is though, I had to grind it thinner to fit my .050 bars.

 

[67 Mustang]

Here's a real McCoy bar groove cleaning tool.

There goes a whole buck I couldn't use towards another saw!

I use a 5-in-1 (painter's tool). Has multiple edges. Also a plastic putty knife works ok.