Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Oct 18, 2013 20:53:23 GMT -5
Somewhere there was a thread where someone identified an oil you can buy at the parts store by the bucket for the saws. Naturally I can't find it.
Anyone know what this was and whether it would be a good choice for my 20 inch when it finally gets here?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 18, 2013 21:02:33 GMT -5
when I first started slabbing I used hydraulic oil from the auto parts store in 5 gallon buckets but I switched to mineral oil from tractor supply and like it much better. Not sure if that's what you meant but it is an option that's sold at parts stores.
Chuck
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Post by Mark K on Oct 19, 2013 17:04:15 GMT -5
There was a specific number to the oil. Does 32 sound right? 32 just popped into my head.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 19, 2013 17:48:13 GMT -5
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Post by phil on Oct 19, 2013 19:15:51 GMT -5
I use mineral oil only. Works great! Blades are lasting longer, cutting is going faster, cleanup is wayyy easier.
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 20, 2013 0:45:21 GMT -5
Hydraulic oil has additives to hold any impurities in suspension so they will make it to the filter to be filtered out. Cutting oil is formulated so that the impurities settle out so there will be less of it in the oil. less rock dust in the oil means longer blade life and better cuts with less saw marks on the slabs. Really bad to breathe the mist from hydraulic oil too.
Lee
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Post by Mark K on Oct 20, 2013 5:37:32 GMT -5
OK
I will stay with Mineral oil.
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Post by sheltie on Oct 20, 2013 8:02:09 GMT -5
I use mineral oil only. Works great! Blades are lasting longer, cutting is going faster, cleanup is wayyy easier. Could you be more specific please? What is the brand of mineral oil, where to do buy it, cost, what size blade do you use? Why is it easier to clear n than, say my 16" saw which uses Chevron Bright NHG metalcutting oil at $62 per five gallons? Incidentally, when I clean my saw, it is NOT easy to clean and the ONLY reason I would consider changing is for that specific reason. Otherwise, there is nothing I dislike about my current oil.
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 20, 2013 9:57:35 GMT -5
Sheltie, Chevron NHG is one of the cutting oils recomended by saw manufacturers. Ease of cleaning in a rock saw? Funny.
Lee
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Post by phil on Oct 20, 2013 21:01:50 GMT -5
I use mineral oil only. Works great! Blades are lasting longer, cutting is going faster, cleanup is wayyy easier. Could you be more specific please? What is the brand of mineral oil, where to do buy it, cost, what size blade do you use? I buy it where ever I can find it the cheapest at the time I need it. Walmart is prettty cheap, but I usually get it at a vet supply. We use it in our 10 inch, 14 inch, 20 inch and 24 inch. because we buy 10 gallons or more on a regular basis, I get a nice discount as long as I order ahead of time. Last time I paid $13 per gallon.Why is it easier to clear n than, say my 16" saw which uses Chevron Bright NHG metalcutting oil at $62 per five gallons? Incidentally, when I clean my saw, it is NOT easy to clean and the ONLY reason I would consider changing is for that specific reason. Otherwise, there is nothing I dislike about my current oil. It's easier to clean because it is! I've cleaned many saws back when we used "rock saw oil", with this, we just dump in another couple gallons, take a hoe and stir it up till it's more fluid, then open the valves and let it flow directly into the waiting paper bag oil recycle buckets. We typically get about 60 % recovery within a few days (unless it's winter and coooold - warm oil filters faster), not including the extra oil we used to dilute the muck. I've got 15 gallons of muck sitting out in the garage right now in filter bags, and can see clean oil already filling up the bottom of the bucket. We DON'T scrape the saw insides or anything, we already did that before we pulled the plug, remember? You're just gonna get it dirty again when you start using it again, so we simply add back the now clean oil, plus whatever is needed to top it off, and turn the saw on. The blade slings new clean oil everywhere, and in a couple hours of cutting, the top, sides, carriage, everything is clean as a whistle. cleanup times range from 30 mins on the 10 inch to about 2 hours on the 24.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2013 22:42:17 GMT -5
Sheltie, Chevron NHG is one of the cutting oils recomended by saw manufacturers. Ease of cleaning in a rock saw? Funny. Lee +1 Having just mucked my saw out I will say Lee is spot on. No such thing as ease of cleaning. Unless you go to the water based stuff LarryS uses. I got a good price on my saw. I now wonder if my guy did not sell the saw for the sole reason he did not want to muck it out. I was able to drain about 2 gallons of oil out and have three gallons of various hardness rock snot. The bottom 1" was rubbery, very pretty, layered goo. I am refilling with mineral oil from the local horse feed store. They are a busy enough store they keep 6 gallons on the shelf! I think I need 4-5.
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Post by phil on Oct 21, 2013 13:17:59 GMT -5
What can I say.... there's an easy way to muck out saws and a hard way. Your choice. I choose the easy way, and the saws run non stop 4 days a week.
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Don
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Post by Don on Oct 21, 2013 14:20:49 GMT -5
I found shingle oil (a light weight mineral oil) at a local oil distributor. it was $78 for 5 gallons. I needed 6 gal for my 20" saw.
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 21, 2013 20:56:56 GMT -5
shingle oil?
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Post by phil on Oct 21, 2013 21:07:14 GMT -5
Is that what you rub on when you get shingles?
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Post by Don on Oct 21, 2013 21:20:17 GMT -5
Its an oil used to treat roofs with wooden shingles/tiles.
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