metalmagpie
Titanium
- Joined
- May 22, 2006
- Location
- Seattle
I got a 6x18" K.O. Lee last year. It took me a long time to find it, but I got a working hydraulic grinder which included a full-on wet kit. I've been using it for months now, but only dry. Today I finished setting up the flood coolant system and used it grinding some parts. Yesterday I did some of the same parts and had problems with thermal runaway. The flood coolant solved that problem. Mechanically it works great. Drains back to the sump without losing a drop.
After finishing the job, I squeegeed off the mag chuck. Normally I'd use my shop vac to clean up the grinding swarf. Today the end of my table was a sludgey mess. I have never been trained on using a grinder with coolant. How do you clean the machine after using it?
BTW I'm using a Blasocut soluble oil which seems like good stuff.
metalmagpie
After finishing the job, I squeegeed off the mag chuck. Normally I'd use my shop vac to clean up the grinding swarf. Today the end of my table was a sludgey mess. I have never been trained on using a grinder with coolant. How do you clean the machine after using it?
BTW I'm using a Blasocut soluble oil which seems like good stuff.
metalmagpie