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Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?

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Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
on: January 15, 2018, 07:51:19 PM
Hey guys,

Got a new SwissTool as a local retailer was removing their last models before xmas. However, the one I got had a really stiff opening. So I took a file to take down the spring-resisting bump a bit. Seems to work, but of course now I seem to have some tiny bits of metal dust that have found their way into between the tools, and are effectively acting as tiny bits of sand there, grinding when you pull out the tools!  ::)

So, any ideas how to get the tiny metal bits out? It's riveted, so no easy takedown. Could I do something to make them come out faster?

I actually was thinking maybe I could boil the tool :D Hopefully the small thermal expansion would help and maybe also it could help the metal bits to oxidize into rust  ??? 
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #1 on: January 15, 2018, 08:16:22 PM
My old teacher said that one should never get dirt out with compressed air.. "you will just move it somewhere else" but I would try.. That or sink it in hot water (not boiling) and open and close the tools over and over again

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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #2 on: January 15, 2018, 08:25:45 PM
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #3 on: January 15, 2018, 10:44:59 PM
Running water, hand soap and a tooth brush :salute:
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #4 on: January 15, 2018, 11:08:27 PM
Dousing the tool pivots with penetrating fluid while you work them back and forth may help if the hot soap bath doesnt work.
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #5 on: January 16, 2018, 01:19:17 AM
Welcome to :MTO: :cheers: These guys have good suggestions with the hot water and the penetrating fluuid :tu:
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #6 on: January 16, 2018, 07:39:59 AM
Quote from: Poncho65 on January 16, 2018, 01:19:17 AM
Welcome to :MTO: :cheers: These guys have good suggestions with the hot water and the penetrating fluuid :tu:
Why did I read your typo as fluuuuuuid? :rofl:
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #7 on: January 16, 2018, 12:19:00 PM
Maybe dental floss
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #8 on: January 16, 2018, 12:33:36 PM
Try a magnet?  :think:

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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #9 on: January 16, 2018, 06:00:21 PM
Quote from: Crow on January 16, 2018, 12:19:00 PM
Maybe dental floss

Exactly what I was going to suggest.
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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #10 on: January 17, 2018, 04:49:24 AM
Quote from: Mechanickal on January 16, 2018, 07:39:59 AM
Quote from: Poncho65 on January 16, 2018, 01:19:17 AM
Welcome to :MTO: :cheers: These guys have good suggestions with the hot water and the penetrating fluuid :tu:
Why did I read your typo as fluuuuuuid? :rofl:

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Reply #11 on: February 06, 2018, 04:41:43 PM
How did it go and what worked?

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Re: Oops.. so how do you get file dust out of SwissTool.. ?
Reply #12 on: February 17, 2018, 02:16:31 AM
A late suggestion, but a can of high pressure brake cleaner with the straw attatched is what works for me. Also, if you want to try a air compressor, but don't have access to one, try some of the compressed canned air stuff for dusting off keyboards.

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Reply #13 on: February 17, 2018, 03:06:38 AM
Be very cautious using brake cleaner. That is nasty stuff.
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