Bandsaw cutting question
08-24-2006, 12:10 PM
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Re: Bandsaw cutting question
I got mine at the same place I got the parts washer. And welding/metal supplier ca get it. It's actual cutting oil that you can mix anyweres of 5:1 Water To Oil to 100:1. That's why it is white. I mixed it 5:1 and as I run low, I'll just add water until it does no good anymore and then buy more. 4L is like $15CAN.
08-25-2006, 12:02 AM
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Re: Bandsaw cutting question
Originally Posted by JK_Motorsports
hotrex aside for being a pointless dick as usual: here are some pic. just through it togeter with scrap peices I had around:
I sealed around the switch with hot glue, I was to lazy and didn't want to wait for silicone to dry. Cuts way faster, cleaner and cooler for the price of the part washer that was on sale and the cutting oil. Mind ya while building it I damn near broke my finger and got 5 stitches when tI got my hand pinched in the saw.
I sealed around the switch with hot glue, I was to lazy and didn't want to wait for silicone to dry. Cuts way faster, cleaner and cooler for the price of the part washer that was on sale and the cutting oil. Mind ya while building it I damn near broke my finger and got 5 stitches when tI got my hand pinched in the saw.
08-25-2006, 02:47 AM
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Re: Bandsaw cutting question
There are a ton of bandsaw mods out there guys. Just google something like 4x6 bandsaw. You'll turn up pages.
Replacing the shitty spring tensioners with a hydraulic arm, coolant sprayers, building new vice/clamp devices to hold odd angles, building strong stands, changing gear old, using quality bi-metal cutting blades, motor swaps. All common stuff that's benifitial.
JK I like the arm on your sprayer.
A sprayer will not only speed up cutting, but make blades last far longer, along with making it a less messy process. Metal flakes won't be flying everywhere across the shop, or turning up in the gear box all the time. Guys with cheap bandsaws... Do regular gear box oil changes if you value not buying another machine. Very common point of failuire.
Replacing the shitty spring tensioners with a hydraulic arm, coolant sprayers, building new vice/clamp devices to hold odd angles, building strong stands, changing gear old, using quality bi-metal cutting blades, motor swaps. All common stuff that's benifitial.
JK I like the arm on your sprayer.
A sprayer will not only speed up cutting, but make blades last far longer, along with making it a less messy process. Metal flakes won't be flying everywhere across the shop, or turning up in the gear box all the time. Guys with cheap bandsaws... Do regular gear box oil changes if you value not buying another machine. Very common point of failuire.
08-25-2006, 07:55 PM
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Re: Bandsaw cutting question
Baddass coolant setup. I did that to my dads drillpress with some scrap AL diamond plate, a pump that's probably older than me and we bought the mint orange segmented line so it's easier to position. There is another bandsaw lube that doesnt leave a greasy residue. I can't remember the name of it for the life of me but it's a green colored concentrate. Makes cleaned a 100 times easier and your hands/gloves don't get as slippery.
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