08-09-2013, 04:51 PM
I think I am thinking of the right type of set up here ?
A fella I know has a really simple set up , he has a plastic water tank mounted on the wall above his lathe but to one side so its not in the way of any lathe operations. Coming out the bottom of this tank is a fitting with a tap that flows into a coolant hose with a flex - loc - line type pipe mounted to the lathe to aim the drip or trickle of coolant.
This coolant then runs into the lathe drip tray and in turn into a bucket under the lathe , once the bucket is full he just pours the bucket back into the tank on the wall, and the cycle starts again,, The tank holds probably about two buckets worth of collant. I think he just uses cutting oil in his system.
You cant get much simpler and it works , plus costs next to nowt to set up
Cheers Mick
A fella I know has a really simple set up , he has a plastic water tank mounted on the wall above his lathe but to one side so its not in the way of any lathe operations. Coming out the bottom of this tank is a fitting with a tap that flows into a coolant hose with a flex - loc - line type pipe mounted to the lathe to aim the drip or trickle of coolant.This coolant then runs into the lathe drip tray and in turn into a bucket under the lathe , once the bucket is full he just pours the bucket back into the tank on the wall, and the cycle starts again,
, The tank holds probably about two buckets worth of collant. I think he just uses cutting oil in his system.You cant get much simpler and it works , plus costs next to nowt to set up
Cheers Mick
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