On Monday 16 November 2009, Dave wrote: >Misters bother me.... unless they are tuned just so you can put a big >cloud in your shop in no time. > >Flood coolant might be messy also but it doesn't fog your shop and your >lungs. > >There is some mention of people trying to use food oils on >practicalmachinist.com and the residue drying to a sticky mess. >http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/showthread.php/cold-air-gun-vs-162714p >3.html > >You might want take a sample of the mister oil you want to use and let >it sit on a surface for a while and dry and see what you have afterwards.
I'll do that. Olive seems to want to do that as I'm observing our skillets when they are a day old. >I've done some work in a heat treat facility where they quench hot parts >with various fluids and the fumes and mist in that place is really bad. >Everything becomes sticky or oily. >I'd be careful not to recreate that scene in the space around your >machine! I don't intend to. I intend to rig a $20 vacuum with a throwaway paper bag on the downstream side. >I use propylene glycol (aka pink RV antifreeze - you can drink the stuff >in small quantities) in my bandsaw as a flood coolant and it works >great. It doesn't get sticky, it doesn't freeze, and it has a >corrosion inhibitor in it. $2.50/gallon in the fall when everyone puts >it on sale. My new bandsaw is relegated to wood, and possibly venison. The old craftsman 12" has cut everything, including slices off the end of a 6" sq alu solid beam. I got it, nearly 2 feet long, several years ago at $1/lb, aka 40 dollars. I'm still making things from it. :) >Dave -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Two cars in every pot and a chicken in every garage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
