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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by morsa View Post
    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.

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    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).

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick79 View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CharlesWaugh View Post
    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!

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    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!
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