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My new mill is built to use flood coolant. The table and stand are both constructed to allow return of coolant to a reservoir, and the stand itself has a chamber to house the pump and sump.
It occurred to me today that my band saw has a flood coolant system that I never have and never will use. The rare time I will cut something that needs coolant, I will just do it manually. It is just not worth the trouble or cost to maintain it for rare use.
I was thinking I could rob the system from the band saw and install it on the mill.
Any opinions about using flood coolant in a basement shop (the furnace and laundry are in the same basement)? Types of coolant? I use almost exclusively HSS tooling, I mill aluminum and steel. I would like to take advantage of my bigger mill and get some shell or large face mills as well.
My metal shop compressor is just a tiny little thing, I use it just to blow chips out of holes, it would not begin to keep up with a cool-mist system.
It occurred to me today that my band saw has a flood coolant system that I never have and never will use. The rare time I will cut something that needs coolant, I will just do it manually. It is just not worth the trouble or cost to maintain it for rare use.
I was thinking I could rob the system from the band saw and install it on the mill.
Any opinions about using flood coolant in a basement shop (the furnace and laundry are in the same basement)? Types of coolant? I use almost exclusively HSS tooling, I mill aluminum and steel. I would like to take advantage of my bigger mill and get some shell or large face mills as well.
My metal shop compressor is just a tiny little thing, I use it just to blow chips out of holes, it would not begin to keep up with a cool-mist system.