ckraus
starting to shine!
Member since January 2019
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Post by ckraus on Feb 9, 2019 17:51:38 GMT -5
Finally at a point where we can cut rocks! Hubby got a little ahead of me and ran it without a guard, got oil every where 🙄. I tossed together a serviceable splash guard and we made the first cut into a rock I didn't have labeled. I know where I got it though so thinking maybe a banded flint.
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Post by Peruano on Feb 10, 2019 7:46:10 GMT -5
Your setup and ingenuity are great. There is an aluminum molding used for joining shower panels that is H-shaped in profile. It can be cut to hold your plexiglass and allow you to move it to different sides as needed. Your setup seems to be enclosed (blocked) on the left suggesting a one handed use. You really do benefit from having hands on both sides of the specimen as you push it through. Consider a panel with a hole in it for your hand. Your panels probably don't need to be that high but if the height does not bother you go for it. Every change in the surface orientation of the stone causes the spray to go in a different direction so flexibility and tolerance are in order. Oildri (absorbent shop material at WalMart's automotive) .is cheap and effective at absorbing oil. Sometimes hanging an old terry cloth towel adjacent to the saw will keep the spray from going far and just absorb the mist until it becomes necessary to throw it away. Even water spray is worth controlling especially if you use some of the additives that dry to a white powder. The amount of mist and spray is significantly affected by the depth of the oil on the blade. Overfilling the oil depth causes to much flinging of lubricant. 1/4" on the bottom of the blade is probably adequate for most setups. You have one of the workhorses of the lapidary world. Enjoy it.
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ckraus
starting to shine!
Member since January 2019
Posts: 49
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Post by ckraus on Feb 10, 2019 9:05:49 GMT -5
He did have a bit too much oil in the pan and the spray was everywhere! Thinking about making a box out of the acrilic with hand holes/slots in the sides for ease of access. I have a decent amount left on that sheet, also have a bunch of polycarbonate laying around as well. And definitely picking up a box or two of oil pads and protecting surfaces in there.
I'm concerned though on the oil spray mingling with water in the grinding pan. How do those who have ran one of these keep that from happening?
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Post by Peruano on Feb 10, 2019 19:55:46 GMT -5
It would be easy to throw an absorbant towel over the arbor when sawing. Some of the machines had the buffer closest to the saw and had a tin cover to exclude oil.
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 19, 2019 22:57:50 GMT -5
Personally when using a combo I would drain the oil to below the blade when using the wheels, to eliminate all oil spray, and like Tom said, cover or shield the grinders when cutting.
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