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Post by woodman on Oct 1, 2015 16:41:11 GMT -5
Been cutting a bunch of Thundereggs and realized that it was past time to clean out my 18 inch saw.. FUN! Had about 2 inches of dryed caked sludge in the bottom that i had to break up. The oil I had been using allowed the solids to settle out real good. Going back in with mineral oil and see how I like it. Took the blade off to clean under and behind. Think I will reverse it when I put it back on.
Well break is about over so had best get back to it1
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 1, 2015 22:44:02 GMT -5
I would like to set up a saw with a recirculating pump and a sediment tank with a baffle to catch all that mud from thunder eggs and messy jaspers and rhyolites. I have 2 saws down right now cause I don't want to clean them.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 1, 2015 23:04:02 GMT -5
Hope that went okay. That's a pain ...
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Post by woodman on Oct 2, 2015 9:07:10 GMT -5
I got it pretty clean, today I will reinstall the blade and dump in the oil and get back to cutting.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 2, 2015 10:30:52 GMT -5
Dirty job for sure........Mineral oil is the way to go......Thumbs up
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Post by Rockhobbit on Oct 2, 2015 10:58:58 GMT -5
And THIS is why I only use water! LOL Sheri
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 2, 2015 11:41:11 GMT -5
And THIS is why I only use water! LOL Sheri Water without an additive? What size saw? My experience with cleaning water saws is the rock grindings combined with water makes a concrete like substance that must be chipped out. The only way to prevent it is to clean them frequently and especially before you leave them unused for any amount of time. The other thing I have seen is severely shortened blade life in water saws, especially if there's no additives or larger blades.
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Post by woodman on Oct 2, 2015 11:59:22 GMT -5
And THIS is why I only use water! LOL Sheri Lortone says to not use water on the ls18. I would not want it in my saw at all. hard on blade and hard on bearings, and anything else that can rust.
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Post by Rockhobbit on Oct 2, 2015 17:38:42 GMT -5
Oh, I only have a little tile saw. I clean it after every use. I used to have a 10 and 12" tile saws. I love water. Sheri
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 2, 2015 19:42:35 GMT -5
Tile saws are made for straight water, oil would get messy in a hurry the way they spray in all directions. Tile saws spin real fast and can destroy a nice lapidary blade, got to use the thick tile or masonry blades and lose more material. I do have a recently purchased 14 inch saw that I intend to try with water and the Diamond Pacific additive for cutting up a bunch of dendritic opalite and some tiffany stone, maybe some other soft stones too. Oil tends to make opal fall apart and can stain more porous rocks. It will be a while before I get the saw rebuilt, but if it works there will be a thread with pics.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 2, 2015 23:33:51 GMT -5
I got it pretty clean, today I will reinstall the blade and dump in the oil and get back to cutting. Yeah! That can be a real time-suck ... glad you're back up and running!
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Oct 3, 2015 12:49:28 GMT -5
I need to do this too, been kinda putting it off.
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