adammil1
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2001
- Location
- New Haven, CT
I was just wondering what type of oil you guys use for the circulating fluid on a horizontal bandsaw. This is a bit of a tool gloat also because a week ago after work a beautiful little Johnson horizontal bansaw with circulating oil, and hydraulic feed was listed on Craigslist for $75! I couldn't believe it. Since my current bandsaw has a rewelded trunnion and fully never cut straight, the Craigslist machine is sitting in the back of my car until I can get back to my shop in Massachusetts next weekend, while I was picking it up the guys phone was ringing constantly with others like me who also wanted it. Oh well I got there first! It is the perfect size for a small shop. It must be the smallest Johnson ever made as every other Johnson saw I've seen is rather large. The only issue is that I had to leave the cutting oil behind as I couldn't take it with me. Looking thru enco, what should I get as a replacement oil?
On a side note if anyone wants a cheap horizontal wells bansaw perfect size for a small shop let me know. It is a good machine, but no hydraulic feed, coolant, and it cuts slightly crooked but proably would easily be fixed. Since 90% of the stuff I did was always cut to length and machine I always lived with this and than would cut away the crooked side.
Adam
On a side note if anyone wants a cheap horizontal wells bansaw perfect size for a small shop let me know. It is a good machine, but no hydraulic feed, coolant, and it cuts slightly crooked but proably would easily be fixed. Since 90% of the stuff I did was always cut to length and machine I always lived with this and than would cut away the crooked side.
Adam