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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 6, 2006 11:18:45 GMT -5
Well I started cabbing again, Yeah! And headed downstairs to the basement to my newly set-up machine & work area.
I poured water into the unit and within about 10 minutes, I couldn't feel my hands, had 2 stones fly off the dop stick, I dropped 2 more that flew off the dop too! Ugh!
I remember mentioning this a while back and didn't think to heed my own advise but after that I did. I used warm/hot water on the cabber - it's much nicer to the hands and no numbing at least till the water cools down.
I'm now thinking of using a gravity feed drip instead of the underwheel fountain (which sucks) but wanted to know how you control the water flow and what kind of spigot I should use? Any advise?
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rallyrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2005
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 6, 2006 13:27:44 GMT -5
I just went to the local hardware/lawn and garden place and picked up some inexpensive watering system tubing and rigged up a syphon with a little valve on it to adjust the flow rate, total cost is about $7 and I have spare valves and tubing left over.
That's what I use on my flat lap, for my wheel set-up I have a little $10 submersible fountian pump that goes into the water tank and feeds the built-in irrigation system.
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Post by cina on Dec 6, 2006 16:34:41 GMT -5
someone said to use a fish tank heater in the water to keep it warm  |
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free4rms
freely admits to licking rocks
My little pet walrus
Member since January 2007
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Post by free4rms on Jan 1, 2007 18:27:42 GMT -5
I just joined the forum today after lurking for a short while. So, here is my first contribution: Like some of you, I have my cabbing machine set up in a cold garage, and while using hot water in my drip feed does help to keep my hands a little warmer, before too long, the fingers really start to freeze up. The real problem is not the water temperature as much as the wind created by the 1750 rpm spinning wheels. It creates a freezing mist out of the hottest water. My cabbing machine is mounted on a large piece of plywood, big enough that I have at least a foot and a half of extra plywood extending off of either end of the cabbing machine. So, I went to Wal Mart and bought two $15 dollar table top heater units that have fans in them. I set one on the plywood a few inches from the wheel on one end of my 4 wheel machine and the other one an identical distance from the wheel on the other end of the machine. The hot air blown by the heaters was just strong enough that it keep warm air flowing behind the wheels on both sides. This really kept the water much warmer and my hands never did get cold. In addition, I had nice warm air blowing on me in the cold garage while I did my grinding. It really worked like a charm! Of course, how well this works depends on what shape and configuration your cabbing machine has and what kind of table surface you have it mounted on. But, it you can make it work, I'll bet you will be as happy as I am with the set up.
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