The upgrade from the parts bucket
A degreaser bucket and a toothbrush gets a cassette maybe 70% clean. A benchtop ultrasonic gets the chain, cassette and rings factory-clean in fifteen minutes — and does your carby, injectors and restoration parts on the weekend they need it.
What the home bench actually uses it for
Chain, cassette and chainrings in the basket, hot degreaser, 10–15 minutes: wax-ready, watt-saving clean — including the rollers and link internals no brush enters. Waxers: this is the prep the wax instructions assume.
A gummed mower carby, motorcycle carbs off a winter project, a set of injectors — stripped, basketed and cleaned through the drillings, at home, without the workshop bill. For weekly trade volume, that is MSX territory — this is the home tool.
Vintage hardware, model engines, printer parts, tools, hardware by the tray — the machine cleans while you get on with the build.
Rinse the chemistry off, inhibitor on bare steel (it flash rusts the same day), dry, reassemble.
What goes in the basket
Why serious hobbyists buy one
Clean you can measure
Drivetrain friction is real watts and real wear — a properly clean chain runs quieter, shifts crisper and lasts longer, and wax adhesion depends on it.
Inside the part, not just on it
Carby jets, chain rollers, injector galleries — cavitation cleans the internals that define whether the thing actually works afterwards.
One tank, every hobby
The same machine serves the bikes, the mower, the project car parts and the 3D-printer plates. Few tools in the shed earn their bench space harder.
The machines home benches buy
PS 610
The home default: full cassette + chain in one cycle, single carby with room to spare — $2,348.50 inc GST.
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PS 620
The big shed: motorcycle carb banks, long parts, batch trays in the 440 mm tank — $3,074.50 inc GST.
View or buy →Chains-and-cassettes only? The PS 605's deep tank at $1,985.50 is the compact option.
Typical starting cycle — refined in your first week
| Chemistry | FX Degreaser at 5% for drivetrains and oily parts |
| Temperature | 50–65 °C |
| Power | Medium–High |
| Time | 10–15 minutes |
| Then | Rinse · anti-rust on bare steel · dry |
Starting points only — part condition, chemistry and load set the final card. We help you dial it in.
Asked every week
Will it really clean a chain better than a bucket?
Can I do my mower or motorcycle carby at home?
What solution do I use?
Why did my steel parts rust the next day?
Is it overkill for home use?
Running a workshop rather than a home bench? See the ultrasonic parts cleaner range.
What are you cleaning?
Tell us what the part is, what comes off it, and what it has to pass. Technical sales will tell you whether ultrasonics is the right answer for that part and what it takes to run it on your own floor.