flashlight bore cleaning rod

[Frank S]

OK it can be used for a lot more thing than that, but a friend brought his 6 "D" cell flashlight with duracell batteries in it and naturally they had leaked 3 of them had to be dug out in pieces. This left the bore badly corroded. bad enough that a steel bristle bore brush didn't get everything out
So I turned 1 end of a 7/8" 1018 round bar down enough to fit in the chuck on my drill press then set my band saw up right and placed the made from scrap table on it then made 2 cuts in the other end of the rod to form a slot wide enough to place 4 layers of 1" wide 180 grit cloth in it
Before

After

mounted in the drill press

I just left the drill press at the speed setting already on it, way to much drama to change RPM for a project like this
I just held the flashlight body by hand and moved it up and down