Post by broseph82 on Jun 27, 2016 22:21:51 GMT -5
So I had been thinking about cleaning my 16" Covington slab saw for a few weeks now. I really don't like doing it, because if you have this saw you'll know how much fun it is not to clean (big hands and not enough room inside saw). jamesp Please do not compare this to your larger saw because they are worlds different in every aspect except for the green color and company name. Ok, back to my thoughts. So I thought I needed something to pull out all the oil and sludge. I had read Tony's method and a few others, but didn't really want to build anything new because I'm not that mechanically inclined nor do I understand mechanics right away unless I'm shown firsthand. Here's what I did:
-I put a 1gallon bucket inside my 10gallon wet/dry vac
-Inserted a filter bag to the inside and left folded inside of 1gal bucket
-Attached a wet filter to inside motor and stuck behind the paper filter folds for added protection
IMG_4597 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
IMG_4601 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
After the initial sucking of sludge:
IMG_4598 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
And of course I had to clean it a tiny bit (took maybe 5min)
IMG_4600 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
It very basic, nothing has to be built. If you use the paper bags inside the wet/dry vacs (which I highly recommend using with the filters if you want a clean shop vac **dry only**), then nothing really has to be purchased because we all have 1gallon buckets sitting around right? Ha. The only reason the end connecting to the bag looks goopy is because I took it off to check and wasnt being careful. Just a tad dripped into the shop vac itself which cleaned up quick with a paper towel. I rinsed the hose outside with water hose and it got majority of what I could see in the ends out.
Being that it was only a 1gallon bucket inside I did have to dump out the oil into a 5 gallon bucket and use another paper bag. The bags WILL tear when trying to drain out the good filtered oil. The second pic shows the first bag inside a 5 gallon with what was in it and then just took out the gallon bucket and left the bag in there to be dealt with tomorrow.
-I put a 1gallon bucket inside my 10gallon wet/dry vac
-Inserted a filter bag to the inside and left folded inside of 1gal bucket
-Attached a wet filter to inside motor and stuck behind the paper filter folds for added protection
IMG_4597 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
IMG_4601 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
After the initial sucking of sludge:
IMG_4598 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
And of course I had to clean it a tiny bit (took maybe 5min)
IMG_4600 by Jimi Sitko, on Flickr
It very basic, nothing has to be built. If you use the paper bags inside the wet/dry vacs (which I highly recommend using with the filters if you want a clean shop vac **dry only**), then nothing really has to be purchased because we all have 1gallon buckets sitting around right? Ha. The only reason the end connecting to the bag looks goopy is because I took it off to check and wasnt being careful. Just a tad dripped into the shop vac itself which cleaned up quick with a paper towel. I rinsed the hose outside with water hose and it got majority of what I could see in the ends out.
Being that it was only a 1gallon bucket inside I did have to dump out the oil into a 5 gallon bucket and use another paper bag. The bags WILL tear when trying to drain out the good filtered oil. The second pic shows the first bag inside a 5 gallon with what was in it and then just took out the gallon bucket and left the bag in there to be dealt with tomorrow.