A nice gizmo for washing parts

[MonkeyMonk]

I save and reuse everything. I found one of these at a local Scientific store and have really gotten good results with it. I put all my small pieces in it with soapy water and then spin them clean, drain into a large spagetti strainer, then spin them through a rinse cycle. (I paid $5, but it's listed here for $2.5, it was well worth the money)

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[GrimmGreen]

hmmm... well the price is right

[Angela]

You've just given me an idea... how about a salad spinner?

[The Rain Man]

Good deal!

[bobtow]

Looking in my cleaning tools I came upon what I think is the ideal tool for cleaning threaded parts. A small fine brass suede cleaning brush. Like for cleaning suede footwear. Shove the female threaded part in the middle of the brush and twist. Straight it clean out the groove, and at an angle it cleans out the threads. For the male threads, just brush while turning.