Thanx, I saw your post and pics.
I needed a cooling system for my Smithy 3in1 and since they were on
sale I went ahead and bought one for the saw too.
I still have to buy/build pans for both machines.
The local welding shop wants $50. each which I think is too high so
I'm still looking around.
I swithched to bi-metal blades when I first got the saw - about
$10.ea from Enco and yes I agree it makes a big difference.
LUBRICANT ? - Right now I use 50/50 mix of plumbers pipe cutting oil
and kerosine in a spray bottle for cutting, drilling, threading,
milling and turning. Anybody see any reason why this wouldn't work
in the pumps ?
OK, if you check the posts you should see an article where I
describe building and using a recirculating coolant system from some
household stuff. I built mine and have been using it from the second
day of ownwership of my bandsaw. It works really well and probably
cuts (no pun intended) cutting time about 50%. I assume that like
mine yours will be using a centrifugal pump and if this is so
putting a valve on the discharge side of the pump to control the
flow rate is a very good idea and will in no way hurt the pump.
Actually the load on the pump is reduced with the discharge side
blocked as less work is being done. I also changed to a Lenox Bi-
metal blade.
Hope this helps some.
Cheers, Cletus 9Z4CLB
chuck_uandr <upandrunning@m...> wrote: HF had the 2gal. cooling
system on sale for $35. so I bought a
couple.
Still waiting delivery - Meantime is anyone using one ?
I've read a lot of posts asking about them but haven't run accross
anything about how good/bad they work.
I'm curious about pressure - adjustable ?
If there's no pressure adjustment on the system itself and I put a
valve 'in line' what are the chances of burning out the motor ?
What about a splash guard ? Neccessary/helpful ?
TIA, Chuck U&R
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