Found this on the web and it looks pretty hokey but with some additional expertise it could be improved into a workable and safer tool.



Mark



How to Build an Ultrasonic Cleaner



By an eHow Contributing Writer



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An ultrasonic cleaner is a tank that has an ultrasound generating transducer built into the side or lowered into the fluid. A transducer is a material that will physically change shape when excited by an electrical pulse. When the transducer is excited it increases in size and the tank bottom or tank side will move. This movement creates a compression wave in the liquid of the tank, thus creating the ultrasonic cleaner.



An electrical generator that puts out a high frequency signal will cause the transducer to rapidly induce compression and rarefaction waves in the liquid. This will create a vacuum cavity within the liquid. The vacuum cavity will grow larger and smaller as the compression waves continue. When the vacuum cavity reaches a certain size the cavity coffee can no longer retain its shape. At this point, the vacuum cavity will collapse. There are millions of bubbles created that then collapse every second in this ultrasonic cleaner tank. These collapses are what clean the part in the tank. These collapses are so small that they are only capable of removing surface dirt and contaminants. The benefit to an ultrasonic cleaner is that the higher the frequency, the smaller the particles which allow for cleaning smaller items with more intricate detail.



Ultrasonic cleaners come in three sizes. The first is the small toy-like system that can be use to clean contact lenses or jewelry. The second type of ultrasonic cleaner can be used as a dental equipment cleaner. The third type is the industrial heavy duty type with heavy compound transducers that produce high wattage. Here, we will tell you how to construct a homemade ultrasonic cleaner that is a combination of the three ultrasonic cleaner sizes. You will be able to make your ultrasonic cleaner in five simple steps, with five materials.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:



* Coffee can

* Palm sander

* Memory foam (between 1½ and 2 inches thick)

* 5-gallon plastic bucket

* Duct tape





Step 1



Turn the palm sander's On/Off switch to the "On" position. Do not plug it in.



Step 2



Tape the palm sander to the bottom of the coffee can tightly enough so that vibrations from the palm sander will be transmitted into the coffee can.



Step 3



Place foam along the sides and bottom of the bucket. The purpose of this foam is to isolate the coffee can so the bucket does not vibrate; only the coffee can vibrates.



Step 4



Put water into the coffee can.



Step 5



Plug the palm sander into the wall. The reason we had you turn the palm sander to the "On" position in the beginning was because now it would be difficult to reach the "On" switch.



Step 6



After a few minutes, the palm sander will generate heat which will flow into the coffee can. This will cause the coffee can to expand and shrink. The heat generated will produce and provide for the collapses which cleans the item in the ultrasonic cleaner. Once the heat begins the process and the can has begun to expand and shrink, the sander may be turned off. The heat generated is not enough to burn or catch fire.


57 Black Tbird 312/auto

That sounds like a good idea!  Maybe if I add a little alcohol to the boil it will knock down the temperature.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

When you clean aluminum or porus parts with a media blaster it is a good idea to boil them in hot water a couple of times. The bead works its way into the pores of the metal. I found this out when powder coating some carb parts. They came out covered with "pimples" like small bits of sand. Evan after a super cleaning with prep sol. I would think this would work for simple cleaning of carb too. Chuck in NH

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I was talking about the glass media blasting cabinet.  In fact mine is a Harbor Freight item.  It is loaded with glass bead, that is probably broken down from its original grit size, due to being used a lot and not changed out.  I used 75 psi on a carb a few weeks ago, cutting the pressure down due to aluminum casting. 

It does a great job of cleaning a carb.  But after what I considered adequate rinsing and air blowout, I reassembled the carb.  Filled the float bowl with gas to do some bench testing, and noticed a small amount of fine clear sediment in the bowl (glass media).  Emptied, dissassembled and tried clearing it out again.  Ended up going through the process at least three times before the media looked to be gone.  And then there is always that nagging thought, "did I get it all out".

314, at $22 per gallon a person would think it should work better than Ivory dishwashing detergent...NOT.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

i bought a gallon a couple of years ago and found out it no longer works.i paid a good dollar for it.i guess the envirement police got after them.you may as well just scrub it with some kind of cleaner its just as good.they done the same thing with engine dip in my area.you could take a bath in that stuff.

Mark, i understand fully, i too have been cook and bottlewasher for as long, although i couldnt claim a cooks hat, more like an old army hash cook !! p.s. dont look for me on one of those TV cooking competitions.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

u could b right,    i worked at fords near heat treat,   in the heat treat dept they had a heavy duty type blaster that used some black type material, it cleaned up heat treated steel and many other things,   but the other cleaner or blaster was in the fixture dept and used a finer blasting material for fixtures made out of plastic, plaster, aluminum etc,  very fine blasting material white in color,  and thats the one i used for my 94's,  they also sell the small cleaning cabinets at Harbor Freight < which i myself don't like,  but if u have a good compressor they work fine for cleaning wheels etc,  just my opinion,    but like i said,  i've cleaned my 94's with no problems and i run 2 deuces on  my 51,    maybe i;ve answered your question wrong,  are u talking more about a chemical cleaner??????????,   if so forg;et what i've said,     jerry

That sounds like a glass bead blasting cabinet, or is it different?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Bill,



To be fair, I am the chief cook and bottle washer in our house. Have been for all 30 years of marriage and raising four kids. She does cast a sharp look now and then at my antics but she likes the food and doesn't say much. I took off from home when I was 16 and learned very quickly that if you want to eat regularly, well and cheaply, get a job washing dishes in a decent restaurant. From there I moved up through the ranks learning the fundamentals and developed a keen interest in cooking.



Mark

57 Black Tbird 312/auto

Mark, hope the good wife doesnt read this part! did you take the cake out first/

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia