I did see the recent thread on synthetic coolants, but that didn't give me much guidance. So here goes.
In my shop I have a few machines, typical I think for most here. Bridgeport, Logan 11" Lathe, J-S surface grinder, and a POS horizontal bandsaw.
So I've always used basically whatever was close at hand for cutting oil, WD, Oil Can, PB Blaster, whatever. Always seemed to work, but messy.
Now I'm thinking that I would be better off with a "real" coolant solution. I'd like something that would work for all or at least most of my machines. Defiantly not a production environment so not sure what to consider. I plan to have pumps on each machine probably in buckets below the chip pans. But that is about all I know so far. And that could change based on what I learn here.
Thoughts?
In my shop I have a few machines, typical I think for most here. Bridgeport, Logan 11" Lathe, J-S surface grinder, and a POS horizontal bandsaw.
So I've always used basically whatever was close at hand for cutting oil, WD, Oil Can, PB Blaster, whatever. Always seemed to work, but messy.
Now I'm thinking that I would be better off with a "real" coolant solution. I'd like something that would work for all or at least most of my machines. Defiantly not a production environment so not sure what to consider. I plan to have pumps on each machine probably in buckets below the chip pans. But that is about all I know so far. And that could change based on what I learn here.
Thoughts?