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11th July 2014, 03:02 PM #16Banned
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Coolant hose and spillage
You must use different coolant to me, I still use the same hose from my last two lathes. A heatgun sometimes brings life back to this type of tubing )including the clear), also good for shaping the tube into tight turns - avoiding kinking.
In regards to the bandsaw, I found the coolant was being carried along the blade and dripped out the back of the machine onto the floor. I made another foot plate same as the original, cut some bicycle tube rubber to shape and sandwiched it between the two foot plates, it worked but it doesn't wear too well, getting sick of replacing the rubber all the time. Ideas on a better material?
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11th July 2014, 05:47 PM #17
I use braided hose, no problems with hoses.. synthetic additive, (Fuchs Eco-cool) no signs of Albert round here ... added benefit is the additive has rust inhibitor.
Ray
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11th July 2014, 09:20 PM #18SENIOR MEMBER
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11th July 2014, 09:36 PM #19
One of the reasons I made a tray that covered the full footprint of the saw plus extra. I had to fit some plastic sheet at the end to stop the coolant dripping off, as is happening to you. The only coolant that does not land in the tray is what runs along the work on occasions. I was cutting up an unused frame made from angle tonight. I thought that there was not much coolant running back into the tank/bucket. By sheer coincidence I was looking in my bolts etc shelves next to it and I noticed coolant running off the end of the frame. I shoved a container there to catch it. The coolant was running along the underside of the angle, which was on a downward angle.
Dean
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12th July 2014, 01:00 AM #20Cheers,
Joe
9"thicknesser/planer, 12" bench saw, 2Hp Dusty, 5/8" Drill press, 10" Makita drop saw, 2Hp Makita outer, the usual power tools and carpentry hand tools...
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12th July 2014, 01:04 AM #21SENIOR MEMBER
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Ahh, thanks for that Ewan, a bit OT, but very enjoyable just the same. As you may gather, I hadn't seen that episode of Red Dwarf before, much better than pondering hose types.. Some have mentioned that silicone would likely suit, but I have found that there are silicones and there are other silicones. Some time ago the fuel and oil gaskets on the tank filler caps on my Stihl chainsaw had perished and when I went to buy new gaskets, I was told by the dealer that gaskets were not separate items and the cap and gasket combination at around $17 each was what I needed. Well I didn't need it that badly, so I went home and cut a gasket from a silicone kitchen heatproof mat which had some cuts and battle injuries thus causing ownership to transfer from the boss to me. The new gaskets lasted about as long as it took to use the first tankful of fuel - about 20 minutes and it had expanded noticeably, and by time the second tankful of fuel had gone, it was already leaking. I got some pre-made nitrile gaskets from a little engineering place nearby, cost me 50 cents, and as the 80+yo proprietor has done me other favours or very reasonably priced jobs in the past, I returned with a sixpack for Fridays afternoon wind down, and considered that I had done well, certainly much better than @ the mower shop which would have been a $30+ hit.
Rob
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12th July 2014, 01:51 AM #22
Hi Joe,
EcoCool 610 I got it from Bursons (auto parts place) that has the Fuchs product agency, the guy behind the counter had never heard of it, but when I insisted he rang Fuchs in Melbourne and they sent it up, and arrived a few days later.. If you get stuck, you can grab some next time you are over here. I'd try and avoid oil based coolant for the grinder, some types can contaminate the wheel.
Ray
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12th July 2014, 02:23 AM #23
Thanks Ray. I'll talk to the local Bursons place. I can't find the EcoCool 610 on their website though....
Cheers,
Joe
9"thicknesser/planer, 12" bench saw, 2Hp Dusty, 5/8" Drill press, 10" Makita drop saw, 2Hp Makita outer, the usual power tools and carpentry hand tools...
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