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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 6, 2015 21:49:29 GMT -5
4 inch blades are cheap anyway, straight water is fine. We use water with lube cool 4800 in our tiny trim 4 inch saw and never drain it till it's dirty. Doesn't get rusty at all.
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copiahdad
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Post by copiahdad on Apr 9, 2015 21:36:16 GMT -5
I've been using mineral oil in my trim saw but when trying to accurately cut lines for cutting out crosses, it's hard to see the lines with mineral oil. So I changed to straight water and can see the lines good now. I remove the water from the pan, wipe everything down and then spray with WD 40 after every use....which is time consuming. After reading this thread, I went out and bought some RV antifreeze to try. Do yall leave the water/RV antifreeze in the saw after use or remove it?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 9, 2015 22:44:58 GMT -5
I am a safety kind of guy and a lot of anti-freeze contains ethylene glycol and other nasty chemicals you don't want to be breathing. Some of the old timers in my rock club think safety just means not licking the rocks. I run horse grade mineral oil from my local feed store in my slab saw. I hear Walmart sometimes has large containers also. It is clear and when it gets cloudy you can run it through newspaper and a colander in a 5-gal bucket and recycle it yourself. Unless you are cutting porous stuff throwing the slabs in a 5-gal container of kitty litter will leach the oil out. For porous stuff I hear Dawn dish washing soap works wonders to get the oil out. This is my recipe to the T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 10, 2015 6:49:43 GMT -5
I've been using mineral oil in my trim saw but when trying to accurately cut lines for cutting out crosses, it's hard to see the lines with mineral oil. So I changed to straight water and can see the lines good now. I remove the water from the pan, wipe everything down and then spray with WD 40 after every use....which is time consuming. After reading this thread, I went out and bought some RV antifreeze to try. Do yall leave the water/RV antifreeze in the saw after use or remove it? You can leave it in, just keep it below blade level when sitting idle and it can be strained just like oil. "Important" check your label to be sure there isnt Ethylene in that mix of rv antifreeze. If so, dont use it.
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copiahdad
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Post by copiahdad on Apr 10, 2015 21:29:00 GMT -5
Will do, thx.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 11, 2015 11:37:41 GMT -5
I use the Genie trim saw attachment with an mk 303 .032 10" blade. I use lube cool or similar with water. I've used this combination for over 12 years. The Genie trim saw attachment works very well but is over priced. They had a deal for $35 when you bought a genie so it made sense to get it.
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