THE best coolant to cut aluminum is WD-40. Bar none. I have never misted it but I used aerosol cans of it. Never a problem with a cloud of mist. The best flood coolant has been Hangsterfer's. Never an odor problem. Never a problem with separation while sitting unused. Just sayin Stuart
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 8:26 PM Matthew Herd <[email protected]> wrote: > I should note that while chips are found far from my machine as well, the > mister barely leaves any liquid behind when properly adjusted. The only > thing I don’t like about the old Bijur setup is that it does tend to > vaporize some of it. But the Fog Buster is supposed to minimize that. > When you’re running AC in a closed shop, the mist is still tolerable, just > not ideal. A better system should make it a non-issue. > > > On Aug 20, 2020, at 8:57 PM, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> From: jrmitchellj [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Hi John. > >> I use the KoolMist system: > >> https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/09413188 > >> It's expensive, but you can find it on special a couple times a year. > >> I work mostly with aluminum, and their system works very well. > >> I keep the mist flow low to stop puddling (and put absorbent > cloths/sponges > >> around the vice). > >> > >> The importance of coolant (in order of importance): > >> 1 clear chips from cutting area > >> 2 lubrication of the cutter > >> 3 cooling > >> > >> I use a 16oz PET bottle for the reservoir, with a super magnet from a > >> failed disk drive attached to it. I put it on the side of the knee > mill, > >> and move it vertically to get the best mix of air vs mist. > >> It sits about 10" below the work when running, and i'll move it up to > the > >> cutter level to get the mist started. > >> > >> I do not leave the reservoir on the machine between sessions, as gunk > seems > >> to want to grow in the lines. I cap the bottle & put it in the shop > fridge. > >> > >> After reading Gene's adventures with the eBay misters, I felt my time is > >> too valuable to spend on messing with something of questionable utility. > >> > >> I hope this helps! > >> > >> --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > >> [email protected] > > > > Thanks. It does. The number of poor videos out there on youtube is not > to be believed. I'm so tired of seeing someone include 30 seconds of their > power band saw cutting a piece of brass off the stock. Or the head > mounted camera that weaves and bobs all over the place. > > > > One of my concerns, as was already mentioned, is atomized vapours in the > air. Once I finish the last little bits of my CNC conversion I can look at > adding fluid and vapour shielding. Don't think it will ever be enclosed > like a HAAS but enough to keep the overspray off a concrete floor that is > already in bad enough shape. > > > > Then I could just switch to flood since the mill came with it. But > already chips are found a fair distance from the machine. Droplets go > further and the mill really needs a COVID-19 mask to keep it's droplets to > itself. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users < > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
