Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 7, 2011 16:16:23 GMT -5
Man, I just unpacked the plexiglass cover for the new 10 inch saw and guess what? Half the cover is cut out on the sides directly across from and on both sides opposite the place where the rock hits the blade. Now my old saw had a whole cover and still leaked mist all over. When the blade hits the rock oil usually splatters. Haven't tried this rig yet as I'm still working on it but it stands to reason this outfit is going to leak mist and spray all over hell. Any of you who have the rig, in your experience should I go ahead and glue a cover over both these gaps? to hold the oil in or is this not going to be a problem? Again, it makes me wonder if these folks have ever sawed a rock before.....Mel
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Post by tandl on Apr 7, 2011 16:22:43 GMT -5
That is so you can see the rock when your cutting it ;D i don`t know Mel . i have`nt seen these . i`m using a 1953 Frantom
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Post by frane on Apr 7, 2011 18:54:12 GMT -5
I have not had any problem with spray out the sides. It will spray strait ahead and up the shield. I always wipe that area so I can see in again for a while but really, nothing has come out the sides that I can see. I think the openings are for if you wish to cut preforms or feed the rock yourself. Fran
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Post by gr on Apr 7, 2011 19:14:12 GMT -5
Mel, shine a bright light at the opening when you cut. Any mist escaping will be visiable no matter how fine. I have a B D 10" that has an opening on the left side for the auto feed workings. Mist escapes thru the rubber strips so I put a folded towel over the opening and that helps slow it down to almost nothing.
gr
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 7, 2011 19:21:21 GMT -5
The cutouts are for hand feeding preforms. I attached a thin rubber flap over each hole to contain the spray. The flaps can be folded over the top of the hood for hand feeding. Don
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bushmanbilly
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Post by bushmanbilly on Apr 8, 2011 12:28:20 GMT -5
Mel you had the same reaction I had when I seen the cover. But hey it looked good on paper to Covington, so it must work. Only in there dreams.
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drjo
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Post by drjo on Apr 13, 2011 15:30:46 GMT -5
Looks like they gave you a discount on the shield... I'd say about 30% off ;D ;D ;D ;D
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LarryS
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Post by LarryS on Apr 13, 2011 20:32:23 GMT -5
Since I'm using water with Lube Cool additive, I ended up using 1 1/2 gallons just to cut a about 20 slabs on my first day. Figured out all the coolant was misting away, mostly all over me. I ended up cutting a small piece of tin and covered the left side cover hole and that solved 95% of the problem. Agree the lip on the left side of the table is non existant and here is a picture showing my Lube Cool foaming issues. This was taken right when I started and later the foam slopped out all over the place. I'm so glad I'm not using oil and I'm doing all my cutting at work so I can get use to how this saw works, making a mess there and not at home. I too switched over to the BD 303c blade. What a difference. Did one days worth of slabs with the stock Gold Series blade. It jammed a few times since I was cutting jasp-agate. The final jam actually locked up the motor and I was close enough to turn it off. That's when I switched over to the 303 blade and what a difference. The 303 is so quiet and noticed the power feed motor was running much cooler. Think I'll save the Gold Series blade to cut plywood!
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 13, 2011 21:24:56 GMT -5
I'm guessing if the saws are throwing coolant the Koolerant Control valve is set too high. With coolant covering bottom rim only there shouldn't be a spray in any saw. You should see a drip at blade guard.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 13, 2011 22:50:52 GMT -5
John: You are right, very little spray when the flow is adjusted right, though you have to readjust fairly often and maintain the right tank level as low as possible. A little too full and it really blows out the spray. Seems to flush the blade fairly well, though I'm used to running my blades a lot wetter. Mist is still a major problem though even with smoke free bardahl stuff and vapor pours from both the side gaps unless you block them off. I'll have to try that towel technique one of the other fellers mentioned. I did cut a total of six slabs today and the saw with the new 303 blade cuts really well even when cutting very hard pet wood.....Mel
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drjo
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Post by drjo on Apr 16, 2011 8:40:25 GMT -5
One machinist I knew used an anti-foaming agent (for carpet cleaning) that solved his problem, but I never tried it as I use oil most of the time.
Dr Joe
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